St Joseph's Hospital - Skilled Nursing Facility

St Joseph's Hospital - Skilled Nursing Facility sits right in Elmira, New York, close to St Joseph's Hospital and part of Arnot Health, so you've got the medical care nearby if you ever need it, and it's got a total of 85 certified beds, though about 10 are open as of June 2025, and the place runs close to full with an occupancy rate around 90 percent, which tells you a lot about how this place stays busy but cozy at the same time. As a nonprofit home, founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester, you'll find skilled nursing services for folks recovering from hospital stays, illness, or surgery, and there's care for everyday tasks like bathing, dressing, medication management, transfers, and even 24-hour supervision. Residents needing more specialized therapy are covered, too, with speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and even more medical help, with regular registered nurse, LPN, CNA, and therapy hours tracked and available. There are plenty of things to do, whether you're into arts programs, movie nights, community-sponsored gatherings, or maybe a slow stroll on landscaped paths and gardens, with activities sometimes run by the residents themselves, which keeps folks busy and helps them feel right at home. There's a dining room with restaurant-style seating, and meals are allergy-sensitive and diabetes-friendly, so everyone gets what they need, and you can dine any time during the day, which is a comfort. The rooms come furnished and have telephones, and you'll see that safety is a clear focus here, with an Emergency Alert System and 24-hour call services, and the laundry, housekeeping, and barber/salon on site really help with convenience and routine, and someone helps coordinate moves when new folks arrive. Residents often feel supported socially, physically, and spiritually, since regular spiritual activities and community events are part of life, too. For recreation, the facility offers an arts room, walking paths, and other community spaces where people can gather, along with steady on-site medical and therapy care, including outpatient rehab, addiction recovery, gastroenterology, and even inpatient behavioral health for those who need it. People here can get vaccines-almost 90 percent have the pneumonia vaccine-and the place has scored A grades on inspections, gets top marks for long-term care, and ranks in the top 100 for New York, so they're clearly keeping up their standards, and Medicare and Medicaid are both accepted, though there's no CCRC option or family council, but they do have a resident council so the people living here have a say. All told, St Joseph's Skilled Nursing Facility feels like a peaceful, well-managed spot with plenty going on, clear focus on safety, and good care for anyone who needs skilled nursing, whether short-term or long-term, and it's very much built around the Elmira community.