Best Nursing Homes On Long Island: 2022 Ratings Released

LONG ISLAND — The last two years have proved a challenging time for nursing homes on Long Island. While many facilities continue to face an ongoing battle against the coronavirus, families on Long Island are still likely to turn to nursing homes to provide short- or long-term care for their loved ones.

One in 10 Americans over the age of 85 is a nursing home resident, according to U.S. News & World Report, which released its 2021-22 list of Best Nursing Homes on Tuesday. Nearly one-third of older Americans spend time in a nursing home during their final months of life.

In order to help families choose the right nursing home, U.S. News rated more than 15,000 nursing facilities providing care to 1.1 million people in the United States.

This year's list rated more than 50 facilities on Long Island.

To compile rankings, U.S. News analyzed available public data through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Researchers looked at several outcomes, including COVID-19 vaccination requirements for residents and staff, flu and pneumonia vaccination rates, and infection control violations listed on the resident safety summary.

A nursing facility's COVID-19 vaccination rate played a key role in its overall ranking, according to U.S. News. Homes with a staff vaccination rate below 75 percent were not considered leading facilities. Because of this, a significant percentage of short-term and long-term care programs that would have otherwise qualified as "high-performing'' were downgraded at the time of the list's publication.

Ratings were generated based on data publicly available as of July 2021, with additional COVID-19 vaccination data publicly available as of October 2021.

More on the methodology used to compile this year's list of best nursing homes can be found here.

Each facility was then rated on quality of long- and short-term care. Ratings range from high-performing to below-average. Facilities were also assigned an overall rating ranging from high-performing to below average.

Out of more than 13,100 nursing homes rated for long-term care, 1,063 were designated as high-performing. Approximately 13,500 facilities received a short-term rating, of which only 1,651 homes earned a high-performing rating.

Here's how nursing homes on Long Island fared:

Our Lady of Consolation Nursing and Rehabilitation Care Center — West Islip

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: High Performing
• Overall rating: 5/5

Brookside Multicare Nursing Center — Smithtown

• Short-stay rating: Below Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 2/5

Jefferson's Ferry — South Setauket

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: High Performing
• Overall rating: 5/5

Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center — Commack

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 4/5

Belair Care Center — Bellmore

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: High Performing
• Overall rating: 5/5

Northwell Health Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation — Manhasset

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: High Performing
• Overall rating: 5/5

Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation — New Hyde Park

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: High Performing
• Overall rating: 5/5

Excel at Woodbury for Rehabilitation and Nursing — Woodbury

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 4/5

Berkshire Nursing & Rehabilitation Center — West Babylon

• Short-stay rating: Below Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 2/5

Mount Sinai South Nassau Transitional Care Unit — Oceanside

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: N/A
• Overall rating: 5/5

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Orzac Center for Rehabilitation — Valley Stream

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: N/A
• Overall rating: 5/5

Huntington Hills Center for Health and Rehabilitation — Melville

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 4/5

Brookhaven Health Care Facility — East Patchogue

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: High Performing
• Overall rating: 5/5

St. Catherine of Siena Nursing and Rehabilitation Care Center — Smithtown

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 4/5

Maria Regina Residence — Brentwood

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: High Performing
• Overall rating: 4/5

Long Island State Veterans Home — Stony Brook

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: High Performing
• Overall rating: 4/5

Momentum at South Bay for Rehabilitation and Nursing — East Islip

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 4/5

Sunharbor Manor — Roslyn Harbor

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 4/5

Good Samaritan Nursing Home — Sayville

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: High Performing
• Overall rating: 4/5

Lynbrook Restorative Therapy and Nursing — Lynbrook

• Short-stay rating: High Performing
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 4/5

Hilaire Rehabilitation & Nursing — Huntington

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Carillon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center — Huntington

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center — Huntington Station

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

White Oaks Rehabilitation and Nursing Center — Woodbury

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation — Woodbury

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

St. Johnland Nursing Center — Kings Park

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Central Island Healthcare — Plainview

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Ross Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation — Brentwood

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care — Smithtown

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center — Nesconset

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Daleview Care Center — East Farmingdale

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Luxor Nursing & Rehabilitation at Mills Pond — St. James

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

St. James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center — St. James

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Sunrise Manor Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation — Bay Shore

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Emerge Nursing and Rehabilitation at Glen Cove — Glen Cove

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation — Glen Cove

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Glengariff Health Care Center — Glen Cove

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center — West Babylon

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Massapequa Center Rehabilitation & Nursing — Amityville

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

The Amsterdam at Harborside — Port Washington

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Fulton Commons Care Center — East Meadow

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Waters Edge at Port Jefferson for Rehabilitation and Nursing — Port Jefferson

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation — Port Washington

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Parkview Care and Rehabilitation Center — Massapequa

• Short-stay rating: Below Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 2/5

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital Transitional Care Unit — Port Jefferson

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: N/A
• Overall rating: 3/5

Townhouse Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing — Uniondale

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Affinity Skilled Living and Rehabilitation Center — Oakdale

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Woodhaven Nursing Home — Port Jefferson Station

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Nassau Rehabilitation & Nursing Center — Hempstead

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Luxor Nursing and Rehabilitation at Sayville — Sayville

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Highfield Gardens Care Center of Great Neck — Great Neck

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Island Nursing and Rehabilitation Center — Holtsville

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Great Neck — Great Neck

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center — Freeport

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Meadowbrook Care Center — Freeport

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Garden Care Center — Franklin Square

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

The Grand Pavilion for Rehabilitation & Nursing at Rockville Center — Rockville Centre

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Rockville Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center — Rockville Centre

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Quantum Rehabilitation and Nursing — Middle Island

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Surge Rehabilitation and Nursing — Middle Island

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Suffolk Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing — Patchogue

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Oceanside Care Center — Oceanside

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

Bellhaven Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care — Brookhaven

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

The Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation & Nursing Center — Woodmere

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing - South Point — Island Park

• Short-stay rating: Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 3/5

A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility — Uniondale

• Short-stay rating: Below Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 2/5

Mayfair Care Center — Hempstead

• Short-stay rating: Below Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 2/5

Medford Multicare Center for Living — Medford

• Short-stay rating: Below Average
• Long-stay rating: Average
• Overall rating: 2/5

Hempstead Park Nursing Home — Hempstead

• Short-stay rating: Below Average
• Long-stay rating: Below Average
• Overall rating: 1/5

This year, California has the highest number of the top-ranked nursing homes on the list. In all, 201 nursing homes in California received a high-performing rating in short-term rehabilitation, and 94 facilities were designated high-performing in long-term care.

New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania follow California for the highest number of top-ranked nursing homes. Florida and Illinois fell from among the top states this year.

In addition to helping families find the best nursing home for their loved one, U.S. News published pieces on understanding vaccine mandates in nursing homes, evaluating a nursing home's disaster plan, and where your money goes when paying for a nursing home.
View this year's full list of Best Nursing Homes here.