Nursing home
Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare
9 Hilaire Drive, Huntington, NY 11743 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 76 certified beds
Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Huntington, New York. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.11 hours per resident per day, below the New York average of 3.65. Its most recent inspection on Feb 7, 2025 cited 15 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $32,106In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare compares
This facility vs. the New York and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | New York avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.11 | 3.65 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.02 | 0.70 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.77 | 2.18 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 20.7% | 40.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 15.0 | 7.6 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the November 14, 2025 inspection was corrected by February 2, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $32,106, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 9 Hilaire Drive
Huntington, NY 11743 - CMS certification #
- 335040
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 76
- Avg residents/day
- 74.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2011
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our nurses work around the clock to provide expert nursing care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2012. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $19,624 owed to 3 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $1,122. DOL marked the employer as a willful violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Hilaire Rehab & Nursing (HiIaire Farm Skilled Living & Rehabilitation). Case 1724158.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Ns/Lij Hs Huntington Hospital, Huntington. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Carillon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Huntington. 1.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Vns & Hospice Of Suffolk Inc Chha, Northport. 4.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 11743 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Huntington On Broadway Dialysis, Huntington Station, 0.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Huntington Hospital, Huntington, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Cassena Kidney Care At Carillon, Huntington, 1.5 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 11743.
Vns And Hospice Of Suffolk, Inc, office in East Northport, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore, office in Woodbury, 4.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Good Shepherd Hospice, office in Farmingdale, 9.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- North Shore-Lij Medical PC, Huntington. 0.9 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 risk
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: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively 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.
What we checked
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 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare a good nursing home?
CMS gives Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare staffed?
Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare reports 3.11 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New York average of 3.65.
Has Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 15 deficiencies.
How many beds does Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare have?
Pine Forest Care Center for Rehab & Healthcare is certified for 76 beds.