Overview
Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, in line with the New York average of 3.1. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Elizabethtown. It scores best on quality of care (4 of 5) and lowest on health inspections (3 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.3 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 70% of nursing homes in New York (the state average is 3.7 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on November 13, 2024, found 5 health deficiencies, fewer than the New York average of 8.0. 1 of them came from complaint investigations. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 31% of New York nursing homes have been fined.
Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is a for-profit facility with 100 certified beds, caring for about 92 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1975.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 38%
Top 53%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- November 13, 2024
- Health deficiencies cited
- 5
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 1
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.31 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.55 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.76 hrs
- Nurse aides2.01 hrs
- Physical therapists0.16 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 100
- Average residents per day
- 92
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- December 1, 1975
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes