King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation has received 23 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 19, 2022. The Brooklyn nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Nursing Home Abuse
Holliswood Center: Nursing Home Cited for Sexual Abuse
Holliswood Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare has received 11 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 11, 2022. The Hollis nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Highland Care Center: Nursing Home Cited for Abuse, Infection
Highland Care Center has received 38 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 11, 2022. The Jamaica nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 11 surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
Hollis Park Manor: Nursing Home Cited for Elopement
Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home has received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 11, 2022. The Hollis nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
Park Nursing Home Cited for Abuse, Burn
Park Nursing Home has received 34 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 11, 2022. The Rockaway Park nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of eight surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Silvercrest: Nursing Home Cited for Infection, CPR Failure
Silvercrest has received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 4, 2022. The Jamaica nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of eight surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home failed […]
Rego Park Nursing Home Cite for Falls, Infection
Rego Park Nursing Home has received 42 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 4, 2022. The Flushing nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 10 surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care: Abuse Citation
Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center has received 17 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on March 4, 2022. The Flushing nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
The Paramount at Somers: Nursing Home Cited for Accident
The Paramount at Somers Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 17 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 25, 2022. The Somers nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include […]
St. Patrick’s Home Cited for Abuse, Fall
St. Patricks Home has received 26 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 25, 2022. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of seven surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
Sans Souci Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Abuse Citation
Sans Souci Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 16 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 25, 2022. The Yonkers nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Williamsbridge Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Infection
Williamsbridge Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received 24 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 18, 2022. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
The Emerald Peek: Nursing Home Cited for Medication Errors
The Emerald Peek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 40 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 18, 2022. The Peekskill nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
New Riverdale Rehab and Nursing Cited for Burn
New Riverdale Rehab and Nursing has received 27 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 18, 2022. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
Andrus On Hudson Cited for Medication Errors, Fall
Andrus On Hudson has received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 18, 2022. The Hastings-on-Hudson nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center: Abuse, Fall Citations
The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge has received six citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 11, 2022. The Kingsbridge nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include […]
Westchester Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing: Sexual Abuse Citation
Westchester Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing has received 26 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 11, 2022. It also received an $18,000 fines in 2021 in connection to quality of care deficiencies. The Mount Vernon nursing home’s citations […]
The Knolls: Valhalla Nursing Home Cited for Antipsychotic Drugs
The Knolls has received 16 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 11, 2022. It has also received $8,000 in fines since 2017. The Valhalla nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies […]
Briarcliff Manor Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing: Pressure Ulcer Citation
Briarcliff Manor Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received 27 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 11, 2022. The Briarcliff Manor nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include […]
New York Nursing Home Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Cited for Health Code Violations
Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has received 10 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 4, 2022. The Brooklyn nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
NY Nursing Home Workers Call for Stricter Enforcement of Staffing Law
A new law in New York requires nursing homes to provide residents with 3.5 hours of direct nursing care per resident day. Though this law recently went into effect, a recent NPR report found, the state’s nursing homes are still falling short of the newly required threshold. “Of the 21 Western New York nursing homes […]
Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation has received 56 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 4, 2022. The facility has also received three fines totaling $24,000 since 2015. The Woodbury nursing home’s citations resulted from a […]
Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Pressure Ulcer Citation
Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 77 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 29, 2022. The facility has also been named a candidate for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ list of Special Focus Facilities, nursing […]
Nursing Homes With Questionable Records Seek to Block Reform in New York
A recent article in The Prospect details the “extraordinary” lawsuit filed by hundreds of New York nursing homes against the state health commissioner in an effort to block a new law mandating that nursing homes “spend a majority of their revenue on patient care.” As The Prospect explains, the lawsuit alleges that the law unconstitutionally […]
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Guilderland: Medication Errors
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Guilderland has received 88 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 29, 2022. The recipient of $78,000 in fines since 2015, the facility was placed on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ […]
Heritage Park Rehab & Skilled Nursing Cited for Abuse Reporting
Heritage Park Rehab & Skilled Nursing has received 7 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 29, 2022. It has also been identified as a candidate for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ list of Special Focus Facilities, […]
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 […]
Fordham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: Pressure Ulcer Citation
Fordham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center received 15 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 14, 2022. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three inspections by state surveyors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
East Haven Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Cited for Accidents
East Haven Nursing & Rehabilitation Center received 16 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 14, 2022. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three inspections by state surveyors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
Fort Tryon Center Cited for Abuse, Medication Errors
Fort Tryon Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received 20 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 14, 2022. The Manhattan nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of eight inspections by state surveyors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center Cited for Pressure Ulcers, Staffing
Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center received 77 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 7, 2022. The facility was recently placed on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ list of “Special Focus Facilities” candidates, meaning it has a record […]
Are New York Nursing Homes Boosting Residents Fast Enough?
