Pricing ranges from
    $4,520 – 5,876/month

    Braemar at Medford

    1529 N Ocean Ave, Medford, NY 11763
    • Assisted Living

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.63·(35)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.4
    • Staff

      3.6
    • Meals

      5.0
    • Amenities

      3.3
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive caregiving staff
    • Knowledgeable and supportive admissions team
    • Engaging social and memory-focused activities
    • Responsive wellness and therapy services
    • Personalized dining accommodations
    • Friendly front-desk and maintenance support
    • Clean, updated common areas and grounds
    • Medicaid-accepted, affordable assisted-living option
    • Programs supporting transitions to higher levels of care
    • Familiar staff who know residents by name

    Cons

    • Inconsistent family communication and notification processes
    • Gaps in clinical responsiveness and care escalation
    • Inconsistent sanitation and incontinence-care procedures
    • Uneven clinical staffing competence and supervisory oversight
    • Limited suitability for residents with advanced memory impairment
    • Rapid policy or technology changes that disrupt resident contact
    • Delayed maintenance response and room-upkeep variability
    • Crowded dining areas and uneven activity inclusion
    • Pest-control and cleanliness oversight in some units
    • High cost relative to inconsistent service delivery

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews for this facility are mixed, with clear patterns of both strengths and significant operational weaknesses. Many families emphasize that individual staff members—including admissions coordinators, aides, therapy staff, and certain nurses—provide compassionate, resident-centered care. Several accounts highlight helpful admissions support, personalized dining accommodations, thoughtful therapy and wellness programming, and engaging activities that contribute positively to residents’ quality of life. The facility is also noted as accepting Medicaid and offering an affordable assisted-living option for some families.

    Care quality appears to vary. Positive descriptions emphasize attentive aides, friendly nursing presence, and effective physical-therapy support. At the same time, multiple accounts point to delays in clinical responsiveness (including slow response to call systems and slow escalation when a resident’s condition changes). These operational gaps have led some families to pursue alternate placement or hospital transfer for unresolved medical issues. There are also repeated concerns about incontinence-care processes and sanitation consistency; while common areas and grounds are sometimes described as clean and updated, other reports describe uneven room upkeep and hygiene-related issues that reflect inconsistent implementation of housekeeping standards.

    Staff and supervision show a similar pattern of variability. Numerous families praise individual caregivers for kindness, respect, and long-term personal attention, and specific staff members are named positively. Conversely, other families describe uneven competency among medical staff and limited responsiveness from supervisory or social-services personnel. Communication breakdowns between staff and families—particularly failure to notify families of hospital transfers or significant health changes—are a recurrent operational concern. Additionally, policy changes such as removal of landlines and a stronger reliance on digital communication have created access and fairness issues for residents and families who prefer or require traditional contact methods.

    Dining, activities, and environment are often described positively: staff accommodate special dietary needs, offer social programming and memory-oriented activities, and maintain welcoming common spaces. However, there are also comments about crowded dining areas, exclusion of some memory-impaired residents from activities, and inconsistent activity engagement across units. Maintenance responsiveness is uneven; while grounds and some common areas are well maintained, families cite delays in addressing room-level issues and concerns about pest-control oversight in particular areas.

    Management and administrative practices elicit divergent views. Some families commend thoughtful transition support and strong leadership, while others describe limited follow-through from management, poor communication, and decisions that appear driven by cost control rather than resident-centered priorities. For families considering this facility, a careful, detailed tour and direct questions about memory-care capabilities, staffing ratios and supervision, call-system response protocols, hygiene and housekeeping standards, pest-control practices, communication/notification policies, and the facility’s approach to technology and landline access would be prudent. Verifying how transfers to higher levels of care are handled and asking for references regarding consistency of care over time may help set appropriate expectations.

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    Location

    Braemar at Medford is located at 1529 N Ocean Ave, Medford, NY, 11763.

    About Braemar at Medford

    Braemar at Medford is a senior living community with a lot of choices for older adults, and you'll find independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and even adult day care all on the same grounds, which makes it easier when people's needs change. There are about 200 beds for assisted living residents, and the place has studio and two-bedroom apartments-some with kitchens, all fully furnished, with private or semi-private layouts and individualized climate controls. There's a 24-hour monitored emergency call system, so help's always close at hand, and staff are friendly and available at all hours. Residents can get help with daily activities like bathing, dressing, medication, and there's a licensed home care services agency and the Wellness Department making sure care stays personal and up to date. For those living with Alzheimer's or dementia, memory care is built in with safe areas and programs made for memory support, and the place is licensed (Adult Care Facility #AF0660A), so it's held to state standards.

