All 5 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Freehold,
side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the
staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.
Applewood Village is small, 60 beds, and it runs on a nonprofit model, which often shows up in the numbers. Nurse staffing sits at 5.73 hours per resident day, roughly 48% above the national average, and weekend coverage dips only about 6% below weekday levels, so the care doesn't thin out much on Saturdays and Sundays. Annual turnover is 22.8%, about half the national rate of 45.8%, meaning the people caring for residents tend to stay. On the inspection side, two deficiencies on record, neither at the harm level and none abuse-related, with the most recent inspection dated March 2026. All three CMS star categories, health inspections, quality measures, and staffing, come in at five out of five.
The Jewish Home in Freehold runs a tight ship on inspections, 14 deficiencies on its record, none of them rising to actual harm or jeopardy, with one tied to abuse. Its last state visit was June 2025, so the picture is current. Staffing sits at 3.82 nurse hours per resident per day, a hair under the national 3.86, and weekends run about 9% thinner than weekdays. What stands out is retention: 32.6% turnover against a national 45.8%, meaning caregivers here tend to stay. For-profit, LLC-owned, 150 beds. The quality measure score is perfect; the health inspection record is strong. Nothing here suggests danger, the numbers suggest consistency.
The Manor in Freehold runs on 4.14 nurse hours per resident per day, about 7% above the national average, and its staff tends to stay, 23.9% annual turnover against a national rate near 46%. Weekend coverage dips roughly 12% below its own weekday levels, which is worth asking about if your family visits mainly on Saturdays and Sundays. Its record shows 8 deficiencies, none at the harm or jeopardy level and none abuse-related, with a June 2025 inspection. Nonprofit ownership under a corporation, four stars on health inspections, quality measures, and staffing alike. Solid, not spotless, the kind of home where the numbers hold up.
Wedgwood Gardens runs lean on nursing hours, 2.99 per resident day against a national average of 3.86, roughly a fifth below what Medicare considers typical. Weekends thin out further, dropping about 18% from the home's own weekday staffing, so a Saturday shift looks noticeably different from a Tuesday one. Retention is a genuine bright spot: 35.8% turnover beats the 45.8% national figure, meaning caregivers here tend to stay longer than at the average home. The tradeoff shows up on the health inspection side, where 11 deficiencies include one serious enough to trigger a harm or jeopardy finding. That single citation carries more weight than the count suggests, and it's worth asking management directly what happened and what changed since the March 2025 survey.
Allaire Rehab & Nursing has the kind of staffing numbers most homes would envy, 4.87 nurse hours per resident day, well above the national average, but the inspection record tells a different story. Over 33 deficiencies, nine of them involving actual harm or jeopardy, five tied to abuse, and $198,526 in fines have landed this Freehold home in CMS's Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the country's most persistently troubled nursing homes. Weekend staffing drops roughly 19% below weekday levels, and 50.8% of nursing staff turned over in a year, so the coverage on paper may not be what your family member experiences on a Saturday. The most recent inspection was November 2024.