St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is a 230-bed for-profit nursing home in St James, New York, part of Carerite Centers. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.88 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 13% below the New York average of 2.15, and 29.7% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
275 Moriches RoadSt James, NY 11780
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 St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 1.88 hours per resident per day, 13% below the New York average. With about 224 residents a day, that works out to roughly 421 aide hours a day, or about 53 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.88 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.53 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.25 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.85 | 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
29.7% of nursing staff at St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare 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 Dec 9, 2025. 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. St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Carerite Centers, 34 homes
- Legal name: St James Operating LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 29, 1970
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Luxor Nursing & Rehabilitation at Mills Pond St James | 0.0 | 252 | 2.07 | 3.29 | 28.1% | 5 | None |
| Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Smithtown | 1.6 | 162 | 2.10 | 3.51 | 34.7% | 2 | None |
| The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center at Nesconset | 2.2 | 240 | 2.07 | 3.39 | 31.0% | 5 | $92,770 |
| Long Island State Veterans Home Stonybrook | 2.5 | 350 | 2.75 | 4.65 | 24.8% | 5 | None |
| Brookside Multicare Nursing Center Smithtown | 3.2 | 353 | 2.33 | 3.91 | 21.9% | 5 | None |
| St Catherine Of Siena Nursing and Rehabilitation C Smithtown | 3.3 | 240 | 2.22 | 3.88 | 28.0% | 3 | $64,496 |
| Jefferson's Ferry South Setauket | 3.5 | 60 | 3.27 | 5.30 | 49.5% | 5 | None |
| St Johnland Nursing Center Kings Park · abuse citation | 5.2 | 250 | 2.36 | 4.14 | 39.0% | 1 | $30,817 |
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.