Albany Senior AdvisorWho is behind Albany Senior Advisor?
Albany Senior Advisor is an independent, privately owned referral service for families in Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Warren, Washington, Columbia and Greene counties; we have no connection to the Department of Health, any county Office for the Aging, the ombudsman program or any residence, and we do not own or run care facilities.
The site is the reference side of the service. It lays out New York's license categories, the payment programs families really use, and the state's own records for every licensed residence and nursing home in the region, each number tied to the agency that published it. The personal side is a conversation with an advisor such as Tammy, who asks what your parent needs, where the family lives and what the budget can carry, then suggests places or services worth seeing.
How is Albany Senior Advisor paid?
A participating residence pays us a placement fee when a family we introduced moves in; families are never charged for our help at any point.
We spell this out because the arrangement could tilt advice toward participating residences. Two safeguards push back. Our directory shows every licensed adult home, enriched housing program and nursing home in the nine counties from state data, and no operator can pay for placement in it. And every suggestion an advisor makes should come with reasons you can verify yourself on NYS Health Profiles or Care Compare. Ask for those reasons.
What does the directory include, and what does it leave out?
It includes each licensed residence's certified capacity, ALR, EALR, SNALR and Assisted Living Program beds, inspection reports and enforcement actions from New York's records, every nursing home's CMS ratings and staffing, and the state's roster of home care agencies, hospices and adult day health programs.
It leaves out star ratings of our own, testimonials, review scores, paid listings and operators' brochure copy. Where a number families want does not exist in any public source, such as an Albany memory care price, the page says so instead of filling the gap with a guess.
How do I contact Albany Senior Advisor?
Call (585) 558-3205, email advisors@albanysenioradvisor.com, or answer the five-question care match on any page and an advisor will follow up; operators who think their state data is shown incorrectly can use the same address.
We are not an emergency service. If someone is in danger, call 911. Suspected abuse or neglect of an older adult living at home in Albany County goes to Adult Protective Services at (518) 447-7177; the other counties' numbers are on our complaints page.
Which part of New York does Albany Senior Advisor serve?
The City of Albany and all of Albany County, plus Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Warren, Washington, Columbia and Greene counties, which together make up the Capital Region and share Medicaid's Northeastern regional rate.
Residences in neighboring counties such as Montgomery, Fulton or Ulster are licensed under the same rules, and an advisor can talk about them, but they are not in our directory.
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| We are | We are not | |
|---|---|---|
| Role | A free referral and advisory service | A care provider or government agency |
| Data | NYSDOH and CMS records | Reviews or paid rankings |
| Pay | Paid by residences at move-in | Paid by families |
