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10 Best Nursing Homes in Islip, NY

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Islip is home to many senior care options, including nursing homes. The term “nursing home” is often used as a catchall for any type of senior care. But it can also refer to actual nursing homes, or skilled nursing facilities, which provide the highest level of medical and rehabilitative care outside of a hospital. Of the 388 nursing homes, assisted living, and memory care communities in Islip, the best fit for your loved one will depend on their budget and needs. The cost of nursing home care in Islip is about $9,137, but costs tend to increase as care needs increase.

To learn more, browse our 10665 reviews and explore the services and amenities available in your area. You may also consider nearby communities such as Mineola, Hempstead Gardens and Rockville Centre.

 

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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
. OUR MISSION-Our goals and services are based on two fundamental philosophical principles. The belief in the innate worth of the aged and disabled individual and belief that each individual regardless of age, sex, race, religion, or handicap is entitled to maximize his/her potential as a...
Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Senior Apartments
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Memory Care
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Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS TREATABLE? WE DO.While presently there is no cure, the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias can be managed and reduced. At Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, we know how to do this better than anyone else. The direct care services we provide with...
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
At Inglemoor Center, a Genesis HealthCare facility, we offer our patients and residents outstanding care, delivered by highly skilled practitioners in a warm and comfortable setting. Our Quality Healthcare Units provide skilled nursing, medical and rehabilitative care for patients and residents....
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS TREATABLE? WE DO.While presently there is no cure, the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias can be managed and reduced. At Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, we know how to do this better than anyone else. The direct care services we provide with...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Welcome to the place that makes you feel at Home. Whether through our short-stay rehabilitation, assisted living, memory care services, or nursing home, Actors Fund Home offers top notch, compassionate care and the opportunity to age in place. Our campus features a newly constructed memory care...
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
The Jewish Home, Russ Berrie Home for Jewish Living, is one of the country’s premier Jewish Homes for the elderly. Situated on a breathtaking park-like 16-acre campus, our 180-resident facility offers skilled nursing and geriatric care to families in Bergen, Rockland and Hudson counties.We enjoy...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Alterra Wynwood is an assisted living residence that is purposefully designed to meet the needs of the frail elderly in a comfortable, home-like environment. Alterra Wynwood features a “neighborhood” concept, with six small neighborhoods of resident rooms clustered around dining and living...
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.

Cost of nursing homes in Islip, NY

The average cost of senior living in Islip is $9,137 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Hempstead, NY with an average of $9,079 per month.

Nursing homes costs in Islip, NY, vs. state and national averages

Islip, NY
$9,137/mo
U.S. national average
$5,847/mo

Nursing homes costs in Islip, NY, vs. other senior living options

$9,435/mo
Nursing Homes
$9,137/mo

Nursing homes costs in Islip, NY, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$8,491/mo
Private
$9,408/mo

Senior living costs in Islip vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 4 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Islip, NY
Column state: New York
Column national: U.S.
Community typeIslip, NYNew YorkU.S.
Nursing Homes$9,137/mo$9,288/mo$5,847/mo
Assisted Living$7,727/mo$6,817/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$9,435/mo$8,640/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living$5,148/mo$3,974/mo$3,520/mo
Nursing Homes
Islip, NY:$9,137/mo
New York:$9,288/mo
U.S.:$5,847/mo
Assisted Living
Islip, NY:$7,727/mo
New York:$6,817/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Islip, NY:$9,435/mo
New York:$8,640/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Islip, NY:$5,148/mo
New York:$3,974/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Nursing homes costs in Islip, NY, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly nursing homes costs have shifted over the past five years in Islip and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Nursing homes cost trends in Islip, NY

The table below shows how monthly nursing homes costs in Islip have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 average costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Islip, NY$8,350/mo$8,021/mo+4.1%
New York$7,305/mo$7,136/mo+2.4%
National$6,098/mo$5,866/mo+4.0%
Islip, NY
2024 average cost:$8,350/mo
2023 average cost:$8,021/mo
Percent change:+4.1%
New York
2024 average cost:$7,305/mo
2023 average cost:$7,136/mo
Percent change:+2.4%
National
2024 average cost:$6,098/mo
2023 average cost:$5,866/mo
Percent change:+4.0%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about nursing homes in Islip

Recent reviews for nursing homes in Islip

St. James Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

3.7
Cleanliness was, I would say, above average. That was the thing they did the best. The only activities they had consistently were movies, bingo and once a month a one man band kind of thing. there were two people to a room, and they could bring a tv or dresser but the rest was hospital beds and ...
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The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Heath Care Center at Nesconset

5.0
The meals are fine, just typical hospital type food. The doctors have called as they've seen her, but nobody else has really reached out in the week she's been there.

Westchester Center for Independent and Assisted Living Program in Yonkers, NY

4.0
My father in law is doing okay here at this community, he is still adjusting, but they are caring for him well. We do feel comfortable with his move to this community, it is a nice place. [Removed] is amazing. She was great to work with, she was very helpful, and understanding. The front desk ...
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Islip nursing homes services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Islip nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Islip, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in Islip nursing homes

Nursing homes communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of nursing homes partners in Islip that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Islip, NYNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
51%
2.5%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
52.1%
9.7%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
74.5%
23.7%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
72.2%
24%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
60.8%
10%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
29.9%
0.8%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
70.4%
20.4%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
46.9%
6.9%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
54.4%
17.5%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Islip nursing homes

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Islip Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Islip, NYNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
48.7%
4%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
36.9%
0.3%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
49%
5.5%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
18.3%
1.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Islip nursing homes

Nursing homes communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Islip partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Islip, NYNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
34.8%
0.6%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
46.9%
1.4%
No sugar
No sugar
43.6%
1.4%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
38.9%
3.5%
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Availability of select dining options in Islip nursing homes

Our nursing homes communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Islip communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Islip, NYNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
41%
0.2%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
44.6%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
33.5%
0.3%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
22.7%
0.7%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Islip nursing homes

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered nursing homes communities in Islip offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Islip, NYNational
Activity director
Activity director
45.4%
0.4%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
39.4%
0.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
34%
0.3%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
49%
6.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
46.9%
0.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
55.9%
6.6%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
39.9%
0.4%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
41.5%
0.3%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
44.1%
0.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
46.4%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
45.4%
0.4%
Dances
Dances
35.3%
0.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
29.1%
0.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
46.9%
0.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions

Netherbay at Bay Shore, Sunrise of Holbrook and The Arbors at Islandia - East and West are the top-rated nursing homes facilities near Islip, New York. See full list of communities.
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