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Located on Bates Road in Medina, New York, Orchard Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is a skilled nursing facility operated by ORRNC Holdings, LLC. The160-bed community accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, giving families multiple ways to cover short-term rehabilitation and longer-term nursing care.

The facility has 89% occupancy, with residents staying an average of 171 days. The population is a mix of people recovering after hospitalization and those receiving ongoing skilled nursing care. Rehabilitation is the facility’s primary focus. Daily nurse staffing averages 3 hours and 34 minutes per resident. Residents are supported by registered nurses, nurse aides, and licensed practical nurses.

State inspections have identified issues related to food service practices, nursing adequacy, facility maintenance, and safety systems. The center has addressed identified deficiencies promptly. Corrections were completed within 2 months of the inspection findings. No life safety code violations have been cited.

The neighborhood has a Walk Score of 76, making it very walkable. Visiting family members can easily reach the facility and many nearby services while walking.

Norwich Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is an 80-bed nursing home at 88 Calvary Drive in Norwich, Chenango County, New York, operated by Norwich Operating Company, LLC. The neighborhood scores 82 on the Walk Score; very walkable, with most errands within reach on foot. At 93% occupancy with a median stay of 78 days, the facility focuses on short-term rehabilitation and transitional care.

Resident care is staffed at just over three and a half hours of nursing per person per day. The team includes registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and nursing aides working to manage post-acute recovery and short-term skilled needs. Residents can access rehabilitation services on-site, which supports the facility’s core mission: helping people transition home after surgery, acute hospitalization, or acute illness.

State inspections over nine years have identified recurring challenges in care planning, discharge coordination, and operational documentation. Quality of care and facility maintenance remain areas where state surveyors have noted deficiencies. The facility continues to work through corrective action plans and inspection findings, though patterns persist across inspection cycles.

Norwich accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private-pay residents, making it accessible across coverage types. The facility’s short-term profile and nursing staffing align it toward residents who need intensive rehabilitation and are working toward discharge home within weeks rather than months.

Operated by BVRNC Operating, LLC and owned by Jeanette Bunn Angelini, Sodus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is a skilled nursing home in Sodus, New York. The community accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, giving families several ways to cover short-term rehabilitation and ongoing nursing care. The 124-bed facility has an occupancy rate of 91%, reflecting a strong and stable resident population while preserving adequate staffing ratios.

Rehabilitation services are a cornerstone of the home. An on-staff physician works with the nursing team to help residents recover from illness, injury, or hospitalization. The average daily nurse staffing is 4 hours and 2 minutes per resident. The facility provides 28 minutes of registered nurse care, 2 hours and 14 minutes of nurse aide care, and 28 minutes of licensed practical nurse care. The staffing model provides consistent hands-on support for residents recovering from acute illness or injury, as well as those requiring longer-term care.

The average length of stay is 160 days. The population includes a mix of post-acute rehabilitation residents and residents receiving long-term nursing care.

Sodus has a Walk Score of 52, which means it is somewhat walkable. Some errands can be accomplished on foot, but for most, families will need a car.

The Department of Health, Office of Aging and Long Term Care, has performed several inspections during the last several years. Reviews have found operational and procedural issues from time to time, and the facility has generally corrected them within 2 months. The pattern of identified issues followed by timely resolution shows its commitment to maintaining care standards.

Overview of The Pines at Catskill Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation

Located at 154 Jefferson Heights in Catskill, Greene County, The Pines at Catskill Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation is a 136-bed skilled nursing facility operated by Catskill Crossings, LLC and owned by Nechama Biderman. The community draws a mix of Medicare, Medicaid, and private-pay residents, with an average length of stay of around four months. Recognition includes a McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Award and Certified Great Place to Work certification, signaling organizational investment in both resident care and staff culture.

Care delivery operates around the clock with in-house primary care and visiting specialists. The facility’s 98% occupancy reflects consistent resident demand and financial stability.

Seven-year inspection history shows 9 total citations, meaningfully below the state average. Yet the most recent July 2025 inspection uncovered 23 deficiencies spanning care planning, respiratory protocols, food sanitation, and building safety systems. The facility corrected all findings by late August.

