Data provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services indicate that over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, 662,495 nursing home residents had confirmed cases of the disease and 133,513 nursing home residents lost their lives to it. A recent report by the New York Times suggests that while rising vaccination rates in nursing […]
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Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Pressure Ulcer Citation
Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 46 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 30, 2021. The Albany nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 10 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following:
Report: Cuomo Covid Order Increased Nursing Home Deaths
A report published by the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care, obtained and described by the New York Post, found that a controversial order by Governor Andrew Cuomo resulted in additional nursing home deaths from Covid-19. The March 2020 order required nursing homes to admit patients with Covid-19, […]
New York Nursing Home Eddy Village Green Cited for Elopement
Eddy Village Green received 22 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 15, 2021. The facility has also received four fines totaling $22,000 since 2016. The Cohoes nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state […]
Report Questions Unused PPE Stores at Queens Nursing Home
New York State Veterans Home in St. Albans, Queens has reportedly left “1,000 boxes of PPE outside under a blue tarp for months,” leaving the supplies vulnerable to the elements, according to a recent report by THE CITY. The personal protective equipment includes medical gowns and other supplies, much of which has reportedly “been rendered […]
New York Gov. Cuomo Signs Nursing Home Staffing Law
Legislation signed this month by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will establish new staffing mandates for nursing homes and hospitals in the state. Under the new law, which will take effect in January 2022, nursing homes will be required to “meet a minimum daily average of 3 1/2 hours of nursing care per resident,” according […]
Orchard Rehabilitation & Nursing Center: Infection, Food Safety Citations
Orchard Rehabilitation & Nursing Center has received 28 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on May 28, 2021. The facility has also received $28,000 in fines since 2015. The Medina nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys […]
Buffalo Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing: Pressure Ulcer Citations
Buffalo Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received 126 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 30, 2021. The facility has additionally received three fines totaling $30,000 since 2008. The Buffalo nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of […]
Pontiac Nursing Home Cited for Sexual Abuse
Pontiac Nursing Home has received 37 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on April 30, 2021. The facility has additionally received three fines totaling $46,000 since 2013. The Oswego nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by […]
Data Shows Low Nursing Home Staffing Levels in Q4 2020
Last week the Long Term Community Care Coalition published fourth-quarter 2020 staffing data for every nursing home in the United States. Noting that staffing levels in nursing homes “have played a critical role in determining the health outcomes of nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the LTCCC argues that nursing homes with adequate staffing […]
Lawmakers Turn Their Gaze Toward Nursing Home Spending
A recent column in the Washington Post argued that the Covid-19 pandemic revealed dire problems in nursing home facilities across the country. The column’s author, Syracuse University law professor Nina Kohn, wrote that these systemic problems, which include understaffing and poor quality of care for nursing home residents, stem in part from “owners who place […]
New York Nursing Home Comprehensive Rehab & Nursing Center at Williamsville Cited for Failure to Prevent Infections & Accidents
Comprehensive Rehab and Nursing Center at Williamsville has received 115 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to health records accessed on April 21, 2021. It has also received seven fines totaling $79,000 since 2011. The Williamsville nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 11 inspections by state surveyors. […]
New York Nursing Home Bishop Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Cited for Abuse
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 […]
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 […]
Department of Justice Probes Cuomo’s Nursing Home Covid-19 Disclosures
A new report by the New York Times details the federal investigation into whether New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his aides “provided false data” to the US Justice Department about resident deaths at the state’s nursing homes. According to the report, FBI agents have interviewed New York Health Department officials and issued subpoenas to […]
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 […]
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 Home Bridgewater Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Cited for Health Code Violations
Bridgewater Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing suffered 26 confirmed and 15 presumed COVID-19 deaths as of February 4, 2021, according to state records. The facility has also received 41 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2020, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 12, 2020. The […]
Did New York Cover Up Nursing Home Covid-19 Deaths?
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is facing allegations of covering up the true death toll of the novel coronavirus pandemic in New York’s nursing homes, according to a new report by the New York Times. One of Cuomo’s aides, Melissa DeRosa, allegedly acknowledged in a conversation with state lawmakers that the Cuomo administration “withheld data […]
Report Describes Liability Shield’s Effects on Nursing Home Staffing Decisions
A new report recently published by New York Attorney General Letitia James suggests that Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order providing certain Covid-19 immunity provisions for nursing home and other healthcare providers may have incentivized nursing homes “to make financially-motivated decisions” that may have resulted in harm. According to the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) […]
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 […]
Nursing Home Exec Took $5 Million Bonus After Covid-19 Tore Through Facilities
Genesis HealthCare, one of the biggest nursing home chains in the United States, paid one of its executives a $5.2 million bonus even as it lost thousands of residents to Covid-19. According to a recent report in the Washington Post, Genesis paid George Hager Jr. the bonus in late October. He retired as the head […]