The Erie County Ruthie’s Law is intended to ensure nursing homes notify the families of its residents quickly after a reportable event* and to increase transparency and accountability via semi-annual reporting**.  Below is a list of all Erie county nursing homes. The facilities with a check mark agree with the intent of Ruthie’s Law, have chosen to report, and support complete transparency.  The facilities without a check mark have chosen NOT to comply with Ruthie’s Law.  This leads to a lack of transparency and accountability by their part at a local level.

Erie County Senior Services

*Reportable Event shall mean any altercation between patients and or staff of a Nursing Home that results in an injury to one or more patients, or any incident in which a patient is injured so severely that an emergency call to 911 and/or treatment outside the Nursing Home is required, or the death of a patient is found to have been connected, even in part, to a negligent act or omission on the part of a Nursing Home.

**Semi-annual reports from Nursing Home Facilities shall be provide to the Commissioner which detail the number of Reportable Events which have occurred during the reporting period along with a description of the basic facts pertaining to each event.  Reporting periods shall run from January 1 to May 31 and June 1 to December 31 respectively.  Mandated reports shall be delivered to the Commissioner on or before the last day of the month succeeding the given reporting period.  Patient identifying information shall not be included in such reports.

View the law in its entirety

Safer Senior Homes Ratings

2/2022