Elizabeth Seton Children’S Center is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1988-09-23. 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 (914) 294-6300 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Elizabeth Seton Children’S Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 99.6/100, placing it #26 of 14703 facilities nationally and #4 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 Elizabeth Seton Children’S Center receives a reported average of 11 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 6 hours 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 21 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 10 hours 32 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 21.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 6 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $14,680. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 19.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Elizabeth Seton Children’S Center ranks 26th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 99.6/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 4th out of 596 nursing homes. In Yonkers, it ranks 1st out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5 nationally and RN hours rank #6 nationally (#2 in NY). Our composite quality score of 99.6/100 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 Yonkers, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/yonkers/