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Patient Resources
Fall Prevention Patient
Education (printable in English/Spanish/Chinese) from the CDC
Senior
Centers
Senior centers serve anyone over the age of 60. All provide hot lunch (at
ARC XVI Ft
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Marian Spencer, Director. 212-781-5700
Social adult day care
1970
Ianthe Gillette, Director. 212-568-6933.
Breakfast provided.
Church
on the Hill Older Adult Luncheon Club
2005
Jane Ruddy, Director. 212-781-6580.
Lunch is at 1pm. Meals delivered in immediate area.
Luz Rivera, Director. 212-569-7790.
Breakfast provided.
99 Ft
Washington Avenue, NY, NY 10032
Rebecca Carel, Director.
Programs for persons with memory loss and developmental disabilities. Daily
money management.
Inwood
84
Jessica Benito, Director. 212-567-3200.
Breakfast provided. Meals delivered in immediate area.
Moriah
Older Adult Luncheon Club
90
Betty Moniker, Director. 212-923-5715.
Additional languages: Russian, German, Yiddish.
Glatt Kosher lunch served at
Meals delivered in immediate area.
Ruth Rossini, Director. 212-781-8331.
Additional language: Armenian.
Limited transportation available to center, mental health services and Meals on
Wheels intake.
Harry
&
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Faith Fogelman, Director. 212-569-6200 x 221
Additional languages: Russian, German and Yiddish. Kosher lunch and home
delivered meals. Transportation to center available.
Senior Clubs (no
lunch is served)
J.
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
Stephanie Lynch 212-927-1514.
Elizabeth
Wright, President. 212-862-0141.
Meets monthly. Advocates for seniors.
RENA-COA
Senior Club
1920
Francine Conde, Director. 212-368-3295.
Trips, arts & crafts, social support and intergenerational program.
Washington
Heights Institute for Retired Persons (WHIRP)
Rita
Palter 212-795-6666.
Study groups; meets weekly.
Memory Loss
212-543-5853
Comprehensive diagnosis for persons with memory loss. Research
studies/treatment
Alzheimer's Support Group for Family Caregivers
Meetings 2nd and 4thTuesdays from
Contact: Christine Weber, Ph. D at 212-305-2435 or
212-305-3785
sponsored by the Taub Institue for research on Alzheimer's
disease and the aging brain.
Ft
Washington Houses Senior Center
99
212-927-5600
Library with bilingual information and educational material about memory loss
and services.
By appointment.
Adult Day Services
Provide social, recreational and therapeutic activities for mentally or
physically frail seniors in a congregate setting. Some have services for
caregivers as well.
ARC
Adult Social Day Care Center for the Elderly
21 Wadsworth Avenue, NY, NY 10033
Agueda Perez, Program Director 212-781-5700
Club Isabella
An Adult Day Health Care Program serving adults of upper
Hours
For list of services www.clubisabella.info
Patients must be functionally limited, under a doctir's
care, over 18
Maria Pichardo, Case Worker 212-927-5600
For adults with memory loss
ElderServe at the Y
Ann Marie Levine 212-942-4182
Jewish Community
Council of
Robin Kahan 212-568-5450
A weekly activity group for persons with memory loss. Kosher meals.
Care at Home
Institute Home Care Services
23 Nagle Avenue NY, NY 10040
Joan Shockness 212-942-6780
Nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy, recreational therapy, social work,
home health aides, housekeepers.
RENA-COA "Friends
for Friends"
Mary Merriweather, Director 212-368-3295
Information, referral and case management. Entitlement screenings.
VNS Home Care Services
Ginny Fields,
VNS link
St. Elizabeth's Church
Parish Outreach
268
Sr. Loretta Carey 212-568-8803
Supportive services and home visits to elderly community homebound and nursing
home residents.
Alzheimer's Disease and
Related Disorders Association
Ruth Robart-Mayer 212-983-0700.
Are
mentally and/or physically impaired; and
Due to
these impairments are unable to manage their own resources, carry out the
activities of daily living, or protect themselves from abuse, neglect, exploitation
or other hazardous situations without assistance from others; and
Have no
one available, willing, and able to assist them responsibly.
The "Open Door"
A social/recreational program for developmentally disabled persons over 55 yrs.
Fort Washington Houses Senior Center, Lynn Diwinsky, program director
212-927-5600
515
Ivette Palestrant 212-342-9370
Library and services for persons with low vision. Visual aids, reading
equipment and counselling.
Jewish Guild for the
Blind
212-769-6237
Low vision clinic, cassette library, day health care, radio station that
broadcasts newspapers and a residence for blind seniors.
League for the Hard of
Hearing
Keith Muller, director 212-741-7650
Hearing testing, counseling, hearing aids.
Lighthouse
International
212-821-9235 http://www.lighthouse.org/
Low vision clinics, vocational training, independent living classes.
Northern Manhattan
Stroke Club
Consuelo Mora-McLaughlin 212-305-1702
Bilingual activity and support group for post-stroke persons, families and
care-givers.
Visions - Services for
the Bling and Visually Impaired
212-625-1616
Recreation, camp, educational programs and rehabilitative services for the
legally blind.
Respite/Care
out of Home
ElderServe at Night - Hebrew Home at Home
800-567-3646
Overnight recreational and therapeutic program for older persons living at home
who require continuous supervision during the night.
Yvonne Jones, director of admissions 212-342-9245
Scheduled stays of up to 30 days.
Tracey
Sokoloff, Director. 212-342-9500
Jewish Home and
Hospital
Agnes Lewis, Director. 212-870-5071
VNS CHOICE
Sherri Zabko, Coordinator. 212-290-4975
Total continuum of managed care for nursing home eligible patients with
Medicaid and Medicare.