Highland Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Highland Care Center is a 320-bed for-profit nursing home in Jamaica, New York. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.91 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the New York average of 2.15, and 25.9% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Highland Care Center
91 31 175th StreetJamaica, NY 11432
Queens 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 Highland Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.91 hours per resident per day, 11% below the New York average. With about 311 residents a day, that works out to roughly 594 aide hours a day, or about 74 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.91 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.42 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.98 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.61 | 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
25.9% of nursing staff at Highland Care 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 38.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 28, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Highland Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Highland Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Highland Care Center, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 1, 1976
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Highland Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Margaret Tietz Center for Nursing Care Inc Jamaica | 0.0 | 200 | 2.05 | 3.42 | 29.5% | 5 | $8,512 |
| Hillside Manor Rehab & Extended Care Center Jamaica Estates | 0.0 | 400 | 2.18 | 3.37 | 26.5% | 2 | $34,947 |
| Chapin Home for the Aging Jamaica | 0.0 | 220 | 1.83 | 3.19 | — | 5 | None |
| Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Center LLC Flushing | 1.0 | 135 | 1.83 | 2.88 | 22.9% | 5 | None |
| Holliswood Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcar Hollis | 1.4 | 314 | 2.63 | 4.30 | 15.9% | 2 | None |
| Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home Hollis | 1.4 | 80 | 2.34 | 3.93 | 27.9% | 5 | None |
| Silvercrest Jamaica | 1.4 | 320 | 2.52 | 3.93 | 19.3% | 2 | $24,850 |
| Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home Co Inc Jamaica | 1.6 | 226 | 2.39 | 3.85 | 14.5% | 5 | $8,788 |
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.