Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility is a 84-bed nonprofit nursing home in Lackawanna, New York. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.75 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 28% above the New York average of 2.15, and 43.7% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility
55 Melroy AvenueLackawanna, NY 14218
Erie County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility, nurse aides logged 2.75 hours per resident per day, 28% above the New York average. With about 82 residents a day, that works out to roughly 226 aide hours a day, or about 28 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.75 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.28 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.65 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.68 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.03 | 3.18 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
43.7% of nursing staff at Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility left over the year CMS measured, against a New York average of 40.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (New York average 8.0). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility holds 5 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1970
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns, L L C Buffalo | 0.6 | 120 | 2.10 | 3.44 | 43.4% | 2 | None |
| Seneca Health Care Center West Seneca | 2.1 | 160 | 2.25 | 3.81 | 45.7% | 3 | $9,110 |
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| Ellicott Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Buffalo | 5.6 | 160 | 2.09 | 3.48 | 61.3% | 1 | $10,868 |
| Elderwood at Cheektowaga Cheektowaga | 5.8 | 172 | 1.91 | 3.27 | 63.0% | 1 | None |
| Fox Run at Orchard Park Orchard Park | 5.9 | 60 | 2.68 | 4.59 | 29.3% | 5 | None |
| Elderwood at Hamburg Hamburg | 6.1 | 166 | 1.69 | 3.02 | 71.7% | 3 | $16,900 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.