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Community overview

Shaker Place Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is a licensed, fully staffed skilled nursing facility offering skilled nursing and long-term care, rehabilitation therapies, and memory care. Short- and long-term stays are described. Its stated approach includes 24-hour interdisciplinary care and a focus on residents’ independence, dignity and happiness.

Search description

Shaker Place Rehabilitation & Nursing Center provides skilled nursing, long-term care, rehabilitation therapies and memory care in Colonie.

How can family members stay in touch with a resident?

The activities director can help residents send and receive emails or letters. Family members can also send a message to a resident; include the resident’s name, your name and your relationship.

Can family bring food for a resident?

Family members may bring food they prepared for the resident, but it cannot be shared with other residents or roommates. Residents may order food from recognized delivery vendors for themselves; those orders also cannot be shared.

Can long-term residents arrange an overnight stay with family?

Overnight stays with family can be arranged for residents receiving long-term care.

Care & support

A full-time Medical Director oversees residents and complex cases and meets with families about treatment plans. Residents may choose a physician, subject to Credentials Committee review; social services can assign a physician when needed.

Care & support

An attending physician is assigned to each residential wing. Available services include wound consultation, psychiatry, psychology, dentistry and optometry.

Rooms & living spaces

Room choices include private and semi-private room-and-bath combinations, as well as double rooms. Rooms have a flat-screen television, closet, chair, nightstand and phone-line access.

Everyday life

Wheelchair-accessible transportation is provided for resident outings. Transportation to outpatient appointments can also be arranged, with a staff member accompanying the resident.

Dining & meals

A full-time registered dietitian plans menus around residents’ nutrition and dietary needs. Meal tickets track food preferences, restrictions and allergies; the dietitian and dietary technicians review nutritional status with physicians and nursing staff.

Dining & meals

A culinary chef prepares meals. Residents can dine in country kitchens and dining rooms in each residential wing, with all-day dining, a café and snack shop, menu substitutions, guest meals on request and all-day beverages.

Activities & connection

Daily activities are based on each resident’s abilities and interests. A full-time activities director schedules regular activities and entertainment.

Activities & connection

Special events include family fun days, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day picnics, holiday parties, and visits from Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops.

Shared spaces & amenities

Outdoor and shared spaces include secure enclosed courtyards and gardens with walking paths and a sound system, along with bright, light-filled atriums.

Shared spaces & amenities

Other amenities include pet-friendly visits, a full-service salon and barber shop, a library, personal banking and pharmacy services, and computer and internet access.

Accessibility

Private rooms are available on the ground floor, and rooms have accessible bathrooms. Visitor parking and bus-stop route accessibility are also listed.

Location & getting around

Shaker Place is in Colonie and serves Albany County and surrounding areas. Albany County owns the facility.