A new investigation by the New York Times examines whether New York’s nursing homes are doing enough to provide their residents with Covid-19 vaccine boosters as the omicron variant surges throughout the state. State data cited by the Times shows that booster efforts are lagging. At Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation in Brooklyn, for instance, […]
Why Nursing Homes Avoid Scrutiny for Huge Penalties
A recent investigation by ProPublica examines why for-profit nursing home operator Sentosa Care has become New York’s biggest nursing home group in recent years despite its “record of repeat fines, violations and complaints for deficient care in recent years.” The key reason, according to the report: systemic failures in the state’s review and approval process […]
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 […]
Throgs Neck Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Cited for Pressure Ulcers
Throgs Neck Rehabilitation & Nursing Center has received 22 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to records accessed on December 17, 2021. It also received a $2,000 fine in 2021 over findings it violated health code provisions. The Bronx nursing home facility’s citations resulted from a total of three […]
NYT Investigation Finds Thousands of Hidden Nursing Home Offenses
A shocking new investigation by the New York Times revealed extensive evidence that some of nursing homes’ most egregious rule violations, from infection control lapses to outright sexual assault, go undisclosed by the federal government even as state inspectors report them as putting residents in danger and breaching federal regulations.
Ontario Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Cited for Medication Errors
Ontario Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare has received 77 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to records accessed on December 4, 2021. It was also issued a $12,000 fine in 2016 over findings it violated health code provisions regarding medication errors and resident rights. The Canandaigua nursing home facility’s […]
Houghton Rehabilitation & Nursing Home in New York Cited for Sexual Abuse
Houghton Rehabilitation & Nursing Center has received 18 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to records accessed on December 4, 2021. It was also issued a $12,000 fine in 2016 over findings it violated sections of the health code relating to quality of care. The Houghton nursing home facility’s […]
Covid-19 Surges in Upstate New York, Where Nursing Homes Are Already Full
A recent New York Times report describes the “growing crisis” in upstate New York, where rising Covid-19 cases and labor shortages have resulted in overflowing nursing homes and hospitals. Governor Kathy Hochul reportedly said last week that hospitalizations in upstate New York “have more than tripled” since the initial Delta wave in August.
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 […]
Nursing Home Staffing Levels Fall in Q2 2021: Report
Nursing home staffing levels declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to an analysis by the Long Term Community Care Coalition. A report published by the LTCCC on November 16th found that nursing home staffing levels fell almost 5% from the first quarter of 2021, averaging 3.75 total nurse staff hours per resident day […]
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 […]
Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Falls, Infection
Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 91 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to records accessed on November 12, 2021. It was recently placed on the “Special Focus Facility” list maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Syracuse nursing home facility’s citations resulted from a […]
New York Nursing Home Livingston Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Cited for Pressure Ulcers
Livingston Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has received 66 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to records accessed on November 12, 2021. It was recently placed on the “Special Focus Facility” list maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Livingston nursing home facility’s citations resulted from […]
Do Regulators Let Nursing Home Understaffing Slide?
A new report by the Long-Term Community Care Coalition has found that while insufficient staffing is a widespread problem in nursing homes, state nursing home surveyors rarely issue citations for it. The report, titled “Broken Promises,” analyzes nursing home citations from 2018 until 2020.
Data Suggests Lax Nursing Home Resident Rights Enforcement
The Long-Term Community Care Coalition recently published the results of its analysis of nationwide nursing home citation data from 2018 to 2020. The organization’s report, titled “Broken Promises,” found that whereas Long-Term Care Ombudsmen receive complaints about resident rights violations more than most other violations, only 2% of citations during the period in question were […]
New Analysis Questions Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes
A recent analysis of federal nursing home citation data by the Long-Term Community Care Coalition found that nearly 20% of nursing home residents in the United States have been administered one or more antipsychotic medications, the unnecessary use of which are prohibited by federal law. That figure constitutes more than 250,000 nursing home residents.
Are Nursing Home Regulators Doing Enough to Stop Pressure Sores?
A new report by the Long Term Community Care Coalition reveals that nearly one in ten nursing home residents have unhealed pressure ulcers. According to data analyzed by the organization, 7.92% of nursing home residents in the United States, or approximately 92,000 people, are suffering from unhealed pressure ulcers. The LTCCC suggests that this figure […]
Nursing Home Data Suggests Lax Enforcement of Harm to Residents
The Long-Term Community Care Coalition recently released a report analyzing federal data concerning the oversight of nursing home facilities across the country. The report draws high-level conclusions about nursing home surveys and enforcement actions taken by state, regional, and federal regulatory authorities. Specific enforcement areas concerned include antipsychotic drug use, infection control, pressure ulcer care, […]