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Skillman is home to many senior care options, including nursing homes. The term “nursing home” is often used as a catchall for any type of senior care. But it can also refer to actual nursing homes, or skilled nursing facilities, which provide the highest level of medical and rehabilitative care outside of a hospital. Of the 730 nursing homes, assisted living, and memory care communities in Skillman, the best fit for your loved one will depend on their budget and needs. The cost of nursing home care in Skillman is about $9,137, but costs tend to increase as care needs increase.

To learn more, browse our 19724 reviews and explore the services and amenities available in your area. You may also consider nearby communities such as Blackwells Mills, Weston and Pleasantview.

 

Nursing Homes Facilities near Skillman, NJ

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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
The Veranda Assisted Living is a newly renovated facility. It is a large 363 bed Medicaid assisted living facility. We are located on Staten Island, just minutes away from the Staten Island Ferry and Verrazano Bridge. Offering private and semi-private rooms that are available today. Providing...
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Located in central East Orange, NJ, Windsor Garden Care Center provides high quality skilled nursing and rehabilitative care for all your medical and therapeutic needs. We are proud to be one of a select number of facilities certified in the Eden Alternative, a progressive and person-centered...
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Garden Hills Residence
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Wayside Retirement Center is a small family owned and operated Health Care facility. We provide our residents with 24 hour a day personal care, supervision of medications and daily nursing assessments. Adult day care and short-term stays are available.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Concord Healthcare and Rehab Center
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Photo of The Job Haines Home
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Since 1897, the Job Haines Home has been committed to providing exceptional care at an affordable cost to Seniors 65 and older. Our mission has always been to maintain the dignity, independence and individuality of each resident.Our Assisted Living Residence has sixth-three units featuring studio...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
You and your loved ones will feel confident that you are safe, happy, and well taken care of at Victoria Mews. Your days will be filled with good friends and good times, and your evenings will be filled with rest and relaxation. Please visit us ......our door is always open! We know how important...
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Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Taylors Personal Care Home
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
At Cathedral Village, you have the flexibility to create your own experience. All of our senior living services are available as you need them in Philadelphia, PA. Ideally located near the Plymouth/Whitemarsh area of Montgomery County in the Roxborough community of Northwest Philadelphia, we are...
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of United Methodist Communities At Pineridge Of Montclair
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of The Ridge At Whitemarsh Health And Rehabilitation
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Complete Care at Green Acres
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Norriton Square Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
At Rittenhouse Pine Center, a Genesis HealthCare facility, we offer our patients and residents outstanding care, delivered by highly skilled practitioners in a warm and comfortable setting. Our Quality Healthcare Units provide skilled nursing, medical and rehabilitative care for patients and...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.

Cost of nursing homes in Skillman, NJ

The average cost of senior living in Skillman is $9,137 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Edison, NJ with an average of $8,039 per month.

Nursing homes costs in Skillman, NJ, vs. state and national averages

Skillman, NJ
$9,137/mo
U.S. national average
$5,847/mo

Nursing homes costs in Skillman, NJ, vs. other senior living options

$9,435/mo
Nursing Homes
$9,137/mo

Nursing homes costs in Skillman, NJ, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$8,491/mo
Private
$9,408/mo

Senior living costs in Skillman vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 4 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Skillman, NJ
Column state: New Jersey
Column national: U.S.
Community typeSkillman, NJNew JerseyU.S.
Nursing Homes$9,137/mo$8,283/mo$5,847/mo
Assisted Living$7,727/mo$7,748/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$9,435/mo$9,376/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living$5,148/mo$4,407/mo$3,520/mo
Nursing Homes
Skillman, NJ:$9,137/mo
New Jersey:$8,283/mo
U.S.:$5,847/mo
Assisted Living
Skillman, NJ:$7,727/mo
New Jersey:$7,748/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Skillman, NJ:$9,435/mo
New Jersey:$9,376/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Skillman, NJ:$5,148/mo
New Jersey:$4,407/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Nursing homes costs in Skillman, NJ, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly nursing homes costs have shifted over the past five years in Skillman and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

Skillman, NJNJ stateNational

Nursing homes cost trends in Skillman, NJ

The table below shows how monthly nursing homes costs in Skillman have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 average costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Skillman, NJ$8,350/mo$8,021/mo+4.1%
New Jersey$8,154/mo$7,721/mo+5.6%
National$6,098/mo$5,866/mo+4.0%
Skillman, NJ
2024 average cost:$8,350/mo
2023 average cost:$8,021/mo
Percent change:+4.1%
New Jersey
2024 average cost:$8,154/mo
2023 average cost:$7,721/mo
Percent change:+5.6%
National
2024 average cost:$6,098/mo
2023 average cost:$5,866/mo
Percent change:+4.0%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about nursing homes in Skillman

Recent reviews for nursing homes in Skillman

Brandywine Pennington by Monarch

5.0
My mother passed away at Brandywine last month. The decisions you are facing now about the care of a loved one are difficult and life-changing ones. It is with great gratitude that share my experiences with Brandywine at Pennington to assist you. This is the third review I have written over ...
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Brandywine Princeton by Monarch

4.8
My mother has been here for over a ½ year and loves it! I could go on-and-on about how wonderful this place is. The Activities Dept. is spectacular! And when you live in a place like this, you need an incredible variety to pick from. I’m not talking about the normal things like Bingo or Crafts, ...
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Alcoeur Gardens of Toms River

4.0
Alcoeur Gardens of [Removed] was a nice place for dad to stay for a brief respite stay. The staff was very attentive and caring to his needs. The atmosphere was warm and inviting. The activities director was very young and hopefully, as she gains more experience they will have more ...
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Skillman nursing homes services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Skillman nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Skillman, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in Skillman nursing homes

Nursing homes communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of nursing homes partners in Skillman that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Skillman, NJNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
51.9%
2.5%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
53.4%
9.7%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
78.2%
23.7%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
76.3%
24%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
61.1%
10%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
29.9%
0.8%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
74.7%
20.4%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
51.5%
6.9%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
61%
17.5%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Skillman nursing homes

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Skillman Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Skillman, NJNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
52.2%
4%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
38.2%
0.3%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
47.7%
5.5%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
16%
1.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Skillman nursing homes

Nursing homes communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Skillman partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Skillman, NJNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
35.8%
0.6%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
47%
1.4%
No sugar
No sugar
45.2%
1.4%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
42.7%
3.5%
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Availability of select dining options in Skillman nursing homes

Our nursing homes communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Skillman communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Skillman, NJNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
37.3%
0.2%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
43.3%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
36.3%
0.3%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
23%
0.7%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Skillman nursing homes

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered nursing homes communities in Skillman offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Skillman, NJNational
Activity director
Activity director
46%
0.4%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
37.5%
0.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
30.4%
0.3%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
50.1%
6.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
47.8%
0.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
54.2%
6.6%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
40.1%
0.4%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
39.5%
0.3%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
40.7%
0.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
46.2%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
46.3%
0.4%
Dances
Dances
33.2%
0.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
21%
0.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
46.8%
0.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions

Dry Harbor Nursing Home, Arden Courts Wayne, A Memory Care Community and Chestnut Knoll are the top-rated nursing homes facilities near Skillman, New Jersey. See full list of communities.
There are 730 nursing homes facilities near Skillman, New Jersey. See the full list.
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