St. Camillus

    813 Fay Rd, Syracuse, NY 13219
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    2.9ยท101 reviews

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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

    2.92ยท(101)

    Overall rating

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

      2.5
    • Staff

      2.8
    • Meals

      2.3
    • Amenities

      3.3
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive direct-care staff
    • Dedicated and responsive admissions and front-line leadership
    • Strong physical and occupational therapy program
    • Engaging activities and social programs
    • Well-maintained grounds and attractive courtyards
    • Accessible facility layout with on-site transportation
    • Home-like common areas and comfortable lounges
    • 24-hour visitation flexibility
    • Private rooms with en-suite shower options
    • Active volunteer and pet-visit program
    • Supportive end-of-life and palliative services
    • Ample parking and convenient public-transit access
    • Warm, issue-focused customer service in many interactions

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and workforce shortages
    • Delayed responses to call bells and care requests
    • Inconsistent sanitation and incontinence-care practices
    • Inconsistent medication administration and clinical monitoring
    • Variable nursing skill level and clinical oversight
    • Inconsistent food quality and dietary-accommodation processes
    • Variable staff conduct and communication tone
    • Gaps in infection-control and staff health monitoring
    • Poor administrative communication and discharge paperwork delays
    • Inconsistent therapy scheduling and limited therapy intensity
    • Inconsistent resident safety monitoring and fall-prevention practices
    • Billing, property-accountability, and fundraising transparency concerns

    Summary of reviews

    St. Camillus elicits strongly mixed impressions. Many families and residents praise the facilityโ€™s rehabilitation strengths, therapy staff, and social environment: physical and occupational therapists receive repeated commendations for skill and encouragement, activities programming (bingo, concerts, gardens, pet visits) is described as vibrant, and common spaces and outdoor courtyards are often called attractive and home-like. Admissions and some supervisory staff are characterized as warm and responsive, and the facility offers practical conveniences such as on-site transportation, ample parking, 24-hour visitation, and private-room options with en-suite showers.

    Care quality assessments diverge sharply. On the positive side, reviewers describe compassionate aides, dedicated nurses, and supportive end-of-life care that preserved dignity for some residents. Conversely, a substantial portion of feedback identifies systemic clinical and operational weaknesses: chronic staffing shortages contribute to long waits for assistance, inconsistent medication administration and clinical monitoring (including delayed or missed medications and gaps in routine checks), and variable nursing oversight. Several families described safety and monitoring lapses that led to falls, skin/wound concerns, or escalation to hospital care; a few reviewers raised allegations of serious incidents that would merit external review.

    Dining and daily living are another area of contrast. Some residents enjoy regular group meals and report a pleasant dining environment, while others cite frequent cold meals, limited variety, and failures to accommodate prescribed diets. Food-service consistency and timely meal delivery are recurring operational issues in the critical-consistency pattern seen elsewhere in the reviews. Hygiene and room upkeep are similarly inconsistent: many reviewers praise clean communal areas and well-kept grounds, yet others highlight sanitation concerns in resident rooms, delayed bedding or bathing routines, and odor concerns tied to incontinence-care processes.

    Management, communication, and administrative processes show mixed performance. Positive anecdotes describe swift issue resolution and attentive family communication; however, a prominent theme is uneven administrative responsiveness โ€” delayed discharge paperwork, slow recordkeeping, and occasional difficulties reaching nurses or social workers. Reviewers also raised concerns about billing, property-accountability, and fundraising transparency, suggesting families should verify financial and inventory policies. Infection-control practices and staff health monitoring were also cited as problematic in some accounts.

    Overall pattern and guidance: St. Camillus appears to offer strong rehabilitative therapy and a community-oriented activity program, with many staff who are caring and effective in day-to-day interactions. At the same time, persistent operational issues โ€” especially chronic understaffing, inconsistent clinical monitoring and medication processes, variable sanitation and dietary execution, and uneven administrative communication โ€” recur across reviews. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facilityโ€™s therapy and social strengths against these operational risks, and when evaluating placement they should ask specific, documentable questions about staffing ratios (including night and weekend coverage), medication-administration protocols, infection-control policies, dietary accommodation procedures, shower/bathing schedules, and how safety incidents and family complaints are investigated and resolved.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    St. Camillus is located at 813 Fay Rd, Syracuse, NY, 13219.

    About St. Camillus

    St. Camillus is a non-profit nursing home and health care facility that serves people through a wide range of medical services. Folks can use the St. Camillus Home Care Agency for help at home, whether they need aides, continuing care, or home health support, and there're also adult day care services for people who don't want to stay overnight. Specialized rehabilitation is a focus here, and there're programs for things like brain injury, sub-acute rehab, burn care, and even an Amputation Program for those who need it, as well as short-term rehab for those getting back on their feet after illness or injury. Skilled nursing is always available, and there's on-site hemodialysis for people who need regular kidney treatment, while hospice and palliative care are there for people in more serious stages of illness.

    You'll find all sorts of therapy here, such as occupational, physical, speech, language, aquatic, radiation, and respiratory therapies, and even biofeedback training, which helps folks learn how to control body functions like breathing or heart rate by using feedback from machines. St. Camillus pays attention to mental health too, with psychological, psychiatric, and social services, and they have vocational rehabilitation and counseling for those looking to return to work or find a new path. Medical transportation helps people get to appointments, and there are special ICUs for different needs, including neonatal and pediatric, which you don't find in every nursing home, along with a cardiac ICU and a medical-surgical ICU.

    The facility is wheelchair accessible, there're restrooms on site, and the staff provides compassionate care, whether someone needs respite care for a short stay or long-term support. Audiology and hearing aid services are also on hand, making it easier for folks with hearing concerns. St. Camillus is non-denominational and tries to make life better for everyone who comes through the door, using unique care programs and amenities that fit each person's needs, with the kind of care and support that emphasizes daily comfort as much as medical treatment.

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    St. Camillus offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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