Nursing home
Wells Nursing Home
201 W Madison Avenue, Johnstown, NY 12095 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 100 certified beds
Wells Nursing Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Johnstown, New York. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Its most recent inspection on Sep 12, 2024 cited 3 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 1 fine totaling $8,512In 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 Wells 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) | — | 3.65 | 3.89 | — |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 0.70 | 0.68 | — |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 2.18 | 2.34 | — |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 40.5% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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 fine totaling $8,512, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Wells Nursing Home
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual 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 · Mar 3, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Sep 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 27, 2021
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 9, 2019 - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 9, 2019 - 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 9, 2019 - 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 · May 9, 2019 - Potential for harm
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 9, 2019 - Potential for harm
Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.
Administration Deficiencies · May 9, 2019 - 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 · May 9, 2019
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
- 201 W Madison Avenue
Johnstown, NY 12095 - CMS certification #
- 335314
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 100
- Avg residents/day
- 88.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1971-01-05
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Wells Nursing Home using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 2 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Wells 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.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Skilled Nursing Care-Registered Nurses in Facility 24/7
(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.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Jan 22, 2006.
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.
- May 12, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jun 7, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wells Nursing Home, INC.
- Oct 18, 2021: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 25, 2024. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $12,288 proposed, $7,987 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wells Nursing Home, INC.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $12,288 proposed, $7,987 now. To be fixed by Jan 31, 2022.
- Serious: COVID-19 rule for healthcare settings (1910.502(f)(2)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 7, 2022.
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
- Nathan Littauer Hospital, Gloversville. 5.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Fulton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, Gloversville. 4.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Centerwell Home Health, Ballston Lake. 30.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 12095 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Gloversville Dialysis Center, Gloversville, 5.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Mohawk Valley Dialysis Center, Inc., Amsterdam, 10.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fms-Amsterdam Dialysis Center, Amsterdam, 11.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 12095.
Mountain Valley Hospice & Palliative Care, office in Gloversville, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs. 29.8 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 (effective July 18, 1983), 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 very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively 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 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wells Nursing Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Wells Nursing Home an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
Has Wells Nursing Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Wells Nursing Home have?
Wells Nursing Home is certified for 100 beds.