Carthage Center

    1045 W St, Carthage, NY 13619
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.19·(91)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.6
    • Staff

      2.8
    • Meals

      3.2
    • Amenities

      1.8
    • Value

      1.7

    Pros

    • Compassionate caregiving staff
    • Strong physical therapy program
    • Effective speech and occupational therapy
    • Palatable, balanced meals
    • Engaging activities program
    • Helpful maintenance and admissions staff
    • Supportive workplace culture among employees

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing leading to care delays
    • Inconsistent medication-administration practices
    • Delayed response to call lights and assistance requests
    • Weak fall-prevention and transfer-safety practices
    • Poor communication and family-care coordination
    • Sanitation and maintenance lapses, including odor concerns and damp rooms
    • Outdated facility infrastructure and deferred maintenance
    • Inconsistent therapy scheduling and follow-through
    • Inconsistent staff professionalism and reception/customer-service
    • Gaps in clinical leadership responsiveness and oversight
    • Allegations of financial misconduct and review manipulation

    Summary of reviews

    Care quality: Reviews describe a wide range of clinical experiences. Several accounts highlight strong rehabilitation outcomes—particularly in physical, speech, and occupational therapy—where residents made meaningful gains and were prepared to return home. Conversely, there are recurring operational concerns that affect clinical reliability: chronic staffing shortages, delayed assistance for toileting and mobility, inconsistent timing of medication administration, and reports of falls and transfer-safety issues. These process failures are associated with hospital readmissions, weight loss, and family distress in some cases. There are also references to concerns following a resident's death and hazardous discharge practices, which have heightened family vigilance.

    Staff and leadership: Staff-level feedback is polarized. Many reviewers praise front-line aides and some nursing staff as compassionate, hardworking, and attentive when staffing levels allow. Several therapy and maintenance staff are singled out for professionalism and helpfulness. At the same time, reviews describe overworked and under-resourced direct-care staff, inconsistent professionalism, and instances where supervisory nursing leadership and social work were difficult to contact or unresponsive. These leadership gaps are linked in reviews to poor care coordination and slow follow-up on family concerns.

    Dining and activities: The facility's activities program is generally viewed positively, with engagement opportunities noted. Food quality descriptions vary: some residents and families describe balanced, tasty meals, while others report cold or inconsistent meal service. Overall, dining and activities appear to be strengths for some residents but uneven across stays.

    Facilities and environment: Multiple reviews raise facility-condition issues: deferred maintenance (broken closet doors, missing hardware), damp rooms, odor concerns in some common areas, and pest-control concerns. Common spaces and visitor seating are described as inadequate in places. These environmental and maintenance lapses are repeatedly cited as factors that reduce comfort and raise sanitation concerns.

    Management, transparency, and ethics: A common theme is dissatisfaction with administrative responsiveness and communication. Complaints include difficulty reaching administrators, delayed or absent return calls from social work or nursing management, and inconsistent family notification about clinical events. There are also serious, isolated claims about financial misconduct and manipulated online ratings; those items are described as allegations and warrant verification. Additionally, reviewers referenced state regulatory attention and calls for greater oversight.

    Notable patterns and guidance for families: The set of reviews is highly polarized—some families describe excellent, therapy-driven recoveries and caring staff, while others describe systemic operational weaknesses that affected safety and dignity. The most consistent operational risks are staffing shortages, inconsistent medication and call-response practices, and facility maintenance issues. Prospective residents and families should conduct an in-person tour, review current staffing ratios and recent state inspection reports, ask about medication-administration protocols, fall-prevention measures, infection-control and vaccination follow-through, and request examples of family communication processes. Verifying recent quality metrics and speaking directly with clinical leadership can help clarify whether the facility’s strengths (notably its therapy programs and some committed staff) align with an individual resident’s needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Carthage Center is located at 1045 W St, Carthage, NY, 13619.

    About Carthage Center

    Carthage Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing sits at 1045 West St, Carthage, NY 13619, and the place serves as a Skilled Nursing Facility, so folks can get both rehabilitation and nursing care there, which is good for those needing short-term recovery or long-term care. The building's got a team of skilled administrators, nurses, and therapists, with onsite clinical specialists, and everyone's set up to use advanced electronic medical records, which helps the staff keep good notes and share information quickly. People there end up working with expert therapists who use new rehab technology as well as programs like GO Rehab and RehabStrong™, and the main idea is always to get residents strong enough to go home or back to regular life if possible, so each person gets a care plan that fits what they need. The staff speaks English, there's a community feeling with friends, neighbors, parents, and grandparents around, and the place has comfortable rooms and some refined amenities, though exact details on those aren't listed. Carthage Center takes care of people needing Cardiac Care, Dementia Care, COVID-19 Care, Dialysis Care, HIV/AIDS support, orthopedic care, pain management, rehab after strokes or injuries, even wound or ventilator care, and provides hospice and long-term support too. There's also Adult Day Care, Assisted Living, Home Health Care, lab work, nursing home care, and urgent care built in as specialized programs, though nobody's listed any specific specialties. Right now, the center's not taking new patients, office hours and languages spoken aren't listed past English, and you can ask for a printed provider directory if you need one. The whole focus is on getting people healthy, helping folks recover, and being steady support for each resident.

    People often ask...

    Carthage Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 1045 W St, Carthage, NY 13619.

    No, Carthage Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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