Eddy Heritage House: No Physician Orders Found - NY
Federal inspectors who visited the facility on November 26, 2025 cited the home for a medication error under Tag F0757, which covers unnecessary drug use and proper dosing. The licensed practical nurse involved told inspectors directly that the dose "should have been caught as an excessive dose." It was not caught. It reached the resident.
Inspectors rated the violation as causing minimal harm or potential for actual harm, and noted that only a few residents were affected. Those ratings sit at the lower end of the federal harm scale, but they do not mean nothing happened. A nurse at the facility confirmed something went wrong with the medication before the dose ever left the medication cart.
The facility is disputing the citation.
Eddy Heritage House, located at 2920 Tibbits Avenue, is a nursing and rehabilitation center operating under provider number 335760. The complaint inspection that surfaced this violation was one of 21 pages of deficiency findings documented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
What the inspection report does not say is which medication was involved, how far above the correct dose the resident received, or what, if anything, was done for the resident afterward. The nurse's own words, preserved in the inspection record, are what remain: it should have been caught.
The facility's plan of correction was not included in the publicly available inspection document. Anyone seeking that information was directed to contact the nursing home or the state survey agency directly.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr from 2025-11-26 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Last verified: June 20, 2026 · Our methodology
EDDY HERITAGE HOUSE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CTR in TROY, NY was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 26, 2025.
The licensed practical nurse involved told inspectors directly that the dose "should have been caught as an excessive dose." It was not caught.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.