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Help with daily activities in a NYSDOH-licensed Adult Care Facility that also holds Assisted Living Residence (ALR) licensure, with meals, housekeeping and medication assistance included.

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NYSDOH regulates assisted living in New York, and publishes each provider's inspection record free.

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Assisted living is for someone who is largely independent but needs a reliable hand with the everyday things — bathing, dressing, medications, meals, getting to appointments. In New York this is an Adult Care Facility that also holds Assisted Living Residence (ALR) licensure under 10 NYCRR Part 1001.

Short answer

We list 4 verified assisted living providers across Staten Island. Assisted living is for someone who is largely independent but needs a reliable hand with the everyday things — bathing, dressing, medications, meals, getting to appointments.

Three things worth knowing first

  • Ask which services are included in the base rate versus billed as a separate care level.
  • Ask whether the community holds a Medicaid Assisted Living Program (ALP) agreement and how many current residents use it.
  • Ask what happens if your parent's needs exceed the community's admission/retention limits, or whether the community also holds EALR aging-in-place certification.
How New York licenses assisted living. New York licenses assisted living as an Adult Care Facility, with optional additional ALR/EALR/SNALR licensure layered on top -- not a single license type. Read the full explanation →

Verified assisted living across the region

We list 4 verified assisted living providers across Staten Island. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

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Questions families ask

Hospice vs. palliative care -- families on Staten Island often confuse these. What's the real difference?

Hospice is comfort-focused care for a life-limiting illness, generally when a physician expects six months or less if the disease runs its normal course, and generally requires stepping back from curative treatment. Palliative care focuses on symptom relief and quality of life, and can run alongside curative treatment at any stage of an illness.

CCRC vs. standalone assisted living -- which fits a Staten Island family better?

A Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) bundles independent living, assisted living, memory care and often nursing care on one campus, usually with a substantial entry fee, keeping a couple together across changing care needs. A standalone assisted living community has no entry fee and a simpler admissions process, but no guaranteed spot at a higher care level later.

What does NYSDOH actually license when a Staten Island community calls itself "assisted living"?

New York State Department of Health licenses a base Adult Care Facility (Adult Home, Enriched Housing Program, or Residence for Adults), then permits an optional Assisted Living Residence (ALR) certification under 10 NYCRR Part 1001 on top of that. A community can only market itself as assisted living if it actually holds the ALR certification, not just the base ACF license.

What is a Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR), and does it matter for memory care?

SNALR is New York's actual memory-care certification -- a certification layered on an existing Assisted Living Residence (ALR) license under 10 NYCRR Part 1001, requiring an Individualized Service Plan for each resident with dementia or cognitive impairment. It matters because "memory care" itself is just a marketing phrase; SNALR is the regulated credential behind it.

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