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Hospice Care in Islip

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There are 0 verified hospice care options listed in Islip. New York's Department of Health licenses and inspects this care type.

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Hospice is comfort-focused care for a life-limiting illness, generally when a physician expects six months or less. It is delivered wherever the person lives — at home, in assisted living, in a nursing facility, or in a dedicated inpatient unit.

Short answer

No verified hospice care provider is currently based in Islip. The closest verified options are listed below.

What to watch for with hospice care in Islip

  • Medicare's hospice benefit covers the hospice team, medications related to the terminal diagnosis, and equipment. It does not cover room and board in a facility.

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Verified hospice care in Islip

Nothing verified in Islip yet. Hospice and home care are delivered wherever the patient lives, so the agency's office address matters far less than its service area. Agencies based in Brentwood, Woodbury, Long Beach, Uniondale and Melville routinely cover Islip. We only list providers we have confirmed against their own published information, so this list is shorter than the aggregator directories — and more reliable.

Closest verified providers

ProviderBased inAddressCounty
Maria Regina ResidenceBrentwood1725 Brentwood Road, 11717Suffolk
Woodbury Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation CenterWoodbury378 Syosset-Woodbury Rd, 11797Nassau
Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing CenterLong Beach645 W Broadway, 11561Nassau
A. Holly Patterson Extended Care FacilityUniondale875 Jerusalem Avenue, 11553Nassau
Hospice Care NetworkWoodbury99 Sunnyside Boulevard, 11797Nassau
Huntington Hills Center for Health and RehabilitationMelville400 South Service Road, 11747Suffolk

The Islip market specifically

Long Island MacArthur Airport sits nearby, useful for out-of-state family visiting, and the hamlet's mostly working- and middle-class homeowner population is aging in place at a steady rate rather than clustering around one dominant care type.

Islip families most often compare Bay Shore and Brentwood, both within a short drive and both carrying a broader mix of price points than Islip itself.

Who is actually on shift

Ask how many caregivers and med aides are on the floor at 3 a.m., not the building-wide daytime ratio. Ask what happens when someone calls in sick, and whether the community uses agency staff to fill gaps.

Ask how long the administrator has been in post. Turnover at the top is one of the better predictors of turnover below it.

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

What is the MLTC special income standard for Long Island and why does it matter for Medicaid home care?

The special income standard for housing expenses, available to certain individuals enrolled in a Managed Long Term Care plan, varies by NYSDOH region - for the Long Island region specifically, it is $1,701.00. This regional figure is higher than most upstate regions (for comparison, the Central New York region's is $426 and the Western region's is $341), reflecting Long Island's higher housing costs, and remains in effect until updated federal poverty levels are published.

How much does assisted living cost in New York State?

According to CareScout's 2025 Cost of Care Survey, the median cost of an assisted living community (private one-bedroom) in New York State is $225 per day, or about $7,110 per month and $85,320 per year. This is a statewide median - CareScout's published state-level data tables do not break out a separate Long Island or metro New York figure.

What does a nursing home cost per day in New York?

CareScout's 2025 Cost of Care Survey puts the New York State median at $511 per day ($15,528/month, $186,333/year) for a semi-private room and $550 per day ($16,729/month, $200,750/year) for a private room, both based on 365 days of care. These are statewide figures; CareScout does not publish a separate Long Island-specific nursing home rate.

How much does hourly in-home caregiving cost in New York?

CareScout's 2025 Cost of Care Survey reports a New York State median of $35 per hour for what it now calls non-medical caregiver services, a category that merged the formerly separate homemaker services and home health aide categories in 2025 due to price convergence. Based on a 44-hour week, that works out to roughly $6,673 per month or $80,080 per year. Private duty nursing, a higher-acuity service, runs a New York State median of $120 per hour.

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