Nassau Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

    One Greenwich Street, Hempstead, NY, 11550
    3.4 · 7 reviews
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Caring staff but leadership failed

    I found the facility clean and many staff - Debra in social work, therapists, aides and some nursing/rehab teams - were caring, communicative and helped with insurance; they often felt like family. However leadership and parts of nursing were unresponsive, care was inconsistent (worse on weekends), physical therapy limited, admission charges poorly explained, complaints unresolved, and I observed security/visitor issues including homeless presence. My loved one suffered a bedsore and femur fracture, had surgery and later died; despite outstanding individual caregivers, I cannot recommend this facility.

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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

    3.43 · 7 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.8
    • Staff

      3.3
    • Meals

      3.0
    • Amenities

      4.0
    • Value

      3.4

    Pros

    • Caring and outstanding staff
    • Fantastic nursing care
    • Caring therapists and friendly aides
    • Helpful social worker (Debra) and supportive admissions/social work
    • Personalized care and sense of family
    • Knowledgeable staff who provide updates about patient condition
    • Clean facility and clean rooms
    • A+ rehab and nursing staff in some cases
    • Assistance with insurance issues
    • Food was reported as okay
    • Hospital referrals available when needed

    Cons

    • Limited or inconsistent physical therapy leading to poor mobility outcomes
    • Care quality inconsistent; some reviews describe very poor care
    • Allegations of serious incidents (fracture, bed sore, surgery, death) reported by reviewers
    • Poor or confusing explanation of admission charges and billing
    • Unresponsive nursing staff and unresponsive administrator to complaints
    • Complaints reportedly go unresolved
    • Care perceived as worse on weekends
    • Reports of presence of homeless people on premises
    • Perception of money-driven management
    • Large facility size noted (may impact individualized attention)

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is mixed and at times strongly polarized. Multiple reviewers praise the frontline staff — nurses, therapists, aides — and point to compassionate, personalized care, a familial atmosphere, and supportive social work and admissions staff (with specific praise for a social worker named Debra). Several reviewers describe the rehab and nursing teams as A+, say staff were knowledgeable and kept families updated about patient condition, and report that rooms and common areas were clean. Assistance with insurance issues and availability of hospital referrals were noted as valuable services. Food was described as "okay" by several reviewers, indicating it is adequate but not a standout feature.

    Despite these positive accounts, there are significant and recurring negatives that create cause for concern. Some reviewers report limited physical therapy or insufficient therapeutic intensity, resulting in poor mobility outcomes and patients being unable to walk much after their stay. There are strong allegations of inconsistent or extremely poor care from other reviewers, including reports of serious adverse events. Specifically, at least one review alleges a fracture to the femur, development of bed sores, subsequent leg surgery, and death, and further states that the administrator denied these issues. These are serious claims that, if accurate, indicate potential lapses in clinical care, fall prevention, pressure ulcer management, and transparency.

    Management responsiveness and billing practices are another clear theme. Several reviewers say administrators and nursing leadership were unresponsive to complaints, and that issues were left unresolved. One reviewer specifically complained about poor explanation of admission charges and billing, suggesting lack of clarity or transparency at intake. There are also mentions that care quality appears worse on weekends, which could reflect lower staffing levels or fewer available services during those times. One reviewer reported seeing homeless people on the premises, which raises questions about security, visitor screening, or facility boundaries in that particular account. Additionally, a perception that the facility is "money-driven" appears in the feedback, indicating some families feel financial priorities may at times supersede patient care.

    Facility-related themes are largely positive on cleanliness and physical environment: multiple reviews call the facility clean and note tidy rooms. However, the facility is described as large, which can be neutral or negative depending on resident needs; larger size may make personalized, consistently attentive care harder to achieve in practice if staffing is not adequate. Dining was consistently described as acceptable but not exceptional. Activity programming is not widely mentioned in these summaries, so no clear conclusions can be drawn about engagement or recreational services.

    In summary, prospective residents and families are receiving two contrasting narratives: one of strong, compassionate, knowledgeable staff who provide good rehab and nursing care in a clean facility, and another that describes alarming lapses in care, serious adverse outcomes, poor responsiveness from leadership, and billing/administrative issues. Given the gravity of some allegations, it would be prudent for prospective families to do targeted due diligence: visit in person at different times (including weekends), speak directly with the social worker and nursing supervisor, ask for therapy schedules and staffing ratios, request written policies on fall prevention and skin care/pressure ulcer protocols, clarify billing and admission charges in writing, and check state inspection reports and complaint histories. Where reports of severe incidents are present, families should consider asking the facility for incident investigation documentation and consult public health survey results to corroborate reviewer claims.

    Location

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    About Nassau Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

    Nassau Rehabilitation & Nursing Center sits at One Greenwich Street in Hempstead, NY, and offers extended care as a 280-bed for-profit nursing home that's part of the Excelsior Care Group. The facility serves both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care residents, with a daily average census around 274 people, and it provides nursing home services, adult day health care, and help with daily activities like bathing, dressing, mobility, and medication management. The staff includes psychiatrists and psychoanalysts, and nurses and aides give about 3.08 hours per resident each day, which is a bit less than the state average, though nurse retention is higher here than in many other places. There's a focus on safety and supervision, with specialized areas to prevent wandering, emergency department visits, pressure ulcers, and infection control practices-there haven't been any infection control citations in the past three years. The rooms come in shared and private setups, including 2-bedroom apartments with private bathrooms, kitchenettes, air-conditioning, phones, internet, and cable. Nassau Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is clean, has a friendly, community feeling, and offers support that helps residents stay physically, emotionally, and spiritually engaged, aiming to respect dignity and encourage as much independence as possible, though the quality of life ratings stand at 2 stars and staffing gets 1 star, while safety ratings are higher, with 5 stars for resident safety, 3 stars for quality of care, and an overall CMS rating of 2 stars. Health inspections show four citations most recently, but no fines have been issued, and preventive care and quality measures get mixed ratings, but the facility maintains a tradition of compassionate care that blends experienced staff with a mission of helping residents live well, no matter what level of care they need.

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