Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
68 Hauppauge Road, Commack, NY · (631) 715-2000
- CMS high-performer trophy
- Certified beds
- 460
- Residents per day
- 430
- Ownership
- Non-Profit
- Chain
- No chain reported
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- October 17, 1988
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How this home got 5 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in New York.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★+1 star
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★5 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among New York homes
Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center carries 21 inspection points. That is fewer than 73% of New York's 589 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in New York: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–12 pts
- 4★ 12–27 pts
- 3★ 27–46 pts
- 2★ 46–82 pts
- 1★ over 82 pts
Bars show every rated home in New York by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
17 health citations on record since 2022. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
Harm and immediate-jeopardy citations (1)
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G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Everything else, by area of care
Quality of Life and Care4D
- D
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning3D
- D
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Pharmacy Service3D
- D
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- D
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- D
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Infection Control2D
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Resident Rights2D
- D
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Nutrition and Dietary1D
- D
Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation1D
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Inspection history
2026-01-08
5 health deficiencies · 1 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (2 deficiencies)
2024-05-23
6 health deficiencies · 0 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Pharmacy Service (2 deficiencies)
2022-08-22
6 health deficiencies · 4 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (2 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 3 h 37 min of nursing staff time a day, 52 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
3 h 37 min
New York average
3 h 41 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 28% of nursing staff and 24% of registered nurses left in the past year, along with 1 administrator.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.2 pts better | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days0.8 pts better | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine5 pts better | 96.8% | 91.8% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine3.4 pts better | 98.6% | 95.2% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury1.1 pts better | 2.0% | 3.1% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms11 pts worse | 31.1% | 20.1% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight1.9 pts better | 3.8% | 5.7% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication0.3 pts worse | 13.5% | 13.2% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication6 pts better | 7.7% | 13.7% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.2 pts better | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened2.9 pts better | 8.2% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased0.6 pts better | 13.1% | 13.7% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.3 pts better | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection0.1 pts better | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence4.6 pts better | 14.0% | 18.6% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers2.8 pts better | 3.7% | 6.5% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine14.6 pts better | 92.2% | 77.6% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit4.4 pts better | 5.0% | 9.4% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication0.6 pts better | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine15.3 pts better | 94.2% | 78.9% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission2.1 pts worse | 22.7% | 20.6% | 23.4% |
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Who owns and runs it
33 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurwin Healthcare System, Inc. | 5% Or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · Organization | 100% | 2 facilities |
| Almer, Stuart | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Almer, Stuart | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Almer, Stuart | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Angowitz, Gerald | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Brodsky, Bert | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Brodsky, Bert | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Carpentieri, Jennifer | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Carpentieri, Jennifer | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Dunne, Anne | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Finkel, Noah | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Furst-Eysler, Pamela | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Gordon Loozis, Lisa | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Gurwin Flug, Laura | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Gurwin Flug, Laura | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Jagtiani, Anil | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Kantor, Edwin | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Karlin, Bert | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Konigsberg, Frederic | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Konigsberg, Frederic | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Krichmar, Grigoriy | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Krichmar, Grigoriy | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Launer, Lee | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Novak, Adam | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Rosenberg, Joseph | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Schwartz, Michael | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Selinger, Teddy | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Viteritti, Louis | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Viteritti, Louis | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Viteritti, Louis | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Wolf, Cary | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Wolf, Cary | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Zuckerbrot, Sanford | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
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Fire safety
5 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Smoke2E
- D
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- E
Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
Construction1F
- F
Use approved construction type or materials.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems1F
- F
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Egress1D
- D
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
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- F
- Nursing / resident / day
- 3 h 27 min
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Maria Regina Rehabilitation and Nursing
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- Nursing / resident / day
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- Fines
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Apex Rehabilitation & Care Center
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- F
- Nursing / resident / day
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- Fines
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