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The Chelsea at Brookhaven

Assisted Living in Yaphank — Suffolk County

Quick answer

The Chelsea at Brookhaven is an assisted living provider located at 1 Meadow Lane, Yaphank, 11980, in Suffolk County.

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A two-building Chelsea Senior Living campus in Yaphank offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, and short 'VIP' respite stays.

On-site physical, occupational, and speech therapy is provided in partnership with FOX Rehabilitation, per the operator's website.

A full-time registered nurse and a 24-hour emergency response system are in place community-wide, per Chelsea's site.

Short answer

The Chelsea at Brookhaven is an assisted living provider at 1 Meadow Lane, Yaphank, 11980, in Suffolk County.

Location and contact

CommunityThe Chelsea at Brookhaven
Care typeAssisted Living
Address1 Meadow Lane, Yaphank, 11980
CountySuffolk County
WebsiteOfficial site
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Yaphank 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.

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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

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.

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.

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