Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

On Gurwin Healthcare System's 36-acre Commack campus; short-term rehabilitation rated among America's Best by U.S. News & World Report.

Patients are assessed within 24 hours of arrival and often begin therapy the same day, seven days a week.

On-site services include two therapy gyms, 24-hour nursing care, respiratory/ventilator care, wound care, on-site hemodialysis, and a full-service clinic with ophthalmology, dental and audiology.

Short answer

Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home provider at 68 Hauppauge Road, Commack, 11725, in Suffolk County.

Location and contact

Community	Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Care type	Nursing Home
Address	68 Hauppauge Road, Commack, 11725
County	Suffolk County
Website	Official site

What we do not publish, and why. We list only details we confirmed against this provider's own published information. We do not publish bed counts, license numbers, pricing or quality ratings for this community because we could not verify them from a primary source. Confirm licensing yourself using the state tools below, and get pricing in writing directly from the community.

How New York regulates this provider

Assisted living and memory care communities are licensed by NYSDOH under the layered Adult Care Facility / Assisted Living Residence system (10 NYCRR Part 1001), with a separate Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR) certification required specifically for memory care. Nursing homes are licensed under a different chapter, 10 NYCRR Part 415. Pull inspection history free on NYS Health Profiles.

Evaluating a skilled nursing facility

Pull both records: your state health department's survey history and the CMS Care Compare rating.
Ask whether the stay is expected to be short-term rehabilitation or long-term care, and what happens when Medicare coverage for rehabilitation ends.
Ask about therapy intensity and who provides it, since post-acute outcomes track closely with it.

Commack in context

No LIRR station serves Commack directly, but the Jericho Turnpike medical corridor has one of the densest concentrations of senior housing, rehab and home-care agencies in central Suffolk, close to both Huntington Hospital and St. Catherine of Siena.

Other nursing home options near Commack

Island Nursing and Rehab Center — Holtsville
Jefferson's Ferry — South Setauket
Peconic Landing — Greenport
San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation — Greenport
The Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing — Southampton
Northwell Health Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation — Manhasset

Listing details verified 2026-07-29 against the provider's own published information. We are not affiliated with this community and do not represent it. Details change — confirm directly before making a decision.

Questions families ask

What's the difference between standard assisted living and memory care in New York?

Standard assisted living in New York is licensed as an Assisted Living Residence (ALR) under 10 NYCRR Part 1001. Memory care is not a separate license; it's delivered through a Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR) certification, an additional certification an ALR can obtain to serve residents with dementia or cognitive impairments per an Individualized Service Plan, regulated under the same Part 1001 rules.

What's the difference between a nursing home and an assisted living residence in New York, regulation-wise?

Nursing homes are licensed under 10 NYCRR Part 415, Nursing Homes - Minimum Standards, a distinct regulatory chapter focused on skilled, medically intensive care. Assisted Living Residences are licensed under 10 NYCRR Part 1001, and can only exist as an additional certification on top of an already-licensed Adult Home or Enriched Housing Program, themselves licensed under 18 NYCRR Parts 487 and 488.

At what point does hourly in-home care cost more than assisted living in New York?

Using CareScout's 2025 New York State medians, in-home non-medical caregiving costs $35 per hour, or about $6,673 per month at 44 hours a week, compared to assisted living's median of $7,110 per month ($225 per day). At roughly 45 to 46 hours per week of paid in-home care, the monthly cost crosses over and exceeds the assisted living median; families needing care beyond that, including any overnight or 24/7 coverage, would generally spend more on home care than on a private one-bedroom assisted living apartment.