Medicaid
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Health coverage for people with limited income and resources, including help with long-term care costs. County staff take applications and answer questions about spend-down.
What it offers
- Health coverage for people with limited income
- Help with long-term care costs
- Medicaid spend-down for people over the income limit
- Application requests 518-447-7458
- Service area
- Albany County
- Website
- www.albanycountyny.gov/alternatives-to-a-nursing-home
SourceAlternatives to a Nursing Home·FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)·Senior Handbook, p.25·Checked Oct 19, 2026
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SeniorSolver last compared this entry with its source documents on Oct 19, 2026. That is not a confirmation from the program.
The summary is our own wording. Phone numbers, address, hours, eligibility, costs and service area are reproduced from the documents below as published.
- Alternatives to a Nursing Home – Albany County Department for Aging
- FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) – Albany County Department for Aging
- Senior Handbook, p.25 – Albany County Department for Aging
- Official program website
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