Silver Lake Specialized Care Center

Silver Lake Specialized Care Center is a skilled nursing and long-term care facility with ventilator and respiratory therapy programs and dementia care, operating since 1991.

The operator's own site describes a pioneering long-term respiratory therapy program and what it calls an "Award Winning Ventilator Unit," accepting high-acuity ventilator-dependent patients -- a specialty not every Staten Island nursing home offers.

As with any operator-published award claim, confirm current status directly; we list it here as stated on the provider's own site, not as independently verified by a third-party rating body.

Short answer

Silver Lake Specialized Care Center is a nursing home provider at 275 Castleton Avenue, Staten Island, 10301, in Richmond County.

Location and contact

Community	Silver Lake Specialized Care Center
Care type	Nursing Home
Address	275 Castleton Avenue, Staten Island, 10301
County	Richmond County
Website	Official site

What we do not publish, and why. We list only details we confirmed against this provider's own published information. We do not publish bed counts, license numbers, pricing or quality ratings for this community because we could not verify them from a primary source. Confirm licensing yourself using the state tools below, and get pricing in writing directly from the community.

How New York regulates this provider

NYSDOH licenses this care type under one of two chapters: 10 NYCRR Part 415 for nursing homes, or the Adult Care Facility statutes (18 NYCRR Parts 487/488/490/494) plus 10 NYCRR Part 1001 for assisted living, enhanced assisted living (EALR) and memory care (SNALR). If this provider markets memory care, ask specifically whether it holds SNALR certification -- that is New York's actual certification, not a marketing label.

Inspection history for this provider type is published free at profiles.health.ny.gov/acf (Adult Care Facilities) or profiles.health.ny.gov/nursing_home (nursing homes).

Evaluating a skilled nursing facility

Pull both records: New York health department's survey history and the CMS Care Compare rating.
Ask whether the stay is expected to be short-term rehabilitation or long-term care, and what happens when Medicare coverage for rehabilitation ends.
Ask about therapy intensity and who provides it, since post-acute outcomes track closely with it.

Staten Island in context

West Brighton sits between the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Richmond University Medical Center, giving North Shore families a genuinely walkable option near green space and acute care both.

Other nursing home options near Staten Island

Verrazano Nursing and Post-Acute Center — Staten Island
Staten Island Care Center — Staten Island
New Vanderbilt Rehab & Care Center — Staten Island
Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare — Staten Island
Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center — Staten Island
Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center — Staten Island

Listing details verified 2026-08-15 against the provider's own published information. We are not affiliated with this community and do not represent it. Details change — confirm directly before making a decision.

Questions families ask

What questions should I ask a hospital discharge planner directly?

Ask for the discharge plan in writing, confirm inpatient-versus-observation status in writing, ask which specific facilities have actually confirmed acceptance (not just received an inquiry), ask whether the discharge date can be adjusted if the plan is not ready, and verify any recommended facility's license before signing anything.

Does Medicare pay for rehab after a hospital stay on Staten Island?

Medicare can cover a limited skilled nursing facility stay after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, when skilled care is needed daily -- but only if the prior hospital stay was classified as inpatient, not observation status, and it does not cover custodial or long-term nursing care beyond that limited rehabilitation window.

My parent had a fall on Staten Island. What should we actually do in the next two weeks?

Treat the fall as a signal, not just an accident -- a first fall is one of the strongest predictors of a second one. Get the cause investigated (medication, vision, blood pressure, inner-ear issues), fix obvious environmental hazards, ask whether anyone was present, and watch closely for a fear-of-falling pattern that causes reduced activity and further weakening.