Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a 499-bed for-profit nursing home in New York City, New York, part of Cassena Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.06 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the New York average of 2.15, and 39.2% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
211 East 79 StNew York City, NY 10075
New York 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 Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.06 hours per resident per day, 4% below the New York average. With about 460 residents a day, that works out to roughly 946 aide hours a day, or about 118 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.06 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.00 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.26 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.32 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.98 | 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
39.2% of nursing staff at Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing 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 51.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 23, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Cassena Care, 13 homes
- Legal name: Dewitt Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1967
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Inc New York | 0.9 | 362 | 2.23 | 3.71 | 30.3% | 5 | None |
| The Riverside New York | 1.3 | 520 | 1.92 | 2.92 | 34.3% | 5 | None |
| Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center New York | 1.4 | 679 | 2.15 | 3.38 | 39.6% | 4 | None |
| Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center Roosevelt Island | 1.5 | 815 | 2.58 | 4.36 | 19.2% | 5 | None |
| The New Jewish Home, Manhattan New York | 1.6 | 514 | 2.54 | 3.90 | 30.8% | 3 | $134,514 |
| Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992) New York | 1.9 | 409 | 2.16 | 3.40 | 28.6% | 5 | None |
| New York Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing Astoria | 2.1 | 280 | 2.52 | 4.03 | — | 5 | None |
| Complete Care at Harborage LLC North Bergen · abuse citation | 2.2 | 247 | 2.17 | 3.48 | 40.2% | 2 | $27,378 |
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.