Assisted Living
Elizabeth Brewster House
41 South Main Street, Homer, NY 13077 · Map
Licensed for 45 residents · Elizabeth Brewster House
Elizabeth Brewster House is a state-licensed assisted living community in Homer, New York. It is licensed for 45 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $4,500 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Elizabeth Brewster House says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
RESPITE CARE
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
are is provided 24 hours a day by competent nurses and care aides.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
, Medical Equipment Management, and Diabetic Management are available.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
The rent rate includes medication management, three meals a day plus snack and
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Couples welcome.
Private Suites for couples/roommates
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
Private Suites for single individuals
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last inspection report: Mar 19, 2026. See the record
License
Active, 45 residents
Adult Home 210-E-001, current license dated Jun 28, 1977. Licensee Elizabeth Brewster House.
Nearest emergency room
1.8 miles
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Brewster House this community | 45 | $4,500/mo | Active | 17 violations, 0 enforcement actions | |
| Walden Place | 5.3 mi | 86 | $5,049/mo | Active | 10 violations, 0 enforcement actions |
| Kendal at Ithaca (Independent Living and Assisted Living and Continuing Care) | 18.9 mi | 36 | Not published | Active | 2 violations, 0 enforcement actions |
| Bridges Cornell Heights - The Colonial | 19.9 mi | 9 | Not published | Active | 1 violations, 0 enforcement actions |
| Bridges Cornell Heights - The Tudor | 19.9 mi | 15 | Not published | Active | 1 violations, 0 enforcement actions |
State inspection record17 violations, 0 enforcement actions
- Last inspection report
- March 19, 2026
- Inspections
- 11, 17 violations cited
- Complaint inspections
- 3, 9 violations cited
- Enforcement actions
- 0
- No violations cited at the last 2 inspections (February 2026 to March 2026)
Inspection reports
- March 19, 2026, other survey: 0 violations Plan/Notice of Correction Not Required
- February 26, 2026, complaint survey: 0 violations Plan/Notice of Correction Not Required
- February 20, 2026, complaint survey: 9 violations (Civil penalties for certified adult care facilities, Supervision, Case management, Personnel, Administration) Plan/Notice of Correction Approved
- January 13, 2026, relicensure survey: 6 violations (Medication management, General requirements, Food service, Facility records, Safety procedures, Maintenance) Plan/Notice of Correction Approved
- November 10, 2025, other survey: 1 violation (Records and reports) Plan/Notice of Correction Approved
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- January 31, 2025, relicensure, follow-up survey: 0 violations Plan/Notice of Correction Not Required
- November 8, 2024, other survey: 0 violations Plan/Notice of Correction Not Required
- August 12, 2024, relicensure survey: 1 violation (Maintenance) Plan/Notice of Correction Approved
- and 3 more on the state’s site
Read the full record on the state’s site →
DOH: “The Department conducts inspections for certification purposes every 12 to 18 months at each ACF, as well as follow-up inspections to ensure that any previously cited deficiencies are corrected. Additional investigations are conducted as a result of complaints and incident reports received by the Department.” DOH: “Violations under dispute through the Inspection Review Process (IRP) are not displayed.” Under 18 NYCRR Part 486, DOH may assess civil penalties against an adult care facility for violating its regulations. This community is certified for 45 residents; larger communities are inspected and reported on more often, so read counts with size in mind. Inspection reports themselves are not online; you can request copies from DOH (how to request reports), and each facility must post its most recent report in a public area. Source: New York State Department of Health, Division of Adult Care Facilities and Assisted Living Surveillance, NYS Health Profiles, data as of October 15, 2026, covering April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2026. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license, licensee Elizabeth Brewster House
- License type
- Adult Home
- License number
- 210-E-001
- License status
- Active
- Current license dated
- 1977-06-28
- Licensed capacity
- 45
- Licensee
- Elizabeth Brewster House
- County
- Cortland County
- Executive Director
- Marianne Odell
Source: New York state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Executive Director name from public records we reviewed, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in New York, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in New York
- Assisted Living Program (ALP). Medicaid can pay for services through the Assisted Living Program (ALP), which is only for people who qualify for nursing home care. Medicaid recipients must have ALP services approved ahead of time by the local social services district. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.8 mi, nursing home 1.7 mi, pharmacy 2.3 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center, Cortland. 1.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Cortland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Cortland. 1.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Guthrie Home Health, Cortland. 2.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Kinney Drugs. 2.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 13077 as micropolitan (micropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc St. Joseph'S - Cortland, Cortland, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 13077.
Hospicare & Palliative Care Services, office in Ithaca, 22.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Upstate Community Medical, PC, Syracuse. 25.8 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively low; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave very low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in February 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
What we checked15 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| New York State Department of Health, Division of Adult Care Facilities and Assisted Living Surveillance inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| New York Medicaid provider list | Jun 30, 2026 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| New York State Department of Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Elizabeth Brewster House provide?
Elizabeth Brewster House is licensed by the state of New York for assisted living in Homer, New York. Its licensed capacity is 45 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Elizabeth Brewster House?
No. We publish state licensing details for Elizabeth Brewster House but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Elizabeth Brewster House cost?
Assisted Living in New York typically starts at $4,800 to $7,950 a month. Based on 80 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Elizabeth Brewster House?
Use Elizabeth Brewster House's website, brewsterhouse.org, or visit at 41 South Main Street, Homer, NY 13077.
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