CCN 315111 · Mercer County, New Jersey
Preferred Care at Hamilton
1501 State Hwy 33, Hamilton Square, NJ 08690
Preferred Care at Hamilton is a 126-bed for-profit nursing home in Hamilton Square, New Jersey, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1969. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 114.4 residents a day, about 91% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $20 million originally, at 5.45%, with $19.9 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in November 2060.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 126
- Average residents per day
- 114.4 (90.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Individual
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Hamilton Operator, LLC
- Certified since
- Oct 14, 1969
- Chain or affiliated group
- Preferred Care (13 facilities, chain average 3.6 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | New Jersey median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 33 at 1, 71 at 2, 70 at 3, 90 at 4, 82 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.62 | 3.60 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.28 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 54.5% | 38.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 90.8% | 87.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $48,825 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 2 (May 12, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Preferred Care at Hamilton meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Holdco, LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 09/01/2019 |
| Green, DovIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/01/2019 |
| Mermelstein, BoruchIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/01/2019 |
| Schnell, DavidIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/01/2019 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2025 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Preferred Care at Hamilton, 121 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $20,033,300 | Active: 5.45%, $19,870,581 balanceMatures Nov 1, 2060. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 03122174 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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