Long Island State Veterans Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Long Island State Veterans Home is a 350-bed government-run nursing home in Stonybrook, New York, part of State of New York Comptroller's Office. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.75 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 28% above the New York average of 2.15, and 24.8% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Long Island State Veterans Home
100 Patriots RoadStonybrook, NY 11790
Suffolk 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 Long Island State Veterans Home, nurse aides logged 2.75 hours per resident per day, 28% above the New York average. With about 310 residents a day, that works out to roughly 854 aide hours a day, or about 107 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.75 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.67 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.24 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.65 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.16 | 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
24.8% of nursing staff at Long Island State Veterans Home 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 17.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 11, 2025. 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. Long Island State Veterans Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Long Island State Veterans Home
- Ownership: Government - State
- Chain: State of New York Comptroller's Office, 7 homes
- Legal name: State of New York Comptrollers Office
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 23, 1992
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Long Island State Veterans Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Jefferson's Ferry South Setauket | 1.7 | 60 | 3.27 | 5.30 | 49.5% | 5 | None |
| St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center St James | 2.5 | 230 | 1.88 | 3.25 | 29.7% | 4 | None |
| Luxor Nursing & Rehabilitation at Mills Pond St James | 2.5 | 252 | 2.07 | 3.29 | 28.1% | 5 | None |
| Waters Edge at Port Jefferson for Rehabilitation a Port Jefferson | 3.0 | 120 | 1.72 | 2.95 | 55.6% | 2 | $153,911 |
| Allegria Nursing & Rehab Center of Port Jefferson Port Jefferson Stati | 3.4 | 143 | 2.19 | 3.65 | — | 1 | None |
| Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Smithtown | 3.9 | 162 | 2.10 | 3.51 | 34.7% | 2 | None |
| John T Mather Memorial Hosp T C U Port Jefferson | 3.9 | 16 | 3.19 | 7.99 | 3.4% | 5 | None |
| The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center at Nesconset | 4.7 | 240 | 2.07 | 3.39 | 31.0% | 5 | $92,770 |
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.