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Careone at Wayne operates a 101-bed nursing facility handling the medical complexity of short-term rehabilitation and ongoing skilled nursing care. The resident mix reflects this mission: average stays hover around 23 days, occupancy sits at 86%, and most patients cycle through for recovery rather than permanent residence.
Staffing runs deep for a nursing operation. Registered nurses provide 57 minutes of direct care per resident daily. Nurse aides add 2 hours and 14 minutes. The total nursing footprint across all roles hits 3 hours and 6 minutes per resident per day, which is meaningful volume in the skilled-nursing space.
Rehabilitation takes the lead with physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy working with patients post-surgery or post-stroke. Respite care sits in the mix for families needing temporary placement. The facility also runs palliative and hospice services, which means it handles end-of-life care and serious-illness support alongside its acute rehab focus.
The dining program breaks from the nursing-home norm: restaurant-style service, gourmet preparation, not the standardized trays you’d expect. Residents have actual apartments, not rooms, which matters for dignity during a stay. A library and movie theater offer structured leisure. Sensory therapy gets deployed during recovery periods, which some residents find stabilizing.
The neighborhood outside the building is frankly car-dependent (Walk Score 24). Wayne is suburban Essex County territory. If a family visits regularly, they’re driving. There’s no walkable streetscape to explore on foot, no coffee shops a resident could hypothetically visit on their own. For a short-stay or post-acute population, that’s often immaterial. For families making the commute, it’s a logistics question.
From a payment standpoint, the facility takes Medicare and private pay. This covers most pathways for placement. Inspection history runs six years back and shows no deficiencies on the most recent visit. Earlier surveys flagged staffing ratios, medication processes, infection control, and fire safety code issues as recurring themes. The clean bill on the latest survey, against that backdrop, suggests the facility has moved on those compliance gaps.
Careone at Wayne presents a facility that pours significant resources into its staffing volume and high-end sensory amenities while simultaneously navigating a messy historical data trail of systemic compliance gaps that only a very recent, pristine survey has begun to officially reconcile.
Higher than the New Jersey average: 77%Care One At Wayne – Alr is administrated by Ms. Louisa Del Corpo.
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In New Jersey, the Department of Health, Health Facilities Evaluation and Licensing conducts mandatory unannounced surveys to ensure facilities provide safe and effective resident care.
This scorecard compares key inspection, citation, and complaint metrics at this facility against the New Jersey state average. Metrics rated ≥15% worse than average are highlighted in red; those ≥15% better are highlighted in green.
Deficiencies
| This Facility | NJ Average | vs. NJ Avg |
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Total deficiencies
Formal regulatory issues recorded by inspectors across all inspection types.
| 1 | 18 | This facility has 94% fewer total deficiencies than a typical New Jersey nursing home (1 vs. NJ avg 18).↓ 94% better |
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Deficiencies per year
Average deficiencies per year since 2023.
| 0.3 | 6 | This facility has 95% fewer deficiencies per year than a typical New Jersey nursing home (0.3 vs. NJ avg 6).↓ 95% better |
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Deficiencies per inspection
Average deficiencies per inspection.
| 0.2 | 2 | This facility has 90% fewer deficiencies per inspection than a typical New Jersey nursing home (0.2 vs. NJ avg 2).↓ 90% better |
Inspections
| This Facility | NJ Average | vs. NJ Avg |
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Total inspections
Combined count of all routine and focused inspections. Excludes complaint investigations.
| 6 | 9 | This facility has 33% fewer total inspections than a typical New Jersey nursing home (6 vs. NJ avg 9).↓ 33% better |
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Inspections with deficiencies
Inspections that resulted in at least one regulatory deficiency.
| 1 | 22 | This facility has 95% fewer inspections with deficiencies than a typical New Jersey nursing home (1 vs. NJ avg 22).↓ 95% better |
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Inspection deficiency rate
Percentage of inspections that resulted in at least one deficiency.
| 17% | 244% | This facility has 227 percentage points lower inspection deficiency rate than a typical New Jersey nursing home (17% vs. NJ avg 244%).↓ 227% better |
An editor-reviewed summary of the themes and findings across this facility's recent inspection reports.
1.2 miles from city center
Estimated distance in miles from Wayne's city center to Care One At Wayne – Alr's address, calculated via Google Maps.
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Care One At Wayne – Alr is located in Wayne, New Jersey.
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Care One At Wayne – Alr is in the Packanack Lake neighborhood of Wayne.
The legal owner and operator of Care One At Wayne – Alr is 493 Black Oak Ridge Road, Llc.
Care One At Wayne – Alr has a walk score of 24. Car-dependent. Most errands require a car, with limited nearby walkable options.
According to NJ state health department records, Care One At Wayne – Alr's license number is VQXWIZ.
According to NJ state health department records, Care One At Wayne – Alr's license expires on March 31, 2026.
Care One At Wayne – Alr's occupancy is 85%.
Ms. LOUISA DEL CORPO is the administrator of Care One At Wayne – Alr.
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