A resident whose needs exceed what an Assisted Living Residence (or Enhanced ALR, for aging-in-place needs) is licensed to provide -- generally ongoing skilled nursing care -- typically needs to transition to a nursing home, licensed under the entirely separate rule chapter 10 NYCRR Part 415.
The distinction that matters
This transition point is not always obvious in advance, which is part of why asking a Staten Island assisted living community directly about its admission and retention limits during the initial tour matters -- not just what the community currently allows, but what specific decline would trigger a required move.
Nursing homes also carry federal CMS star ratings, in addition to the NYS Health Profiles inspection record; assisted living communities in New York do not carry CMS ratings at all. That is a genuinely useful, additional layer of public information available once a family is evaluating nursing home options specifically.
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