The Cottages at Garden Grove, a Skilled Nrsg Comm: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
The Cottages at Garden Grove, a Skilled Nrsg Comm is a 156-bed nonprofit nursing home in Cicero, New York. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.04 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 41% above the New York average of 2.15, and 48.0% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
The Cottages at Garden Grove, a Skilled Nrsg Comm
5460 Meltzer CourtCicero, NY 13039
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 The Cottages at Garden Grove, a Skilled Nrsg Comm, nurse aides logged 3.04 hours per resident per day, 41% above the New York average. With about 138 residents a day, that works out to roughly 418 aide hours a day, or about 52 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) | 3.04 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.41 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.12 | 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
48.0% of nursing staff at The Cottages at Garden Grove, a Skilled Nrsg Comm 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 39.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 1, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 13 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. The Cottages at Garden Grove, a Skilled Nrsg Comm holds 2 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About The Cottages at Garden Grove, a Skilled Nrsg Comm
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Plaza Nursing Home Company Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 1, 1971
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near The Cottages at Garden Grove, a Skilled Nrsg Comm
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Elderwood at Liverpool Liverpool | 5.2 | 160 | 1.92 | 3.52 | — | 2 | $56,921 |
| Sunnyside Care Center East Syracuse | 7.6 | 80 | 2.36 | 3.83 | 60.4% | 2 | None |
| Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Syracuse · SFF candidate | 9.3 | 440 | 2.19 | 3.52 | 55.7% | 1 | $699,602 |
| Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Minoa · SFF candidate | 10.5 | 82 | 1.78 | 3.25 | 69.6% | 1 | $191,992 |
| Central Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Syracuse | 11.0 | 160 | 2.09 | 3.58 | 46.7% | 1 | None |
| Syracuse Home Association Baldwinsville | 11.0 | 120 | 2.67 | 4.51 | 32.3% | 5 | None |
| Jewish Home of Central New York Syracuse | 11.0 | 132 | 2.24 | 3.90 | — | 2 | $121,573 |
| St Camillus Residential Health Care Facility Syracuse | 11.4 | 284 | 1.84 | 3.49 | 37.4% | 2 | $39,754 |
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.