The Pines at Poughkeepsie Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation suffered 19 fatalities from Covid-19 as of July 12, 2020, state records report. The nursing home also received 12 citations over violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on July 13, 2020. One of those citations concerns findings that […]
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Presbyterian Home for Central New York: Infection Citations, Covid Deaths
Presbyterian Home for Central New York suffered 15 fatalities from Covid-19 as of July 12, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 37 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on July 13, 2020; two such citations found deficiencies in the facility’s infection control […]
New York Easing Nursing Home Covid Requirements, Though Concerns Remain
New York nursing homes have asked state officials to relax a mandate that they test their employees for coronavirus twice a week, according to local news reports. Nursing home umbrella organizations sent New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker a letter this week arguing that the mandate “creates financial and practical burdens that make it harder […]
Teresian House Nursing Home Cited for Infection; 17 COVID Deaths
1. The nursing home did not maintain adequate infection control practices. Section 483.80 of the Federal Code stipulates that nursing homes must ensure the implementation of an infection prevention and control program that creates a safe and sanitary environment for residents. An April 2018 citation found that Teresian House Nursing Home did not ensure such. […]
Meadowbrook Care Center: 21 COVID Deaths, Infection Citation
Meadowbrook Care Center suffered 21 fatalities from Covid-19 as of June 23, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 16 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on June 24, 2020, including one citation over its infection control procedures. The Woodbury nursing home’s citations […]
Study: Nursing Home Deaths Tied To Staffing Levels
A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society concludes that nursing homes with low staffing levels, low quality scores, and high concentrations of disadvantaged residents also experience “higher rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths.” The study’s lead author, Yue Li, a professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of […]
Beechwood Homes: 21 COVID Fatalities, Infection Control Citation
Beechwood Homes suffered 21 fatalities from Covid-19 as of June 29, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 33 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on June 30, 2020, including one citation over findings of infection prevention measures. The Getzville nursing home’s citations […]
Townhouse Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing: Infection Citation, COVID Deaths
Townhouse Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing suffered 10 fatalities from Covid-19 as of June 29, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 29 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on June 29, 2020, including one citation over its infection prevention practices. The facility […]
St. John’s Health Care Corporation: 21 COVID Fatalities, Infection Control Citation
St. John’s Health Care Corporation suffered 20 fatalities from Covid-19 as of June 29, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 56 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on June 30, 2020, including two citations that dealt with infection control deficiencies. The facility […]
Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation: COVID-19 Deaths
Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation suffered 15 fatalities from Covid-19 as of June 29, 2020, per state records, though a New York Post report suggests that number is significantly undercounted. The nursing home also received 56 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed […]
Dry Harbor Nursing Home: Infection Citation, COVID Deaths
Dry Harbor Nursing Home suffered 13 fatalities from Covid-19 as of June 29, 2020, state records report. The nursing home also received 18 citations over violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on June 29, 2020. One of these citations found that the nursing home’s infection control procedures […]
The Valley View Center: 3 Infection Citations, 34 COVID Deaths
The Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehabilitation suffered 34 fatalities from Covid-19 as of June 29, 2020, state records report. The nursing home also received 43 citations over violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on June 29, 2020. Three of these citations found deficient infection […]
Golden Gate Rehabilitation & Health Care Center: Covid Deaths, Infection Citations
Golden Gate Rehabilitation & Health Care Center experienced 12 deaths from Covid-19 as of June 8, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 18 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, including two for infection control deficiencies, according to health records accessed on June 9, 2020. The Staten Island […]
Susquehanna Nursing & Rehabilitation Center: 15 Covid Deaths, 2 Infection Citations
Susquehanna Nursing & Rehabilitation Center suffered 15 deaths from Covid-19 as of June 8, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 29 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, including two concerning findings of infection prevention code violations, according to health records accessed on June 9, 2020. The Johnson […]
Vestal Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Infection Citations, COVID Fatalities
Vestal Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center suffered 7 deaths from Covid-19 as of June 8, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 38 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, two of which concerned infection prevention protocols, according to health records accessed on June 9, 2020. The Vestal nursing […]
Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center: 15 Covid-19 Deaths
Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center experienced 15 deaths from Covid-19 as of June 8, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 24 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, including one for infection prevention and control procedures, according to health records accessed on June 9, 2020. The […]
Ten Broeck Center: 32 COVID-19 Deaths, Cited for Infection
Ten Broeck Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing suffered 32 deaths from Covid-19 as of June 16, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 31 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on June 16, 2020. One of those citations found a violation in the […]
Glens Falls Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing: COVID Deaths, Infection Citations
Glens Falls Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing suffered 15 deaths from Covid-19 as of June 16, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 41 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on June 16, 2020. Multiple citations concerned deficient infection prevention practices. The Glens […]
Forbes: Nursing Home Immunity “An Appalling Abuse of the Law”
A June 12 report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service disclosed that 31,782 nursing home residents died as a result of COVID-19 as of May 31, 2020. This accounts for about one-third of the known COVID-19 deaths in the United States, according to a column in Forbes, with “the highest number of deaths” […]
Ross Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Cited for Pressure Ulcer Care
Ross Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation received 31 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 9, 2020. The facility has also received a 2011 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings in a 2010 inspection that it violated health […]
St. Catherine of Siena Nursing and Rehabilitation Care Center Cited for Med Errors
St. Catherine of Siena Nursing and Rehabilitation Care Center received 12 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 11, 2020. The Smithtown nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include […]
Wingate at Beacon: 19 Reported Covid-19 Deaths
Wingate at Beacon suffered 19 deaths from Covid-19 as of May 24, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 25 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on May 26, 2020. The facility has additionally received three enforcement actions: […]
Absolut Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Aurora Park: 30 Covid-19 Deaths
Absolut Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Aurora Park suffered 30 deaths from Covid-19 as of May 24, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 69 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on May 26, 2020. The facility […]
Coronavirus Negligence Alleged at Northern Manhattan Rehabilitation Center
A woman has the Northern Manhattan Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home in New York City, over allegations it “failed to implement basic health guidelines” to protect its residents from the risk of coronavirus and Covid-19. A New York Post article published on May 25, 2019 reports that the woman’s father died of Covid-19 in the […]
Debate Erupts Over Covid-19 Liability Shield for Nursing Home Officials
A new investigation by the journalism project Too Much Information, co-published in the Guardian, reports that less than two years after the Greater New York Hospital Association contributed more than $1 million to a committee supporting New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2018 reelection campaign, he signed a little-noticed provision in the state budget legislation “shielding […]
Our Lady of Consolation Nursing and Rehabilitative Care Center: 39 Covid-19 Deaths
Our Lady of Consolation Nursing and Rehabilitative Care Center suffered 39 deaths from Covid-19 as of May 31, 2020, per state records. The nursing home 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 June 1, 2020. The West […]
Harris Hill Nursing Facility: 26 Covid-19 Deaths, Pressure Sore Citation
Harris Hill Nursing Facility experienced 26 deaths from Covid-19 as of May 31, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on June 1, 2020. The Williamsville nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys […]
Father Baker Manor: 62 Covid-19 Deaths, Cited for Infection
Father Baker Manor experienced 62 deaths from Covid-19 as of May 31, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 20 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on June 1, 2020. The Orchard Park nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys […]
San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation Cited for Pressure Ulcer
San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation received 25 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 10, 2020. The Greenport nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe […]
Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing: Coronavirus Deaths, Citations
Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing suffered 13 coronavirus deaths as of May 17, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 78 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on May 18, 2020. The facility has additionally received […]
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Rome: Infection Citations, Coronavirus Deaths
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Rome suffered 8 coronavirus deaths as of May 17, 2020, per state records. The nursing home 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 May 18, 2020. The facility has additionally received […]
Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: 9 Reported COVID-19 Deaths
Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center suffered nine coronavirus deaths as of May 17, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 109 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on May 18, 2020. The facility has additionally received eight enforcement […]
Union Plaza Care Center: 20 Reported Coronavirus Deaths
