Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community is a 84-bed nonprofit nursing home in Harrisonburg, Virginia. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.84 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 37% above the Virginia average of 2.07, and 41.8% nursing staff turnover (Virginia average 48.1%).
Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community
3935 Sunnyside Drive, Suite aHarrisonburg, VA 22801
Harrisonburg City 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 Presbyterian Retirement Community, nurse aides logged 2.84 hours per resident per day, 37% above the Virginia average. With about 69 residents a day, that works out to roughly 197 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 17% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Virginia avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.84 | 2.07 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.18 | 1.00 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.63 | 0.69 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.65 | 3.76 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.89 | 3.29 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
41.8% of nursing staff at Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community left over the year CMS measured, against a Virginia average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 26, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (Virginia average 14.5). 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 Presbyterian Retirement Community holds 5 of 5 overall; the Virginia average is 3.0.
About Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Sunnyside Presbyterian Home
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 1, 2006
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Blue Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Harrisonburg | 0.8 | 117 | 1.81 | 3.13 | 56.8% | 2 | $50,436 |
| Harrisonburg Hlth & Rehab Cntr Harrisonburg · abuse citation | 1.0 | 180 | 1.83 | 3.17 | 60.0% | 1 | $232,008 |
| VMRC, Complete Living Care Harrisonburg · staffing data not validated | 2.8 | 120 | — | — | — | 3 | None |
| Bridgewater Home , Inc. Bridgewater | 6.7 | 127 | 3.11 | 4.63 | 31.9% | 4 | None |
| Life Care Center of New Market New Market | 18.5 | 118 | 1.88 | 3.34 | 20.6% | 5 | None |
| Kings Daughters Community Health & Rehab Staunton · abuse citation | 22.0 | 117 | 1.14 | 2.67 | 59.6% | 1 | $94,940 |
| Staunton Post Acute & Rehabilitation Staunton · abuse citation | 22.1 | 170 | 1.94 | 3.28 | 54.2% | 2 | $24,413 |
| Shenandoah Nursing Home Fishersville | 24.0 | 84 | 2.05 | 3.43 | 37.0% | 5 | 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.