Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

On Gurwin Healthcare System's 36-acre Commack campus; short-term rehabilitation rated among America's Best by U.S. News & World Report.

Patients are assessed within 24 hours of arrival and often begin therapy the same day, seven days a week.

On-site services include two therapy gyms, 24-hour nursing care, respiratory/ventilator care, wound care, on-site hemodialysis, and a full-service clinic with ophthalmology, dental and audiology.

Short answer

Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home provider at 68 Hauppauge Road, Commack, 11725, in Suffolk County.

Location and contact

Community	Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Care type	Nursing Home
Address	68 Hauppauge Road, Commack, 11725
County	Suffolk County
Website	Official site

What we do not publish, and why. We list only details we confirmed against this provider's own published information. We do not publish bed counts, license numbers, pricing or quality ratings for this community because we could not verify them from a primary source. Confirm licensing yourself using the state tools below, and get pricing in writing directly from the community.

How New York regulates this provider

Assisted living and memory care communities are licensed by NYSDOH under the layered Adult Care Facility / Assisted Living Residence system (10 NYCRR Part 1001), with a separate Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR) certification required specifically for memory care. Nursing homes are licensed under a different chapter, 10 NYCRR Part 415. Pull inspection history free on NYS Health Profiles.

Evaluating a skilled nursing facility

Pull both records: your state health department's survey history and the CMS Care Compare rating.
Ask whether the stay is expected to be short-term rehabilitation or long-term care, and what happens when Medicare coverage for rehabilitation ends.
Ask about therapy intensity and who provides it, since post-acute outcomes track closely with it.

Commack in context

No LIRR station serves Commack directly, but the Jericho Turnpike medical corridor has one of the densest concentrations of senior housing, rehab and home-care agencies in central Suffolk, close to both Huntington Hospital and St. Catherine of Siena.

Other nursing home options near Commack

Island Nursing and Rehab Center — Holtsville
Jefferson's Ferry — South Setauket
Peconic Landing — Greenport
San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation — Greenport
The Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing — Southampton
Northwell Health Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation — Manhasset

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

I'm exhausted from caring for my spouse or parent - what support exists for caregivers on Long Island?

Both the Nassau County Office for the Aging (516-227-8900) and Suffolk County Office for the Aging (631-853-8200) serve as local NY Connects access points and can help connect exhausted family caregivers to respite options, including adult day health care, at a New York State median of $144 per day, and in-home caregiver support, at a state median of $35 per hour, which can relieve some of the daily burden without requiring a full residential placement.

We're running out of money to pay privately for my parent's care - what are our options?

Once private funds are running low, the relevant path for most Nassau and Suffolk families is long-term-care Medicaid, a separate, asset-tested eligibility pathway from general ACA Medicaid, which can cover nursing home care, Managed Long Term Care (MLTC)-coordinated home care, the Assisted Living Program (ALP), or NHTD waiver services, depending on the level of need. The county Office for the Aging (Nassau: 516-227-8900; Suffolk: 631-853-8200) is a starting point for understanding which of these pathways may apply.

How do we know it's actually time to move my parent out of their home?

There's no single trigger, but common signals include a recent fall or hospitalization, a new or worsening dementia diagnosis, the primary family caregiver reaching burnout, or private funds running low relative to ongoing care costs, any of which typically prompts a first call to the Nassau (516-227-8900) or Suffolk (631-853-8200) County Office for the Aging to understand available options before deciding.