Deficiency patterns across the 2022 and 2025 inspections centered on similar areas: care plan depth, respiratory care management, and safe-environment maintenance. One serious abuse or neglect finding was documented and resolved. A $20,000 federal penalty followed the July inspection.

Nursing hours average 3 hours 12 minutes daily per resident, tracking slightly below New York’s 3 hours 29 minutes. Licensed practical nurses, at 1 hour per day, run 30% above state norms and handle medication administration and routine monitoring. Certified nursing aides at 1 hour 55 minutes per day provide primary daily assistance, though this trails the state median. Registered nurse presence, 18 minutes daily, falls substantially short of state figures, potentially limiting clinical oversight.

The community offers short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled care, memory care programs, and palliative services. Recreation, spiritual programs, prepared meals, and restorative therapies constitute the daily environment. Complaint and investigation rates sit well below state benchmarks.

The facility fits residents and families weighing post-acute rehabilitation or longer-term skilled placement in Greene County, with the understanding that recent deficiency patterns remain areas requiring active monitoring and compliance oversight going forward.

Overview of Riverside Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

Riverside Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing occupies 90 No Main Street in Castleton-on-Hudson, an 80-bed facility owned by RSRNC, LLC. It’s not narrow in scope. Nursing home care, hospice, memory care, palliative care, and skilled nursing all coexist here. Occupancy runs high, 96 percent, 77 of 80 beds filled.

Getting around this part of Castleton-on-Hudson takes a car; the Walk Score is 21, solidly car-dependent. The facility takes Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay.

What actually supports care here is genuinely multidisciplinary. Audiology, dental, medical social work, nutrition, optometry, pharmacy, psychology, occupational and physical therapy, and speech pathology all operate as distinct departments, not a single generic “therapy services” line item. An active resident council and an on-site nurse aide training program round out the community structure.

Staffing gives a concrete picture of daily care: total nursing time runs 4 hours and 31 minutes per resident, per day, with licensed practical nurses contributing 1 hour and 16 minutes of that. Inspections here have tended to focus on infection prevention and control and environmental and hazardous-materials safety.

What Riverside Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing presents as is a large facility built around a genuinely broad clinical support structure, backed by real staffing depth and near-full occupancy, the kind of infrastructure that comes from operating at scale.

Overview of Sunrise Manor Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation

An 84-bed skilled nursing home in Bay Shore, New York, is Sunrise Manor Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Operated by Sunrise Manor Nursing Home, Inc, under owner Steve Arbeitman, it’s well-situated in a highly walkable neighborhood where most errands can be done on foot, making it convenient for visiting family and residents who can leave the facility. Accepted are Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, providing clear coverage routes for families planning short-term rehabilitation or ongoing care.

The facility at 88 percent occupancy maintains an average stay length of 121 days, reflecting a mix of post-acute rehabilitation residents and those receiving longer-term nursing care. Staffing support is substantial: total nursing care averages 4 hours 5 minutes per resident day, with registered nurses providing 24 minutes of care, nursing aides 1 hour 57 minutes, and LPN/LVN support 45 minutes. That level of diligent nursing presence is a focal part of the care model. The home’s focus is rehabilitation, with dedicated services in physical, occupational, and speech therapy that a full rehabilitation team supports. Specialized programs include wound care and targeted therapy, managed by licensed nursing staff and a Therapeutic Recreation Department. Doctor-on-staff coverage and 24-hour staffing ensure continuous medical oversight and urgent support when needed. Nutritional services staff oversee three daily meals, and the dining program caters to cultural preferences, with ethnic foods available upon request.

With all cited issues corrected in follow-up reviews, state inspections document past deficiencies in care planning, drug review, food sanitation, accident prevention, and communication systems. Sunrise Manor Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation maintains an active approach to addressing regulatory findings and safety concerns.

San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation sits at 61700 Route 48 in Greenport, New York, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility owned by Joseph Fischetti. It takes Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, and its care lineup spans nursing home services, memory care programming, and rehabilitation, the kind of range that lets a resident’s needs shift without requiring a move to an entirely different facility.

The neighborhood works in the facility’s favor from a walkability standpoint. The Walk Score is 74, very walkable, and most errands don’t require a car. Occupancy sits at 80 percent, with 96 of the 120 beds currently filled.

