Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

    318 S Albany St, Ithaca, NY 14850
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    3.8ยท32 reviews

    Excellent rehab and compassionate staff

    I was very pleased with my stay-excellent rehab/PT/OT, caring and attentive nurses, CNAs and therapists, and a clean, comfortable facility with good social activity. Staff were compassionate, communicative, and well-coordinated with aftercare, which made my recovery and transition home much easier. I recommend this place for recovery-focused, high-quality senior care.

    Current/former resident
    Jul 2026

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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

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

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

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.75ยท(32)

    Overall rating

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

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.6
    • Meals

      2.0
    • Amenities

      2.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive nursing and CNA staff
    • Strong physical and occupational therapy programs
    • Clean, well-maintained interior and rooms
    • Engaging social activities and communal dining interaction
    • Supportive discharge and aftercare coordination
    • Dementia-care capability
    • Respectful family communication in many cases
    • Helpful drivers and therapy specialists
    • Comfortable, recovery-focused environment
    • Kitchen staff recognized for efforts and resident-focused meal service

    Cons

    • Inconsistent and insufficient staffing levels
    • Slow or unreliable response to call bells and assistance requests
    • Delays and coordination gaps in medication administration
    • Variable food quality and meal-service continuity
    • Incontinence-care delays and sanitation concerns
    • Equipment and room maintenance deficiencies
    • Inadequate accommodation for bariatric and specialized mobility needs
    • Billing and financial-administration inaccuracies
    • Language barriers and inconsistent staff communication
    • Weak incident-response and family-notification processes
    • Operational leadership and management shortcomings
    • Inventory and laundry-control lapses

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews indicate a facility with strong rehabilitative capabilities and many staff who provide compassionate, recovery-focused care, particularly in physical and occupational therapy. Several accounts describe attentive CNAs and nurses, clean common areas and rooms, active communal spaces where residents socialize, and staff who help coordinate safe discharges home. At the same time, reviewers identify repeated operational weaknesses that affect day-to-day resident experience and safety.

    Care quality and clinical operations: Therapy and hands-on care are frequent strengths โ€” many families describe meaningful functional gains and excellent PT/OT engagement. Concurrently, there are consistent concerns about timeliness of basic assistance (slow responses to call bells) and medication administration delays. These operational gaps are associated with elevated safety concerns during transfers and mobility assistance, and with frustration around pain-management timeliness. End-of-life and comfort-care interactions were described positively in several accounts, indicating variability in clinical attention depending on unit or shift.

    Staffing, communication, and conduct: Staff are commonly characterized as kind, polite, and professional; multiple reviews single out individual nurses, CNAs, and therapy staff for being caring and persistent. However, staffing levels and staffing consistency appear to be ongoing issues: understaffing is linked to delayed responses and reduced attentiveness. Reviewers also cite inconsistent communication skills (including language barriers) and uneven family notification after incidents. These points suggest variable staff training, supervision, and shift-to-shift continuity.

    Dining and activities: The facility offers social activities and communal dining opportunities that many residents enjoy; dining areas are used for games and interaction. Comments about food are mixed: kitchen staff receive praise for effort and service, but many reviewers describe the meals as unappealing or of inconsistent quality. Meal-service continuity and menu quality emerge as areas needing improvement.

    Facilities, equipment, and safety features: Many visitors note a clean, well-maintained environment overall. At the same time, reviewers report recurring maintenance and equipment issues (nonworking room devices, lack of in-room phones, delayed delivery of medical equipment), room size limitations for bariatric equipment, and concerns about inventory controls such as laundry handling. These facility-level problems can compound care challenges when equipment or room layout does not support safe transfers.

    Management and administrative operations: Several reviews express dissatisfaction with management and administrative processes, including billing inaccuracies, poor leadership responsiveness, and gaps in incident response or family notification. A number of operational complaints (staffing, billing, inventory control) point to systemic management and oversight shortcomings rather than isolated events.

    Patterns and decision guidance: The overall pattern is mixed. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facilityโ€™s strong rehabilitation and many positive staff interactions against consistent operational faults โ€” primarily staffing shortfalls, responsiveness delays, variable meal quality, maintenance gaps, and administrative issues. For individuals primarily seeking intensive rehab and therapy with active communal programming, the facility may be a good fit. For those who require highly reliable response times, bariatric accommodations, or consistently timely medication and assisted-care routines, follow-up questions about staffing levels, incident-notification protocols, and room/equipment readiness are advised prior to placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is located at 318 S Albany St, Ithaca, NY, 14850.

    About Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

    Beechtree Center For Rehabilitation And Nursing sits as a 120-bed skilled nursing facility with about 113 residents each day, and while it's managed by Efraim Steif and affiliated with Upstate Services Group, what a person will notice is the long corridors and the rooms where the staff provide both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care for folks who need help with daily activities, whether just for a few weeks to recover, or much longer with advanced care needs, and folks with Alzheimer's or dementia can get specialized help in a safe environment with routines and programs like music and memory, or pet therapy, or recreation therapy that brighten the weeks as best they can while the dining services really try to serve fresh food from buffet-style steam tables, not just in one room but in each neighborhood, and every meal is prepared to look nice and stay at a good temperature-which comes as a relief, as meals and mealtimes are often bright spots, especially for people who follow therapeutic diets to manage different health concerns, and if family caregivers need a breather or help for a short time, they can use the Respite Care services for their loved one too, so families feel supported. It's the sort of place that tries to keep a home-like atmosphere even as it works to meet physical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs, where people are encouraged to wake up early if they want or sleep in, and they can choose showers or baths, while staff meet regularly with residents and families-especially if decisions about care get complicated, so folks have their voices heard, and there's an aim for dignity, respect, and self-determination as people get the care they need. There's always something going on, but it's worth noting that Beechtree Center did have 29 total state deficiencies and at least one was infection-related, and with nurse hours per resident each day below state average and nurse turnover higher than other places, some families might pay attention to those numbers, but for those looking for a nursing home with restaurant-style dining, specialized dementia programs, and the comfort of personal touches like music, pets, and memory activities, Beechtree offers both skilled nursing and a sense of home.

    People often ask...

    Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing offers memory care, continuing care retirement community, and skilled nursing.

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    Yes, Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 318 S Albany St, Ithaca, NY 14850.

    No, Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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