Highfield Gardens Care Center Of Great Neck is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1977-06-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (516) 365-9229 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Highfield Gardens Care Center Of Great Neck holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 85.9/100, placing it #1394 of 14703 facilities nationally and #73 of 596 in New York. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Highfield Gardens Care Center Of Great Neck receives a reported average of 4 hours 2 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 44 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 36 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 42 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 29 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 30.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $4,922. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $4,922, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 36.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Highfield Gardens Care Center Of Great Neck ranks 1394th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 85.9/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 73rd out of 596 nursing homes. In Great Neck, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,547 nationally and RN hours rank #4,397 nationally (#159 in NY). Our composite quality score of 85.9/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Great Neck, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/great-neck/