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Avant Rehabilitation and Care Center

1314 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, TRENTON, NJ, 08638

(609) 656-9291

avantrehab.com

149 licensed beds

★★★★★4/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections3/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Address

1314 Brunswick Avenue

Trenton, NJ 08638

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity

149

State license

476002

CMS facility ID

315455

Care type

Nursing home

Facility name

Avant Rehabilitation and Care Center

Street address

1314 BRUNSWICK AVENUE

City / state / ZIP

Trenton, NJ 08638

Phone

(609) 656-9291

Website

avantrehab.com

State license #

476002

About this facility — Avant Rehabilitation and Care Center

Avant Rehabilitation and Care Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Trenton, New Jersey. It is licensed for 149 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in New Jersey (130 beds).

It is one of 18 senior care facilities in Trenton and 348 skilled nursing facilities across New Jersey. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Avant Rehabilitation and Care Center 66 times across 6 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Operator / owner

Brunswick Garden Group Llc

Parent company

Accela Healthcare

Ownership type

For profit - Individual

Administrator

Registered owners & officers

Berkowitz, Cheskel

Direct owner — 23% stake — since 2021

Leifer, Joel

Direct owner — 23% stake — since 2021

Zupnick, Joel

Direct owner — 23% stake — since 2021

Orgel, Joseph

Direct owner — 10% stake — since 2021

Ornstein, Marton

Direct owner — 10% stake — since 2021

Rubenstein, David

Direct owner — 10% stake — since 2021

Pandya, Riten

Managing employee — since 2021

Stern, Samuel

Officer — since 2021

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since

1999-06-23

License expires

2026-12-31

CMS overall rating

4 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

9 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2025-08-28

Nurse staffing

3.3 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$323 per day (≈ $9,820/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

93% Medicaid · 3% Medicare · 5% private/other

Occupancy

57% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

23% below the NJ median of $422/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

149

Licensed as

LONG TERM CARE FACILITY SNF/NF

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Wheelchair accessible

entrance and parking

Visiting hours

Daily Open 24 hours

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 2 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2025-08-28Health inspection9 citations

F-0554

D · No harm found

Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

Corrected 2025-09-18

F-0568

D · No harm found

Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.

Corrected 2025-09-18

F-0578

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.

Corrected 2025-09-18

F-0641

D · No harm found

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Corrected 2025-09-15

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2025-09-18

F-0695

D · No harm found

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2025-09-18

F-0698

D · No harm found

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Corrected 2025-09-18

F-0732

D · No harm found

Post nurse staffing information every day.

Corrected 2025-09-18

F-0812

F · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2025-09-15

2024-03-21Health inspection6 citations

F-0558

D · No harm found

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Corrected 2024-03-25

F-0658

E · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2024-03-25

F-0692

D · No harm found

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Corrected 2024-03-25

F-0698

E · No harm found

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Corrected 2024-03-25

F-0727

D · No harm found

Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

Corrected 2024-03-25

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2024-03-25

3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (51 citations)

2022-10-12Health inspection37 citations

F-0550

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0559

E · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0584

E · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0600

L · Immediate jeopardy

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0609

F · No harm found

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0623

C · No harm found

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0625

C · No harm found

Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0636

D · No harm found

Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0638

E · No harm found

Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.

Corrected 2022-12-06

F-0656

E · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2022-12-06

F-0657

D · No harm found

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Corrected 2023-02-21

F-0677

D · No harm found

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0688

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0689

E · No harm found

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2022-12-06

F-0698

E · No harm found

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Corrected 2022-12-06

F-0725

F · No harm found

Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0726

F · No harm found

Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0732

C · No harm found

Post nurse staffing information every day.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0740

E · No harm found

Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0755

E · No harm found

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0761

E · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0812

F · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0835

L · Immediate jeopardy

Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0838

F · No harm found

Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0841

F · No harm found

Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0842

D · No harm found

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0843

F · No harm found

Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0850

F · No harm found

Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0865

F · No harm found

Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0867

F · No harm found

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0880

L · Immediate jeopardy

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0882

F · No harm found

Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0883

D · No harm found

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0886

L · Immediate jeopardy

Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0887

D · No harm found

Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0888

L · Immediate jeopardy

Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19

Corrected 2022-12-05

F-0924

D · No harm found

Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.

Corrected 2022-12-05

2025-08-28Fire-safety inspection5 citations

K-0222

F · No harm found

Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.

Corrected 2025-09-18

K-0324

F · No harm found

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Corrected 2025-09-18

K-0345

F · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2025-09-15

K-0353

F · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2025-09-18

K-0372

F · No harm found

Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

Corrected 2025-09-18

2022-10-12Fire-safety inspection9 citations

E-0033

F · No harm found

Establish methods for sharing information.

Corrected 2022-12-05

E-0034

F · No harm found

Provide a means of sharing information on occupancy/needs.

Corrected 2022-12-05

E-0037

F · No harm found

Establish staff and initial training requirements.

Corrected 2022-12-05

K-0311

D · No harm found

Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.

Corrected 2022-12-05

K-0351

E · No harm found

Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.

Corrected 2022-12-05

K-0355

D · No harm found

Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

Corrected 2022-12-05

K-0374

F · No harm found

Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.

Corrected 2022-12-05

K-0531

E · No harm found

Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire.

Corrected 2022-12-05

K-0918

E · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2022-12-05

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 315455.

Visitor reviews

What people say on Google.

4.6114 ratings on Google

★★★★★Samatha Eppley · 2026-05-27 · via Google
“Wonderful place and staff. My father-in-law spent almost 4 months in this facility receiving therapy. They were amazing. Staff was able to attend to all his needs in a timely matter. Therapy was amazing. My father-in-law hasn't walked in almost 20 years due to his debilitating health, and they got him up and walking 200+ feet daily. Excellent facility and wonderful caring staff!”

★★★★★Ajaniq Wiggins · 2026-05-27 · via Google
“Our experience with this facility has been excellent. The staff is attentive, the environment is clean and welcoming, and communication has been outstanding. I want to specifically recognize Danielle from HR for her exceptional support. She guided us through every step with clarity and empathy, ensuring we understood all options and felt confident in our decisions. Her professionalism reflects the…”

★★★★★Kelly Fuller · 2026-03-26 · via Google
“This place is amazing and goes way above and beyond for their patients! It's clean, the food is good, no bugs (or roaches!) and the care is remarkable. The employees and entire staff know your name!!! They really are GREAT and truly care about every patient. I don't leave reviews very often, but I had to for AVANT Rehabilitation. I came here in the beginning of February in really bad shape. I coul…”

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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