Slate Valley Center For Rehabilitation And Nursing

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

50.6% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 55 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 55.6% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 36 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.24 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 33% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 4% of this home’s weekday level — it runs therapy on weekdays, with essentially none at the weekend. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 88 beds and averages 86.2 residents a day — about 98% occupied, or roughly 2 beds typically open. It runs essentially full — expect a waiting list. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.00 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.69 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.56 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 2.59 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.16 on weekdays — 18% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.76 to 0.49 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 63% is well above the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

• Potential for harm · E2025-04-18 · tag F0725 — failed to have enough nursing staff — pattern
  Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, record review, and interview conducted during the recertification survey, the facility did not ensure the provision of sufficient nursing staff to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident throughout the facility. Specifically, residents reported during interviews that the facility was short-staffed at times, which resulted d in call bells not being answered in a timely manner with long wait times for care to be provided. An analysis of the actual staffing schedule showed that on 10 occasions from 2/15/2025 to 4/13/2025, the facility did not meet their facility assessment for staffing needs. This is evidenced by: Upon entrance to the facility on 4/15/2025 at approximately 10:00 AM, 86 residents resided in two (2) units. Upon observing and reviewing the Facility Staffing Sheet, nine (9) Licensed Nurses and ten (10) Certified Nurse Aides were on duty. The Facility Assessment, last reviewed on 10/07/2024, documented that the facility's bed capacity was 88. The section…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2025-04-18 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — pattern
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, record review, and interview conducted during the recertification survey, the facility did not store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety in the main kitchen and two (2) of the two (2) resident unit nourishment rooms. Specifically, in the main kitchen, the dishwashing machine temperature display panel and floors under the dishwashing machine were soiled with food particles or dirt; the storage area for clean pots, pans, and food containers had multiple containers stacked together that were not thoroughly dried and contained moisture. In the A-Unit nourishment room, the refrigerator door gaskets were soiled with food particles, and in the B-Unit nourishment room, the refrigerator and floor were soiled with food particles or dirt. This is evidenced by: The following items were noted during observations on 4/17/2025 at 11:15 AM in the main kitchen and unit nourishment rooms. In the main kitchen, the dishwashing machine temperature display panel and floors under the dishwashing machine were soiled…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-04-18 · tag F0685 — isolated
  Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview conducted during the recertification and abbreviated (Case #NY00338414) survey, the facility did not ensure residents were provided the proper treatment and assistive devices to maintain vision for one (1) (Resident #86) of one (1) resident reviewed for vision. Specifically, for Resident #86, the facility did not ensure that the resident ' s glasses were replaced and follow up appointments for optometry were obtained. This is evidenced by: Resident #86 Resident #86 was admitted to the facility with diagnoses of polyneuropathy (multiple peripheral nerves are damaged or diseased, leading to symptoms like weakness, numbness, and burning pain), type 2 diabetes mellitus (a long-term condition in which the body has trouble controlling blood sugar and using it for energy), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (a group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe). The Minimum Data Set (an assessment tool) dated 3/30/2024 documented the resident usually understood others, sometimes was understood by others, and was severely…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2022-07-29 · tag F0640 — isolated
  Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record reviews and interviews during a recertification survey, the facility did not ensure the Minimum Data Set (MDS - an assessment tool) was encoded and transmitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) system for 1 (Resident #2) of 3 residents reviewed. Specifically, for Resident #2 the facility did not ensure the Discharge - Return Not Anticipated MDS was encoded and transmitted to the CMS system within 14 days. Resident #2 Resident #2 was admitted to the facility with the diagnoses of Parkinson's disease. dementia and adult failure to thrive. The MDS dated [DATE] documented the resident had severely impaired cognition, could understand others and could make themselves understood. The Discharge - Return Not Anticipated MDS had not been encoded and transmitted at the time of the recertification survey which occurred beyond 14 days of Resident #2's discharge. During an interview on 7/28/22 at 1:13 PM the Director of Nursing stated that MDS completion and transmission was not handled…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2022-07-29 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — isolated
