Nursing Homes in Buffalo, NY: Staffing and Turnover Compared
Buffalo has 8 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 1,518 beds. The median home logs 2.24 nurse aide hours per resident per day (New York average 2.15). 5 of 8 have at least one CMS fine in the last three years.
Every nursing home in Buffalo
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
| Buffalo Center For Rehabilitation And Nursing abuse citation | 200 | 2.70 | 4.22 | 60.2% | 1 | $139,721 |
| Delaware Oaks Center for Rehabilitation and Nursin abuse citation | 95 | 2.01 | 3.23 | 47.4% | 2 | None |
| Ellicott Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing | 160 | 2.09 | 3.48 | 61.3% | 1 | $10,868 |
| Highpointe on Michigan Health Care Facility abuse citation | 300 | 3.13 | 5.41 | 31.6% | 2 | $129,149 |
| Humboldt House Rehabilitation and Nursing Center SFF candidate · abuse citation | 173 | 2.00 | 3.04 | 59.5% | 2 | $270,666 |
| Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns, L L C | 120 | 2.10 | 3.44 | 43.4% | 2 | None |
| St Catherine Laboure Health Care Center | 80 | 2.43 | 4.30 | 33.0% | 5 | None |
| Terrace View Long Term Care Facility abuse citation | 390 | 2.38 | 4.28 | — | 3 | $30,843 |
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.
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release · New York averages: aide hrs 2.15, turnover 40.3%
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