Daughters of Sarah Senior Community has been meeting the changing needs of the Capital Region’s elderly since 1942 according to Jewish values and traditions.
Daughters of Sarah Senior Community is a Center of Excellence providing multi-level, resident-centered elder care in accordance with our Jewish values and traditions, with almost 70 years of service. We serve disabled and elderly men and women from all ethnic and religious backgrounds. The facility offers kosher meals, and provides areas for the consumption of non-kosher foods.
The Senior Community offers: Greatdays Medical Adult Day Care, assisted living in The Massry Residence, rehabilitation therapies for residents and for members of the outlying community, and outstanding 24-hour skilled nursing care in Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center, where all 210 residential rooms are private, with private bathrooms. The Nursing Center also features the Golub Family Memory Enhancement Center and Hospice at Daughters of Sarah. Respite care is available to offer Capital Region families breathing room from their caregiving responsibilities.
The Nursing Center is a recipient of the NYS Department of Health Resident Safety Award. Renovated in 2005, the Nursing Center presents a cozy, graciously appointed home-like environment in each of our three residential pavilions, offering dignity and privacy to our residents and their families.
Daughters of Sarah Senior Community is a member agency of the United Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York
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Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
We started in 1942 with 19 beds for elderly Jewish men and women who had no one to care for them. Community volunteers went door to door to raise the money to buy and renovate an existing home. Since then, we've moved twice as demand for our services grew. Our Nursing Center alone now has 210 beds, and we offer 56 beautiful, spacious assisted living one and two bedroom apartments with lots of natural light.
What is your primary product or service?
We are primarily a long-term care residential and therapeutic community. exist to care for elderly men and women who cannot be cared for at home. We have two levels of care: assisted living in The Massry Residence, and skilled nursing in the Nursing Center.
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
It became clear to the Jewish community after the Depression that there were members of that community seriously at risk due to their advanced age or frailty, that we needed to make provision to care for them. That is still our mission.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
We are the only kosher long-term care organization in upstate New York east of Rochester. We are also a faith-based, not-for-profit organization, which means that our bottom line is not established by shareholders with economic expectations, but by the larger Jewish community, who expect that we provide high-quality care according to our Jewish values and traditions.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
Both of our present facilities and all of our services exist on our one beautiful campus in Albany, where we have been able to preserve much of our wilderness setting and to add to it protected wandering gardens with fruit trees, bushes, flowers, and where our residents can enjoy outdoor gardening activities according to their abilities.We expect that we will continuously expand our offerings and services but at present have no plans in place.
Provide detailed directions to your location
Daughters of Sarah Senior Community
180 Washington Avenue Extension,
Albany, New York 12203
Phone: (518) 456-7831
Fax: (518) 456-1563
From the New York State Thruway
Please use Exit 24.
After paying toll, proceed to Interstate 90 East, to the right of the toll plaza.
Stay right and proceed to Exit 2, the first exit you see; Interstate Route 87 (The Northway) North is Exit 1.
Turn right onto Washington Avenue Extension. Follow Washington Avenue Extension to the third traffic light, and make a left turn. You will see the sign for Daughters of Sarah Senior Community parking.
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From the North and Albany International Airport
Follow Interstate Route 87 South (The Northway).
Remain on Route 87 South until it ends on Western Avenue. Turn right.
Follow Western Avenue until the second Crossgates Mall entrance. Turn right (entrance on the right).
At the first light, turn left (access road takes you around the Mall to Rapp Road). Pass a stop sign; the road becomes one-way.
Immediately after the road becomes one-way is a double intersection. Turn left at the first street.
Follow to Daughters of Sarah entrance
What type of payments do you accept?
We accept private pay, long-term care insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid in the Nursing Center. We do not accept Medicaid in our assisted living residence.
Which areas do you service?
We care for men and women regardless of geographic residence or origin.
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
The Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home, Inc. (Nursing Center)
The Daughters of Sarah Housing Company, Inc. (The Massry Residence)
The Daughters of Sarah Jewish Foundation, Inc. (This foundation operates our fundraising activities.)
What are your hours of operation?
Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center and The Massry Residence operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Greatdays Medical Adult Day Care is open from 8:30AM -- 3:30PM.
The Rehabilitation Center at Daughters of Sarah operates from 7:00AM -- 4:30PM
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