Brookside Skilled Nursing Hospital: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brookside Skilled Nursing Hospital is a 96-bed nonprofit nursing home in San Mateo, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.61 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65, and 28.2% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Brookside Skilled Nursing Hospital
2620 Flores StreetSan Mateo, CA 94403
San Mateo 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 Skilled Nursing Hospital, nurse aides logged 2.61 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 78 residents a day, that works out to roughly 204 aide hours a day, or about 26 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.61 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.69 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.87 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.16 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.76 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
28.2% of nursing staff at Brookside Skilled Nursing Hospital left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 28.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 16, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). 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 Skilled Nursing Hospital holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Brookside Skilled Nursing Hospital
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: St Johns Volunteers
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Brookside Skilled Nursing Hospital
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| San Mateo Medical Center D/P SNF San Mateo | 1.0 | 345 | 2.40 | 3.94 | — | 1 | $104,000 |
| Belmont Healthcare Center Belmont | 2.6 | 74 | 2.44 | 4.13 | 34.1% | 5 | None |
| Peninsula Post-Acute Burlingame | 5.2 | 62 | 2.42 | 4.71 | 36.9% | 4 | None |
| Millbrae Care Center Millbrae | 6.1 | 140 | 1.78 | 3.20 | 31.7% | 2 | $7,045 |
| Devonshire Oaks Nursing Center Redwood City | 6.3 | 38 | 2.60 | 4.64 | — | 5 | None |
| San Bruno Skilled Nursing San Bruno | 8.5 | 45 | 2.61 | 4.42 | 37.0% | 4 | None |
| Atherton Park Post-Acute Menlo Park | 9.1 | 160 | 2.50 | 3.90 | 32.9% | 4 | None |
| VI at Palo Alto Palo Alto | 10.1 | 44 | 3.32 | 6.10 | 20.3% | 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.