Nursing home
Wayne County Nursing Home
1529 Nye Road, Lyons, NY 14489 · Map
Government - City/county · 192 certified beds
Wayne County Nursing Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lyons, New York. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.61 hours per resident per day, above the New York average of 3.65. Its most recent inspection on Nov 26, 2024 cited 4 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $24,850In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Wayne 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) | 4.61 | 3.65 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.48 | 0.70 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.01 | 2.18 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 29.0% | 40.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the November 7, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 24, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $24,850, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Wayne 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.
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · Nov 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 13, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 13, 2022 - 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 · Oct 13, 2022 - 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 · Oct 13, 2022 - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 15, 2020 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 15, 2020 - Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 15, 2020
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
- 1529 Nye Road
Lyons, NY 14489 - CMS certification #
- 335406
- Ownership
- Government - City/county
- Certified beds
- 192
- Avg residents/day
- 131.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1974-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Wayne County Nursing Home using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2019
- Workplace safety 4 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2019, 5 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Wayne County Nursing Home says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Our fully furnished private and semi-private rooms at Wayne County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Lyons, NY are thoughtfully designed to promote comfort, healing, and recovery for both short-term rehab patients and long-term care residents.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
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 5, 2019 to Sep 2, 2021. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Employer as DOL recorded it: Wayne County Nursing Home (Wayne County). Case 1948037.
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.
- Feb 5, 2021: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Feb 5, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wayne Co Nursing Home and Rehab CTR.
- Feb 11, 2020: follow-up inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Feb 28, 2020. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wayne Co Nursing Home and Rehab CTR.
- Aug 12, 2019: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Feb 28, 2020. 3 violations cited (3 serious). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wayne Co Nursing Home and Rehab CTR.
Details
- Serious: Cited rule 12. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 3, 2020.
- Serious: Cited rule 12. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 26, 2020.
- Serious: Cited rule 12. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 10, 2020.
- Aug 12, 2019: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Feb 5, 2021. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wayne Co Nursing Home and Rehab CTR.
Details
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 24, 2020.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(2)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jul 15, 2020.
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
- Newark-Wayne Community Hospital, Newark. 3.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Newark Manor Nursing Home Inc, Newark. 3.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Ur Medicine Home Care, Certified Services, Inc, Webster. 25.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Kinney Drugs. 1.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 14489 as micropolitan (micropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Newark, Newark, 4.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Geneva General Hospital, Geneva, 13.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 14489.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Highland Hospital Of Rochester, Canandaigua. 19.0 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (takes effect November 13, 2026), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. 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 relatively 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wayne County Nursing Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Wayne County Nursing Home an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Wayne County Nursing Home staffed?
Wayne County Nursing Home reports 4.61 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New York average of 3.65.
Has Wayne County Nursing Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Wayne County Nursing Home have?
Wayne County Nursing Home is certified for 192 beds.