Union Plaza Care Center suffered 20 coronavirus deaths as of May 17, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received nine citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on May 18, 2020. The facility has additionally received one enforcement action: […]
Hebrew Home at Riverdale Cited for Infection Control Practices
Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale received 38 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on May 11, 2020. The Riverdale nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Whistleblowers: Hebrew Home in Riverdale Conceals Covid Deaths
Staffers at the Hebrew Home in Riverdale, New York allege that the nursing home has covered up almost a hundred COVID-19-related deaths, according to a May 9, 2020 report in the New York Post. Whistleblowers say that whereas the nursing home has officially reported 25 resident deaths from confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 in […]
Central Park Rehabilitation And Nursing Center: Coronavirus Deaths, Infection Citations
Central Park Rehabilitation And Nursing Center suffered eight coronavirus deaths as of May 17, 2020, according to state records and local news reports. The nursing home received 15 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on May 18, 2020. The facility […]
Report Alleges COVID-19 Negligence at New York State Veterans’ Home
New York State Veterans’ Home in St. Albans, in Queens, has violated Health Department coronavirus protocols, according to a May 5, 2020 report by THE CITY. Facility employees told the publication that the nursing home was failing to separate roommates in cases where one had a suspected case of COVID-19; and that the nursing home […]
St. Cabrini Nursing Home: Staff Alleges Coronavirus Negligence
Staffers at St. Cabrini Nursing Home in Dobbs Ferry, New York allege that the facility has exhibited negligence in its response to the coronavirus, according to news reports. Employees describe a shortage of personal protective equipment provided by the facility administration, with some “wearing garbage bags out of desperation.” One employee told Westchester’s News 12, […]
Surge Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Medication Errors
Surge Rehabilitation and Nursing received 30 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 15, 2020. The Middle Island nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Cited for Abuse
The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center at Nesconset received 37 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 19, 2020. The Nesconset nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
High COVID-19 Death Toll at Kings Harbor Multicare Center
Nursing homes in the Bronx and Queens have suffered some of the highest COVID-19 death tolls in New York, according to news reports published in April. One of “the hardest hit” nursing homes, as described by the Riverdale Press, is Kings Harbor Multicare Center in Pelham Gardens. Kings Harbor Multicare Center suffered 45 deaths as […]
Questions Linger About Deaths at Sapphire Nursing Home in Queens
An April 16, 2020 report by the New York Times raised questions about whether Sapphire Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Queens, New York was accurately the number of residents who died during the coronavirus outbreak. Although the facility’s administration informed Queens state representative Ronald Kim that a total of 29 residents died, according to […]
New York Nursing Home New Franklin Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Fined for Health Code Violations
A report by the State of New York found that New Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Flushing, Queens, was the home of about one-fifth of the 200 COVID-19-related deaths in Queens. As of April 17, 2020, that nursing home had suffered 44 deaths related to the disease, according to the Queens Daily Eagle. […]
Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Cited for Accident Hazard
Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care received 11 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 10, 2020. The Smithtown nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
The Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Pressure Sore
The Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received 18 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 24, 2020. The Southampton nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Fairview Rehab & Nursing Home: COVID Concerns
Healthcare workers at Fairview Rehab & Nursing Home recently described what they called “crazy” conditions at the Queens facility, according to an April 20, 2020 report by Gothamist. One of the staff members said she showed up for a job interview and was “whisked” through a training session and hired immediately, with the nurse leading […]
Suffolk Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Pressure Sore Care
Suffolk Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received 51 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 15, 2020. The facility has also received two fines: one 2017 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings in a 2016 inspection that it […]
Waters Edge Rehab & Nursing Center at Port Jefferson Cited for Accidents
Waters Edge Rehab & Nursing Center at Port Jefferson received 21 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 24, 2020. The facility has also received three fines: a 2019 fine of $2,000 in connection to findings in a 2018 […]
Westhampton Care Center Cited for Neglect
Westhampton Care Center received 18 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 24, 2020. The facility has also received a 2019 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings in a 2018 inspection that it violated unspecified health code provisions. […]
Woodhaven Nursing Home Cited for Abuse
Woodhaven Nursing Home received 46 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 24, 2020. The facility has also received two fines: one 2017 fine of $2,000 in connection to findings in an inspection that it violated health code provisions […]