A.O. Fox Nursing Home
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Available 24/7
Visiting Hours:
A.O. Fox Nursing Home’s regular visiting hours are 9:00am — 9:00pm. Residents are welcome to have visitors outside these hours at their discretion. Please contact us at (607) 431-5980 if you require assistance.
Visitors are asked to sign in and out attesting to hand sanitation before and after their visit.
Fox Nursing Home
When you or a family member are ready for nursing care, staff members at A.O. Fox Nursing Home are here to help with the transition, with friendly, compassionate care, acknowledging every resident as a unique person.
Our values are simple: we believe people of all ages need to belong, enjoy the companionship of others, have a purpose, be creative, preserve their privacy, express their emotions, and continue to grow. Because each person has different needs, we develop a unique plan of care for each resident. And our staff meets weekly to review every resident's needs; families and residents alike are welcome at these meetings.
In carrying out these plans of care, we use the full range of our services:
- Nursing care — available 24 hours a day
- Medical / dental care — our on-staff physician is available for residents, or they can continue to see their own practitioner
- Rehabilitation — residents can engage in physical, occupational, and speech therapy as needed
- Nutritional services — our chief clinical dietitian and registered diet technician ensure that residents' diets meet their needs and preferences
- Social services — our social worker serves as an advocate for residents and their families and helps residents enjoy a full life. In addition, families and sponsors automatically become members of our Family Council, an information and advocacy forum designed specifically for them
- Spiritual care — a chaplain regularly meets with residents to offer caring, counseling, and spiritual direction. Many denominations conduct services at the nursing home
- Activities — among the activities are movies, parties, exercise groups, bingo, Bible study, arts and crafts, cooking groups, evening entertainment, and community outings
- Hairdressing — a beautician is available every week
Visits
Current Visiting Recommendations (Updated 10/23/2024)
Please note that if masks are required for your visit, there will be signs at the entrance and on impacted units.
Anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 (or anyone who has been in close contact with someone who has tested positive) should wait the NYS recommended 10 days before visiting.
Additionally, visitors must talk to a nurse prior to visiting any room with a contract precaution sign present.
Visiting Hours
A.O. Fox Nursing Home’s regular visiting hours are 9:00am — 9:00pm (EST). Families and friends are welcome to take residents on outings, hold celebrations of special occasions here, and bring their children (of course, children must be closely supervised). Large groups must maintain social distancing so please coordinate with us if planning a sizable event. Our building is connected to A.O. Fox Hospital.
If you’d like to visit outside of regular visiting hours, please contact us at (607) 431-5980 so that we can provide access.
New York State (NYS) Required Information
Nursing homes in NYS are now required to post the following information to their websites. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding this information.
A.O. Fox Nursing Home Residency Rates
A.O. Fox Nursing Home is a fully owned and operated entity of A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, a Bassett Healthcare Network affiliate. Current residency rates are $450 / day for a private skilled nursing room, and $395 / day for a semi-private room.
A.O. Fox Nursing Home Contracts
A.O. Fox Nursing Home contracts with various companies for services to support the residents and patients for whom we care. Key contracts include:
- Compass Group: Facilities, food service, and environmental service management
- Medline: Medical supplies
- Omnicare Pharmacy: Medications and pharmacy-related services
- Zimmet Healthcare Services Group: Clinical reimbursement and quality auditing
- Hummel’s: Office supplies
- KPMG: Financial auditing
- Helios Care: Hospice services
- Airgas: Medical gases
- Sigmacare / Matrixcare: Electronic medical record
A.O. Fox Nursing Home Medicare.gov Star Ratings
The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) oversee nursing homes. You can access information about any nursing home using NYSDOH's NYS Health Profiles and CMS' Nursing Home Compare websites. A 5-Star rating system is employed, which compares nursing homes on criteria in three categories: Health inspections, Staffing, and Quality of Care. The latter two are objective measures based on defined criteria. The former measure is heavily weighted in the overall scoring at 60%.
A.O. Fox Nursing Home currently has a 2-star overall score from both NYS Health Profiles and Medicare, and has the following ratings from Medicare.gov:
- Health inspections: 2-star
- Staffing: 4-star
- Quality measures: 3-star
The average overall rating of the other nursing homes within a 25-mile radius of Fox Nursing Home is 1.17.
