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Senior care in Huntington

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Huntington is in Suffolk County. New York's Department of Health licenses assisted living through the ACF/ALR system, with SNALR certification for memory care.

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This site's hub town. Huntington Hospital (Northwell) anchors the area, the LIRR Port Jefferson Branch runs through it, and its hamlets range from affluent waterfront enclaves to middle-market aging-in-place neighborhoods.

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Huntington is in Suffolk County. Senior care here is regulated by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). We list 8 licensed or verified providers in Huntington, and an advisor can cover the surrounding area at no cost to your family.

Verified communities in Huntington

Assisted living and nursing homes below come from New York State Department of Health licensing records, with the state operating certificate number for each; open any community for its bed count and inspection record. We do not publish pricing we cannot source.

CommunityCare typeAddressPhoneNYSDOH license #
Atria HuntingtonAssisted Living165 Beverly Road
Huntington, NY 11746
(631) 549-3533700-F-931
Manor Haven Adult HomeAssisted Living222 Columbia Street
Huntington Station, NY 11746
(631) 549-0226700-F-896
Maryville Assisted LivingAssisted Living70 Greenlawn Rd
Huntington, NY 11743
(631) 427-7685700-F-891
Missionary Sisters of St. BenedictAssisted Living350 Cuba Hill Rd
Huntington, NY 11743
(631) 368-9528700-E-054
Sunrise of HuntingtonAssisted Living300 W Hills Rd
Huntington Station, NY 11746
(631) 760-2044700-F-959
Apex Rehabilitation & Care CenterNursing Home78 Birchwood Drive
Huntington Station, NY 11746
(631) 423-32005153311N
Carillon Nursing and Rehabilitation CenterNursing Home830 Park Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743
(631) 271-58005153306N
Pine Forest Center for Rehabilitation and HealthcareNursing Home9 Hilaire Drive
Huntington, NY 11743
(631) 427-02545153312N
How New York licenses assisted living. New York layers Adult Care Facility, ALR, EALR and SNALR certifications rather than issuing one flat license. Read the full explanation →

What to ask on a tour in Huntington

Marketing directors are good at their jobs. These are the questions that actually surface differences between communities:

  1. Can I see your current license and most recent state inspection report?
  2. If you market memory care, can I see the SNALR certification? New York requires this specific add-on certification for dementia-specific care -- ask to see it by name, not a marketing brochure.
  3. What is the all-in monthly cost at my parent's current care level? Ask for the care-level assessment tool in writing and where your parent would score today.
  4. How often have rates increased in the last three years, and by how much?
  5. What is the overnight staffing ratio? Not the daytime ratio — overnight is where families get surprised.
  6. What is caregiver turnover here?
  7. Do you participate in the Assisted Living Program (ALP) or hold NHTD waiver capacity, and how many current residents use it? These are New York's Medicaid pathways for care inside a licensed community.
  8. What happens if my parent's needs exceed what this license allows?

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Care options in Huntington

Questions families ask

If my parent is discharged from Huntington Hospital, what senior care options are nearby?

Huntington Hospital is a Northwell Health facility located directly in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, which this site treats as its hub area for senior care research, covering neighborhoods from Huntington Village and Huntington Station to Cold Spring Harbor, Northport, Dix Hills, and Melville. Discharge planning from Huntington Hospital would coordinate with home care agencies, rehabilitation facilities, and assisted living or nursing communities in this immediate area.

What does Medicare's skilled nursing facility benefit actually require in terms of a prior hospital stay?

Medicare's skilled nursing facility benefit generally requires that the patient first have a qualifying inpatient hospital stay of at least 3 days before Medicare will cover a subsequent skilled nursing facility stay, and only time spent formally admitted as an inpatient counts toward that requirement, not time spent under observation status. This is a critical distinction for Long Island families navigating a hospital discharge, since a stay that looks identical from the patient's bed can be billed either way.

Does NYU Langone have Long Island hospital locations, and what should I know about discharge planning there?

Yes. NYU Langone operates two Long Island hospital campuses: NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island, a 591-bed medical center at 259 First Street in Mineola, formerly Winthrop-University Hospital, renamed in November 2020, home to Nassau County's only adult Level 1 Trauma Center and the NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine; and NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk. As with any hospital system, discharge planning is coordinated by staff at the specific campus where a patient is admitted.

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