Nursing Homes · Rochester, NY
Nursing Homes · Medicare certified
The Friendly Home
3156 East Avenue · Rochester, NY 14618 · 200 certified beds
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About The Friendly Home
The Friendly Home is a nursing home in Rochester, New York. Its capacity is 200 beds, above the Monroe County median of 120 for nursing homes. It is run by a nonprofit operator and is part of Affinity Rehabilitation LLP. It is Medicare certified. Its public inspection record shows 18 citations, the most recent on December 19, 2025. Enforcement records show no fine or payment denial against it. Nurse staffing averages 4.36 hours per resident per day. It is one of 23 nursing homes listed in Rochester. Residents and families can raise concerns with the New York State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program at 1-855-582-6769. Its public records were last updated in October 2026.
Public record
CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026
Certification
Medicare-certified.
Ratings
Overall
4.0Staffing
4.0Quality measures
5.0CMS Care Compare, October 2026.
Inspection history (18)
Records from March 2022 to December 2025.
December 19, 2025
Tag F0658Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 17, 2026.
December 19, 2025
Tag F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 17, 2026.
December 19, 2025
Tag F0761Ensure 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.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 17, 2026.
December 19, 2025
Tag F0605Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 17, 2026.
December 19, 2025
Tag F0550Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 17, 2026.
December 19, 2025
Tag F0760Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 17, 2026.
December 19, 2025
Tag F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 17, 2026.
December 26, 2023
Tag F0882Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 23, 2024.
December 26, 2023
Tag F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 23, 2024.
December 26, 2023
Tag F0761Ensure 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.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 23, 2024.
December 26, 2023
Tag F0908Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 23, 2024.
December 26, 2023
Tag F0607Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 23, 2024.
December 26, 2023
Tag F0693Ensure 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.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 23, 2024.
December 26, 2023
Tag F0688Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 23, 2024.
March 2, 2022
Tag F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 12, 2022.
March 2, 2022
Tag F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 12, 2022.
March 2, 2022
Tag F0626Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 12, 2022.
March 2, 2022
Tag F0623Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Severity B: pattern, no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Corrected April 12, 2022.
Penalties
CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this nursing home in the last three years.
Staffing
4.36 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, down from 4.43 in Q4 2025.
From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.
Ownership
Non profit
- Parent company: Affinity Rehabilitation LLP
Typical cost
CareScout Cost of Care Survey, 2025
This provider's prices aren't public. Here is what the same care typically costs in New York.
What Medicaid pays nursing homes
This is what New York Medicaid pays a nursing home for each resident per day. It is not what a family pays privately, but it shows what the state treats as the cost of a day of care.
Median facility daily rate
$273.87per day
About $8,326 a month.
Median we calculated from the state's own facility rate file, January 1, 2025. Based on 591 facilities.
Source: NYSDOH: January 2025 Nursing Home Initial Rates (Type NF MedicaidRate) (opens in a new tab), updated 2025-01-01
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