Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin, NJ, along with
Community Medical Center TCU in Toms River, NJ, are the only two nursing homes out of 16 within 20 miles that have a 5-star rating in each of overall, health inspection, quality measures, and short-stay quality measures (4 total). Nationwide there are 636 such nursing homes.
Southern Ocean Medical Center has these rating standings
among those 16 nursing homes:
- overall rating = 5 stars (the highest, tied)
- change in overall rating over two years = 0 stars (maxed out)
- health-inspection rating = 5 stars (the highest, tied)
- quality-measures rating = 5 stars (the highest, tied)
- short-stay quality-measures rating = 5 stars (the highest, tied)