Woodland Pond At New Paltz is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2010-03-25. 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) 256-5910 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Woodland Pond At New Paltz 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 (5★), 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 80.4/100, placing it #3528 of 14703 facilities nationally and #198 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 Woodland Pond At New Paltz receives a reported average of 5 hours 11 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 9 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 42 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 20 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 34 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 28.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $13,099. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $13,099, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 30.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Woodland Pond At New Paltz ranks 3528th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 80.4/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 198th out of 596 nursing homes. In New Paltz, 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 #943 nationally and RN hours rank #1,307 nationally (#46 in NY). Our composite quality score of 80.4/100 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 New Paltz, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/new-paltz/