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 […]
Nursing Home Violations
New Report Details Nursing Home Understaffing
A new report by the Long Term Community Care Coalition found that nursing homes are understaffed even as their resident populations shrink. The LTCCC published new data regarding staffing levels at every nursing home in the United States on January 22, 2021, with the goal of helping “the public, news media, and policymakers identify and […]
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 […]
Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence: Pressure Ulcer Citation
Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence suffered 22 confirmed COVID-19 deaths as of January 17, 2021, according to state records. The facility has also received 13 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 Lewiston nursing […]
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 […]
Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital: 28 Covid-19 Deaths, Abuse Citations
Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital suffered 28 confirmed and 1 presumed COVID-19 deaths as of January 2, 2021, according to state records. The nursing home 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 2, 2020. The Bath […]
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 […]
The Riverside: 48 Covid-19 Deaths, Abuse Citation
The Riverside suffered 48 confirmed and 17 presumed COVID-19 deaths as of December 26, 2020, according to state records. The nursing home has also received 53 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on December 26, 2020. The New York nursing […]
New Report Questions “No Harm” Citations at Nursing Homes
A new report by the Long Term Care Community Coalition highlights “no harm” deficiencies in nursing home facilities. “No Harm” deficiencies are citations that find a nursing home violated health code provisions in a manner that did not cause residents harm. The LTCCC argues that many such citations in fact reflect harm done to nursing […]
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 […]
Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm: 48 Presumed Covid-19 Deaths
Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm suffered 15 confirmed COVID-19 and 48 presumed COVID-19 deaths as of November 23, 2020, according to state records. The nursing home has 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 […]
Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare: 27 Presumed Covid-19 Deaths
Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare suffered 10 confirmed Covid-19 deaths and 27 presumed Covid-19 deaths as of November 23, 2020, according to state records. The nursing home received 25 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on November 23, 2020. […]
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 […]
Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: Pressure Ulcer Citation
Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has received 34 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 two fines totaling $12,000 in connection to findings that it violated health code provisions, among others, […]
Seneca Nursing & Rehabilitation Center: Elopement, Infection, Accident Citations
Seneca Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has received 17 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 three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
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 […]
Kendal at Ithaca Cited for Accidents, Food Safety, Unnecessary Meds
Kendal at Ithaca has received 16 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 three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
Groton Community Health Care Center Residential Care Facility: Infection Citation
Groton Community Health Care Center Residential Care Facility 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 $20,000 in connection to findings that it violated health code provisions regarding […]
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 […]
Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare: Abuse Citations
Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare has received 49 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 14, 2020. The facility has also received a total of $74,000 in fines in connection to findings that it violated health code provisions […]
Wyoming County Community Hospital Cited for Infection, Accidents
Wyoming County Community Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility has received 40 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 14, 2020. The facility has also received a total of $16,000 in fines in connection to findings that it violated health code […]
Wayne Health Care: Infection, Accident Citations
Wayne Health Care 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 14, 2020. The Newark nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
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 Memorial Geriatric Center: Multiple Infection Citations
Eddy Memorial Geriatric Center has received 24 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 three surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The […]
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, […]
Van Rensselaer Manor Cited for Sexual Abuse, Infection
Van Rensselaer Manor has received 27 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 2020 fine of $2,000 in connection to findings in a 2019 inspection that it violated unspecified health code provisions. […]
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 […]
Sodus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Cited for Infection
Sodus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center has received 95 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 facility also received a 2019 fine of $10,000 in connection to findings it violated unspecified health code provisions. The Sodus nursing […]
Diamond Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cited for Exploitation
Diamond Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has received 55 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 facility has also received four fines totaling $22,000 over findings that it violated health code provisions regarding quality of care, […]
Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Infection, Accident Citations
Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 77 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 facility has also received seven fines totaling $48,000 over findings that it violated health code provisions regarding staff mistreatment of residents, […]
Carmel Richmond Healthcare: 58 Covid-19 Deaths, Infection Citation
Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center has suffered 58 fatalities due to Covid-19, according to state health records released on July 30, 2020. The nursing home has also received 7 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. […]
Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Cited for Infection
Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center received 16 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 facility also received a 2016 fine of $2,000 in connection to findings in a 2011 survey that it violated health code […]
New Vanderbilt Rehabilitation and Care Center: Accident, Medication Citations
New Vanderbilt Rehabilitation and Care Center received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 22, 2020. The Staten Island nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare: Infection, Accident Citations
Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 22, 2020. It has also received four enforcement actions resulting in cumulative fines of $42,000, connected to findings that it violated health code […]
Sea View Hospital, Rehabilitation Center and Home: Infection, Food Safety Citations
Sea View Hospital, Rehabilitation Center and Home received 26 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 22, 2020. The Staten Island nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Silver Lake Specialized Rehabilitation and Care Center: Multiple Infection Citations
Silver Lake Specialized Rehabilitation and Care Center received 66 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 22, 2020. The Staten Island nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of seven surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Verrazano Nursing Home Cited for Infection Deficiencies
Verrazano Nursing Home received 14 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 22, 2020. The Staten Island nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
Cortlandt Healthcare: Infection Control Citation, Covid Spread
Cortlandt Healthcare suffered 12 fatalities from Covid-19 as of July 18, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 18 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on July 20, 2020, including one citation over its infection control practices. The Peekskill nursing home’s citations resulted […]
Elderwood at Waverly: 19 Coronavirus Fatalities
Elderwood at Waverly suffered 19 fatalities from Covid-19 as of July 18, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 17 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on July 20, 2020. It was additionally the recipient of a 2019 fine in connection to findings […]
Long Island State Veterans Home: 66 Covid Fatalities, Citations
Long Island State Veterans Home suffered 66 fatalities from Covid-19 as of July 18, 2020, per state records. The nursing home also received 10 citations finding it violated public health code between 2016 and 2020, according to health records accessed on July 20, 2020. The Stonybrook nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two […]