(914) 220-1086The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has shelved a plan not to publish hospital safety ratings. According to reports by the Philadelphia Inquirer and MedPage Today, the CMS proposed earlier this year that it stop publicly releasing the PSI 90, a safety score composed of the hospital’s rates of “10 preventable and potentially […]
COVID-19
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Cited for Infection Control
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center has received 29 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 1, 2022. The Manhattan nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Cited for Sex Abuse
Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center has received 27 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 25, 2022. The Roosevelt Island nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Private Equity Firms Are Taking over Nursing Homes, to Residents’ Detriment
In a recent presentation at the annual Consumer Voice conference, nursing home experts Ernest Tosh and Eileen O’Grady unpacked the adverse effects of private equity ownership of nursing homes. The presentation, available in clips on Consumer Voice’s website, explains how private equity firms are increasingly taking over the long-term care industry in the United States. […]
New York Budget Skips Nursing Home Covid Compensation Fund
New Yorkers whose relatives died as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the state’s nursing homes have released harsh criticism of Governor Kathy Hochul over her decision not to include in her budget proposal a $4 billion compensation fund for victims of the pandemic’s deadly toll on nursing home residents. According to a report by the […]
Report: Elder Abuse Increased During Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has “stoked” the spread of elder abuse, according to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal. Citing findings by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a study by Yale University researchers, the report observes that “the number of elder-fraud victims increased 55% between 2019 and 2020,” while more than 20% of […]
Report: Why Nursing Home Oversight Fails the Public
A new investigation by CalMatters asks why a nearly-$1 million fine issued against a California nursing home over alleged health code violations went unknown by consumers. In 2018, state health inspectors visited the facility, Fresno’s Northpointe Healthcare Center, and found it to have health and safety deficiencies that put its residents in “immediate jeopardy.” These […]
Are Nursing Homes Administering Covid-19 Boosters Fast Enough?
A recent surge in Covid-19 infections among nursing home residents has drawn attention to the slow rollout of booster shots in such facilities. According to a recent report by the New York Times, federal data shows that there are almost 4,000 new Covid-19 cases each week in nursing homes around the country, with experts suggesting […]
New York Assembly Report: Cuomo Omitted Nursing Home Covid Deaths
A New York assemblyman has said that the legislative body’s investigation of former governor Andrew Cuomo found that his administration provided misleading information about Covid-19 deaths in New York nursing homes, according to a recent AP News report. The assembly’s inquiry reportedly confirmed earlier investigations by news organizations that found “gaps in the state’s statistical […]
Pinnacle Multicare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cited for Abuse
Pinnacle Multicare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center received 18 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 6, 2021. The Rye nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. […]
New York Nursing Home Eddy Village Green Cited for Elopement
Eddy Village Green received 22 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 15, 2021. The facility has also received four fines totaling $22,000 since 2016. The Cohoes nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state […]
New York Gov. Cuomo Signs Nursing Home Staffing Law
Legislation signed this month by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will establish new staffing mandates for nursing homes and hospitals in the state. Under the new law, which will take effect in January 2022, nursing homes will be required to “meet a minimum daily average of 3 1/2 hours of nursing care per resident,” according […]
New York Nursing Home Comprehensive Rehab & Nursing Center at Williamsville Cited for Failure to Prevent Infections & Accidents
Comprehensive Rehab and Nursing Center at Williamsville has received 115 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to health records accessed on April 21, 2021. It has also received seven fines totaling $79,000 since 2011. The Williamsville nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 11 inspections by state surveyors. […]
Creekview Nursing and Rehab Center: $62,000 in Fines, Pressure Ulcer Citation
Creekview Nursing and Rehab Center received 119 citations for violations of public health laws between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 1, 2021. The facility has also received seven fines since 2013, totaling $62,000, over findings of health code violations. The Rochester nursing home’s citations resulted […]
Robinson Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Pressure Ulcer, Infection Citations
Robinson Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center suffered 15 confirmed and 7 presumed COVID-19 deaths as of February 28, 2021, according to state records. The facility has also received 46 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 12, 2020, as […]
Humboldt House Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Citations & Lawsuits
1. Neglect, Infection Control Citations Humboldt House Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 61 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 19, 2021. The facility has also received enforcement actions: a 2020 fine of $2,000 in connection to findings it […]
New York Nursing Home Bridgewater Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Cited for Health Code Violations
Bridgewater Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing suffered 26 confirmed and 15 presumed COVID-19 deaths as of February 4, 2021, according to state records. The facility has also received 41 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 12, 2020. The […]
New York Nursing Homes Failed To Isolate Covid-19 Patients: Report
A report by New York Attorney General Letitia James details allegations reported by nursing home employees that nursing homes in the state failed to protect their residents in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, ultimately finding that the coronavirus’s death toll in New York’s nursing homes may be significantly higher than figures reported by […]
Nursing Home Exec Took $5 Million Bonus After Covid-19 Tore Through Facilities
Genesis HealthCare, one of the biggest nursing home chains in the United States, paid one of its executives a $5.2 million bonus even as it lost thousands of residents to Covid-19. According to a recent report in the Washington Post, Genesis paid George Hager Jr. the bonus in late October. He retired as the head […]
Elderwood at Williamsville: Nursing Home Cited for Accidents
Elderwood at Williamsville suffered three confirmed COVID-19 deaths as of January 23, 2021, according to state records. The facility has also received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 23, 2020. The Williamsville nursing home’s citations resulted from […]
Elderwood at Cheektowaga: Nursing Home Cited for Medication Errors
Elderwood at Cheektowaga suffered 18 confirmed COVID-19 deaths as of January 23, 2021, according to state records. The facility has also received 27 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 23, 2020. The Cheektowaga nursing home’s citations resulted from […]
Elderwood at Hamburg: 26 COVID-19 deaths; Infection, Accident Citations
Elderwood at Hamburg suffered 26 confirmed COVID-19 deaths as of January 17, 2021, according to state records. The facility has also received 36 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 17, 2020. The Hamburg nursing home’s citations resulted from […]
The Commons at St. Anthony: Covid-19 Outbreak Infects 137, Kills 24
An outbreak of the novel coronavirus has infected 137 residents and killed 24 at The Commons at St. Anthony, a nursing home in Auburn, New York. According to a report on syracuse.com, the outbreak began on December 21, 2020, “as a wave of post-Thanksgiving Covid-19 cases began hitting the county,” per an official overseeing the […]
Corning Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare: 28 Covid-19 Deaths
Corning Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare suffered 28 confirmed COVID-19 deaths as of January 2, 2021, according to state records. The facility has also received 33 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 2, 2020. The Corning nursing home’s […]
New York Funeral Home Allegedly Mishandles Remains of Covid-19 Victims
A new report by the New York Times sheds light on alleged misconduct by a New York funeral home during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the report, the Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home let scores of bodies of Covid-19 victims rot in U-Haul trucks parked outside its building. The owner, Andrew Cleckley, allegedly “continued to […]
