Nassau Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
One Greenwich Street, Hempstead, NY 11550 · Nassau County · 280 certified beds · avg 280 residents/day · certified since Aug 10, 1995
Part of chain: EXCELSIOR CARE GROUP (33 facilities, chain avg rating 2.5★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 3/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · May 8, 2025 · F-0805 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not prepare and serve food in a form that meets each resident's individual needs — for example, chopped, pureed, or softened food for residents with chewing or swallowing problems.
Why it matters: Food served in the wrong texture can cause choking or lead residents to stop eating and lose weight.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Jun 25, 2025 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (14)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2025 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not prepare and serve food in a form that meets each resident's individual needs — for example, chopped, pureed, or softened food for residents with chewing or swallowing problems. · from a complaint |
| Apr 28, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not treat residents with dignity and respect, or did not honor their rights to make their own decisions and communicate freely. This is one of the most fundamental resident rights. |
| Apr 28, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. |
| Apr 28, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving. |
| Apr 28, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Apr 28, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not conduct and document a facility-wide assessment of what staff, supplies, and resources it needs to care for its residents properly — during everyday operations, nights, weekends, and emergencies. |
| Jan 23, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| Jan 23, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility used feeding tubes without a valid medical reason or the resident's agreement, or did not provide proper care to residents who have feeding tubes. |
| Jan 23, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility admitted a resident without a doctor's order, or did not make sure each resident stayed under a doctor's ongoing care. |
| Jan 23, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. |
| Dec 21, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| Dec 21, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. |
| Dec 21, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not serve meals and snacks at times that fit residents' needs, preferences, and requests, or did not offer nourishing alternatives for residents who want to eat outside scheduled meal times. |
| Dec 21, 2021 | C · Minimal risk, facility-wide | The facility did not post its nurse staffing information every day. Nursing homes must publicly display how many nurses and aides are on duty each day. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections stayed about the same across the last two inspection cycles (4 → 5).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | D |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | D |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | J ▲ |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
1 fine totaling $16,153.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2025 | Fine | $16,153 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | New York avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 3.01 | 3.58 | 3.95 | bottom 26% in New York; bottom 14% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.26 | 0.68 | 0.69 | bottom 1% in New York; bottom 6% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.77 | 3.13 | 3.50 | bottom 35% in New York; bottom 19% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.11 | 0.48 | 0.48 | bottom 1% in New York; bottom 2% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 13.6 | 40.3 | 45.8 | top 1% in New York; top 1% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 11.1 | 39.8 | 42.9 | top 2% in New York; top 4% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.11, RN 0.27, weekend 2.86. Staffing rating: 2/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 4/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: 4/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becher, Aaron | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Bloom, David | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Busell, Sandra | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Chopp, Alan | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Estate of Mayer Rispler | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Excelsior Care Group | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/21/2019 |
| Farkowitz, Esther | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 7% | 02/01/2016 |
| George Klein Testamentary Trust | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Klein, Larry | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Leifer, Joel | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 43% | 01/01/2025 |
| Lerner, Chana | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Nakdimen, Shelly | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Philipson, Bent | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Pocchia, Teresa | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Pollak, Theodore | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Schwartz, Michael | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Singer, Brucha | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Stern, Ronald | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Tessler, Naomi | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 01/01/2025 |
| Ali, Aleem | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2022 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "How do you handle residents who need modified food textures, and how do you make those meals appetizing?"
- "Can you give me examples of how your staff protect residents' dignity in everyday care, like bathing and dressing?"
- "How many aides are on each shift, and how do you make sure every resident gets timely help with bathing, dressing, and meals?"
- "How do you prevent bedsores for residents who can't move themselves, and how often are at-risk residents repositioned?"
- "Can you show me how medications are stored and secured on the units, including controlled drugs?"
- "How do you decide you have enough staff and resources for your resident population, including nights and weekends?"
- "What is your falls rate, and what specific steps do you take to prevent falls and supervise residents at risk?"
- "How do you decide when a feeding tube is truly needed, and how do staff care for residents who have one?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 335787.