Canterbury Woods is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1999-08-02. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (716) 929-5800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Canterbury Woods holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 56.9/100, placing it #12882 of 14703 facilities nationally and #551 of 596 in New York. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Canterbury Woods receives a reported average of 3 hours 58 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 52 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 51 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 15 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 26 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 48.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Canterbury Woods has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 28.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Canterbury Woods ranks 12882nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 56.9/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 551st out of 596 nursing homes. In Williamsville, it ranks 5th out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 5th of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,021 nationally and RN hours rank #3,037 nationally (#120 in NY). Our composite quality score of 56.9/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Williamsville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/williamsville/