Garden Gate Health Care Facility
Nursing home in Cheektowaga, New York, CMS certification number 335634
2365 Union Road, Cheektowaga, NY 14227 · Erie County
- CMS overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 184
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- March 19, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 9
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Garden Gate Health Care Facility take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Garden Gate Health Care Facility is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 3 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 2 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 5 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Garden Gate Health Care Facility reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 3.84
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.39
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 1.43
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.01
- Weekend total hours
- 3.31
- Nursing staff turnover
- 49.3%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 45.5%
- Administrators who left
- 1
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on March 19, 2025 and cited 9 deficiencies, plus 2 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on October 18, 2023, found 3.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Garden Gate Health Care Facility in the past 3 years.
Beds and residents
On an average day 178.8 residents live here, about 97% of its 184 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 184
- Average residents per day
- 178.8
- Certified since
- January 29, 1979
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Garden Gate Health Care Facility
- Legal business name
- Garden Gate Health Care Facility LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- 6 homes nationally under The McGuire Group, 4.2-star chain average
Other nursing homes near Garden Gate Health Care Facility
- Elderwood at Cheektowaga225 Bennett Road, Cheektowaga 14227
- Seneca Health Care Center2987 Seneca Street, West Seneca 14224
- Elderwood at Lancaster1818 Como Park Blvd, Lancaster 14086
- Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns, L L C300 Dorrance Avenue, Buffalo 14220
- Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility55 Melroy Avenue, Lackawanna 14218
Who inspects nursing homes in New York
New York's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in New York, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Garden Gate Health Care Facility, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Garden Gate Health Care Facility
What is the CMS star rating of Garden Gate Health Care Facility?
3 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Garden Gate Health Care Facility accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Garden Gate Health Care Facility?
9 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Garden Gate Health Care Facility?
Garden Gate Health Care Facility LLC, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.