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Assisted Living in Great Neck

Compare licensed assisted living in Great Neck and the surrounding Nassau County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

2 verified in Great Neck
Nassau County
Quick answer

There are 2 verified assisted living options listed in Great Neck. New York's Department of Health licenses and inspects this care type.

HomeGreat NeckAssisted Living

Assisted living is for someone who is largely independent but needs a reliable hand with the everyday things — bathing, dressing, medications, meals, getting to appointments. In New York, this means an Adult Care Facility license with Assisted Living Residence (ALR) certification under 10 NYCRR Part 1001.

Short answer

We list 2 verified assisted living options in Great Neck.

What to watch for with assisted living in Great Neck

  • Ask which services are included in the base rate versus billed as a separate care level.

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Verified assisted living in Great Neck

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Atria Park of Great NeckAssisted Living51 Great Neck Rd
Great Neck, OH 11021
Nassau
Highfield Gardens Care Center of Great NeckNursing Home199 Community Dr
Great Neck, OH 11021
Nassau

Assisted Living elsewhere in the region

Families in Great Neck sometimes place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
The Bristal at BethpageAssisted Living1075 Stewart Avenue
Bethpage, OH 11714
Nassau
The Bristal at East MeadowAssisted Living40 Merrick Avenue
East Meadow, OH 11554
Nassau
The Bristal at Garden CityAssisted Living1001 Axinn Avenue
Garden City, OH 11530
Nassau
The Bristal at JerichoAssisted Living310 Jericho Turnpike
Jericho, OH 11753
Nassau
The Bristal at Lake SuccessAssisted Living69 North Service Road
Lake Success, OH 11020
Nassau
The Bristal at LynbrookAssisted Living8 Freer Street
Lynbrook, OH 11563
Nassau

The Great Neck market specifically

North Shore University Hospital in nearby Manhasset anchors acute care, and a large Jewish retiree community supports kosher-dining and culturally specific programming at several nearby communities, including Atria Park of Great Neck.

Families in Great Neck often specifically seek out kosher dining and culturally matched programming, which narrows the comparison set even among nearby North Shore communities.

Visit twice, at different hours

A scheduled mid-morning tour and an unannounced 7 p.m. drop-in can look like two different buildings. Evening and overnight are when staffing thins and when families are most often surprised.

Eat a meal there. Talk to a resident's family member in the parking lot rather than one the community introduces you to.

You can check any facility's record free. NYS Health Profiles (profiles.health.ny.gov) publishes license status and inspection history free. Read the full explanation →

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.

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.

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