Northwell Health Stern Family Center for Rehab in Manhasset, New York is a very large non-profit rehab facility made to help people to recover after injuries or surgeries, and it works with both short-term and long-term care needs. The center focuses on recovery and helping people improve how they move and do daily activities, using many types of advanced rehabilitation equipment and therapy rooms set up for both inpatient and outpatient rehab programs. Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy are all offered, along with nutritional counseling, pharmacy services, feeding assistants, and respiratory therapy. The rehab staff is broad and covers many roles, with medical directors, doctors, nurse practitioners, dieticians, pharmacists, speech and language pathologists, social workers, and trained rehab staff working together on care plans which are made for each person. This way, the team supports patients as they move through different stages of recovery and tries to help them regain as much functionality as possible.
Northwell Health Stern Family Center for Rehab holds 256 certified beds, and on average about 236 residents are there each day, with a high occupancy rate of almost 90 percent. The building and equipment are set up so people can get the therapy services they need in a way that focuses on comfort and making progress. The nurse turnover rate is lower than the state average, and residents get more nurse hours each day than most facilities in the state, coming in at 5.60 hours per day. The center earned an "A" grade in facility inspections, which is the top score in critical areas, and its scores for both short-term and long-term care are high. However, inspections have shown deficiencies in some areas, including infection controls, respecting residents' rights, proper care planning, and making accurate assessments, though the center meets federal standards for many other parts of care. The center accepts both Medicare and Medicaid, so it can serve a wide range of people. It isn't a continuing care retirement community but works as a rehabilitation center in the Northwell Health network. Staff and programs at the Stern Center are organized to offer comprehensive rehabilitation focused on each person's needs, using advanced therapy equipment and a multidisciplinary approach to help people recover in as comfortable and effective a manner as possible.
