Nursing home
Clinton County Nursing Home
16 Flynn Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 · Map
Government - County · 80 certified beds
Clinton County Nursing Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Plattsburgh, New York. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 2.45 hours per resident per day, below the New York average of 3.65. Its most recent inspection on Jul 21, 2023 cited 6 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Clinton County Nursing Home compares
This facility vs. the New York and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | New York avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.45 | 3.65 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.47 | 2.18 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 31.7% | 40.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 7.6 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 total penalty, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Clinton County Nursing Home
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 21, 2023 - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 21, 2023
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 21, 2023 - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 21, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 21, 2023 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 21, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 28, 2021 - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · May 28, 2021 - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 28, 2021
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 16 Flynn Avenue
Plattsburgh, NY 12901 - CMS certification #
- 335598
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Certified beds
- 80
- Avg residents/day
- 59.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1977-01-29
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Clinton County Nursing Home using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2004
- Workplace safety 3 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2023, 6 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Sep 1, 2004 to Aug 31, 2006. Violations found: Minimum wage, Overtime. Back wages: $6,307 owed to 10 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Clinton County Nursing Home. Case 1441951.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Dec 29, 2023: follow-up inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Jan 29, 2024. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Clinton Co Nursing Home.
- Sep 20, 2023: programmed (planned) inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Jan 29, 2024. 6 violations cited (6 serious). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Clinton Co Nursing Home.
Details
- Serious: Design and construction of exit routes (1910.36(d)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 16, 2023.
- Serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(a)(3)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(b)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
- Serious: Electrical wiring and grounding (1910.304(f)(1)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
- Serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(b)(1)(ii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 16, 2023.
- Serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(b)(2)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 16, 2023.
- Sep 20, 2023: programmed (planned) inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jan 2, 2024. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Clinton Co Nursing Home.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- The University Of Vermont Health Network - Champl, Plattsburgh. 1.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Plattsburgh Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Plattsburgh. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hcr / Hcr Home Care Chha (Plattsburgh), Plattsburgh. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 12901 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, Plattsburgh, 1.4 miles away, straight line
H.K. Freedman Renal Center, Plattsburgh, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 12901.
Hospice Of The North Country Inc, office in Plattsburgh, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- University Of Vermont Medical Center Inc, Burlington. 18.9 miles away, straight line. 3 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively moderate. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| New York State Department of Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Clinton County Nursing Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Clinton County Nursing Home an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Clinton County Nursing Home staffed?
Clinton County Nursing Home reports 2.45 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New York average of 3.65.
Has Clinton County Nursing Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Clinton County Nursing Home have?
Clinton County Nursing Home is certified for 80 beds.