Excel Care At Manalapan
EXCEL CARE AT MANALAPAN in MANALAPAN, NJ — inspection on May 29, 2026.
Found 2 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
During a follow-up interview with the DSW at 2:28 PM, she stated that the purpose of a care plan (CP) was to ensure that each resident's individual needs were explained to ensure involved members were aware of the level of care the resident required.
She further stated that she had the ability to update resident's CP and that she did not include the residents' discharge plans as a focus area. An interview was conducted on 5/29/26 at 3 PM with the Director of Nursing (DON), who stated that a CP was a person-centered outline of the care that each resident required.
She stated that discharge planning begins at the time of admission and that it was the responsibility of the DSW to ensure that discharge plans were included in the CP.
When the surveyor asked the DON if she was aware that the DSW had not included discharge planning, the DON stated that she had come across one CP that did not include it but did not explain what action was taken when she saw it.
The DON restated that discharge plans should be a part of each resident's CP.
N.J.A.C. 8:39-27.1(a) Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TITLE (X6) DATE REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
315282 05/29/2026
Excel Care at Manalapan 104 Pension Road Manalapan, NJ 07726
During a follow-up interview on 5/29/26 at 4:08 PM, with the LNHA, the DON, and the Regional Clinical Director (RCD), the LNHA reviewed the facility's Release of Information policy in the presence of the surveyor.
When the surveyor asked if the LNHA followed this Policy Interpretation and Implementation, he stated that he had not completely followed the policy.
After the survey, on 6/8/26 at 5:39 PM, the surveyor received an electronic message from the LNHA containing attachments.
The LNHA indicated that the documents made up the referral packet that was forwarded to the outside facility for Resident #6.
The document included Resident #6's Care Plan, Diagnosis Report (dated 3/27/26), admission Record (dated 3/27/26), PN with an effective date range of 2/1/26 to 3/15/26, and the Order Summary Report (dated 3/27/26). A review of the facility's Release of Information policy, revised November 2009, revealed that the facility would maintain resident confidentiality.
The policy further revealed, . 3.
All information contained in the resident's medical record is confidential and may only be released by the written consent of the resident or his/her legal representative . N.J.A.C. 8:39-4.1(a)18; 27.1(a)
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Source: This inspection report was downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases nursing home inspection reports in bulk. The findings reflect what state surveyors documented in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies on the date of the inspection.
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