Elderwood at Amherst is a nursing home and skilled nursing community in Amherst, NY, with memory care, palliative care, and respite care. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while nursing home and long-term care support ongoing residential care.
Memory care is provided in a secure unit with supervision, which may suit someone living with dementia who needs a setting designed to reduce wandering risk. Palliative care focuses on comfort and symptom management for someone with serious illness. Respite care provides a short stay for a family whose usual caregiver needs time to travel or recover, so the resident can receive care while the primary caregiver is temporarily unavailable.
A rehabilitation gym and rehabilitation services support therapy within the community, without requiring a resident to travel elsewhere for those sessions. Patios, gardens, and a park-like backyard provide outdoor spaces where residents can spend time outside.
Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families those payment routes for eligible care and services. Bryan Petko serves as the director. In the Eggertsville neighborhood, a Walk Score of 73 out of 100 means the area is very walkable, with most errands possible on foot, so a resident who no longer drives may still be able to get out independently.
