Personal opinion- I do not consider Newark safe for seniors. Period.
Newark Northgate Rail Station, Appletongate, Newark, NG24 1LS
From the Newark airport, take the Northeastern Regional train to New York Penn Station. From Penn Station, there are 8 trains a day to Albany.
Take any northbound New Jersey Transit train from Newark Penn Station.
about 6 miles
Newark, DE on the Northeast Corridor.
Train B Will Catch Up To Train A In 11 Hours.
Hauptbahnhof (Main Station)
From JFK, take the "Air Train" to Jamaica Station. There, you can catch the LIRR (Long Island Railroad) into Penn Station in Manhattan. From Penn Station, you can catch an Amtrak train upstate to Albany.
Kings Cross Station
Euston
Orient Express (http://www.horseisle.com/?R=Mearna)
You can take a train from the airport to New Brunswick. The airport has a monorail to the train station. You would take the train south to New Brunswick. The train station in New Brunswick is one block from the hospital