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, which opened on April 30, 1911,^[1] was an affiliate of the MediSys Health Network at the time of its 2012 closure.

Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Cassena Care
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Geography
Location	51-15 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway, New York, United States
Organization
Care system	Private
Services
Beds	200
Helipad	Yes
History
Opened	1911
Links
Website	http://peninsulanrc.com/
Lists	Hospitals in New York State
Other links	Hospitals in Queens

History

The hospital expanded in 1960.^[2] In 1964, then still known as "Peninsula General Hospital in Edgemere, Queens," they built a supplementary 2-story structure primarily for nurses quarters.^[3] In the 1970s Peninsula attempted to take over another hospital.^[4]

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.

Peninsula, which in 2006 a state agency wanted St. Johns to absorb,^[5] closed in 2012.

Since 2014 the facility has been known as Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center operated by Cassena Care.^[6][7]

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)^[8] Closed Residency program records.^[9]

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. "OPEN ROCKAWAY HOSPITAL.; Institution Built by the Public Is Turned Over to the City with a Ceremony". The New York Times. May 1, 1911.
2. "Peninsula Hospital Expands". The New York Times. September 3, 1960.
3. "Peninsula Hospital to Build New Quarters for Staff". The New York Times. March 22, 1964. Peninsula General Hospital ... will have provisions for additional stories.
4. Lawrence C. Levy (September 7, 1975). "Teaching Hospital Planned In Queens". The New York Times.
5. Michael Cooper; Sewell Chan (November 28, 2006). "Panel Said to Call for Closing 9 New York Hospitals". The New York Times.
6. "Peninsula Hospital Center". Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
7. Nir, Sarah Maslin (May 20, 2012). "Down to One Hospital, Rockaway Braces for Summer Crowds". The New York Times.
8. "FSMB | Federation Credentials Verification Service | Credentials Verification". Archived from the original on May 28, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
9. "FSMB | Federation Credentials Verification Service (FCVS)| Closed Residency Programs". Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2013.

External links

• Media related to Peninsula Hospital Center at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

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