Amsterdam Nursing Nationally Recognized by Newsweek For 2025

On January 16, leadership from Amsterdam Nursing Home on Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side held a community cocktail celebration for being named one of America's top nursing homes for 2025, by Newsweek Magazine. This achievement adds to a solid track record and a strong community reputation for the 409-bed skilled nursing home, with over 150 years of dedicated service to this neighborhood. This celebration was headlined by Assemblyman Rep. Micah Lasher (District 69), newly sworn in earlier this month.

“We are extremely proud to have made the Newsweek 2025 list of America’s top nursing homes,” said Moshe Blackstein, administrator of Amsterdam Nursing Home. “Our clinical and non-clinical staff are the tops in their respective fields, and given this recognition, it surely demonstrates the best of care that we give to our residents, both short-term and long-term.”

Amsterdam Nursing Home offers short-term recovery programs and long-term residential care, and the staff is dedicated to helping the patients grow physically and emotionally. While staff has been a national issue for healthcare institutions nationwide, Amsterdam Nursing Home's nursing turnover rate is only at 36.7 percent, which is twelve percent lower than the national average. With short-term residents, only a little over 17 percent were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission, which is six percent lower than the national average. With long-term residents, the number of hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days is at 1.14 percent, New York State is at 1.55 percent, and the national average is 1.72 percent. Since their latest March 2024 survey, the facility received zero citations.

"Amsterdam Nursing Home has been a shining light in Manhattan for both our seniors in a short or long-term setting and for those on a rehabilitation basis following a stroke, accident, or any type of injury," said Assemblyman Micah Lasher. "In addition to the nursing and therapy teams, families always say that their loved ones always have something to do, so hats off to the Activities people as well. There are people here like Administrator Moshe Blackstein, who ensures the residents receive all of their needs and that their families are happy and content that their loved ones are feeling good and safe."