Home care in Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk), NY

Home care in Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk), in plain words

Home care in Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk) means a licensed aide comes to your parent's home for a few hours a day, overnight, or as a live-in, to help with bathing, dressing, meals, medication reminders, errands and company.

Long Island homes are larger and farther apart, and many families ask about live-in care or aides who can drive. Seasonal moves to the East End are common too.

We serve families across Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk), including Great Neck, Garden City, Manhasset, the Five Towns, Huntington, Port Washington and the Hamptons.

How we help

We sit with you first: what a normal day looks like, which hours are hardest, language and food preferences, and your budget. Then we introduce licensed private-pay home care agencies in Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk) that can staff those hours, and you decide. You don't pay. There's no fee.

For an immediate need, such as a discharge this week, call (201) 686-8232.

After a hospital stay

Many families call us the week a parent leaves North Shore University Hospital, NYU Langone Long Island, St. Francis Hospital and Stony Brook University Hospital. Ask the discharge planner what help is needed at home and when, then tell us. We line up an agency that can start on the right day, and we check in after the first week. See hospital discharge help.

Language, culture and food

Farsi, Hebrew, Spanish, Mandarin and Korean speaking aides are among the requests we hear on Long Island. Tell us what your parent speaks and eats, and we ask agencies for aides who fit.

The Five Towns, Great Neck and West Hempstead have large observant Jewish communities, and kosher and Shabbat-observant aides are a frequent request. See our page on kosher home care.

Licensed, and how to check

In New York, agencies that send aides into the home are licensed by the New York State Department of Health (licensed home care services agencies), and aides hold home health aide or personal care aide training certificates. Ask any agency for its license and the aide's training record.

When home care is no longer enough

If needs grow to overnight help every night, wandering, or two-person transfers, it may be time to compare a community. Read in-home care vs assisted living.

Long Island: what the official New York list shows

The New York license file lists 101 senior care settings in Long Island: 12 assisted living settings, 41 memory or dementia care settings and 48 personal care homes. They are spread across 64 towns.

The towns with the most licensed listings are East Northport (4), Lynbrook (4), Commack (3), Glen Cove (3), Huntington (3), Lake Ronkonkoma (3).

Home care agencies are licensed separately and are not in this file. The licensed residences below are where families usually look if staying at home stops being enough.

Licensed names in Long Island

• Brandywine Senior Living at Huntington Terrace, Melville
• Dominican Village Enriched Housing Program 1, Amityville
• Gurwin Jewish Fay J. Lindner Residence, Commack
• Maryville Assisted Living, Huntington
• Oyster Bay Manor, Oyster Bay
• Rosewood on the Sound, Bayville
• The Arbors at Bohemia, Bohemia
• The Arbors at Hauppauge, Hauppauge
• The Arbors at Islandia West, Islandia
• The Arbors at Westbury, Jericho
• The Lake Shore Assisted Living Residence, Lake Ronkonkoma
• The Vincent Bove Center at Jefferson Ferry, South Setauket
• All American Assisted Living at Coram, Coram
• Amber Court of Westbury, Westbury
• Artis Senior Living of Commack, Commack
• Atria Park of Great Neck, Great Neck
• Atria Park of Lynbrook, Lynbrook
• Birchwood Suites, East Northport
• Brandywine Senior Living at Huntington Terrace, Melville
• Brightview Sayville, Sayville
• Esplanade of Woodmere, Woodmere
• Gurwin Jewish Fay J. Lindner Residence, Commack
• Harbor House, Oyster Bay
• Orchard Estate of Woodbury, Woodbury
• Sunrise of Dix Hills, Dix Hills
• Sunrise of East Meadow, East Meadow
• Sunrise of East Setauket, East Setauket
• Sunrise of Glen Cove, Glen Cove
• Sunrise of Holbrook, Holbrook
• Sunrise of Huntington, Huntington Station

New York names come from the NYS DOH Adult Care Facility Directory (health.data.ny.gov dataset wssx-idhx). We list names only. We do not rank, rate, or publish prices or openings. See every licensed listing (Nassau) See every licensed listing (Suffolk) or search the state directly.

Related pages

• Home care in New York
• Home care referral
• In-home care vs assisted living
• Free Senior Care Starter Kit

Frequently asked questions

How much does home care cost in Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk)?

Agencies quote by the hour, and rates depend on the hours, the level of care, weekends and overnights. Ask each agency for its hourly rate and minimum shift in writing. We do not publish agency prices.

Can we get a live-in aide?

Many agencies offer live-in care. The aide needs a private place to sleep and real breaks. Ask how the agency covers days off.

Do you accept Medicaid home care?

We help private-pay families. If your parent is on Medicaid, we point you to the right NY Connects (1-800-342-9871) contact on the first call.

Do families pay you?

You don't pay. There's no fee. A licensed agency may pay us a referral fee after a successful private-pay start of care. We do not take a fee on Medicaid funded care.