Schaffer Extended Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1971-11-01. 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 (914) 637-1200 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Schaffer Extended 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 52.2/100, placing it #13741 of 14703 facilities nationally and #575 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 Schaffer Extended Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 15 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 44 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 34 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 57 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 51 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 97.6%. 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 $10,358. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $10,358, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 128.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Schaffer Extended Care Center ranks 13741st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 52.2/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 575th out of 596 nursing homes. In New Rochelle, it ranks 6th out of 6 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,493 nationally and RN hours rank #4,532 nationally (#167 in NY). Our composite quality score of 52.2/100 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 New Rochelle, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/new-rochelle/