Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 75 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to health records accessed on April 16, 2021. The Syracuse nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 15 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home did […]
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Tolstoy Foundation Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Medication Errors
Tolstoy Foundation Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 49 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to health records accessed on April 16, 2021. The Valley Cottage nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
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 […]
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Mohawk: Pressure Ulcer Citation, $22,000 in Fines
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Mohawk received 44 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 three fines since 2019, totaling $22,000, over findings of health code violations. The Ilion nursing home’s […]
Brooklyn-Queens Nursing Home Cited for Infection Control Lapses
Brooklyn-Queens Nursing Home received 15 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 Brooklyn nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two inspections by state surveyors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
Pelham Parkway Nursing Care Cited for Sexual Abuse
Pelham Parkway Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Facility received 25 citations for violations of public health laws between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 26, 2021. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five inspections by state surveyors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
The Eleanor Nursing Care Center: Accident, Infection Citations
The Eleanor Nursing Care Center has received received 48 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to health records accessed on March 12, 2021, as well as two fines totaling $12,000 between 2016 and 2017. The Hyde Park nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of seven surveys by state […]
Chestnut Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Pressure Ulcer Citations
Chestnut Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received received 38 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to health records accessed on March 38, 2021. The Oneonta nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
New York Nursing Home The Villages of Orleans Health & Rehabilitation Center Cited for Abuse
The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center has received received 68 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to health records accessed on March 12, 2021, as well as two fines totaling $30,000 between 2018 and 2020. The Albion nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 17 surveys […]
New Investigation Uncovers Flaws in Nursing Home Rating Systems
A new investigation by the New York Times examines how nursing homes use the star rating system to “mislead the public.” As the article explains, the nursing home star rating system, in which one star is the lowest rating and five star is the highest ratings, has been “a popular way for consumers to educate […]
Saratoga Center for Rehab and Skilled Nursing Care: Infection, Pressure Ulcer Citations
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 […]
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 […]
Nursing Home Excess Deaths Balloon During Covid-19
A new report by the Associated Press illustrates the devastating toll of the Covid-19 pandemic on nursing home residents across the country. The tragedy is not limited to Covid-19 deaths themselves, but also to deaths from other causes that ballooned as staff dealt with Covid-19 patients. One expert cited in the report estimated that “for […]