Laurel House Comfort Care Home

    224 Fair St, Newark, NY 14513
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate staff, beautiful clean hospice

    I highly recommend this facility - the caretakers and volunteers were unbelievably compassionate and attentive, the interior was beautiful and very clean, and their hospice team made visits comforting and supported my family through a difficult time.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Reviews

    4.44·(9)

    Overall rating

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    5. 1
    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      4.4
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      4.4

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive caregiving
    • Strong hospice and end-of-life expertise
    • Supportive, family-oriented approach
    • Engaged volunteer involvement
    • Clean, comforting interior environment
    • Attractive, well-maintained common areas

    Cons

    • Restrictive visitation policy
    • Limited indoor family access during end-of-life
    • Inadequate accommodations for inclement-weather visitation
    • Gaps in emotional-support resources for visiting families
    • Inconsistent communication about visitation procedures

    Summary of reviews

    Laurel House Comfort Care Home is consistently described as a facility with strong hospice capabilities and attentive bedside care. Reviewers emphasize the competence and compassion of clinical staff and volunteers, noting that caregivers helped both residents and families through difficult end-of-life situations. Clean, attractive interior spaces and a comforting atmosphere are recurring positives; families report the environment as soothing and well-maintained for visits.

    Care quality and staff interactions are viewed favorably. Accounts highlight staff who are attentive, responsive, and supportive of family needs during hospice care. Volunteers are also mentioned as a meaningful supplement to staff efforts. The overall impression from these comments is of a staff team focused on comfort-oriented care and family support, with an emphasis on dignity and presence at the end of life.

    Facility and environment observations are similarly positive: the interior is described as attractive and comforting, and housekeeping is noted as effective. These features contribute to a setting that many families found appropriate for hospice care and visiting a loved one in their final days.

    A clear pattern of concern centers on visitation policies and how they are implemented. Several accounts indicate restrictive or inflexible visitation protocols that limited indoor family access during critical moments, creating feelings of isolation and emotional distress for some families. These reports suggest operational gaps in accommodating visitors during inclement weather and in providing adequate emotional-support resources or alternatives when standard visitation routes are constrained. Communication about visitation procedures also appears inconsistent, which may exacerbate family frustration in time-sensitive situations.

    There is little consistent information in the available comments about dining services or structured activities for longer-term residents; prospective residents and families should ask the facility directly about meal quality, menu options, and activity programming if those factors are important. Similarly, management and administrative responsiveness beyond visitation policy — for example, financial practices or staffing levels outside hospice shifts — are not frequently addressed in these summaries.

    In summary, Laurel House Comfort Care Home is presented as a capable hospice provider with compassionate staff, supportive volunteers, and a clean, comforting environment. The primary operational weakness identified across comments relates to visitation flexibility and visitor accommodations, particularly during end-of-life situations and adverse weather. Families considering this facility should weigh the strong clinical and environmental attributes alongside detailed questions about current visitation policies, inclement-weather procedures, and available family-support services.

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    Location

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    Laurel House Comfort Care Home is located at 224 Fair St, Newark, NY, 14513.

    About Laurel House Comfort Care Home

    Laurel House Comfort Care Home sits on Fair Street in Newark and serves Wayne County residents who need end-of-life care, working a bit like Newark Wayne Community Hospital does in serving the local area but with a much warmer, smaller setting, and you see right away that the place used to be an old church and then a doctor's office, now changed by volunteers who spent months fixing things up, adding bedrooms with fireplaces, a full kitchen, a family area, a meditation room, and even a wrap-around deck outside so families can visit and find some quiet, and all through this process, all sorts of folks pitched in, with carpenters, plumbers, electricians, and painters, bringing donated supplies like furniture, beds, even the whole house generator.

    Jennifer Habecker leads as the Director, drawing on her experience with finance, marketing, and healthcare, but it's the caring group of staff and trained volunteers, not many in number, who handle most of the daily help-things like bathing, dressing, medicine reminders, and serving hot meals; the home only has two resident bedrooms, so every person in care gets plenty of attention, with personalized comfort care plans-and if residents need memory care, especially for Alzheimer's or dementia, there are programs, safety features, and activities adjusted to memory needs. Laurel House gives comfort, emotional support, and even some spiritual care, always keeping the focus on a safe, relaxed, and simple setting where folks spend their last days with loving helpers and their own family nearby.

    The mission here, as a nonprofit, is to give Wayne County a welcoming, volunteer-driven place for families facing the toughest times, relying on community support, donations, and people who donate time in the house, yard, or office, and there's always a need for more helpers, since the board and core team want to keep things going and open for those with nowhere else to turn for safe, gentle care at life's end, treating everyone fairly, no matter who they are, but making sure referrals work-always with a terminal diagnosis, a doctor's order for DNR or MOLST, and only for people who can safely be looked after here, since they can't handle things like IVs or tube feedings. It's a simple, home-like spot where everything's focused on kindness, making things easier for both residents and their families, with no charge for care, thanks to donations and the hard work of volunteers, and Laurel House keeps on serving the community, quietly, without fuss, right in the heart of Newark.

    People often ask...

    Laurel House Comfort Care Home offers assisted living, memory care, board and care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 224 Fair St, Newark, NY 14513.

    No, Laurel House Comfort Care Home 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.

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