Skilled Nursing

Grace Ridge is a life-plan community, also called a continuing-care retirement community, on a 52-acre campus in Morganton, North Carolina, near the Catawba River greenway and the town center. All four levels of care are on one campus: independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing. That is the core of the life-plan proposition, and it is worth asking exactly how a move between levels is triggered and priced. Community life leans on arts and the outdoors, with painting, chorus, theater, volunteering, greenway access, dining and wellness programming, plus the Table Rock Lounge. Entrance fees and monthly charges are not published. Life-plan contracts vary widely in what they guarantee, so ask what is refundable, what happens if your money runs out, and what care costs once you need it.

Huntington Hills Center for Health and Rehabilitation is a skilled nursing and post-acute rehabilitation center in Melville, New York, on Long Island. It provides short-term rehabilitation and long-term care, with around-the-clock support for people living with chronic illness and disability. Services include medical and therapy care, telehealth, diagnostics, access to home care and hospice services, alongside a daily activities and events program. The center holds a five-star overall rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and appeared in the US News 2024 Best Nursing Homes listings in both categories. CMS ratings move, so check the current one on Medicare's Care Compare before deciding. Pricing is not published. Skilled nursing is usually funded through Medicare for a rehabilitation stay and Medicaid or private pay for a long one.

Kendal at Oberlin is a nonprofit life-plan community in northeast Ohio, next to Oberlin College, open since 1993. Its residents come from 39 states, which is unusual and mostly explained by the college: music, art and lifelong learning are the reason many people move here. Care runs from independent living through assisted living, memory support, short-term rehabilitation and long-term nursing care, all on one 110-acre campus with walking trails and an arboretum. The community is resident-led in a real sense, with an active Residents Association, and the wellness and fitness center anchors day-to-day life. The Kendal organizations grew out of Quaker practice, which shows in the emphasis on self-governance. The office is open Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. There is a waitlist, managed through the community's portal, and a roadmap-to-residency program for people planning ahead. Pricing is not published.

Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility is a public facility in East Harlem, part of NYC Health + Hospitals, with roughly 365 beds. It combines long-term acute care with skilled nursing, which is an unusual pairing and means it takes people whose needs are too complex for an ordinary nursing home. It is publicly listed as a 2025 Long-Term Care Equality Index Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. That designation reflects documented policies and staff training on LGBTQIA+ residents, and it is the reason this listing appears in our directory. It is not a rating of clinical quality. NYC Health + Hospitals is the public health system, so admission and cost work differently from a private facility. Medicaid, Medicare and the system's own financial assistance all come into play, and nobody is turned away for inability to pay. Bed availability, services and admission routes change. Confirm directly, and check the facility's current inspection record on Medicare's Care Compare.

Coler Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility sits on Roosevelt Island in the East River and is part of NYC Health + Hospitals. It is large, with roughly 1,025 beds, and specializes in chronic care, physical rehabilitation, geriatrics, HIV and AIDS care, and Alzheimer's care. The HIV and AIDS specialism matters directly to this directory. A significant number of long-term survivors are now aging with the virus, often with complex comorbidities, and very few long-term care facilities have real depth in that combination. Coler is publicly listed as a 2025 Long-Term Care Equality Index Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, reflecting documented LGBTQIA+ policies and staff training. That is a policy designation, not a clinical quality rating. As a public facility, Medicaid, Medicare and system financial assistance apply. Confirm services and admission directly, and check the current inspection record on Medicare's Care Compare.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur runs a 295-bed skilled nursing facility on Madison Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, providing both short-term rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing care. The wider Gouverneur site has served the neighborhood for more than 140 years. It is publicly listed as a 2025 Long-Term Care Equality Index Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, reflecting documented LGBTQIA+ policies and staff training rather than a clinical quality rating. As part of the public system, Medicaid, Medicare and financial assistance all apply, and nobody is turned away for inability to pay. The Lower East Side location also means a genuinely multilingual service area. Confirm admission routes and current bed availability directly, and check the facility's inspection record on Medicare's Care Compare before deciding.

Shalom Park is an elder community in Aurora, Colorado, providing long-term nursing care and rehabilitation with 24-hour professional staffing. It follows the Eden Alternative, a model that treats loneliness, helplessness and boredom as the real problems of institutional care and reorganizes daily life around companionship and purpose. The community describes itself as a loving home where each person grows and learns, and its staff are called Care Partners rather than aides, which is characteristic of the model. Amenities include a bistro and salon, a wellness center, activities programming and gardens. A virtual tour is available on the community's site. Long-term nursing care is usually funded through Medicaid or private pay, with Medicare covering a rehabilitation stay. Ask which applies, and look up the community's current inspection record with Colorado before deciding.

Birch Patrick Convalescent Center is a skilled nursing facility at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, operated by Sharp HealthCare. It offers short-term rehabilitation and longer-term skilled nursing, with private rooms, outdoor patios and healing gardens. Being attached to an acute hospital is a practical advantage for anyone moving straight from a hospital stay into rehabilitation, since records and clinicians stay within the same system. Sharp is documented on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Long-Term Care Equality Index, which measures written LGBTQIA+ policies and staff training rather than clinical quality. Ask whether Medicare, Medicaid or private pay applies to your stay, and check the facility's current inspection record on Medicare's Care Compare.

This is Sharp HealthCare's skilled nursing facility at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, east of San Diego. Skilled nursing attached to an acute hospital is designed largely for people moving from a hospital stay into rehabilitation, with the clinical record staying inside one system. Sharp is documented on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Long-Term Care Equality Index, which measures written LGBTQIA+ policies and staff training. It is not a clinical quality rating, and the two should be checked separately. Sharp does not publish a dedicated page for this unit, so services, bed count and admission routes are best confirmed by phone. Check the facility's current inspection record on Medicare's Care Compare, and ask whether Medicare, Medicaid or private pay applies to your stay.

Villa Coronado is a skilled nursing facility on Coronado, operated by Sharp HealthCare and attached to Sharp Coronado Hospital. It provides short-term rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing under a federally regulated, Joint Commission accredited program, with individually built treatment plans. Sharp is documented on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Long-Term Care Equality Index, which is what places it in this directory. The index measures written LGBTQIA+ policies and staff training, not clinical quality, so treat the two questions separately. Skilled nursing is normally funded through Medicare for a rehabilitation stay and Medicaid or private pay for a long one. Ask which applies to your situation before admission, and look up the facility's current inspection record on Medicare's Care Compare.