Emeritus At Colonie Manor

This place should get 2 stars for the tiny size of the rooms (10×12) with one moderate closet and barely adequate bathroom with no storage. Residents are charged more for every little assistance they might need. Example: getting reminded of a meal occasionally costs money. Need medicine handed out, that’s more. If you even have low blood pressure or high blood pressure you are charged more, even if no treatment is indicated. Residents must supply their own paper products and toiletries. I don’t know how this works if you don’t have family nearby.
The food is only fair, but they have run out of dessert twice just in the last week. How do you run out of strawberry ice cream?
As for activities, all I can say is that there are some. They repeat over and over and over every day. Goodness knows when something special will come along.
They clean the room and bathroom but will not dust. It’s hard to understand that.
The extra star is for the friendly staff, always helpful and smiling. It seems to keep the residents smiling too. There are rooms for every kind of activity all over this compact facility, several TV rooms, sitting room, card table, pianos, dining, nurses offices, separate family dining room, courtyard for nice weather, activity room, religious services space and a special room dedicated to veterans where you can sit.
Before deciding on coming here think seriously about spending years in a tiny room and eating meals that are not that great.