Getting help
NYC Caregiver Services
Find an NYC Caregiver Resource Center near you!
- Information & Assistance
- Information and referral to available services
- Assistance to caregivers in gaining access to supportive
services and entitlements
- Care plan development - Information & Outreach
- Community presentations
- Linkages with community based organizations - Caregiver Services
- Counseling
- Support groups
- Caregiver Training - Respite
- In-home care
- Adult day care
- Institutional respite (overnight stay) - Supplemental Services
Examples can include:
- Telephone reassurance
- Escort
- Friendly visits
- Limited medical supplies / prescriptions
- Minor home repairs / modifications
- Heavy duty cleaning
- Legal assistance
- Immigration assistance
- Shopping assistance / emergency food
- Transportation reimbursement
- Translations
- Personal Emergency Response System - Additional Services that may be available (each center varies)
- Therapeutic music, art, and movement
- Discussion, writing and reminiscence groups
- Parties, holiday programs, cultural celebrations
- Gym
- Meals and snacks for persons 60+
- Resource library for caregivers
- English as a second language
- Computer training
- …More