Our Lady of Consolation

    111 Beach Dr, West Islip, NY 11795
    • Skilled Nursing
    2.3ยท34 reviews

    Caring staff, clean, comforting facility

    I'm very pleased with the caring, attentive nursing and therapy staff - RN Lauren and caregiver Jene were outstanding. The facility is consistently clean, with beautiful grounds, a homey private room, good meals, and engaging activities; staff are professional, warm, and helped my loved one improve. Overall a very good, comforting place close to home.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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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

    2.29ยท(34)

    Overall rating

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

      2.4
    • Staff

      2.5
    • Meals

      3.3
    • Amenities

      2.5
    • Value

      1.3

    Pros

    • Strong inpatient rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Caring and attentive nursing and aide staff on many units
    • Clean, well-maintained common areas and lobby
    • Attractive grounds and well-kept exterior
    • Private, comfortable resident rooms
    • Active recreation and entertainment programming
    • Courteous social work and case-management support
    • Effective short-term post-acute recovery environment
    • Convenient proximity to the local community
    • Notable individual staff members and unit-level clinical attentiveness

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and reliance on temporary/float staff
    • Delays in responding to call bells and basic care needs
    • Staff conduct and communication tone
    • Gaps in clinical-assessment practices and medication oversight
    • Incontinence-care and room sanitation issues in some areas
    • Inconsistent dining quality and food-temperature control
    • Weaknesses in incident-response and supervision protocols
    • Safety and equipment-management issues (alarms, mobility devices, door hazards)
    • Billing and administrative communication errors
    • Limited physician bedside engagement
    • Restrictive family-access practices and confrontational management style

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews present a polarized picture of care at this facility. A clear, consistent strength is the rehabilitation program: many families describe effective physical, occupational and speech therapy, and short-term post-acute recovery that produced measurable improvement. The building and grounds are frequently praised โ€” visitors note an attractive exterior, spacious campus, private rooms, and generally well-maintained public areas. Several reviewers also highlight positive interpersonal experiences with individual staff members (including social workers, specific nurses, and therapy personnel), and active recreation and entertainment programs that support social engagement.

    At the same time, a sizable number of families describe operational and clinical concerns. Staffing instability โ€” including shortages and frequent use of temporary or untrained float staff โ€” is a recurrent theme and appears linked to delayed responses to call bells, inconsistent assistance with toileting and bathing, and variability in day-to-day resident supervision. Related clinical-process issues include uneven medication-administration oversight and gaps in routine assessment; reviewers characterized some nursing practice as task-focused rather than assessment-driven. Several accounts raise wound-care and hydration/nutrition management concerns and describe rehospitalizations that families attributed to these care gaps.

    Dining and activities receive mixed evaluations: while some families praised the food, meals and recreation programming, others reported inconsistent meal quality and food-temperature problems. Facility investments in amenities (grounds, lobby, exterior) contrast with reports that certain interior maintenance and sanitation tasks are not uniformly addressed; some reviewers noted cleanliness concerns in specific rooms or behind closed doors. Safety- and equipment-related issues appear in multiple accounts โ€” examples include problems with bed or alarm functioning, wheelchair fit and mobility-device management, and potentially hazardous door or architectural elements โ€” indicating opportunities for stronger equipment checks and environmental risk mitigation.

    Management and communication are additional areas of concern. Several families reported poor front-desk or administrative interactions, billing discrepancies, and limited or delayed family communication after clinical incidents. A number of reviewers described confrontational management responses and restricted family-access practices that complicated advocacy and follow-up. There are also isolated but serious complaints about post-incident investigation and handling, including concerns following a resident's death; these suggest a need for clearer incident-response protocols and family notification processes.

    In summary, the facility combines notable strengths in therapy, individual compassionate staff, attractive surroundings, and robust activity programming with operational weaknesses in staffing consistency, timely basic-care delivery, clinical-assessment oversight, and administrative communication. Prospective residents and families should consider touring the facility, meeting unit staff, asking specifically about current staffing ratios and float-staff training, reviewing recent clinical survey results, clarifying billing procedures, and discussing incident-reporting and family-notification policies to assess how current operations align with their care priorities.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Our Lady of Consolation is located at 111 Beach Dr, West Islip, NY, 11795.

    About Our Lady of Consolation

    Our Lady Of Consolation Nursing And Rehab Care Center sits at 111 Beach Drive in West Islip, NY, and holds 450 certified beds as a nursing facility run by Catholic Health, with James Ryan, LNHA, as its Chief Administrative Officer. The center gives skilled nursing services that include 12-16 hour nursing care, a 24-hour call system, and daily help with bathing, dressing, and taking medication, which means folks who need help every day get steady support and folks with trouble moving around can count on non-ambulatory care plus help with transfers. The staff includes nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and a bunch of medical specialists ranging from cardiology and neurology to pediatrics and oncology, so you see plenty of types of care including critical care, hyperbaric medicine, neurodiagnostic testing, and even speech and physical therapy.

    For folks who want activities or social time, there's a library, a game room, an arts room, and a movie theater, and you'll also find things like a fitness room, scheduled fitness programs, garden walking paths, outdoor programs, and a small cafรฉ named Babylon Bean-Coffee Extreme where people can gather. There's a Resident Council where residents and staff talk out concerns, and people can join in on resident-run activities, movie nights, and music programs, which help create a sense of community. The facility isn't part of a hospital or a big retirement community but does offer different services like rehabilitation, hospice, home care, palliative care, and infusion therapy. It's tied to both Medicare and Medicaid, accepts insurance like Aetna and Blue Cross, and has diagnostic services such as radiology and neuroradiology, plus specialized units for neonatal, pediatric, and maternal fetal medicine.

    Safety and health ratings look strong, as the center's had no federal fines or penalties in the past three years. Pneumonia vaccines go to 99.0% of long-stay and 98.7% of short-stay residents, and every long-stay resident and nearly every short-stay resident gets a flu shot. Major injury falls, worsened mobility, and pressure ulcer rates are all lower than state and national averages, and hospitalizations and emergency visits don't happen very often when compared to other places. The facility received a 5-star rating for short- and long-stay resident care, got an overall quality care star rating of 5 stars, and earned 4 stars overall from CMS. Staffing and health inspection ratings land at 3 stars, which means about average. The short-stay mobility improvement is high at 76.7%, and re-hospitalization rates are managed at 22.1% for short-stay residents.

    The center operates as a non-profit and says its commitment is to give compassionate and high-quality care to people with wide-ranging health and daily living needs. The mix of care options covers everything from simple help with getting dressed to more complex critical care needs, and there's quite a few opportunities for social and physical activity along with medical support.

    People often ask...

    Our Lady of Consolation offers skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 111 Beach Dr, West Islip, NY 11795.

    No, Our Lady of Consolation 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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