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Saratoga Center for Rehab and Skilled Nursing Care has received 88 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 5, 2021, as well as four fines totaling $36,000 since 2014. The Ballston Spa nursing home’s citations resulted from a total […]
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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: 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 violated Covid-19 testing regulations; a […]
New York’s Looming Legislative Battle Over Nursing Home Staffing
A new report in Gothamist examines the debate over a proposed state law setting requirements for staffing levels in New York nursing homes. The Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, which has previously passed the New York Assembly but has never been approved by the full state legislature, would create minimum staffing levels in 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 […]
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 […]
Elderwood at Lockport: 28 Covid-19 Deaths
Elderwood at Lockport received 31 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 8, 2021. The facility also received a fine of $10,000 in February 2020 in connection to violations of unspecified health code provisions. The Lockport nursing home’s citations […]
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 […]
Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation: Infection, Accident Citations
Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation suffered 3 confirmed and 29 presumed COVID-19 deaths as of December 4, 2020, according to state records. The nursing home 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 December 4, 2020. […]
New York Nursing Home Coler Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center Cited for Inadequate Infection Control
Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center suffered 13 confirmed and 1 presumed COVID-19 deaths as of December 4, 2020, according to state records. The nursing home has also received 31 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 2, 2020. […]
Pennsylvania Governor Vetoes Nursing Home Covid-19 Liability Bill
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed a hotly debated new piece of legislation that would protect nursing homes from coronavirus-related lawsuits, according to recent news reports. The bill in question passed both houses of Pennsylvania’s state legislature, though Law360 notes it passed in the General Assembly “by narrow margins.” Governor Wolf said in a statement […]
How Many Nursing Home Residents Have Died In New York?
Over three months ago the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, Howard Zucker, pledged to disclose the number of nursing home residents who died in a hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic. As Greg Floyd of CBS 6 Albany pointed out in a recent report, Zucker has yet to follow through on that […]
Huntington Living Center: Accident, Infection Citations
Huntington Living Center has received 38 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 28, 2020. The Waterloo nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of seven surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center: Infection, Pressure Ulcer Citations
Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center has received 29 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 28, 2020. The facility has also received a 2016 fine of $20,000 in connection to findings in an earlier inspection that it violated health […]
Glendale Home Cited for Infection, Pressure Ulcer Care
Glendale Home has received 23 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 28, 2020. The Scotia nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home […]
Oak Hill Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center: Infection, Medication Citations
Oak Hill Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center has received 22 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 19, 2020. The Ithaca nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Cayuga Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: $36,000 in Fines
Cayuga Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has received 96 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 19, 2020. The facility has also received fines totaling $36,000 in connection to findings that it violated health code provisions concerning resident rights, accidents, […]
Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Infection
Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received 65 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 19, 2020. The facility has also received a 2016 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings in a 2012 inspection that it violated […]
Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Insufficient Nursing Staff
Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 64 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 5, 2020. The facility also received fines totaling $30,000 in connection to findings that it violated health code provisions regarding quality of care, […]
Eddy Heritage House Center Cited for Infection, Medication Errors
Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has received 31 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 5, 2020. The Troy nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Troy Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls: 47 Health Citations
Troy Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls has received 47 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 5, 2020. The facility also received a 2016 fine of $4,000 in connection to findings in a 2011 inspection that […]
Troy Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation: 41 Citations, $34,000 in Fines
Troy Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation has received 41 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 5, 2020. The facility also received fines totaling $34,000 in connection to findings that it violated health code provisions regarding quality of care, […]
New York Nursing Home Newark Manor Nursing Home Cited for Pressure Ulcers, Infection
Newark Manor Nursing Home has received 21 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 31, 2020. The Newark nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
