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Elderwood at Amherst brings skilled nursing and rehabilitation care to Amherst, New York with a focus on personalized recovery. Our team supports patients through short-term rehabilitation and long-term care needs, combining medical expertise with compassionate attention to help residents regain strength and independence.
Capacity
92 residents
Location
Amherst, NY
Status
Listed in a public registry
4459 Bailey Avenue, Amherst, New York 14226
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on April 18, 2025, state inspectors cited 4 health deficiencies (the New York average is 8.0).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 48 minutes with each resident a day, about the same as the New York average.
Medicare fined Elderwood at Amherst once in the last three years, $25,262 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 48 minutes |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 43 minutes |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 57%Above the New York average |
3 administrators have left the home in the past year.
8 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
December 4, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
April 18, 2025 · Standard inspection · 3 citations
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
1 fine totaling $25,262 in the last three years.
4459 Bailey AvenueAmherst, NY 14226
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State inspectors visited on April 18, 2025 and cited 4 health deficiencies, 1 of them from complaint investigations. The New York average is 8.0.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 48 minutes with each resident per day, including 43 minutes from registered nurses. 57% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Elderwood at Amherst once in the last three years, totaling $25,262.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.