Pricing ranges from
    $5,106 – 6,127/month

    Sanford Home

    69 Guy Park Ave, Amsterdam, NY, 12010
    5.0 · 5 reviews
    • Independent living
    • Assisted living
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    5.0

    Women-only facility, peaceful, clean, compassionate

    I feel right at home in this women-only facility - peaceful, quiet, comfortable, and impeccably clean. The staff are friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, and genuinely compassionate, and there are daily activities that keep me engaged. I would highly recommend this place.

    Pricing

    $5,106+/moSemi-privateAssisted Living
    $6,127+/mo1 BedroomAssisted Living

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    5.00 · 5 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      4.8
    • Meals

      5.0
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      5.0

    Pros

    • Women-only facility
    • Home-like/at-home atmosphere
    • Friendly staff
    • Knowledgeable staff
    • Helpful staff
    • Compassionate care
    • Impeccable cleanliness
    • Daily activities offered
    • Peaceful and quiet environment
    • Comfortable living environment
    • Strong reviewer recommendations
    • Overall great atmosphere

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment The reviews for Sanford Home are uniformly positive, with reviewers consistently recommending the facility. The dominant impressions are of a safe, quiet, and comfortable residence that feels like home and is particularly oriented toward women. There are no negative themes or complaints in the provided summaries; instead the feedback centers on staff quality, cleanliness, atmosphere, and basic programming.

    Care quality Care is described as compassionate and attentive. Multiple reviewers explicitly say residents are "taken care of," which indicates satisfaction with day-to-day caregiving and support. The combination of descriptors such as "compassionate care" and "knowledgeable staff" suggests that reviewers perceive both warmth and competence in the caregiving team. Because the summaries do not include specifics about medical care, medication management, or clinical services, this positive view should be interpreted as satisfaction with general personal and assisted living support rather than detailed clinical performance.

    Staff and management themes Staff are the most frequently praised element: reviewers call them friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, and great. This repeated focus on staff interpersonal qualities implies a strong team culture and positive resident–staff relationships. While the reviews highlight staff strengths, they do not provide explicit commentary on management, administrative responsiveness, staffing levels, or turnover—areas you may want to verify directly with the facility if they are important to you.

    Facilities, cleanliness, and atmosphere The facility's physical environment receives consistent praise. Reviewers use terms like "impeccable cleanliness," "comfortable," and "peaceful, quiet" to describe the living spaces. The "home-like" or "at-home atmosphere" is a recurring theme, reinforcing that Sanford Home is perceived as cozy and non-institutional. The facility being women-only is explicitly noted and is likely a strong selling point for residents seeking a gender-specific community; it may also be a limiting factor for prospective male residents.

    Activities and daily life Daily activities are mentioned positively, indicating that residents have opportunities for engagement and routine. Although specifics about the types or frequency of activities are not provided, the presence of "daily activities" combined with an overall "great atmosphere" suggests that programming is adequate to support resident well-being. Dining, transportation, medical specialty services, and financial/administrative matters are not discussed in the provided summaries, so those areas remain unknown from this data set.

    Patterns, limitations, and recommendations The pattern across reviews is consistent praise with no recorded complaints in the supplied summaries. That consistency strengthens the credibility of the positive impressions but also highlights the limitation of the dataset: it is short and uniformly positive, so it may not reflect the full range of resident experiences. For a more complete assessment, consider asking the facility about staffing ratios, clinical services and credentialing, sample activity schedules and menus, family communication practices, and any recent inspection or survey results. If the women-only aspect is important, confirm the facility’s policies and the resident mix to ensure it matches your expectations.

    Summary conclusion In sum, Sanford Home is portrayed by these reviewers as a clean, comfortable, women-only residence with compassionate, friendly, and knowledgeable staff, a peaceful atmosphere, and regular activities. Reviewers strongly recommend the facility. Missing details on clinical services, dining, management, and operational specifics mean prospective residents or families should request targeted information and, if possible, tour the facility to confirm these positive impressions align with their individual care and lifestyle needs.

    Location

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    About Sanford Home

    The Sarah Jane Sanford Home for Women stands at 69 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, New York, inside a big Victorian house that's got modern touches and a friendly feel, and what you see here is a place meant for senior women, with a total of 40 private rooms split across two wings called the Century House, which has 28 rooms with special bathrooms, and Sanford Hall, which has 12 rooms with private baths, all of them designed for women who're still ambulatory, meaning everyone needs to be able to get around on their own, and you need to be at least 65 with a medical evaluation and interview before moving in, and nobody's crammed in, because the rooms give plenty of space and privacy, with common areas like two large living rooms, quiet sitting nooks, three bright solariums, a big dining hall, and wide porches and patios that look out onto gardens and walking paths, and there's even a library, pet-friendly spaces, and Wi-Fi all over Sanford Hall. Staff stay on the property day and night, offering help with bathing, dressing, transfers, medication, and other daily needs, so you get security and independence without feeling crowded, and if your health needs change, they'll coordinate outside nursing and therapy, work with hospice, and stay in touch with your care team. There's assisted living, memory care, and respite care, and every new resident has to go through the regular checks because this home is licensed and inspected by the state. The kitchen staff and meal planners serve home-style meals, plus snacks any time, with family-style seating and menus created by dietitians, and they'll adjust for special diets, and guests can join you for meals. There's a beauty salon, an on-site barber, housekeeping, laundry, emergency alert systems, and help with scheduling move-ins, and the staff run a full calendar of entertainment-birthday and holiday parties, music, guest speakers, devotional services, movie nights, group classes, and trips out for lunch, tours, and local festivals, plus field trips so you're not always stuck inside, and there's room for women who like to lead some activities, too. So, Sarah Jane Sanford Home isn't a noisy place, and it isn't like living in a hospital or a big apartment building, since the whole idea is that elderly women can live as independently as possible for as long as possible, with meals, help, and friendship, in a house that keeps some old charm even if you need modern care.

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