Far Rockaway Center For Rehabilitation And Nursing is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1973-04-01. 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 (718) 327-2909 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Far Rockaway Center For Rehabilitation And Nursing holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 59.7/100, placing it #12140 of 14703 facilities nationally and #528 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 Far Rockaway Center For Rehabilitation And Nursing receives a reported average of 2 hours 56 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 17 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 44 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 55 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 37 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 46.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Far Rockaway Center For Rehabilitation And Nursing has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 49.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Far Rockaway Center For Rehabilitation And Nursing ranks 12140th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 59.7/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 528th out of 596 nursing homes. In Far Rockaway, it ranks 8th out of 11 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 8th of 11. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,396 nationally and RN hours rank #13,033 nationally (#567 in NY). Our composite quality score of 59.7/100 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 Far Rockaway, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/far-rockaway/