Idylwood Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Idylwood Care Center is a 185-bed for-profit nursing home in Sunnyvale, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.98 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 50% above the California average of 2.65, and 30.9% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Idylwood Care Center
1002 W. Fremont AvenueSunnyvale, CA 94087
Santa Clara 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 Idylwood Care Center, nurse aides logged 3.98 hours per resident per day, 50% above the California average. With about 145 residents a day, that works out to roughly 576 aide hours a day, or about 72 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 | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.98 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.43 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 6.07 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 5.17 | 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
30.9% of nursing staff at Idylwood Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 36.4%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 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. Idylwood Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Idylwood Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Helios Healthcare, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Idylwood Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Sunnyvale Post-Acute Center Sunnyvale | 0.0 | 99 | 2.48 | 4.20 | 30.9% | 1 | None |
| Mountain View Healthcare Center Mountain View | 1.5 | 129 | 2.37 | 4.08 | 37.7% | 3 | $54,912 |
| Los Altos Post-Acute Los Altos | 1.7 | 152 | 2.44 | 4.15 | 52.4% | 3 | None |
| Sunnyvale Gardens Post Acute Sunnyvale | 1.7 | 140 | 2.34 | 3.88 | 47.7% | 3 | $43,176 |
| Camino Ridge Post-Acute Mountain View | 1.8 | 102 | 2.29 | 4.16 | 59.2% | 1 | $8,428 |
| Health Care Ctr at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio Cupertino | 1.9 | 48 | 3.32 | 5.75 | 28.8% | 4 | None |
| Sunny View Manor Cupertino | 2.1 | 48 | 2.86 | 4.92 | 14.3% | 5 | $8,176 |
| Cedar Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Sunnyvale | 2.2 | 99 | 2.51 | 4.27 | 23.8% | 4 | 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.