Sunnyside Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sunnyside Care Center is a 80-bed for-profit nursing home in East Syracuse, New York, part of The Mayer Family. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.36 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% above the New York average of 2.15, and 60.4% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Sunnyside Care Center
7000 Collamer RdEast Syracuse, NY 13057
Onondaga 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 Sunnyside Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.36 hours per resident per day, 10% above the New York average. With about 74 residents a day, that works out to roughly 174 aide hours a day, or about 22 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 22% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.36 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.83 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.00 | 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
60.4% of nursing staff at Sunnyside 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 50.0%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 12, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 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. Sunnyside Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Sunnyside Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: The Mayer Family, 11 homes
- Legal name: Sunnyside Care Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1974
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sunnyside Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Minoa · SFF candidate | 2.9 | 82 | 1.78 | 3.25 | 69.6% | 1 | $191,992 |
| Jewish Home of Central New York Syracuse | 5.3 | 132 | 2.24 | 3.90 | — | 2 | $121,573 |
| Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Syracuse · SFF candidate | 6.2 | 440 | 2.19 | 3.52 | 55.7% | 1 | $699,602 |
| Nottingham R H C F Jamesville | 7.3 | 40 | 2.46 | 3.85 | 34.2% | 5 | None |
| Elderwood at Liverpool Liverpool | 7.3 | 160 | 1.92 | 3.52 | — | 2 | $56,921 |
| The Cottages at Garden Grove, a Skilled Nrsg Comm Cicero | 7.6 | 156 | 3.04 | 4.41 | 48.0% | 2 | None |
| Central Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Syracuse | 7.7 | 160 | 2.09 | 3.58 | 46.7% | 1 | None |
| Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center Syracuse | 8.4 | 583 | 2.17 | 3.67 | 37.6% | 1 | 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.