Nursing home report card · East Meadow, NY
Fulton Commons Care Center Inc
60 Merrick Avenue, East Meadow, NY 11554
Quick summary
Below-average Medicare rating
Overall rating is 2 of 5 stars. Its health-inspection rating is 2 of 5. Read the dated inspection findings and separate staffing and care ratings below.
Our summary of public Medicare records. It does not establish that this home harmed a particular resident. About this summary.
How recent is this information?
- Medicare file prepared
- Aug 1, 2026
- Our record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Last routine health inspection
- Dec 23, 2024
These dates mean different things. A new file can include older inspections and staffing figures. Read about the dates.
Medicare ratings
One star is the lowest rating. Five stars is the highest. Ratings are a starting point—read the inspection findings too.
Combines inspection, staffing, and care measures.
Below-average Medicare rating
Based on problems found during health inspections.
Below-average Medicare rating
Based on staffing levels and related measures.
About average for U.S. nursing homes
Based on reported health and care results.
Below-average Medicare rating
What do the ratings and warnings mean?
- Medicare ratings
- One star is the lowest rating. Five stars is the highest. These are government ratings, not family reviews.
- Inspection problems
- Inspectors found that a home did not meet a care or safety rule. The official term is “deficiency.”
- Abuse warning
- Medicare has flagged the home because of abuse-related inspection findings. Read the findings and dates.
- Nursing staff time
- Average staff hours for each resident per day. This does not mean each resident gets that much one-to-one care.
At a glance
These numbers come from the records we have. Inspection problems are rules the home did not meet. The dates covered can differ.
Care, safety, and resident-rights issues on recent inspections
Building, alarms, exits, and related safety citations
Total fine amounts in the imported penalty records
Medicare home ID: 335831
Inspection findings to read first
Start with these past findings. We show the most serious first, then the most recent. They do not describe the home’s condition today.
Caused actual harm · isolated case
Apr 2, 2025 · Inspection rule 0689
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Could have caused harm · isolated case
Dec 23, 2024 · Inspection rule 0660
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Could have caused harm · isolated case
Dec 23, 2024 · Inspection rule 0740
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Nursing staff time
These are average staff hours for each resident per day. They are not one-to-one bedside care. The file does not give the reporting period for each figure.
about 28 minutes per resident per day
about 3 hr 50 min per resident per day
about 20 minutes per resident per day
Latest inspection summary
A summary of the most recent routine inspections. You can open the dated findings below.
We do not have a routine inspection summary for this home. Check the dated findings below and the Medicare.gov record.
How this home compares
Compared with state and national averages. The numbers may cover different periods.
- Overall CMS rating: 2 stars
- Health inspection rating: 2 stars
- Staffing rating: 3 stars
- Registered nurse time per resident: 0.47 hours/day
- Total nurse time per resident: 3.83 hours/day
See the dates used for these averages
Medicare file dates: this home Aug 1, 2026; New York averages Unavailable; U.S. averages Oct 1, 2026.
Other concerns in the records
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- Overall star rating is 2 or lower
- Health inspection rating is 2 stars or lower
- Inspectors have listed an unusually high number of problems
- CMS has fined this home in the recent reporting period
How serious were the problems?
Inspectors rate each problem by how much harm it caused or could cause. We group the CMS letter codes into plain language.
- Caused actual harm1 citation
- Could have caused harm19 citations
Why inspectors showed up
Routine checks happen on a schedule. Complaint visits happen when someone reports a concern.
- Complaints
- 0
- Routine
- 20
- Fire safety
- 0
- Other
- 0
Who owns it
Names CMS lists as owners or managers · reported as For profit - Corporation.
- We do not have individual owner names for this home.
Other homes in this group: All The Grand Healthcare nursing homes
Inspection history
Open a date to read what inspectors found. The harm labels explain how serious the problem was at the time.
April 2, 20251 finding
- Quality of Life and Care problemsCaused actual harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0689 · code G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
December 23, 20247 findings
- Resident Rights problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0553 · code D
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0660 · code D
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
- Quality of Life and Care problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0685 · code D
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- Nursing and Physician Services problemsCould have caused harm · pattern case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0725 · code E
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Quality of Life and Care problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0740 · code D
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- Pharmacy Service problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0755 · code D
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Nursing and Physician Services problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0710 · code D
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
November 28, 20232 findings
- Quality of Life and Care problemsCould have caused harm · pattern case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0689 · code E
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning problemsCould have caused harm · pattern case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0656 · code E
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
April 28, 202310 findings
- Quality of Life and Care problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0676 · code D
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- Quality of Life and Care problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0689 · code D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Quality of Life and Care problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0690 · code D
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Quality of Life and Care problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0698 · code D
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Nursing and Physician Services problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0710 · code D
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
- Nursing and Physician Services problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0725 · code D
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Pharmacy Service problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0756 · code D
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0842 · code D
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning problemsCould have caused harm · pattern case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0640 · code E
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning problemsCould have caused harm · isolated case
Inspection type and official rule codes
Routine health inspection · CMS tag 0656 · code D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Fines & penalties
These fines appear in Medicare’s records. A listed amount does not tell us whether it has been paid.
- Fine · Apr 2, 2025$8,401
Other homes in this chain
The Grand Healthcare · other locations in New York
- Mayfair Care Center · Hempstead1 of 5 · 23 problems
- The Grand Rehabilitation and Nrsg at Guilderland · Altamont1 of 5 · 56 problems
- The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Mohawk · Ilion1 of 5 · 34 problems
- The Grand Rehabilitation and Nrsg at Chittenango · Chittenango1 of 5 · 18 problems
- The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Great Neck · Great Neck1 of 5 · 24 problems
- The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Barnwell · Valatie1 of 5 · 76 problems
- The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Utica · Utica1 of 5 · 51 problems
- The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing At Rome · Rome1 of 5 · 38 problems
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