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Nursing Homes in Huntington

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There are 3 verified nursing homes options listed in Huntington. New York's Department of Health licenses and inspects this care type.

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A skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing, regulated under a separate rule chapter from assisted living: 10 NYCRR Part 415 in New York. Two different populations often live under the same roof: short-term rehab patients and long-term residents.

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We list 3 verified nursing homes options in Huntington.

What to watch for with nursing homes in Huntington

  • Medicare may cover a short rehab stay after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, but it does not pay for long-term custodial nursing care.
  • Nursing facilities are the one senior care category with federal CMS star ratings.
  • Get your state's semi-private and private-room medians from CareScout, and note that semi-private is often Medicaid-weighted and lower than a private-pay quote.

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Verified nursing homes in Huntington

CommunityCare typeAddressPhoneNYSDOH license #
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

Nursing Homes elsewhere in the region

Families in Huntington sometimes place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.

CommunityCare typeAddressPhoneNYSDOH license #
A Holly Patterson Extended Care FacilityNursing Home875 Jerusalem Avenue
Uniondale, NY 11553		(516) 572-14002950302N
Acadia Center for Nursing and RehabilitationNursing Home1146 Woodcrest Avenue
Riverhead, NY 11901		(631) 727-77445155301N
Affinity Skilled Living and Rehabilitation CenterNursing Home305 Locust Avenue
Oakdale, NY 11769		(631) 218-59005154323N
Allegria Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Port JeffersonNursing Home1360 Route 112
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776		(631) 473-71005151323N
Beach Terrace Care CenterNursing Home640 West Broadway
Long Beach, NY 11561		(516) 431-44002902303N
Belair Care CenterNursing Home2478 Jerusalem Ave
North Bellmore, NY 11710		(516) 826-11602950301N

The Huntington market specifically

Huntington Hospital (Northwell) sits in the hub itself, and the LIRR Port Jefferson Branch gives car-free access for visiting family. Housing ranges from waterfront estates in Lloyd Harbor to modest ranches in Huntington Station, so the senior-care market spans private-pay concierge care to Medicaid-reliant placements within a few miles of each other.

Families here often compare a Reflections memory care neighborhood at The Bristal against Sunrise of Huntington's Dignity Home Care option before deciding between a community move and staying in the historic West Hills neighborhood.

What the contract does that the tour does not

The residency agreement decides what happens when things change: how care levels are reassessed and repriced, how much notice is required on either side, what the deposit covers and whether it is refundable.

Ask for a blank copy to take home before you are asked to sign anything.

You can check any facility's record free. NYS Health Profiles (profiles.health.ny.gov) publishes license status and inspection history free. Read the full explanation →

Questions families ask

What's the difference between being under observation and being formally admitted to the hospital, and why does it matter afterward?

Observation status and inpatient admission are different Medicare billing classifications that a hospital assigns based on a physician's assessment of the patient's condition, and the distinction significantly affects what Medicare covers afterward. Specifically, Medicare's skilled nursing facility benefit generally requires a prior 3-day qualifying inpatient hospital stay, and time spent under observation does not count toward that requirement. Families should ask hospital staff directly and explicitly which status their parent has been assigned, since it isn't always obvious from where the patient is physically located in the hospital.

Which Long Island hospital system likely serves my area - Northwell, Catholic Health, Stony Brook Medicine, or NYU Langone?

Coverage overlaps, but broadly: Northwell dominates central and western Nassau and much of Suffolk, plus the North Fork via Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. Catholic Health covers central Nassau and western-central Suffolk, including Rockville Centre, Roslyn, West Islip, Smithtown, Port Jefferson, and Bethpage. Stony Brook Medicine covers central and eastern Suffolk plus the South and North Forks. NYU Langone covers Mineola and central Nassau, with a Suffolk presence as well.

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.

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