Nursing home report
ALBANY, NY · Medicare-certified · 210 beds
4 out of 5 stars overall. Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center in Albany has solid health inspection and quality ratings (both 4 stars), a 3-star staffing rating, reported nurse staffing below the federal benchmark (3.55 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day), and no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.5537 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.5537.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to have and follow a policy for how food brought in by family and visitors should be used and stored safely. Cited October 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 813 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
The home failed to properly dispose of garbage and other waste. Cited October 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 814 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited May 2019 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to develop and carry out a complete care plan that met each resident’s needs with clear steps and timelines. Cited May 2019 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 656 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(1) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited September 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
