East End Hospice - Kanas Center for Hospice Care

Eastern Suffolk's only independent nonprofit hospice; the Kanas Center is its free-standing inpatient hospice facility in the Quiogue section of Westhampton Beach, alongside home hospice services across the East End.

Opened in March 2016 on six wooded acres bordered by the Aspatuck River in Quiogue; the free-standing facility has eight private patient suites, each with its own private bath and patio, designed by architect Roger Ferris.

East End Hospice, founded in 1991, is a NYS-certified nonprofit hospice serving the townships of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Shelter Island, Southampton and East Hampton; holds Joint Commission Gold Seal accreditation and a Level 2 We Honor Veterans designation, per its own site.

Short answer

East End Hospice - Kanas Center for Hospice Care is a hospice provider at 1 Meeting House Road, Westhampton Beach, 11978, in Suffolk County.

Location and contact

Community	East End Hospice - Kanas Center for Hospice Care
Care type	Hospice
Address	1 Meeting House Road, Westhampton Beach, 11978
County	Suffolk County
Website	Official site

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Westhampton Beach in context

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.

Other hospice options near Westhampton Beach

Woodbury Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center — Woodbury
Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center — Long Beach
A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility — Uniondale
Hospice Care Network — Woodbury
Huntington Hills Center for Health and Rehabilitation — Melville
St. Catherine of Siena Nursing & Rehabilitation — Smithtown

Listing details verified 2026-07-29 against the provider's own published information. We are not affiliated with this community and do not represent it. Details change — confirm directly before making a decision.

Questions families ask

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.

My parent just fell and is in the hospital - what's the first call I should make?

For families in Nassau or Suffolk County, the Office for the Aging in your parent's home county is a good first call - Nassau County Office for the Aging at 516-227-8900, or Suffolk County Office for the Aging at 631-853-8200. Both function as the local NY Connects access point, a free service that helps families understand care options, eligibility, and next steps after a hospital event, without any cost or obligation.