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Nursing Homes in Port Jefferson

Compare licensed nursing homes in Port Jefferson and the surrounding Suffolk County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

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There is 1 verified nursing homes option listed in Port Jefferson. New York's Department of Health licenses and inspects this care type.

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A skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing, regulated under a separate rule chapter from assisted living: 10 NYCRR Part 415 in New York. Two different populations often live under the same roof: short-term rehab patients and long-term residents.

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We list 1 verified nursing homes option in Port Jefferson.

What to watch for with nursing homes in Port Jefferson

  • Medicare may cover a short rehab stay after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, but it does not pay for long-term custodial nursing care.

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Verified nursing homes in Port Jefferson

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Water's Edge Rehab & Nursing Center at Port JeffersonNursing Home150 Dark Hollow Road
Port Jefferson, OH 11777		Suffolk

Nursing Homes elsewhere in the region

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

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterNursing Home68 Hauppauge Road
Commack, OH 11725		Suffolk
Island Nursing and Rehab CenterNursing Home5537 Express Drive North
Holtsville, OH 11742		Suffolk
Jefferson's FerryIndependent LivingOne Jefferson Ferry Drive
South Setauket, OH 11720		Suffolk
Peconic LandingIndependent Living1600 Brecknock Road
Greenport, OH 11944		Suffolk
San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing and RehabilitationNursing Home61700 Route 48
Greenport, OH 11944		Suffolk
The Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and NursingNursing Home64 County Road 39
Southampton, OH 11968		Suffolk

The Port Jefferson market specifically

Both John T. Mather Memorial Hospital and St. Charles Hospital sit in this North Shore harbor village, an unusual concentration of acute care for a town this size, and the cross-Sound ferry adds a retiree draw not found elsewhere on this list.

Port Jefferson families often compare Smithtown or Mount Sinai, both close by, especially when a specific hospital-system affiliation (Catholic Health vs. Stony Brook Medicine) matters to the family.

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.

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Questions families ask

Which Long Island hospital system likely serves my area - Northwell, Catholic Health, Stony Brook Medicine, or NYU Langone?

Coverage overlaps, but broadly: Northwell dominates central and western Nassau and much of Suffolk, plus the North Fork via Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. Catholic Health covers central Nassau and western-central Suffolk, including Rockville Centre, Roslyn, West Islip, Smithtown, Port Jefferson, and Bethpage. Stony Brook Medicine covers central and eastern Suffolk plus the South and North Forks. NYU Langone covers Mineola and central Nassau, with a Suffolk presence as well.

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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