Honolulu Senior Advisor15 Craigside is a 45-bed Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home at 15 Craigside Place in Honolulu, Oahu (CMS certification number 125063). CMS gives 15 Craigside an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, based on CMS Care Compare data as of October 1, 2026.
How does CMS rate 15 Craigside in Honolulu, HI?
CMS gives 15 Craigside an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars; its health inspection rating is 5, staffing 5 and quality measures 5, each out of 5.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Overall rating (CMS) | 5 of 5 |
| Health inspection rating (CMS) | 5 of 5 |
| Staffing rating (CMS) | 5 of 5 |
| Quality measures rating (CMS) | 5 of 5 |
| Certified beds / average residents per day | 45 / 43.1 |
| Ownership type (CMS) | Non profit - Corporation |
| Operator chain (CMS) | Not part of a listed chain |
| First certified for Medicare/Medicaid | July 6, 2012 |
| Located inside a hospital (CMS) | No |
On an average day it cares for about 43 residents, roughly 96% of its certified beds (above the 88% median across Oahu's certified nursing homes).
What did recent health inspections find at 15 Craigside?
June 23, 2025 is the date of 15 Craigside's latest standard health inspection in CMS's data, and that cycle produced 1 cited deficiency: 1 standard-survey and 0 complaint-related.
One cycle earlier (standard survey July 26, 2024), CMS logged 0 deficiencies; 0 citations came from infection-control inspections. With an island median of 9 deficiencies per latest cycle, this result is no worse than the typical Oahu home.
CMS reports no fines and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
What do staffing and turnover look like at 15 Craigside?
15 Craigside reports 4.70 total nurse staffing hours per resident per day, about the same as the Oahu median of 4.65, including 1.87 registered-nurse hours (higher than the Oahu median of 1.69).
Weekend total nurse staffing runs 4.08 hours per resident per day. Total nursing-staff turnover is 17.0% (lower than the Oahu median of 32.8%), and registered-nurse turnover is 0.0%. 0 administrators have left in the CMS measurement period.
Which nursing homes are closest to 15 Craigside?
With 45 certified beds it is smaller than the Oahu median of 96 beds; the closest other certified nursing home is The Care Center of Honolulu in Honolulu, in the same ZIP code, rated 3 of 5 by CMS.
| Facility | Miles away | Certified beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Care Center of Honolulu 1900 Bachelot Street, 96817 | 0.0 | 182 | 3 of 5 | November 19, 2025 | 9 |
| The Ching Villas 2230 Liliha Street, 96817 | 0.4 | 163 | 4 of 5 | January 16, 2026 | 13 |
| Liliha Healthcare Center 1814 Liliha Street, 96817 | 0.6 | 92 | 4 of 5 | January 31, 2025 | 11 |
| Kuakini Geriatric Care, Inc 347 North Kuakini Street, 96817 | 0.6 | 187 | 2 of 5 | January 8, 2025 | 11 |
| Maluhia 1027 Hala Drive, 96817 | 0.8 | 158 | 5 of 5 | July 10, 2025 | 2 |
Which hospitals are near 15 Craigside?
15 Craigside sits in the Downtown, Nuuanu & Liliha part of Honolulu; the nearest hospital in CMS's hospital list is The Queen's Medical Center, about 0.6 miles away by straight line.
The next closest is Straub Clinic and Hospital at about 0.6 miles; distances use CMS coordinates and ZIP centroids, not drive times.
The same street address also holds 15 Craigside (state-licensed assisted living, license 16-ALF). CMS marks it as part of a continuing care retirement community.
Within about 2.5 miles there are 28 licensed expanded adult residential care homes, the Hawaii setting where a resident at nursing-facility level of care can live in a small home with a registered nurse case manager. For long-term care that is often the alternative families weigh against a nursing home bed.
What should we ask on a tour of 15 Craigside?
Start with the questions its own CMS record raises: ask how 15 Craigside kept its latest inspection at 1 deficiency, and request the full statement of deficiencies anyway.
- Turnover of 17.0% is at or below the Oahu median; ask who the long-tenured charge nurses are on nights.
- At about 96% occupancy, ask about waiting lists and whether short-stay rehab beds are separate from long-term beds.
- CMS records a both council here; ask when it meets and whether families can attend.
- If Med-QUEST will pay eventually, confirm 15 Craigside accepts QUEST Integration members for long-term stays and which health plans it contracts with.