Staffing tells a concrete story here: total nursing care runs 3 hours and 38 minutes per resident, per day, a specific number rather than a vague claim about attentive care. Respite care and rehabilitation services round out the offering alongside the memory care programming.

On the regulatory side, inspections at San Simeon by the Sound have tended to center on environmental and hazardous-materials safety and resident rights and protections, the kind of operational areas state regulators routinely review at skilled nursing facilities handling this range of care.

It’s a North Fork skilled nursing facility built to handle a real range of resident needs, from short-term rehabilitation through memory care, backed by broad payment acceptance and a staffing structure with numbers a family can actually evaluate.

Massena Rehabilitation & Nursing Center sits at 89 Grove Street in Massena, New York, a 160-bed facility owned by MARNC Operating, LLC. It’s not built around one type of care. Nursing home services sit alongside hospice, palliative, respite, and skilled nursing, all under the same roof. Occupancy runs at 90 percent, 144 of 160 beds filled.

Location works in this facility’s favor. The Walk Score is 74, very walkable, and Massena Hospital is only about five minutes away by car, close enough that hospital access rarely feels far off.

What actually happens on-site goes well beyond basic nursing care. There’s a clinical laboratory, dental services, dietary support, mental health care, occupational and physical therapy, pharmacy access, physician oversight, podiatry, social work, speech pathology, and organized therapeutic activities, the kind of comprehensive clinical roster you’d expect from a facility built to handle complex needs in one place.

On the regulatory side, inspections here have tended to focus on infection prevention and control and dietary and food service, the kind of operational areas regulators routinely review at skilled nursing facilities.

What this shows is a facility with a genuinely broad clinical service list under one roof, positioned close to hospital-level care, in a part of Massena where getting around doesn’t require a car for every errand.

Salamanca Rehabilitation & Nursing Center operates a 120-bed nursing facility in Salamanca, New York, at 91% occupancy; 109 residents with an average stay of 170 days. The community manages both short-term rehabilitation and ongoing skilled nursing care. A physician is on staff; 24-hour nursing coverage is continuous. Rehabilitation services and respite stays are available, making it suited for older adults in transition from hospitalization or those requiring extended skilled care.

The neighborhood presents as moderately walkable (Walk Score 53). Visiting family can accomplish some errands on foot, though the surrounding area skews car-dependent. This matters for families planning frequent visits or for community integration during the stay.

State inspections have identified recurring themes touching on safety hazards, care practices, and facility maintenance. The facility’s response pattern shows prompt correction of deficiencies, with no documented trajectory of worsening or unresolved issues across the inspection window.

Payment options include Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, the standard coverage channels for nursing facility residents. This payer mix supports the facility’s dual role in short-stay rehabilitation (typically Medicare-funded) and longer-term skilled nursing (often Medicaid or private-pay supported).

Overview of Hillside Manor Rehab & Extended Care Center

Operated by Hillside Manor Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center, LLC, under owner Jeffrey Jackson, Hillside Manor Rehab & Extended Care Center is a 400-bed skilled nursing facility with a strong focus on post-acute rehabilitation. Families can choose from Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay to cover both short-term rehabilitation and longer-term skilled nursing care.

Residents stay an average of 176 days, which is a mix of residents recovering from acute medical events and those needing extended skilled nursing care. Rehabilitation is a primary focus, with dedicated post-acute care, the Optum program, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, and therapeutic recreation. These services make the facility a practical option for residents recovering from surgery, a cardiac event, or a hospital stay that requires ongoing rehabilitation.

The average amount of nursing care per resident per day is about 3 hours and 37 minutes. Registered nurses provide 46 minutes of care per day, nurse aides provide 2 hours and 17 minutes, and licensed practical nurses provide 27 minutes.

The neighborhood has a Walk Score of 29, meaning it is car-dependent. A few nearby destinations can be reached on foot, but most errands and visits require driving.

Amenities on-site include a gymnasium, therapeutic recreation programs, personal laundry service, beauty and barber services, cable television, and an outdoor patio. The dining program has culturally diverse menu options for residents’ dietary preferences.

State inspections by the Department of Health, Office of Aging and Long Term Care have identified issues related to care planning, medication management, safety protocols, and documentation. The facility has addressed these findings as part of its ongoing regulatory compliance efforts.