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United Helpers Canton Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

United Helpers Canton Nursing Home is a 160-bed nonprofit nursing home in Canton, New York. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.78 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 17% below the New York average of 2.15, and 38.5% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 335566

United Helpers Canton Nursing Home

205 State Street Road
Canton, NY 13617
St. Lawrence County
Aide hours per resident a day
1.78
New York average 2.15
Nursing staff turnover
38.5%
New York average 40.3%
Certified beds
160
about 90 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
0
none on record

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 United Helpers Canton Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 1.78 hours per resident per day, 17% below the New York average. With about 90 residents a day, that works out to roughly 159 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 20% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at United Helpers Canton Nursing Home, New York average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homeNew York avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)1.782.152.32
Licensed practical nurses0.580.760.86
Registered nurses0.680.710.69
All nursing staff3.033.623.86
All nursing staff, weekends2.413.183.42

CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.

Staff turnover

38.5% of nursing staff at United Helpers Canton 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 21.4%. No administrators left over the same period.

Nursing staff turnover
38.5%
New York 40.3% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
21.4%
New York 39.8% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
0
New York average 0.4

Inspections and penalties

State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 9, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (New York average 8.0). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
4
From complaints
1
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
0

CMS star ratings

CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. United Helpers Canton Nursing Home holds 3 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.

Overall
3 of 5
Health inspections
3 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5

About United Helpers Canton Nursing Home

  • Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
  • Legal name: United Helpers Canton Nursing Home Inc
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1977
  • Councils: resident council
  • Area: rural

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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.