Nursing homes in the Capital Region

What does a nursing home provide?

A nursing home provides 24-hour licensed nursing care, rehabilitation therapy, meals, personal care and medical oversight for people with continual nursing needs or recovering after a hospital stay.

New York's roster lists 48 nursing homes in the nine counties with 7,072 beds; CMS rates 38 of them, and 9 hold four or five stars overall (Care Compare data as of October 1, 2026).

How are Capital Region nursing homes rated?

CMS rates certified nursing homes from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing and quality measures, and New York requires 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day.

Our nursing home pages show every CMS measure with its data date.

Who pays for nursing home care?

Medicare covers short rehab stays after a qualifying hospital admission; long-term care is paid privately, by long-term care insurance or by Medicaid.

New York's 2025 semi-private median is $15,528 a month.

How do I compare nursing homes near Albany?

Compare the CMS overall and component star ratings, the latest inspection date and deficiency count, reported nurse staffing against New York's 3.5-hour minimum, turnover and fines, then visit on a weekend.

Our nursing home roster sorts every home in the nine counties by rating, beds, staffing and town.

Which Capital Region nursing homes are county-owned?

A few nursing homes in the region are run by county governments or public entities; CMS lists each home's ownership type, which our facility pages reproduce.

Ownership alone does not predict quality, but it shapes how a home answers to the community.

What is the CMS Special Focus Facility list?

It is CMS's list of nursing homes with a persistent record of serious quality problems, which receive more frequent inspections; any Capital Region home on it is flagged on its page.

Candidates for the list are shown too, as CMS publishes them.

How do I find a nursing home bed quickly near Albany?

Call the admissions offices of several homes directly, ask the hospital discharge planner which homes have accepted your parent's referral, and widen the search radius if needed, then move closer when a bed opens.

Transferring between nursing homes later is possible, so an imperfect first placement is not permanent.

Where is nursing homes licensed across the Capital Region?

This is how New York's roster spreads nursing homes across the nine counties; agencies and hospices carry no bed count.