Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is a 40-bed for-profit nursing home in Dunkirk, New York, part of Personal Healthcare Management. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.86 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% below the New York average of 2.15, and 45.0% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
447 449 Lake Shore Drive WestDunkirk, NY 14048
Chautauqua 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 Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 1.86 hours per resident per day, 14% below the New York average. With about 38 residents a day, that works out to roughly 71 aide hours a day, or about 9 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) | 1.86 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.90 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.53 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.29 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.90 | 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
45.0% of nursing staff at Dunkirk Rehabilitation & 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 33.3%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 18, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Personal Healthcare Management, 21 homes
- Legal name: Durnc Operating LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 1, 1977
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Chautauqua Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Dunkirk | 1.8 | 216 | 1.62 | 2.87 | 49.7% | 1 | $8,926 |
| Gowanda Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Gowanda | 20.4 | 160 | 1.95 | 3.27 | 29.9% | 3 | $23,520 |
| Heritage Green Rehab & Skilled Nursing Greenhurst | 24.6 | 134 | 1.32 | 2.42 | 51.1% | 1 | None |
| Eden Rehabilitation Nursing Center Eden | 25.2 | 40 | 2.04 | 3.42 | 46.9% | 5 | None |
| Heritage Park Rehab & Skilled Nursing Jamestown | 27.3 | 146 | 1.46 | 2.34 | 46.3% | 1 | None |
| Autumn View Health Care Facility L L C Hamburg | 30.6 | 230 | 1.90 | 3.33 | 44.7% | 5 | None |
| Elderwood at Hamburg Hamburg | 31.0 | 166 | 1.69 | 3.02 | 71.7% | 3 | $16,900 |
| Fiddlers Green Manor Rehab and Nursing Center Springville · abuse citation | 33.4 | 82 | 1.67 | 2.90 | 38.8% | 2 | $16,556 |
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.