The nursing home failed to update each resident’s assessment at least every three months. Cited October 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 638 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
WATERVIEW HILLS REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER
PURDY STATION, NY · Medicare-certified · 130 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
4 of 5 overall
Waterview Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Purdy Station, NY has a 4-star overall rating, with strong quality measures (5 stars) but midrange health inspection and staffing ratings (3 stars each). Reported nurse staffing is 3.37 hours per resident per day, below the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.3668 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: June 4, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.3668.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.70
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.54
- Nurse aides
- 2.13
- Weekend nursing
- 2.89
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 28%
Registered nurse turnover: 7%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
13.4%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
4.4%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
4%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
4.5%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
12.8%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
14.8%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
15.2%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.5%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
23.8%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
47.8%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
92.9%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
85.6%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
69.9%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
74.3%Improving
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited May 2019 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
The home failed to promptly report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and share the investigation results with the proper authorities. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 609 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of EPIC HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT · 5 homes · 3.2 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 117.7 residents on an average day (91% of 130 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 54 years
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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.