Brookhaven Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers

Nursing homes in the Town of Brookhaven

Thirteen Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes operate in the Town of Brookhaven, with 2,033 certified beds: Bellhaven Center for Rehab and Nursing Care in Brookhaven, Oasis Rehabilitation and Nursing in Center Moriches, Brookhaven Health Care Facility in East Patchogue, Island Nursing and Rehab Center in Holtsville, Medford Multicare Center for Living in Medford, Quantum Rehabilitation and Nursing and Surge Rehabilitation and Nursing in Middle Island, Swan Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation in Patchogue, John T. Mather Memorial Hospital (Transitional Care Unit) and Waters Edge at Port Jefferson for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Port Jefferson, Allegria Nursing & Rehab Center of Port Jefferson in Port Jefferson Station, Jefferson's Ferry in South Setauket and Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook.

Seven hold a five-star overall rating; one holds one star (Allegria Nursing & Rehab Center of Port Jefferson). Three were fined by CMS in roughly the last three years, for a combined $334,436. The average long-stay pressure-ulcer rate across the twelve homes reporting one is 5.5 percent, against a New York average of 6.5 percent and a national average of 4.5 percent.

What recent inspections found

Federal inspection reports are public. The most serious findings at homes in the town since 2023 — citations where inspectors found actual harm to a resident or immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety — include:

• Allegria Nursing & Rehab Center of Port Jefferson: in August 2026, a citation at the immediate-jeopardy level (J) for failing to provide necessary care and treatment (F684).
• Bellhaven Center for Rehab and Nursing Care: in September 2025, a citation at the immediate-jeopardy level (K) for bed-rail safety (F700); in July 2023, an actual-harm citation (G) for failing to keep residents free of accident hazards and to provide adequate supervision (F689).
• Brookhaven Health Care Facility: in August 2023, an actual-harm citation (G) for failing to keep residents free of accident hazards and to provide adequate supervision (F689).
• Medford Multicare Center for Living: in June 2026, an actual-harm citation (G) for failing to keep residents free of accident hazards and to provide adequate supervision (F689); in April 2024, a citation at the immediate-jeopardy level (J) for failing to report alleged abuse or neglect as required (F609); in April 2024, a citation at the immediate-jeopardy level (J) for failing to investigate, prevent and correct alleged abuse (F610).
• Surge Rehabilitation and Nursing: in December 2025, a citation at the immediate-jeopardy level (J) for failing to investigate, prevent and correct alleged abuse (F610).
• Swan Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation: in October 2025, a citation at the immediate-jeopardy level (K) for failing to keep residents free of accident hazards and to provide adequate supervision (F689).
• Waters Edge at Port Jefferson for Rehabilitation and Nursing: in August 2025, a citation at the immediate-jeopardy level (K) for respiratory care (F695); in February 2025, a citation at the immediate-jeopardy level (J) for failing to provide necessary care and treatment (F684).

A citation does not mean that your family member was harmed, and a clean record does not mean that they were not. What matters is the chart: the care plan, the turning and repositioning records, the skin assessments, the staffing for the shifts in question and what the home told you.

Bedsores and pressure injuries

A pressure injury that reaches Stage 3 or 4 often means the resident was left in one position too long, was not kept clean and dry, or was not eating and drinking enough, and that no one acted when the skin first changed. Federal rules require a home to prevent pressure ulcers unless they are clinically unavoidable and to treat them when they occur (42 C.F.R. § 483.25(b)). New York’s Public Health Law § 2801-d gives residents a direct right to sue when a home violates those rights.

Our free Family Guide to Bedsores explains each stage, how wounds are treated and what the home must document.

Brookhaven cases: court, deadlines and reporting

Cases from the Town of Brookhaven are filed in Supreme Court, Suffolk County, in Riverhead or Central Islip. When a resident has died, the estate is opened in Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court, 320 Center Drive, Riverhead; only the appointed administrator or executor can bring the wrongful death and survival claims, and we handle the limited letters of administration as part of the case.

Our main office is at 44 Elm Street in Huntington. We meet families at home, at the bedside or at the office.

• Public Health Law § 2801-d and negligence claims: generally three years from the injury (CPLR 214).
• Claims framed as medical malpractice: generally two years and six months (CPLR 214-a).
• Wrongful death: two years from the date of death (EPTL 5-4.1).
• The Long Island State Veterans Home is operated by New York State. Claims against the State are brought in the Court of Claims, and a claim or notice of intention must generally be served within 90 days (Court of Claims Act § 10).

To report a problem: call 911 in an emergency; file a complaint with the New York State Department of Health, Centralized Complaint Intake, 1-888-201-4563; and contact the New York State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (ltcombudsman.ny.gov).