Page 41 of Best Nursing Homes in New York State

Home of the Good Shepherd at Highpointe provides nursing home, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing care in Malta, NY. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks while a resident maintains an apartment. Memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering, while skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock.

Multiple care levels may make Home of the Good Shepherd at Highpointe a good fit for a resident whose needs may grow over time. The community opened in 2017, has 86 beds, and is operated by The Church Aid of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Town of Saratoga Springs. Respite care offers a short term stay when a family’s usual caregiver needs to travel or recover.

Rehabilitation services support residents working to regain or maintain function. Transportation provides access to rides, and wheelchair accessibility supports residents who use wheelchairs in moving through the community. The community offers the Enhanced Assisted Living program, giving residents access to that specific assisted living service.

The Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is dedicated to helping residents achieve optimal health and wellness through the use of advanced technology and personalized strategies. The staff is highly skilled and always welcoming, and the center’s food is of exceptional quality. The center offers a wide range of services, including 24-hour skilled nurse care, physician services, specialist services, therapies, short and long-term rehab, therapeutic recreation, post-operative care, and more.

With the Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, residents can rest assured that they are in good hands. The center’s comprehensive approach to healthcare and personalized attention ensures that each individual receives the care and support they need to thrive.

Overview of Champlain Valley Senior Community

Tucked into a rural stretch of Willsboro in Essex County, Champlain Valley Senior Community serves a notably wide range of care needs from one location. The 81-bed facility, owned by Stonebrook Properties, LLC, operates as a nursing home, assisted living community, memory care unit, hospice provider, and respite destination simultaneously. Most errands and medical appointments require a car from this address (Walk Score 29), which is typical for rural upstate New York and worth factoring into visit planning.

The care structure is built around continuous staffing. Around-the-clock coverage supports a program roster that includes fall management, activities of daily living support, and secure facilities for residents with memory care needs. Rehabilitation services and short-term rehab are on-site for post-acute recovery. Daily exercise and daily events anchor the activity calendar, meals are home-cooked, and transportation is available when residents or families need to get somewhere.

New York’s Department of Health, Office of Aging and Long Term Care provides inspection oversight for adult homes statewide. At Champlain Valley, inspection activity has focused on care planning and documentation as a compliance area.

For families in Essex County navigating layered or changing care needs, the breadth of what this facility covers under one roof is its clearest practical advantage. From short-term rehab and respite to long-term nursing care and hospice support, it operates across a wider care continuum than most single-designation facilities in the region.

Overview of Bellhaven Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care

Bellhaven Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care in Brookhaven, NY, provides nursing home and skilled nursing care, along with adult day care and hospice care. Licensed nurses are onsite around the clock, while nursing home services support residents who need ongoing, long term care. Adult day care provides daytime services for people who return to their own homes, and hospice care supports residents receiving care at the end of life. Short term rehabilitation helps residents recover and work toward greater function, with therapy available onsite rather than requiring travel to another location.

The secured dementia unit provides supervision in an environment designed for residents living with dementia who may be at risk of wandering. Bellhaven has 240 beds, so it is a larger setting with more residents and staff. Its 98% occupancy means nearly all beds are filled, making availability a practical consideration when planning placement. Bellhaven Management operates the community, which also offers adult day care and nurse’s aide training programs. The combination of skilled nursing, rehabilitation, long term care and secured dementia services makes Bellhaven a good fit for someone whose care needs can change over time or who needs a supervised dementia setting.

Overview of Auburn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

Auburn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is a nursing home in Auburn, NY, offering skilled nursing, hospice care, and palliative care. Skilled nursing means licensed nursing care is available on site around the clock, while hospice and palliative care focus on comfort and support for people living with serious or end-of-life illness.

The center provides short-term rehabilitation and post-acute care, so residents can receive rehabilitation services while recovering after acute care. With 92 beds, Auburn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, providing those payment routes for eligible services or private expenses; AURNC Operating operates the center, which may suit someone needing short-term rehabilitation and post-acute care or a resident requiring hospice or palliative support.

Overview of Rebekah Rehab Assisted Living Program

Rebekah Rehab Assisted Living Program offers assisted living, independent living, home care, and skilled nursing in Bronx, NY. Assisted living helps with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication while a resident maintains an apartment. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock.

Independent living provides private living with community services and no daily care, while the Care At Home program brings home care to someone where they live. The community has 56 beds, making it a smaller setting where staff and residents can get to know each other. Its range of care levels may be a good fit for a resident whose needs may grow over time, because services span independent living, assisted living, home care, and skilled nursing.