    Braemar at Medford has resort-like touches, too, but what's practical is that it's got a beauty salon and barber, a library, high-speed internet, and a golf putting green outside, plus walking paths, gazebos, and nice gardens where folks can stretch their legs and enjoy a bit of green. There's an indoor area to catch up with company, a private dining room for special get-togethers, a lively pub, and a 24-hour café for snacks any time. The restaurant-style dining room serves nutritious meals, planned out by chefs, and there's housekeeping, linen services, laundry, and even dry-cleaning included, so there's less to worry about. Transportation goes to shopping, community events, and houses of worship, and there's even on-site physicians' offices if residents need to see a doctor without leaving the property. Activities keep things interesting-both onsite and offsite, including social events, educational talks, and even multi-denominational religious services, so there's always something to do or somebody to talk to.

    Braemar at Medford has programs for independent seniors who want to stay active as well as those needing more support, and the adult day care is good for folks who need daytime help or company. Everything's set up for older adults who'd like a safe place, with good company, nice surroundings, and staff who'll help with the details, and there's a comfortable, positive feeling that comes from how they plan activities and maintain the grounds. So if someone's looking for a mix of care levels, comfortable housing, meals provided, and a variety of activities without too much fuss or fancy promise, this place covers a lot of ground and seems well suited for older folks looking for the basics done right.

    People often ask...

    Braemar at Medford offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $4,520 per month.

    Braemar at Medford offers assisted living.

    There are 29 photos of Braemar at Medford on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 1529 N Ocean Ave, Medford, NY 11763.

    No, Braemar at Medford does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In New York, the State Department of Health licenses adult care facilities and assisted living programs, posting relicensure surveys, complaint investigations, and inspections.

    License number15051
    StatusActive
    Facility typeAdult Home
    Capacity200 residents
    LicenseeMedford Hamlet Llc
    EffectiveDecember 21st, 2007
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    Inspection Reports

    31

    Reports

    5

    Citations

    29

    Complaints

    5

    Years

    28 Apr 2026Complaint
    Found no deficiencies during the complaint survey.
    30 Jan 2026Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and identified one environmental standards violation.
    • 487.11 (l) (1)Environmental standards
    16 Dec 2025Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. No violations were cited.
    10 Dec 2025Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and found no deficiencies.
    16 Sept 2025Complaint
    Investigated the complaint and found no deficiencies.
    03 Sept 2025Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.
    01 Aug 2025Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. No violations were cited.
    22 Jul 2025Complaint
    Investigated the complaint and found no deficiencies. No violations were cited.
    29 Apr 2025Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and identified a deficiency related to resident services.
    • 487.7 (d) (1) (vi)Resident services
    02 Apr 2025Complaint
    Identified a deficiency related to resident services and approved a plan of correction.
    • 487.7 (d) (1) (vi)Resident services
    08 Nov 2024Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.
    29 Oct 2024Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. No violations were cited.
    09 Sept 2024Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. No violations noted.
    23 Aug 2024Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. No violations were cited.
    21 Aug 2024Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and cited one violation related to resident services.
    • 487.7 (f) (5)Resident services
    01 May 2024Complaint
    Investigated complaint and cited one deficiency related to resident services.
    • 487.7 (f) (5)Resident services
    06 Feb 2024Complaint
    Investigated the complaint and found no violations.
    05 Feb 2024Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.
    31 Oct 2023Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. No violations were cited.
    24 Oct 2023Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. No violations were cited.
    12 Jun 2023Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.
    01 Jun 2023Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. No violations were cited.
    14 Mar 2023Inspection
    Found no violations.
    27 Feb 2023Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.
    21 Feb 2023Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.
    01 Dec 2022Inspection
    Found no deficiencies.
    30 Sept 2022Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. The complaint survey reported no violations.
    09 Aug 2022Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.
    08 Feb 2022Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. The complaint survey documented no violations.
    05 Jan 2022Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.
    15 Dec 2021Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.

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