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Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare

81 PARK STREET, ELIZABETHTOWN, NY, 12932

(518) 873-3570

essex-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org

100 licensed beds

★★★★★3/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections2/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Address

81 Park Street

Elizabethtown, NY 12932

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Bed capacity

100

CMS facility ID

335478

Care type

Nursing home

County

Essex

Facility name

Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare

Street address

81 PARK STREET

City / state / ZIP

Elizabethtown, NY 12932

Phone

(518) 873-3570

Website

essex-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org

About this facility — Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare

Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Elizabethtown, New York. It is licensed for 100 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in New York (160 beds).

It is one of 1 senior care facility in Elizabethtown and 596 skilled nursing facilities across New York. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare 34 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 4 food-safety citations; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company

Centers Health Care

Ownership type

For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Rozenberg, Kenneth

Direct owner · Governing body — 95% stake — since 2014

Sicklick, Jeffrey

Direct owner — 5% stake — since 2014

Goldman, Nathan

Governing body — since 2025

Hendrix, Heidi

Governing body — since 2025

Jafri, Mikram

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Lantzitsky, Aharon

Governing body — since 2025

Vilardo, Tara

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Regulatory standing

Federal court records

4 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)

Licensed / certified since

1975-12-01

CMS overall rating

3 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

5 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2024-11-13

Nurse staffing

3.2 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$396 per day (≈ $12,040/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

68% Medicaid · 9% Medicare · 22% private/other

Occupancy

92% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

19% below the NY median of $486/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

100

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Wheelchair accessible

entrance and parking

Visiting hours

Daily Open 24 hours

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 4 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2024-11-13Health inspectionComplaint-triggered7 citations

F-0582

D · No harm found

Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

Corrected 2024-11-13

F-0584

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

Corrected 2024-11-24

F-0600

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2024-12-20

F-0657

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Corrected 2024-12-13

F-0689

D · No harm found

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2024-11-13

F-0812

E · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2024-11-13

F-0814

D · No harm foundFood safety

Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.

Corrected 2024-12-05

2024-06-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered4 citations

F-0550

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Corrected 2024-07-26

F-0583

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Corrected 2024-07-26

F-0609

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Corrected 2024-07-26

F-0677

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

Corrected 2024-07-26

5 earlier / fire-safety inspections (23 citations)

2022-12-19Health inspection6 citations

F-0551

D · No harm found

Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.

Corrected 2023-02-10

F-0584

E · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

Corrected 2023-02-10

F-0609

D · No harm found

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Corrected 2023-02-10

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2023-02-10

F-0677

D · No harm found

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

Corrected 2023-02-10

F-0812

E · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2023-02-10

2020-03-06Health inspection2 citations

F-0584

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

Corrected 2020-05-06

F-0804

D · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.

Corrected 2020-05-06

2024-11-13Fire-safety inspection4 citations

K-0372

E · No harm found

Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

Corrected 2024-12-27

K-0511

E · No harm found

Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.

Corrected 2024-12-16

K-0918

F · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2025-02-04

K-0921

F · No harm found

Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.

Corrected 2024-12-16

2022-12-19Fire-safety inspection5 citations

K-0324

E · No harm found

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Corrected 2023-02-10

K-0341

E · No harm found

Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.

Corrected 2023-03-03

K-0353

E · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2023-02-10

K-0761

E · No harm found

To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

Corrected 2023-02-10

K-0918

E · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2023-02-10

2020-03-06Fire-safety inspection6 citations

E-0026

D · No harm found

Establish roles under a Waiver declared by secretary.

Corrected 2020-05-06

K-0345

E · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2020-05-06

K-0372

E · No harm found

Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

Corrected 2020-05-06

K-0531

E · No harm found

Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire.

Corrected 2020-05-06

K-0914

E · No harm found

Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.

Corrected 2020-05-06

K-0921

E · No harm found

Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.

Corrected 2020-05-06

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 335478.

Visitor reviews

What people say on Google.

3.381 ratings on Google

★★★★★Tami Allen · 2025-10-29 · via Google
“Hello I would like to start out with thanking Jesse the social worker for everything she did for our family . She truly cared not only about David’s needs but our family needs as well. She took the time to call me or catch up with me in the building to chat with me let me know how things were going . She truly has a heart for this kind of work . I couldn’t thank her enough for moving my father in …”

★Katherine M Riley · 2026-03-19 · via Google
“Do Not be deceived by how the Essex Center portrays itself as a place of healing on its website. It’s not Canyon Ranch for orthopedic rehabilitation, rather, it is , for the most part, a hell for poor people struggling with a broken medical system which is disorganized, neglectful, understaffed and poorly equipped. By the way, I am the one who has a proper ice pack, except when it is freezing. Th…”

★jrj1701 · 2025-12-11 · via Google
“Essex center is horrible. It is seriously under staffed. They very seldom answer their phone and when they do you can expect to be on hold for at least fifteen to thirty minutes. The staff seems apathetic to the needs of the residents. There has been cases of food poisoning. They left a patient lying on a stretcher for over three hours instead of returning her to her bed. They ignored her cries o…”

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