Rehabilitation services include Rehab & Extended Care and Outpatient Rehab, giving residents access to rehabilitation through extended care and outpatient programs. A Walk Score of 95/100 places the area in the walker’s paradise band. Daily errands do not require a car, so a resident who no longer drives can still get out independently.

The Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is a nursing home in Woodmere, New York, offering nursing care, skilled nursing, palliative care, and respite care. Residents can receive nursing support around the clock, while palliative care centers on comfort and symptom management. Respite care offers a short stay for someone whose usual caregiver is traveling or recovering, so the range of services can suit a person who needs nursing support, comfort focused care, or temporary care.

The community has 280 beds, with 99% occupancy, meaning nearly all beds are in use. Occupational, physical, and speech therapies are available as rehabilitation services, and pain management is also offered. There are several ways to spend time between care and therapy. Residents can use the salon, sit outdoors on the patio, attend religious services, join karaoke hour, take part in ice cream parties or bingo, and watch an afternoon film.

Meals are prepared in a Glatt Kosher kitchen, accommodating residents who follow kosher dietary practices as well as those with dietary restrictions. Medicaid and Medicare are accepted as payment options. The Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is operated by Woodmere Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.

Overview of Delaware Oaks Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

Delaware Oaks Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing provides nursing home care, respite care, and skilled nursing in Buffalo, NY. Skilled nursing means licensed nursing care is available on site around the clock, while respite care supports a short stay when a usual caregiver needs temporary relief.

Short term rehabilitation is also available for residents who need therapy during a recovery stay. The community opened in 1966 and has 95 beds, with 99% occupancy meaning that nearly all beds are in use.

EN Operations Aquisitions operates Delaware Oaks Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Music and Memory Programs give residents structured activities involving music and memory, and restaurant style dining shapes how meals are served.

The respite option may be a good fit for a family whose usual caregiver needs temporary care coverage while traveling or recovering.

Overview of Momentum at South Bay for Rehabilitation and Nursing

Momentum at South Bay for Rehabilitation and Nursing sits at 340 East Montauk Highway in East Islip, a 160-bed skilled nursing facility run by Suffolk Restorative Therapy and Nursing, LLC. Occupancy runs high here, 97 percent, with 155 of 160 beds filled. That’s about as close to full as a facility gets.

Staffing is where this place actually distinguishes itself. Total nursing care averages 3 hours and 49 minutes per resident, per day, and registered nurses alone account for 53 minutes of that. Those aren’t vague promises about “attentive care,” they’re concrete numbers that reflect real clinical depth. The area itself is car-dependent, Walk Score of 17, so getting around means getting behind the wheel.

The clinical programming backs up that staffing investment. Diabetes Management and Education, Amputee Rehabilitation, and a 30-Day Medicare track are all named, structured programs, not generic service categories. Cardiology and vascular monitoring, wound care, and post-COVID-19 rehabilitation round out the specialized care lineup. Outside the clinical side, there are gardens, a bakery, and a gym, small things, but they matter for daily quality of life.

Inspections here have tended to focus on infection prevention and control and care planning and documentation, the kind of operational areas regulators routinely review at facilities handling complex medical cases.

What this shows is a skilled nursing facility built for residents who need real clinical intensity: strong staffing numbers, named specialty programs, and a structure clearly calibrated for more complicated medical needs than a typical long-term care setting.

Overview of Morningside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Morningside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers nursing home, assisted living, hospice care, palliative care, and skilled nursing in The Bronx, NY. Nursing home care supports residents who need ongoing nursing oversight in a residential setting, while skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care around the clock. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication management while a resident continues living in the community.

Hospice care focuses on comfort near the end of life, while palliative care addresses comfort and symptom relief during serious illness. With nursing, assisted living, rehabilitation, hospice, and palliative services, Morningside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center may be a good fit for a resident whose needs range from recovery to ongoing nursing or comfort-focused care.

The center has 314 beds, placing it among larger communities with more residents, staff, and usually more programming. Physical and occupational therapy help residents work on movement and daily activities, while short-term rehabilitation provides a temporary setting for recovery. Cardiac rehabilitation supports recovery related to heart conditions, and enteral nutrition therapy provides clinical nutrition support for residents who receive nutrition through a feeding tube.

A salon and spa, beauty parlor, and barber shop give residents access to grooming services within the community. Religious services for all denominations are available, and transportation is offered for resident travel.

The area is very walkable, with a Walk Score of 87 out of 100 and most errands possible on foot, so a resident who no longer drives can handle many outings independently. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted; Medicare can cover short-term skilled care after a hospital stay, while Medicaid and private pay are additional payment paths. Morningside Acquisition III operates the community.