Brookside Multicare Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brookside Multicare Nursing Center is a 353-bed for-profit nursing home in Smithtown, New York, part of Optima Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.33 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% above the New York average of 2.15, and 21.9% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Brookside Multicare Nursing Center
7 Route 25ASmithtown, NY 11787
Suffolk County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Brookside Multicare Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.33 hours per resident per day, 8% above the New York average. With about 299 residents a day, that works out to roughly 695 aide hours a day, or about 87 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.33 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.90 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.91 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.44 | 3.18 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
21.9% of nursing staff at Brookside Multicare Nursing Center left over the year CMS measured, against a New York average of 40.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 18.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 25, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (New York average 8.0). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Brookside Multicare Nursing Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Brookside Multicare Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Optima Care, 8 homes
- Legal name: Optima Care Smithtown LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 12, 1978
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Brookside Multicare Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| St Catherine Of Siena Nursing and Rehabilitation C Smithtown | 0.1 | 240 | 2.22 | 3.88 | 28.0% | 3 | $64,496 |
| Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Smithtown | 1.7 | 162 | 2.10 | 3.51 | 34.7% | 2 | None |
| The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center at Nesconset | 1.9 | 240 | 2.07 | 3.39 | 31.0% | 5 | $92,770 |
| Luxor Nursing & Rehabilitation at Mills Pond St James | 3.2 | 252 | 2.07 | 3.29 | 28.1% | 5 | None |
| St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center St James | 3.2 | 230 | 1.88 | 3.25 | 29.7% | 4 | None |
| St Johnland Nursing Center Kings Park · abuse citation | 3.9 | 250 | 2.36 | 4.14 | 39.0% | 1 | $30,817 |
| Ross Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation Brentwood | 5.6 | 135 | 2.10 | 3.42 | 27.9% | 3 | None |
| Long Island State Veterans Home Stonybrook | 5.6 | 350 | 2.75 | 4.65 | 24.8% | 5 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.