As we've reported for more than a year, a long-term staffing crisis continues to impact patients and their families, Now, those impacted say nursing home staffing needs to be a priority in health ...

Albany, NY — After a five-year legal battle, a federal jury awarded $2 million in damages to the family of Roger Sanford, a former resident of Albany County Nursing Home, in a lawsuit alleging ...

PUBLISHED: September 10, 2024 at 5:58 PM EDT A fourth person has died amid an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at an Albany assisted-living facility, health officials announced Tuesday.

Albany (N.Y.) Med System will team up with Troy, N.Y.-based Russell Sage College to create a new program for nursing students, in an effort to alleviate the national nursing shortage.

Keteri was responsible for 1,900 employees at the 454-bed facility. About 400 employees will report to him in Albany, which is a 78-bed facility.

Residents were wheeled out of the building and were laying in their beds in the parking lot as emergency services responded. The Albany Fire Department and Dougherty County EMS were on scene.

With 210 residents, Absolut Care of Aurora Park is running at just 66% occupancy. Nursing home officials say they're only operating as many beds as they can afford to staff.

Exterior of the Albany County Nursing home on Monday, April 29, 2013 in Colonie, N.Y. The company that hopes to take over management of the Albany County Nursing home was recently cited for flaws ...