All 5 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Yonkers,
side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the
staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.
Elizabeth Seton Children's Center runs on a nonprofit model with 169 certified beds, and the staffing numbers stand out right away: 11.06 nurse hours per resident day, roughly triple the national average of 3.86. Weekend coverage dips about 7% below weekday levels, but that's a modest gap given the overall volume. Staff turnover sits at 22.2%, well under the national 45.8%, which suggests people stay. Inspections in August 2025 turned up 14 deficiencies, none at the harm or jeopardy level, though four were abuse-related, worth asking about directly. The quality and staffing ratings both come in at the top of CMS's scale, and the health inspection rating is close behind.
Adira At Riverside runs 4.24 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 10% above the national average, and its staff turnover of 25% is well below the 45.8% norm, a sign people tend to stay. The catch is the inspection record. Twenty-four deficiencies, two of them serious enough to put residents at risk of harm, drew a single $66,859 fine and a one-star health inspection rating. Quality measures score 5/5, but weekend staffing drops about 16% below weekdays, so care thins out exactly when families visit. Good staffing and low turnover, real trouble on inspections, worth asking what those two harm-level citations involved before deciding.
Yonkers Gardens runs 200 beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and its staffing sits about 20% under the national average at 3.07 nurse hours per resident day. Weekends drop roughly 12% below its own weekday levels, so coverage thins exactly when families tend to visit. Turnover is 33.1%, better than the 45.8% national figure, which suggests some stability in who's actually on the floor. The trouble is the inspection record: 53 deficiencies, including 8 tied to abuse and 2 serious enough to trigger fines totaling $98,914. A 1/5 inspection rating against a 4/5 quality measure score is a wide gap, and the last survey in February 2026 means that record is recent. Ask about the abuse citations directly.
Sans Souci runs 120 beds in Yonkers under for-profit LLC ownership, and the staffing numbers are the first thing to look at: 3.28 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 15% under the national average, with weekends about 9% thinner than weekdays. Turnover sits at 38.5%, actually better than the national 45.8%, so the issue isn't retention so much as how many hands are scheduled on a given shift. The inspection record is where it gets harder to ignore: 47 deficiencies, seven tied to abuse, and a one-star health inspection rating, though none of those citations rose to harm or jeopardy level. State surveys last visited in August 2024. The five-star quality measure score reflects reported clinical data, not the survey history.
Hudson Hill runs 315 beds in Yonkers, and the numbers show a home stretched thin. Nurse staffing sits at 3.08 hours per resident day, roughly 20 percent under the national average, with weekends even leaner than weekdays, that's when call bells tend to go unanswered. The inspection record is the bigger worry: 50 deficiencies, three of them serious enough to put residents in harm's way and seven tied to abuse. A single fine of $56,044 is on file, and the last inspection was in December 2024. Turnover at 29.3 percent is actually better than the national figure, so the problem isn't keeping staff, it's having enough of them, and a record that keeps flagging the same risks.