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Long Island State Veterans Home

100 Patriots Road, Stonybrook, NY 11790 · 350 beds · Government - State

The records flag: 1 citation where a resident was harmed.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
★★★★★
Much above average · 5 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
4.63
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 3.58
Weekend RN coverage
−29%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
25%
state average 40%
1 citation where a resident was harmed
Harm was found, without immediate danger to life.
Registered nurse staffing above the state average
1.23 hours per resident per day, against a state average of 0.68.
Staff turnover of 25% is below the state average
The average across this state is 40%.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
1.23 hrs
Weekends
0.87 hrs
NY average
0.68 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Registered nurse coverage is about 29% lower at weekends.

Staff turnover: 25%

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 10 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Actual harm
A resident was harmed, without immediate danger to life
1
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
8
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
1

0 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
State of New York Comptrollers Office Direct owner, Additional disclosable party 10/23/1991
Brancato, Christopher Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/24/2021
Brand, Jeanmarie Operational or managerial control 07/28/1994
Faculty Student Association of the State University of Ny Stony Brook Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 09/22/2022
Igarashi, Peter Governing body 09/12/2022
Muscarella, Denise Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 12/14/2017
Rocco, Pat Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 07/12/2004
Scioscia, Michael Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 12/12/2019
Sganga, Fred Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 02/01/2001
Singh, Anshu Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 04/01/2021
Spier, Jonathan Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 10/08/2015
Cms Compliance Group Additional disclosable party 06/01/2011
Forvis Mazars, LLP Additional disclosable party 06/01/2023
Zimmet Healthcare Services Group, LLC Additional disclosable party 08/01/2012

Of the 14 parties disclosed here, 1 holds an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Jefferson'S Ferry
South Setauket
1.7 5 1.02 −16%
St James Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
St James
2.5 4 0.47 −32%
Luxor Nursing & Rehabilitation at Mills Pond
St James
2.5 5 0.29 +7%
Waters Edge at Port Jefferson for Rehab and Nrsg
Port Jefferson
3.0 2 0.40 −38%
Allegria Nursing & Rehab Center of Port Jefferson
Port Jefferson Stati
3.4 1 0.56 −45%
Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care
Smithtown
3.9 2 0.40 −11%
John T Mather Memorial Hosp T C U
Port Jefferson
3.9 5 4.51 −16%
The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center At
Nesconset
4.7 5 0.41 −40%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Can I visit on a Sunday rather than a weekday? How many registered nurses are on duty then, and for how many residents?
  2. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.