Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside is a 64-bed nonprofit nursing home in Mountainside, New Jersey. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.78 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 70% above the New Jersey average of 2.23, and 33.0% nursing staff turnover (New Jersey average 39.7%).
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside
150 New Providence RoadMountainside, NJ 07092
Union 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 Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside, nurse aides logged 3.78 hours per resident per day, 70% above the New Jersey average. With about 55 residents a day, that works out to roughly 209 aide hours a day, or about 26 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Jersey avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.78 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.43 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 2.58 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 7.79 | 3.85 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 7.22 | 3.50 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
33.0% of nursing staff at Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside left over the year CMS measured, against a New Jersey average of 39.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 30.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 23, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (New Jersey average 8.8). 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. Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside holds 5 of 5 overall; the New Jersey average is 3.3.
About Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 6, 1986
- Located inside a hospital
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab Mountainside | 0.8 | 151 | 2.29 | 3.67 | 33.0% | 3 | None |
| Continuing Care at Lantern Hill New Providence | 2.6 | 40 | 3.18 | 5.55 | 23.9% | 3 | $21,645 |
| Cranford Park Care Cranford | 3.2 | 100 | 2.14 | 3.24 | — | 2 | None |
| Complete Care at Westfield, LLC Westfield | 3.2 | 227 | 2.06 | 3.36 | 45.9% | 4 | None |
| McAuley Hall Health Care Cente Watchung | 3.3 | 74 | 2.86 | 4.14 | 27.5% | 4 | None |
| Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Cranford | 3.4 | 200 | 2.01 | 3.35 | 30.3% | 5 | None |
| Spring Grove Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center New Providence | 3.5 | 106 | 2.18 | 3.56 | 29.5% | 3 | $10,527 |
| Complete Care at Clark LLC Clark | 3.5 | 140 | 2.06 | 3.49 | 37.8% | 4 | $25,753 |
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.