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St. Joseph'S Hospital - Skilled Nursing Facility

555 St. Joseph'S Boulevard, Elmira, NY 14902 · 85 beds · Non profit - Corporation

The records flag: 1 citation where a resident was harmed.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
★★
Below average · 2 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
4.44
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 3.58
Weekend RN coverage
−74%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
28%
state average 40%
1 citation where a resident was harmed
Harm was found, without immediate danger to life.
Weekend nurse coverage drops 74%
Some weekend drop is normal across the industry; a fall this size is at the steep end. Try to visit on a weekend.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
0.44 hrs
Weekends
0.11 hrs
NY average
0.68 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Registered nurse coverage drops about 74% at weekends.

Staff turnover: 28%

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 14 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Actual harm
A resident was harmed, without immediate danger to life
1
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
11
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
2

3 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
Farley, H. Managing employee, Corporate officer 08/31/2011
Lambert, Robert Managing employee, Corporate officer 09/01/2011
Martin, Gregg Managing employee 09/01/2011
Rustici, Marc Operational or managerial control 09/01/2011
Burke, Daniel Corporate director 09/01/2011
Dalrymple, David Corporate director 09/01/2011
Deschamps, Christine Corporate director 09/01/2011
Eberhard, S. Corporate director 09/01/2011
Hagan, Mark Corporate director 09/01/2011
Herzl-Betz, Kenneth Corporate director 01/01/2014
Hosey, Michael Corporate director 09/01/2011
Kintz, Ronald Corporate officer 12/31/2010
Kyles, Roy Corporate director 09/01/2011
Lynch, Ben Corporate director 09/01/2011
Manning, Joseph Corporate director 09/01/2011
Mcnamara, Robert Corporate director 09/01/2011
Mitchell, Mary Corporate director 09/01/2011
O'Mara, John Corporate director 09/01/2011
Oconnor, Kevin Corporate director 01/01/2014
Quick, Donald Corporate director 09/01/2011
Rogers, Patrick Corporate director 09/01/2011
Sartori, Melinda Corporate director 09/01/2011
Schenone, Roger Corporate director 09/01/2011

Of the 23 parties disclosed here, 0 hold an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility
Elmira
0.1 5 0.68 −65%
Elcor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Horseheads
5.7 2 0.41 −63%
Bethany Nursing Home & Health Related Facility INC
Horseheads
7.1 4 0.66 −57%
Corning Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare
Corning
13.2 4 0.34 −52%
Sayre Health Care Center
Sayre
13.4 2 0.52 −4%
Elderwood at Waverly
Waverly
14.9 1 0.40 −46%
Athens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Athens
16.6 1 0.51 −30%
Absolut Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at T
Painted Post
17.1 4 0.53 −55%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Can I visit on a Sunday rather than a weekday? How many registered nurses are on duty then, and for how many residents?
  2. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.