St. Margaret’s Center
About St. Margaret’s Center
Founded in 1883, St. Margaret’s Center is a skilled nursing facility serving medically fragile infants, children and young adults on a single dedicated campus. We specialize in providing long-term, 24-hour medical care in a nurturing and home-like setting.
Our goal at St. Margaret’s is to help children learn and grow, despite any obstacle. Thanks to our innovative programs, technology, and specialized care from our highly trained nursing staff, respiratory therapists, therapy department and attending physicians from Albany Med Pediatric Center and the Center for Disability Services, we have made it possible to children to be weaned off of ventilators that they once relied on, and many return home to their families, graduate from school, and move to less restrictive environments. We pride ourselves on the many children who have successfully transitioned back into their own homes.
Many of our students are able to attend the Langan School, and some attend public schools throughout our community. For residents at St. Margaret’s who are too medically fragile to attend school away from the facility, we offer bedside schooling and an in-house day school program facilitated by the Langan School.
As part of our mission to help every child learn and grow, we offer:
- Comprehensive student assessment
- Home-school services
- Transportation to and from community schools
- Playful, age appropriate activities, music and art
- Family activities
- Fully-accessible playground
At St. Margaret’s, we believe kids who are facing the most serious medical challenges deserve the opportunity to just be kids.
St. Margaret’s Center offers cutting-edge, 24-hour long-term intensive medical care to chronically ill children and children who have disabilities.
But, more than just skilled care, St. Margaret’s is a place where infants, children and young adults can learn and grow despite any obstacle. We’re focused on creating a full childhood experience for every patient, which includes activities, school, family and friends in a warm atmosphere that feels like home. We see our patients as kids, not conditions.
What makes St. Margaret’s special?
- Compassionate, caring and experienced staff
- 24-Hour Skilled Nursing Care
- Less than one mile to Albany Medical Center
- Wide range of services and therapies tailored to the needs of long-term pediatric care
- On-site and community-based NYS licensed school services
- Individually focused and group life activities
- Fully-accessible playground
- Dental services
We’re also here to support families who are facing difficult times – and here to celebrate with them during happier times. Each family becomes our family.
Family and Social Service Support includes:
- Assistance with insurance and benefits
- Guidance in navigating available services
- On-site furnished apartment for family stays
- Family-focused events and activities
St. Margaret’s offers support and resources to families to guide them in their roles as caregivers for children with intensive medical needs or who have disabilities. We offer:
- Return-to-home family training
- Advocacy with Medicaid and other funding sources
- Social work and case management services
- On-site furnished apartment for family stays
- Family-focused events and activities
We are always available to families who have questions or concerns about their child or any service or treatment at St. Margaret’s. We work together with families to make sure that all of their child’s needs – medical, social, educational, emotional – are being met.
Contact St. Margaret’s Center
- Nursing Facility Phone
518-591-3300 - Mailing Address
27 Hackett Blvd.
Albany, NY 12208 - Email
smcinfo@cfdsny.org
Admission Questions?
- Admissions Phone
518-591-3336 - Admissions Email
smcadmissions@cfdsny.org
Parenting and Service Resources
- Parent to Parent of New York State, a Family to Family Health Care Information and Education Center
- Center for Disability Services
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Exceptional Parent Magazine
- International Ventilator Users Network
- Support groups for parents
- The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH)