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, record review, and interviews during the recertification survey, the facility did not store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety in the main kitchen and two (2) of 2 resident unit nourishment rooms. Specifically, cans of sweet potatoes and tuna had unacceptable dents exposing the food to adulteration; ground sausage was not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit (F) within 6 hours; one spray bottle was not labeled; and the concentration of quaternary ammonium compound chemical sanitizing rinse (QAC) was less than that required by the manufacturer. In the main kitchen, the shelf under the window air conditioning unit had raw, unsealed wood; the table mixer, slicer, shelving, dishwashing machine temperature display panel, ventilation duct grate over the dishwashing machine, and floors under the dishwashing machine and stoves were soiled with food particles or dirt; the paper towel dispenser by handwashing sink in dishwashing machine room was empty; and the wall behind preparation table had holes and peeled…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2022-07-29 · tag F0813 — isolated
  Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, record review, and interview during the recertification survey, the facility did not ensure food brought for residents by family or visitors (food) was discarded when expired and other foods were stored in a way that is either separate or easily distinguishable from facility food. Specifically, a restaurant sandwich and restaurant prepared chicken wings were not labeled with resident names and dated; and one expired restaurant entre labeled with a resident name was not discarded. This is evidenced is as follows: During observations on 07/25/22 at 10:58 AM, in the A-Unit nourishment room refrigerator, a restaurant sandwich and restaurant prepared chicken were not labeled with resident names and were not dated; and one restaurant entre labeled with a resident name was dated 07/20/22 (5 days earlier than survey observations). A document titled Food From Outside and dated 11/2016, documents that food brought by family/visitors that is left with the resident to consume later will be labeled with the resident name, room number, item, date received and discard date to…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2019-11-25 · tag F0644 — isolated
  Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview the facility did not refer residents with newly evident mental illness for a level II review for one (Resident #80) of two residents reviewed for Pre-admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR). Specifically, the facility did not ensure for Resident #80, who was newly diagnosed with a mental illness, received a level 1 screen to determine if a level II screen needed to be done. This is evidenced by: Resident #80: The resident was admitted with diagnoses of generalized anxiety disorder, post polio syndrome and vitamin D deficiency. The Minimum Data Set (MDS - an assessment tool) dated 10/31/19, documented the resident had severe impairment for cognition, was able to sometimes understand others, and sometimes able to be understood by others. The MDS documented the resident had diagnoses of dementia with behavior disturbance, Schizophrenia, Manic Depression (Bipolar disease), anxiety and depression. The facility's Policy and Procedure for Screen/PASRR revised 6/2019, documented: - to identify if a Level II PASRR evaluation is required for a…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2019-11-25 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — isolated
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — the official record, unedited, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview conducted during the recertification survey, the facility did not ensure an Infection Prevention and Control Program was maintained. Specifically, the facility did not ensure Infection Control Policy and Procedures were reviewed and/or revised on a yearly basis. This is evidenced by: During an observation on 11/25/19: - Infection Control Program did not include the date it was originated or the date it was updated. - Pneumococcal Vaccine for Residents Policy was dated 10/2016. - Antibiotic Stewardship Policy was dated 10/2017. During an interview on 11/25/19 at 12:01 PM, the Infection Control Coordinator stated she did not know if the Infection Control Policies were reviewed and revised at the corporate level since she noted the dates documented on the Infection Control, Pneumococcal Vaccine and Antibiotic Stewardship Policies were not current. She had previously questioned this herself and stated the policies should be looked at annually. 10NYCRR415.19(a)(1-3)

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to CENTERS HEALTH CARE — 36 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

About 73% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself. This home reported $1.3M paid to related parties — landlords or management companies under common ownership — equal to about 13% of its total expenses. Money routed to affiliated companies can leave a home’s own books looking lean while owners still profit; it is the mechanism regulators watch most closely in private-equity and REIT deals. A reported operating loss is common in this industry and is not by itself a sign of trouble — but paired with large related-party payments it can mean profit is being taken elsewhere in the ownership structure.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

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