Pontiac Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Pontiac Nursing Home is a 80-bed for-profit nursing home in Oswego, New York. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.91 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the New York average of 2.15, and 50.0% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Pontiac Nursing Home
303 East River RoadOswego, NY 13126
Oswego 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 Pontiac Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 1.91 hours per resident per day, 11% below the New York average. With about 59 residents a day, that works out to roughly 113 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.91 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.35 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.09 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.76 | 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
50.0% of nursing staff at Pontiac Nursing Home 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 66.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 12, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 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. Pontiac Nursing Home holds 2 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Pontiac Nursing Home
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Pontiac Nursing Home LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1977
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Pontiac Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| St Luke Residential Health Care Facility Inc Oswego | 0.1 | 200 | 1.63 | 2.99 | 52.3% | 2 | None |
| Morningstar Residential Care Center Oswego | 1.8 | 120 | 1.97 | 3.19 | 53.3% | 1 | $122,464 |
| Seneca Hill Manor Inc Oswego | 3.6 | 120 | 1.97 | 3.52 | 40.6% | 4 | None |
| Syracuse Home Association Baldwinsville | 22.0 | 120 | 2.67 | 4.51 | 32.3% | 5 | None |
| The Cottages at Garden Grove, a Skilled Nrsg Comm Cicero | 25.0 | 156 | 3.04 | 4.41 | 48.0% | 2 | None |
| Elderwood at Liverpool Liverpool | 27.2 | 160 | 1.92 | 3.52 | — | 2 | $56,921 |
| Sodus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Sodus | 31.7 | 130 | 2.28 | 3.60 | 52.6% | 3 | None |
| St Camillus Residential Health Care Facility Syracuse | 31.7 | 284 | 1.84 | 3.49 | 37.4% | 2 | $39,754 |
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.