CCN 315351 · Middlesex County, New Jersey
Brighton Gardens of Edison
1801 Oak Tree Road, Edison, NJ 08820
Brighton Gardens of Edison is a 30-bed for-profit nursing home in Edison, New Jersey, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1995. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 24.3 residents a day, about 81% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 30
- Average residents per day
- 24.3 (81.0% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Welltower Opco Group LLC
- Certified since
- Dec 18, 1995
- Chain or affiliated group
- Sunrise Senior Living (4 facilities, chain average 3.5 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 | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 6.52 | 3.60 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.22 | 0.55 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 6.08 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 14.6% | 38.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 81.0% | 87.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 0 (Feb 19, 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). Brighton Gardens of Edison meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Senior Living Management IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/15/2017 |
| Akridge, UlyssesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/17/2025 |
| Coelho, AndrewIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/15/2017 |
| Falco, DeniseIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/16/2025 |
| Frantz, EdwardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/15/2017 |
| Kessler, ThomasIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/16/2025 |
| O'Riordan, DamienIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/16/2025 |
| Painter, DavidIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/15/2017 |
| Royal, PatriciaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/16/2025 |
| Sekel, WendyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/15/2017 |
| Thompson, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/16/2025 |
| Vaidya, KetankumarIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2013 |
| Wells, AnjaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/23/2022 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2017 | Welltower Opco Group LLC | Hcri Edison Subtenant LLC |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
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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