Taconic Rehabilitation And Nursing At Ulster is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-04-09. 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 (845) 691-6800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Taconic Rehabilitation And Nursing At Ulster holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 68.7/100, placing it #8872 of 14703 facilities nationally and #416 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 Taconic Rehabilitation And Nursing At Ulster receives a reported average of 4 hours 4 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 40 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 12 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 13 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 32 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 49.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $12,948. 6 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $12,948, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 48.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Taconic Rehabilitation And Nursing At Ulster ranks 8872nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 68.7/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 416th out of 596 nursing homes. In Highland, 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 #4,364 nationally and RN hours rank #5,514 nationally (#204 in NY). Our composite quality score of 68.7/100 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 Highland, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/highland/