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Hospice Care in your area

Comfort-focused care for a life-limiting illness, delivered at home, in a facility, or in a dedicated inpatient unit.

Quick answer

New York's Department of Health regulates hospice care through the state's Adult Care Facility and Assisted Living Residence system.

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Hospice is comfort-focused care for a life-limiting illness, generally when a physician expects six months or less. It is delivered wherever the person lives — at home, in assisted living, in a nursing facility, or in a dedicated inpatient unit.

Short answer

We list 10 verified hospice care providers across your metro. Hospice is comfort-focused care for a life-limiting illness, generally when a physician expects six months or less.

Three things worth knowing first

  • Medicare's hospice benefit covers the hospice team, medications related to the terminal diagnosis, and equipment. It does not cover room and board in a facility.
  • Palliative care is not the same thing. It focuses on symptom relief and can run alongside treatment intended to cure, at any stage.
  • You can change hospice providers, and you can revoke hospice and return to curative treatment.
You can check any facility's record free. NYS Health Profiles (profiles.health.ny.gov) publishes license status and inspection history free. Read the full explanation →

Verified hospice care across the region

We list 10 verified hospice care providers across your metro. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

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Hospice Care by city

Hospice Care in Huntington

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Hospice Care in Hempstead

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Hospice Care in Garden City

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Hospice Care in Levittown

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Hospice Care in Freeport

0 verified · Nassau County

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Hospice Care in Long Beach

1 verified · Nassau County

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Hospice Care in Massapequa

0 verified · Nassau County

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Hospice Care in Great Neck

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Hospice Care in Mineola

0 verified · Nassau County

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Hospice Care in Rockville Centre

0 verified · Nassau County

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Hospice Care in Babylon

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in Islip

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Hospice Care in Bay Shore

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in Patchogue

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in Smithtown

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in Riverhead

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in Port Jefferson

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in Commack

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in Brentwood

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in Oyster Bay

0 verified · Nassau County

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Hospice Care in Glen Cove

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Hospice Care in Plainview

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Hospice Care in Syosset

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Hospice Care in Farmingdale

1 verified · Nassau County

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Hospice Care in Wantagh

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Hospice Care in Seaford

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Hospice Care in Bethpage

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Hospice Care in Merrick

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Hospice Care in Bellmore

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Hospice Care in Oceanside

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Hospice Care in Deer Park

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Hospice Care in Lindenhurst

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Hospice Care in Amityville

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Hospice Care in Ronkonkoma

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Hospice Care in Selden

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Hospice Care in Centereach

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Hospice Care in Kings Park

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in St. James

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Hospice Care in Sayville

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in Southampton

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in Stony Brook

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in New Hyde Park

0 verified · Nassau County

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Hospice Care in Uniondale

1 verified · Nassau County

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Hospice Care in Hauppauge

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Hospice Care in West Babylon

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Hospice Care in Westbury

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Hospice Care in Valley Stream

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Hospice Care in Port Washington

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Hospice Care in Franklin Square

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Hospice Care in Woodmere

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Questions families ask

What's the difference between an Adult Home, Enriched Housing Program, and Assisted Living Residence in NY?

Adult Homes and Enriched Housing Programs (EHP) are New York's two base licensed categories providing room, board, housekeeping, and personal care to five or more unrelated adults, with EHP generally serving residents 65+ in more independent, apartment-style settings. An Assisted Living Residence (ALR) is an additional certification layered on top of an existing Adult Home or EHP license - it cannot exist as a standalone building type. Adult Homes and EHPs are regulated under 18 NYCRR Parts 487 and 488; ALRs are regulated under 10 NYCRR Part 1001.

How do I check if a Long Island assisted living facility has a clean inspection record?

New York State publishes licensing status and inspection history for every Adult Care Facility, including Assisted Living Residences, on the NYS Health Profiles website (profiles.health.ny.gov/acf), searchable by county, name, or facility type. Each facility's profile page includes an Inspections tab showing survey results. NYSDOH also publishes a statewide Consumer Information Guide: Assisted Living Residence that explains how to read these records.

Is memory care a licensed category in New York, or just a marketing term?

New York does not have a separate memory care license. Dementia and cognitive-impairment care is addressed through the Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR) certification, an additional certification layered onto an existing Assisted Living Residence license under 10 NYCRR Part 1001. Families should verify a facility's actual SNALR certification on NYS Health Profiles rather than relying on a memory care sign or brochure.

What state regulations govern nursing homes on Long Island?

Nursing homes in New York are licensed and regulated by NYSDOH under 10 NYCRR Part 415, Nursing Homes - Minimum Standards, a completely separate rule set from the Adult Care Facility regulations that govern assisted living. Families can search and compare Nassau and Suffolk nursing homes through the NYS Health Profiles Nursing Home Profiles tool. Note that as of mid-2025, CMS's migration to a new federal inspection database (iQIES) temporarily affected how current some posted inspection data is, so it's worth confirming a record's date.

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