Garden Gate Health Care Facility: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Garden Gate Health Care Facility is a 184-bed for-profit nursing home in Cheektowaga, New York, part of The McGuire Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.04 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the New York average of 2.15, and 52.1% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Garden Gate Health Care Facility
2365 Union RoadCheektowaga, NY 14227
Erie 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 Garden Gate Health Care Facility, nurse aides logged 2.04 hours per resident per day, 5% below the New York average. With about 177 residents a day, that works out to roughly 362 aide hours a day, or about 45 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.04 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.27 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.39 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.70 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.16 | 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
52.1% of nursing staff at Garden Gate Health Care Facility 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%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 19, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 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. Garden Gate Health Care Facility holds 2 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Garden Gate Health Care Facility
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: The McGuire Group, 6 homes
- Legal name: Garden Gate Health Care Facility LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 29, 1979
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Garden Gate Health Care Facility
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Elderwood at Cheektowaga Cheektowaga | 1.1 | 172 | 1.91 | 3.27 | 63.0% | 1 | None |
| Seneca Health Care Center West Seneca | 2.9 | 160 | 2.25 | 3.81 | 45.7% | 3 | $9,110 |
| Elderwood at Lancaster Lancaster | 3.7 | 96 | 1.56 | 2.76 | 77.2% | 3 | None |
| Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns, L L C Buffalo | 4.2 | 120 | 2.10 | 3.44 | 43.4% | 2 | None |
| Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility Lackawanna | 4.8 | 84 | 2.75 | 4.68 | 43.7% | 5 | None |
| Terrace View Long Term Care Facility Buffalo · abuse citation | 5.2 | 390 | 2.38 | 4.28 | — | 3 | $30,843 |
| Williamsville Suburban, L L C Williamsville | 5.5 | 220 | 2.07 | 3.30 | 57.1% | 1 | $43,973 |
| Humboldt House Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Buffalo · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 5.7 | 173 | 2.00 | 3.04 | 59.5% | 2 | $270,666 |
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.