Van Rensselaer Manor Rehabilitation & Nursing

12/12/2025

12/11/2025

Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin announced today the $112 million renovation of Van Rensselaer Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility and was joined by two previous County Executives who were instrumental in the construction of the current facility in 1996: John Buono and Henry Zwack. Also on hand was the Director of Central Services, Jim Gordon, who provided more details about the scope of the project.

Please note that the photos here are the architects' renditions and are not exact specs. The project will begin in February of 2026 and is expected to take 24 months to complete.

12/11/2025

Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin announced today a landmark project to renovate and improve the county's outstanding Van Rensselaer Manor Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility.

The current 362-bed county-operated nursing home was opened in June of 1996 at a cost of $25 million. Beginning in February 2026, all 199,000 sq. ft. of the Manor will be will renovated at a cost of $112 million and take approximately 24 months to complete. The cost will be 85% reimbursed by NY State.

The two currently empty units (C1 and C2) will be refurbished first, and then serve as the temporary resident quarters while each of the other units are renovated two at a time. All residents will remain at VRM with as little disruption to their daily routines as possible. The new and improved VRM will also have a separate unit dedicated solely to rehabilitation.

Stay tuned - more info to come.

12/09/2025

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Groundskeeper Donny Ostrander has done a great job (as always!) decorating the outside of VRM. Our Activities Team recently took residents on a magical bus tour to see Christmas lights in Malta, and this past Saturday, residents rode the VRM bus in the Wynantskill Christmas Parade.

11/26/2025

VRM DONATES TO GRAFTON FOOD PANTRY
VRM residents, their families and staff collected bottles and cans throughout the facility this past month and decided to parlay the deposit money into $200 worth of food for the Grafton Food Pantry, which is located at Our Lady of the Snow Church.

Residents Jimmy Stevens and Charlotte Foster greeted Jamie Meehan of the Grafton Food Pantry, who came to collect the food. According to Jamie, the pantry serves about 40 people every Saturday and these donations will help them feed 44 families for Thanksgiving.

11/12/2025

Happy Veterans Day! The Manor honored 37 residents who are Veterans with a ceremony attended by County Executive Steve McLaughlin, NYS Senator Jake Ashby, NYS Assemblyman Scott Bendett, North Greenbush Supervisor Joe Bott and County Legislators Tom Grant, Dan Casale, Bob Loveridge and Carole Weaver. We were also joined by the Siena University ROTC Color Guard and the Director of Rensselaer County Veterans Service Agency Chris Albert, who distributed challenge coins to all our Veterans. We are all grateful for the service of our Veterans.

11/07/2025

Another Sunday - Fun Day on A2: It's a Masquerade Party!

10/31/2025

A lot of creative costumes today from both residents and staff. Happy Halloween!

10/31/2025

VRM knows how to throw a Halloween Party, complete with live music (John Hill), apple cider doughnuts (from Golden Harvest) and an awesome costume contest. The winners are:
Resident Charlie Horrocks' Tin Man costume won Most Creative; Employee Kathy Mallery-Conde's Medusa costume was Scariest;
Resident Jim Roarke's "Gorgeous Girl" ensemble was Funniest; and
Resident David Mahoney & his wife won Best Costume as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

Stay tuned for more costumes!

10/29/2025

Another great way to usher in Autumn:
making apple pies!

10/24/2025

Activity Supervisor Stacy Smith and Activity Aide Kerri Palmer created "Fall Photo Booths" on the A1 and B1 Courtyards, using many of the pumpkins that residents recently painted. A great photo op on a beautiful autumn day!

10/24/2025

Our residents celebrated autumn with a pumpkin painting party.