Best Nursing Homes

Best Nursing Homes - New York

By Newsweek

America's Best Nursing Homes 2021

Choosing a nursing home for an aging family member has always been a heavy responsibility. As the COVID-19 pandemic showed with heartbreaking clarity, it can even be a matter of life and death.

That's why Newsweek once again partnered with respected global data research firm Statista to establish a ranking of Best Nursing Homes, providing information and insights to help our readers understand their options at a very challenging time.

America's Best Nursing Homes 2021 highlights the nation's top nursing homes (compared to others in the same state) based on performance data, peer recommendations and the facility's handling of the COVID-19 threat. In building these rankings, Statista and Newsweek took extensive, multiple measures to address the impact of the outbreak. Our objective: to recognize the facilities which have put in place the best possible responses and protocols.

Our ranking identifies the 400 top facilities across 20 states. If you need to choose a place for a loved one, we hope this list of Best Nursing Homes 2021 will help make that decision easier and the burden, lighter.

If your facility is listed below, you can find out more about the licensing options visiting the Statista website.

Rank	Facility	City	Certified Beds	Additional Information
1	St. Catherine of Siena Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	Smithtown	240	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
2	Friendly Senior Living - Friendly Home	Rochester	204	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
3	New York Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing	Astoria	280	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
4	Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility	Woodside	280	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
5	Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center	Yonkers	169	Medicaid Accepted, No Resident and Family Council
6	NYC Health + Hospitals - Sea View Skilled Nursing Facility	Staten Island	304	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
7	Northwell Health Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation	Manhasset	256	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
8	Episcopal Church Home	Rochester	182	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
9	The Wartburg Home	Mount Vernon	240	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
10	NYC Health + Hospitals - Coler Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center	Roosevelt Island	815	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
11	Forest View Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing	Forest Hills	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
12	NYC Health + Hospitals - Gouverneur Skilled Nursing Facility	New York	295	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
13	The Brothers of Mercy Nursing & Rehabilitation	Clarence	240	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
14	ArchCare at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center	New York	679	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
15	Meadowbrook Care Center	Freeport	280	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
16	NYC Health + Hospitals - Carter Skilled Nursing Facility	Manhattan	1389	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
17	A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility	Uniondale	589	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
18	Sitrin Health Care Center	New Hartford	188	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
19	Sunharbor Manor	Roslyn Heights	266	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
20	MJHS Health System - Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care	Brooklyn	436	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
21	St. Mary's Healthcare - The Edward L. Wilkinson Residential Health Care Facility	Amsterdam	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
22	The McGuire Group - Autumn View Health Care Facility	Hamburg	230	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
23	ArchCare at San Vicente de Paúl	Bronx	200	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
24	GreenField Health & Rehabilitation Center	Lancaster	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
25	Surge Rehabilitation and Nursing	Middle Island	164	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
26	Glen Cove Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation	Glen Cove	154	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
27	Fairport Baptist Homes	Fairport	196	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
28	Iroquois Skilled Nursing Community	Jamesville	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
29	Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing and Rehab Center	Brooklyn	200	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
30	Hamilton Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Brooklyn	200	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
31	Glendale Home Schenectady County	Scotia	210	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
32	United Hebrew - Westchester Nursing Services	New Rochelle	296	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
33	Momentum at South Bay for Rehabilitation & Nursing	East Islip	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
34	UHS Senior Living Center at Ideal	Endicott	150	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
35	Lutheran Care Center at Concord Village	Poughkeepsie	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
36	St. Peter's Health Partners - Our Lady of Mercy Life Center	Guilderland	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
37	Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation	Brooklyn	448	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
38	Our Lady of Consolation Nursing & Rehabilitation Care Center	West Islip	450	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
39	Schaffer Extended Care Center at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital	New Rochelle	150	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
40	HighPointe on Michigan	Buffalo	300	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
41	Pine Valley Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing	Spring Valley	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
42	St. Peter's Health Partners - Eddy Village Green	Cohoes	192	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
43	Thompson Health - M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center	Canandaigua	178	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
44	Masonic Care Community of New York	Utica	320	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
45	United Helpers - Senior Care Canton	Canton	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
46	Friedwald Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing	New City	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
47	Union Plaza Care Center	Flushing	280	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
48	Long Island Care Center	Flushing	200	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
49	New York State Veterans' Home - Montrose	Montrose	252	Medicare Accepted, Resident and Family Council
50	White Oaks Rehabilitation And Nursing Center	Woodbury	200	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
51	ArchCare - Ferncliff Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center	Rhinebeck	328	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
52	Elderwood at Hamburg	Hamburg	166	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
53	Oneida Health - Extended Care Facility	Oneida	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
54	Apex Rehabilitation & Healthcare	Huntington Station	195	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
55	Vestracare - Golden Hill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	Kingston	280	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
56	The Grand Rehabilitation & Nursing at Queens	Whitestone	179	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
57	New York State Veterans' Home - Oxford	Oxford	242	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
58	The Wayne Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation	Bronx	243	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
59	Bassett Healthcare Network - Valley Health Services	Herkimer	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
60	Terrace View	Buffalo	390	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
61	Atrium Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing	Brooklyn	380	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
62	Cliffside Rehabilitation & Residential Health Care Center	Flushing	218	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
63	Central Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center	Syracuse	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
64	Throgs Neck Rehabilitation & Nursing Center	Bronx	205	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council

Methodology
This ranking is based on three data sources: Performance data, peer recommendations and the facility's handling of COVID-19. The 400 best out of 10,647 Nursing Homes in the 20 most populous states were awarded by Newsweek and Statista, resulting in a varying number of nursing homes awarded per state: New York had the most nursing homes awarded with 70, while North Carolina and Massachusetts are represented with 5 nursing homes each.

The data analysis put a big emphasis on evaluating the official COVID-19 dataset from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Nursing Home COVID-19 data is reported directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and includes Resident Impact, Facility Capacity, Staff & Personnel and Supplies & Personal Protective Equipment, as well as Ventilator Capacity.

This data was updated weekly. For this ranking, it reflects the current situation from May 24th, 2020 until August 2nd, 2020.

You can download the full methodology here.

Licensing
If your facility is listed above, you can find out more about the licensing options visiting the Statista website.

Note
After reviewing additional information, we have deleted 19 facilities from this list.