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Assisted Living in your area

Help with daily activities in a New York State Adult Care Facility with Assisted Living Residence (ALR) certification, with meals, housekeeping and medication assistance included.

Quick answer

New York's Department of Health regulates assisted living through the state's Adult Care Facility and Assisted Living Residence system.

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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 58 verified assisted living providers across your metro. 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.

Three things worth knowing first

  • Ask which services are included in the base rate versus billed as a separate care level.
  • Ask whether the community participates in the Assisted Living Program (ALP) and how many current residents use it.
  • Ask what happens if your parent's needs exceed the community's admission/retention limits under its ALR/EALR certification.
How New York licenses assisted living. New York layers Adult Care Facility, ALR, EALR and SNALR certifications rather than issuing one flat license. Read the full explanation →

Verified assisted living across the region

We list 58 verified assisted living providers across your metro. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

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Assisted Living by city

Assisted Living in Huntington

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Hempstead

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Garden City

1 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Levittown

1 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Freeport

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Long Beach

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Massapequa

1 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Great Neck

2 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Mineola

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Rockville Centre

1 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Babylon

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Islip

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Bay Shore

2 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Patchogue

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Smithtown

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Riverhead

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Port Jefferson

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Commack

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Brentwood

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Oyster Bay

1 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Glen Cove

3 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Plainview

2 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Syosset

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Farmingdale

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Wantagh

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Seaford

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Bethpage

1 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Merrick

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Bellmore

1 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Oceanside

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Deer Park

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Lindenhurst

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Amityville

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Ronkonkoma

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Selden

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Centereach

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Kings Park

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in St. James

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Sayville

2 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Southampton

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Stony Brook

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in New Hyde Park

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Uniondale

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Hauppauge

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in West Babylon

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Assisted Living in Westbury

2 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Valley Stream

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Port Washington

0 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Franklin Square

1 verified · Nassau County

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Assisted Living in Woodmere

0 verified · Nassau County

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Questions families ask

What's the difference between a nursing home and an assisted living residence in New York, regulation-wise?

Nursing homes are licensed under 10 NYCRR Part 415, Nursing Homes - Minimum Standards, a distinct regulatory chapter focused on skilled, medically intensive care. Assisted Living Residences are licensed under 10 NYCRR Part 1001, and can only exist as an additional certification on top of an already-licensed Adult Home or Enriched Housing Program, themselves licensed under 18 NYCRR Parts 487 and 488.

At what point does hourly in-home care cost more than assisted living in New York?

Using CareScout's 2025 New York State medians, in-home non-medical caregiving costs $35 per hour, or about $6,673 per month at 44 hours a week, compared to assisted living's median of $7,110 per month ($225 per day). At roughly 45 to 46 hours per week of paid in-home care, the monthly cost crosses over and exceeds the assisted living median; families needing care beyond that, including any overnight or 24/7 coverage, would generally spend more on home care than on a private one-bedroom assisted living apartment.

What's the difference between a CCRC or Life Plan Community and a standalone assisted living or nursing facility on Long Island?

A Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), also called a Life Plan Community, offers a full continuum of care, independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing, on one campus, so a resident can move between levels of care as needs change without relocating to a different facility or provider. Long Island examples include Jefferson's Ferry in South Setauket, which describes itself as Long Island's first Life Plan Community, and Peconic Landing in Greenport, which describes itself as New York's only equity-based CCRC; a standalone assisted living or nursing facility, by contrast, offers only one level of care and requires a resident to move elsewhere if their needs change.

Who regulates assisted living facilities on Long Island?

New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) licenses and regulates assisted living as part of its Adult Care Facility (ACF) program, which covers Adult Homes, Enriched Housing Programs, and Assisted Living Residences (ALR). Long Island facilities are overseen locally through NYSDOH's Metropolitan Area Regional Office - Long Island (MARO-LI) in Central Islip. Nursing homes are licensed separately by NYSDOH under a different set of regulations (10 NYCRR Part 415).

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