Alameda Center: Daily Living Care Failures - NJ
Inspectors cited the facility under F0677, finding that medical records lacked the dates and times care was actually delivered. The violation affected some residents, inspectors noted, not just one or two isolated cases.
The requirement exists for a direct reason: when a chart doesn't show when a treatment happened, there is no way to know whether it happened at all. A nurse who later reviews a resident's record cannot tell if a wound was dressed yesterday or three days ago. A physician adjusting a care plan is working from incomplete information. The gap between what was done and what was written down is, in practical terms, invisible to anyone who wasn't in the room.
Inspectors rated the harm level as minimal or potential, meaning they did not document that residents were injured as a direct result. But the finding was serious enough to generate a formal federal citation following a complaint, which means someone, likely a resident, family member, or staff, contacted regulators before inspectors arrived.
The facility's own policy required that documentation of procedures and treatments include care-specific details, with dates and times listed among the specifics. Inspectors found that standard was not being met.
Alameda Center is a rehabilitation and long-term care facility in Perth Amboy. The December 29 inspection was a complaint survey, not a routine annual review, which means the documentation failures came to light because someone raised an alarm rather than through the ordinary inspection cycle.
What the records left out, no one outside that building can now reconstruct.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Alameda Center For Rehabilitation and Healthcare from 2025-12-29 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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ALAMEDA CENTER FOR REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE in PERTH AMBOY, NJ was cited for violations during a health inspection on December 29, 2025.
Inspectors cited the facility under F0677, finding that medical records lacked the dates and times care was actually delivered.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.