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Community Information
Atria Shaker is an assisted living facility in Albany, NY. Atria Shaker offers activities at their location for residents. These activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.
Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples' lives and Atria Shaker offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so Atria Shaker provides meals for residents.
Staff is awake and available 24 hours a day so if any emergencies occur no matter the time, there will be someone ready to help. Making sure residents with diabetes monitor their insulin levels is clearly an important task and Atria Shaker can help with that task. If a resident needs assistance moving from a bed to a wheelchair, this facility has staff who can help. Atria Shaker is operated by Atria.
Unique Features
* Small pets allowed
* Life guidance program
* Engage Life program
* Over 375 programs per month 7 days/week
* Wii system
* Long-tenured staff
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Residents
MaleFemaleThe minimum age that a resident may be is 55 years old.
Staffing
Nurses on StaffDoctor on Call24-Hour Awake StaffVisiting NurseVisiting PodiatristVisiting Physical TherapistVisiting Occupational TherapistVisiting Speech Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level Percentage Light Care 6% Medium Care 62% Heavy Care 31% Atria Shaker prefers that residents need: light care, medium care
Additional Services
Diabetic Care
The community can help residents monitor their blood sugar but cannot give insulin injections.
Memory Care Offered
The memory care area of this community is secured to protect the safety of residents who wander.
Incontinence Care
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community can provide standby assistance for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Care
This community can accept residents who are an elopement risk. This community provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
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Transportation
Resident Parking AvailableComplimentary TransportationProperty Convenient to BuslineSmoking
Allowed OutdoorsAdditional Amenities
Activities OnsiteActivities OffsiteDevotional Services OnsiteDevotional Services OffsiteOutdoor Common AreasIndoor Common AreasBeautician OnsiteOther Services
Hospice AvailableRespite OfferedAging in PlaceMeals
Meals ProvidedVegetarianActivities Provided
Activities are 365/7 days a week including all Holidays. Superior to any competitor by far. Two concerts per week. Knitting group, card groups, luncheons on Lake George (during warm weather) trips to orchards, shopping, concerts in the park, excersise, trips to the raceno, manicures, brain games, pool table, scrabble, Wii station, movie theater. -
Average Room Pricing at Atria Shaker
Room Type Assisted Living Studio 4265.00 Monthly 1 Bedroom 4870.00 Monthly Semi-Private 2893.00 Monthly 2 Bedrooms 5336.00 Monthly Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Estimated Fees at Atria Shaker
Fee Type Assisted Living Community Fee 4770.00 One-time Respite Fee 170.00 Daily Buy-In Fee 4770.00 One-time High Care Needs Fee 2250.00 Monthly Medium Care Needs Fee 1500.00 Monthly Low Care Needs Fee 375.00 Monthly 2nd Person Fee 1400.00 Monthly Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Paying for care
Commercial InsurancePrivate paySocial SecuritySeparate pricing structure for careVeteran's benefits
Nearby Communities
If Atria Shaker isn't quite what you're looking for, take a look at a few other nearby communities that might be a better match.
Nearby Cities
| City | Distance | Number of Facilities | Average CostAverage Cost for 1 Bedroom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 0 miles | 2 | $4,930 |
| Latham | 4 miles | 1 | $4,750 |
| Delmar | 6 miles | 1 | $4,610 |
| Troy | 6 miles | 1 | $4,620 |
| Cohoes | 8 miles | 1 | $4,350 |
| Slingerlands | 8 miles | 1 | N/A |
General Pricing Information for Albany Assisted Living
| Room Type | Minimum Cost | Average Cost | Maximum Cost |
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| 1 Bedroom | $3,700 | $4,930 | $5,850 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $4,940 | $5,210 | $5,415 |
| Semi-Private | $2,940 | $2,940 | $2,940 |
| Studio | $3,590 | $4,080 | $4,330 |
Community Reviews
Some surprises
reviewed on: 11/15/2018 by Tess MurphyMy mother has been living at Atria Shaker for about 8 months and so far it has gone quite well. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The food is good and the medicine she needs is delivered... Read the full review.
Review of Atria Shaker - Albany, NY
reviewed on: 03/14/2016 by AnonymousMy friends are not happy there. Maybe it is just the loss of control over their lives that they are rebelling against and the loss of privacy - both part of the reality of being taken care of... Read the full review.
I would recommend
reviewed on: 06/28/2021 by HarveyWe went with Atria because it was convenient as far as the location and they provided transportation necessary at the time he needed to the hospital for treatment. The facility met his needs and... Read the full review.
It was very beautiful.
reviewed on: 03/24/2015 by AnonymousI toured this community as I was looking for options. It was very beautiful. I really liked all the amenities that were offered to the residents. I would rate them very highly based on what I saw.
My Tour Experience
reviewed on: 08/13/2021 by anonymousMy tour at Atria Shaker was very good. All of the communities that I looked at were pretty similar in that they were all good places, with nothing of real concern at any of them. In the end it... Read the full review.
