Sunnyside Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1974-01-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (315) 656-7218 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sunnyside Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 70.2/100, placing it #8210 of 14703 facilities nationally and #395 of 596 in New York. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Sunnyside Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 50 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 40 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 45 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 24 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 12 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 61.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $12,155. 27 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $12,155, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 62.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sunnyside Care Center ranks 8210th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 395th out of 596 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,061 nationally and RN hours rank #5,438 nationally (#201 in NY). Our composite quality score of 70.2/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in East Syracuse, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/east-syracuse/