Nursing home report
LACKAWANNA, NY · Medicare-certified · 84 beds
5/5 stars overall. Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility in Lackawanna, NY has strong ratings across the board, with 4/5 for health inspections and staffing, 5/5 for quality measures, nurse staffing above the federal benchmark (4.70 vs 4.1 hours/resident/day), and no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.7004 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.7004.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to assess bed rail safety, review the risks and benefits, get informed consent, or properly install and maintain the rail. Cited July 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 700 — 42 CFR §483.25(n) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were free from physical restraints unless they were needed for medical treatment. Cited July 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 604 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited July 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure residents’ medications were free from unnecessary drugs. Cited July 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 757 — 42 CFR §483.45(d) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
