Little Neck Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Little Neck Care Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Little Neck, New York, part of Optima Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.26 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% above the New York average of 2.15, and 16.9% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Little Neck Care Center
260 19 Nassau BoulevardLittle Neck, NY 11362
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 Little Neck Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.26 hours per resident per day, 5% above the New York average. With about 103 residents a day, that works out to roughly 233 aide hours a day, or about 29 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 York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.26 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.54 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.78 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.58 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.34 | 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
16.9% of nursing staff at Little Neck 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 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 28, 2024. 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. Little Neck Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Little Neck Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Optima Care, 8 homes
- Legal name: Optima Care Little Neck LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1976
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Little Neck Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehab New Hyde Park | 1.4 | 527 | 2.29 | 3.81 | 28.8% | 5 | None |
| New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, Inc Glen Oaks · staffing data not validated | 1.4 | 60 | — | — | — | 3 | $23,443 |
| Highfield Gardens Care Center of Great Neck Great Neck | 1.6 | 200 | 2.59 | 3.80 | 35.4% | 4 | $4,922 |
| Northwell Health Stern Family Center for Rehabilit Manhasset | 1.7 | 256 | 2.76 | 4.99 | 31.6% | 5 | None |
| The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Great Neck Great Neck | 1.9 | 214 | 1.98 | 3.07 | 15.2% | 1 | None |
| Windsor Park Rehab & Nursing Center Queens Village | 2.5 | 70 | 2.51 | 4.04 | 19.4% | 2 | $306,240 |
| Ozanam Hall Of Queens Nursing Home Inc Bayside | 2.5 | 432 | 2.22 | 3.49 | 30.3% | 3 | None |
| St Mary's Hospital For Children Bayside | 2.8 | 124 | — | — | — | 5 | $26,130 |
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.