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CLINTON COUNTY NURSING HOME

PLATTSBURGH, NY · Medicare-certified · 80 beds

In good standing
Government-run
2 of 5 overall

CLINTON COUNTY NURSING HOME in Plattsburgh, NY has a 2-star overall rating, with 2-star staffing and 1-star quality measures. Nurse staffing is 2.45 hours per resident per day versus the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

2.4538 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: February 5, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 2.4538.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.42
Licensed practical nurses
0.61
Nurse aides
1.42
Weekend nursing
1.97

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 36%
Registered nurse turnover: 29%

Resident outcomes

How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

29.1%Worsening

Residents with a fall causing major injury

5.8%Worsening

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

5.6%Improving

Residents with a urinary tract infection

3.2%Improving

Residents who lost too much weight

8.2%Improving

Residents who were physically restrained

0%Steady

Residents needing more help with daily activities

23.7%Improving

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

27.2%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

10.1%Worsening

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

5%Steady

Residents with a long-term catheter

3.4%Worsening

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

22.9%Improving

Residents with depressive symptoms

4.2%Steady

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

97.4%Steady

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

55%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

33.3%Steady

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

10.2%Steady

What the inspectors found

The nursing home failed to develop and carry out a complete care plan that met each resident’s needs with clear steps and timelines. Cited May 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 656 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(1) — S/S: E

The home failed to have an ongoing quality review group that finds problems and makes corrective plans. Cited May 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 867 — 42 CFR §483.75 — S/S: E

The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited May 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E

The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited February 2019 — limited pattern, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E

The home failed to ensure meals and menus were planned, updated, and followed to meet residents’ nutritional needs. Cited February 2019 — limited pattern, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 803 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.

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  4. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.

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Penalties & enforcement

On record with Medicare: 1 payment denial.

  • Medicare/Medicaid payment denial

    Jul 21, 2023

    4 days

Operator & ownership

Ownership
Government - County
Occupancy
62.9 residents on an average day (79% of 80 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 49 years

The most recent standard health inspection was more than two years ago.

Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.