Peninsula Hospital Center

Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as Rockaway Beach Hospital and Peninsula General Hospital, was a community hospital in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York. PHC, founded in 1908, was an affiliate of the MediSys Health Network at the time of its closure.

Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
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Geography
Location51-15 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway, New York, United States
Organization
Care systemPrivate
Services
Beds200
HelipadYes
History
Opened1908
Links
Websitehttp://peninsulanrc.com/
ListsHospitals in New York
Other linksHospitals in Queens

PHC ran a 173-bed acute care community teaching hospital campus, and a 200-bed long-term care and rehabilitation center, serving the communities of the Rockaways, the Five Towns of Nassau County and parts of Queens and Brooklyn. The hospital closed in 2012.

Since 2014 the facility has been known as Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center operated by Cassena Care.[1][2]

Services

Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offered the following medical services:

  • Short Term Rehabilitation
  • Long Term Rehabilitation
  • 24-Hour Skilled Nursing Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech Therapy
  • Post-Operative Care
  • Palliative Care and Hospice Services
  • Dialysis
  • Physician Services
  • Specialist Services
  • Therapeutic Recreation
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Social Work
  • Post-Operative Care
  • Palliative Care and Hospice Services
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Pain Management
  • Enteral Nutrition Therapy
  • Wound Management
  • Geriatric Care Management
Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Medical staff residency training records and Verifications have become available through the Federation Credentials Verification Service (FCVS)[3] Closed Residency program records.[4]

Auxiliary services

Nursing Home: Attached to the hospital is a 200-bed facility known as the Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation (PCECR).

Family Health Center: This facility offered comprehensive outpatient care for all ages.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-05-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Down to One Hospital, Rockaway Braces for Summer Crowds". The New York Times. May 20, 2012.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2013-12-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-12-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)



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