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Water's Edge Rehab & Nursing Center at Port Jefferson

Nursing Home in Port Jefferson — Suffolk County

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Water's Edge Rehab & Nursing Center at Port Jefferson is a nursing home provider located at 150 Dark Hollow Road, Port Jefferson, 11777, in Suffolk County.

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A CareRite Centers skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation facility in Port Jefferson.

Offers specialty programs in Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, and Amputee Care, per the facility's website.

Has been undergoing a full community renovation to expand its rehabilitation programs, per the operator's site.

Short answer

Water's Edge Rehab & Nursing Center at Port Jefferson is a nursing home provider at 150 Dark Hollow Road, Port Jefferson, 11777, in Suffolk County.

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CommunityWater's Edge Rehab & Nursing Center at Port Jefferson
Care typeNursing Home
Address150 Dark Hollow Road, Port Jefferson, 11777
CountySuffolk County
WebsiteOfficial site
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Port Jefferson in context

Both John T. Mather Memorial Hospital and St. Charles Hospital sit in this North Shore harbor village, an unusual concentration of acute care for a town this size, and the cross-Sound ferry adds a retiree draw not found elsewhere on this list.

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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 being under observation and being formally admitted to the hospital, and why does it matter afterward?

Observation status and inpatient admission are different Medicare billing classifications that a hospital assigns based on a physician's assessment of the patient's condition, and the distinction significantly affects what Medicare covers afterward. Specifically, Medicare's skilled nursing facility benefit generally requires a prior 3-day qualifying inpatient hospital stay, and time spent under observation does not count toward that requirement. Families should ask hospital staff directly and explicitly which status their parent has been assigned, since it isn't always obvious from where the patient is physically located in the hospital.

Which Long Island hospital system likely serves my area - Northwell, Catholic Health, Stony Brook Medicine, or NYU Langone?

Coverage overlaps, but broadly: Northwell dominates central and western Nassau and much of Suffolk, plus the North Fork via Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. Catholic Health covers central Nassau and western-central Suffolk, including Rockville Centre, Roslyn, West Islip, Smithtown, Port Jefferson, and Bethpage. Stony Brook Medicine covers central and eastern Suffolk plus the South and North Forks. NYU Langone covers Mineola and central Nassau, with a Suffolk presence as well.

If my parent is discharged from Huntington Hospital, what senior care options are nearby?

Huntington Hospital is a Northwell Health facility located directly in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, which this site treats as its hub area for senior care research, covering neighborhoods from Huntington Village and Huntington Station to Cold Spring Harbor, Northport, Dix Hills, and Melville. Discharge planning from Huntington Hospital would coordinate with home care agencies, rehabilitation facilities, and assisted living or nursing communities in this immediate area.

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