Ocean Gardens Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Ocean Gardens Care Center is a 280-bed for-profit nursing home in Arverne, New York. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.59 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 26% below the New York average of 2.15, and 34.1% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Ocean Gardens Care Center
64 11 Beach Channel DriveArverne, NY 11692
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 Ocean Gardens Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.59 hours per resident per day, 26% below the New York average. With about 267 residents a day, that works out to roughly 424 aide hours a day, or about 53 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) | 1.59 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.33 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.46 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.39 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.21 | 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
34.1% of nursing staff at Ocean Gardens 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 44.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 27, 2023. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 10 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. Ocean Gardens Care Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Ocean Gardens Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Ocean Gardens Nursing Facility, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 7, 1992
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Ocean Gardens Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Resort Nursing Home Arverne | 0.4 | 280 | 2.47 | 3.55 | 33.3% | 3 | None |
| Lawrence Nursing Care Center, Inc Arverne | 0.7 | 200 | 1.69 | 2.59 | 30.4% | 1 | None |
| Rockaway Care Center Far Rockaway | 1.0 | 228 | 1.94 | 3.14 | 45.1% | 1 | $135,193 |
| Beach Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Far Rockaway · abuse citation | 2.1 | 163 | 2.02 | 3.11 | 26.9% | 2 | None |
| Bezalel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Far Rockaway | 2.1 | 120 | 2.29 | 3.28 | 22.4% | 3 | None |
| Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Far Rockaway | 2.1 | 100 | 1.77 | 2.84 | 41.8% | 4 | None |
| Peninsula Nursing And Rehabilitation Center Far Rockaway | 2.1 | 200 | 1.99 | 3.28 | 39.8% | 2 | $81,387 |
| Beacon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Far Rockaway | 2.1 | 120 | 1.92 | 3.29 | 13.2% | 4 | $8,512 |
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.