The Eleanor Nursing Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1971-03-29. 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 (845) 229-9177 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Eleanor Nursing Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 59.7/100, placing it #12132 of 14703 facilities nationally and #527 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 The Eleanor Nursing Care Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 48 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 43 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 43 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 30 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 19.2%. 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 $132,957. 19 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 $132,957, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 343.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Eleanor Nursing Care Center ranks 12132nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 59.7/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 527th out of 596 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,675 nationally and RN hours rank #11,858 nationally (#524 in NY). Our composite quality score of 59.7/100 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 Hyde Park, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/hyde-park/