Silver Lake Specialized Care Center

Rehabilitation and long-term care are the core services at this care center. It offers short-term rehabilitation, post-surgical recovery, and long-term dementia care, with individualized care plans for residents. Respiratory services include therapeutic mechanical ventilation and post-weaning tracheostomy care outside a hospital setting, with decannulation as a program goal. The center also provides respiratory therapy to support independent breathing. Care is provided in a homelike setting. The facility has operated as a family-owned business since 1971 and was commissioned by the New York State Department of Health in 1991 to develop a long-term respiratory therapy program. Located in Staten Island, it serves people with complex care and rehabilitation needs.