Fountainview Care Center
527 River Avenue, Lakewood, NJ, 08701
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Abuse Flag
CMS has flagged this facility for a substantiated finding of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation in its current or recent inspection cycle. Ask the facility for the specific citation and corrective-action plan during your visit, and consider contacting your state's long-term care ombudsman for context.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 123 · avg 89 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 50.6% — higher than most New Jersey nursing homesNew Jersey avg: 40.7% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 25% — lower than most New Jersey nursing homesNew Jersey avg: 38.8% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 2 departed — near the New Jersey averageNew Jersey avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 10 fines · $57,526 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 315327
- Certified beds
- 123 beds · avg 89 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Shore Health Care Center, Inc.
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (8 on record)
- ez Care
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Joseph Mandel
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Arthur Schachter
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 30% · since 2024
- Benzion Schachter
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 30% · since 2024
- Hershel Gottlieb
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 30% · since 2024
- Satyendra p Singh
Adp of The Snf · since 2016
+ 2 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 18)
- E0658·Jun 19, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0761·Mar 6, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- J0610·Mar 6, 2025Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- D0609·Mar 6, 2025Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D0604·Mar 6, 2025Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- J0600·Mar 6, 2025Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D0550·Mar 6, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D0842·Mar 6, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $27K
- 20239 fines · $31K
Most recent events
- Mar 6, 2025Fine · $27K
- Oct 30, 2023Fine · $4,545
- Oct 23, 2023Fine · $4,235
- Oct 17, 2023Fine · $3,882
- Oct 10, 2023Fine · $3,496
- Oct 2, 2023Fine · $3,147
Largest single fine on record: $27K.
Fire-safety citations
11 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 6, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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