Overview
Pathways Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has a Medicare overall rating of 4 out of 5, above the New York average of 3.1. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Niskayuna. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is staffing (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 4.0 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 77% of nursing homes in New York (the state average is 3.7 hours). Of that, 1.7 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on January 10, 2025, found 5 health deficiencies, fewer than the New York average of 8.0. 1 of them came from complaint investigations. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 31% of New York nursing homes have been fined.
Pathways Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a for-profit facility with 112 certified beds, caring for about 106 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1989.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- January 10, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 5
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 1
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.96 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)1.65 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.27 hrs
- Nurse aides2.03 hrs
- Physical therapists0.12 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 112
- Average residents per day
- 106
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- April 5, 1989
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes