Rockaway Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1976-11-01. 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) 471-5000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Rockaway Care Center 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 (1★), Staffing (2★), 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 59.2/100, placing it #12290 of 14703 facilities nationally and #533 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 Rockaway Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 22 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 31 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 10 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 54 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 35.8%. 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 $135,193. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $135,193, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 112.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Rockaway Care Center ranks 12290th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 59.2/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 533rd out of 596 nursing homes. In Far Rockaway, it ranks 9th out of 11 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 9th of 11. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,520 nationally and RN hours rank #5,250 nationally (#192 in NY). Our composite quality score of 59.2/100 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/