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About Staten Island House Calls for Seniors

Remember when doctors made house calls? We are bringing back an even better version! Our Nurse Practitioners who specialize in Adult and Geriatrics will take care of your loved ones in the comfort of their home

Here at EG Healthcare, we want to bring them back for seniors on Staten Island. That’s why we are doing something about it. We feel that our own parents, along with the aging population, deserve better. They deserve the EG Healthcare signature  care with the kindness they deserve . We developed the EG Healthcare House Calls for Seniors because we felt that, for seniors, sometimes the office visit can be difficult and can unnecessarily expose patients to potentially dangerous infections. This is why, at EG Healthcare, we offer our aging Staten Island patients medical house calls. 

EG Healthcare’s medical house calls provide patients with medical treatment, the same as in a doctor’s office, in the comfort of their own home. Our house call medical services specialize in primary care, well visits, sick visits, palliative care, and chronic disease management.

According to the National Council on Aging, approximately 80% of older adults have at least one chronic disease ,  and 77% have at least two. Four chronic diseases—heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes—cause almost two-thirds of all deaths each year (source). National Council on Aging ( Source )

Let EG Healthcare show you how our house call medical services can meet your needs for affordability, convenience, and comprehensive care.  

What is a Medical House Call?

A house call is similar to a doctor’s office visit; however, in this case, it is provided by a nurse practitioner in a patient’s home. 

What are the advantages of in-house medical care?

The advantages of medical care in the comfort of your own home include that:

• It is the safest option for seniors or immunocompromised patients.
• It is less hurried, more personal, and better care
• It provides easy access to routine care
• It happens in the comfort of your home

How House Calls for Seniors Work

EG Healthcare offers house medical visits for primary care, well visits, sick visits, chronic disease management, and palliative care to support your ongoing continuity of care. 

How to get started

Follow these steps to book a house call in Staten Island:

• Contact us on (718) 698-6700 or via our appointment page
• A qualified and experienced medical professional will schedule a time for your visit and arrange a consultation.
• During the appointment, our medical professionals can create orders for an ongoing medical treatment plan (all in the comfort of your own home) that meets your needs.

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EG Healthcare can provide senior residents of Staten Island the same care they would receive in a doctor’s office in the comfort of their own homes. 

What do we treat?

We provide primary care, well visits, sick visits, palliative care, and chronic disease management in addition to creating orders for physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, dietician and nutrition, podiatry, optometry, and more. 

Why EG Healthcare?

• We believe in taking the time to get to know our patients and building lasting relationships
• We focus on providing the highest level of care for all of our medical patients
• We work with access to top-quality diagnostic testing, lab testing, and screening in your own home.

Frequently Asked Questions: 

What medical illnesses do you treat or check what types of services can you provide.

For Primary Care, we can, among many other things:

• Administer vaccinations
• Provide preventative care such as screenings
• Check the patient’s vital signs
• Give a head to toe examination
• Handle bloodwork
• Provide an electrocardiogram (EKG),  
• Administer an eye exam
• Perform cerumen removal
• Depression screening
• Tobacco screening
• Nutrition assessment & counseling 
• Provide a fall risk assessment,  
• Cognitive assessment (mini-mental exam)

We can also assist with Activity of Daily Living (ADL), assistive device ordering, including canes, wheelchairs, walkers, and hospital beds.

For sick visits, we can treat, among other conditions:

• Urinary tract infections (UTI)s
• Upper respiratory infections (URI)
• Foley catheter management
• Eye and ear conditions

For palliative care, we can treat and assist with:

• Pain management
• Advanced Directive/ MOLST Form . Including reviewing with family and patient if they have the capacity. We can help navigate and understand advance directives, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and do-not-resuscitate orders (DNR)
• Provide hospice and end of life care
• Help to review a living will

Help treat chronic diseases, such as:

• Congestive heart failure
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 
• Oxygen-dependent conditions
• Chronic bronchitis
• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
• Hypothyroid
• Hyperthyroid
• Osteoarthritis
• Cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke)
• Alzheimer’s disease (dementia)
• Skincare, including wound management

Who will my provider be?

EG Healthcare’s House Calls for Seniors providers are Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioners. An AGNP is an advanced practice nurse with a professional focus on adults through seniors. In addition to their certification as a registered nurse, an advanced practice nurse has a master’s degree, a post master’s certificate, or a practice-focused doctor of nursing practice degree. 

To become an AGNP, an individual must enroll in either a master’s or doctoral program at an accredited institution. These institutions may have specific tracks and specializations, including acute care and primary care.  

A Nurse Practitioner can:

• Diagnose and treat acute conditions
• Order diagnostic tests including x-rays and lab work
• Manage a patient’s overall care as a primary care provider
• Write prescriptions

How will a home consultation look like?

Our Nurse Practitioner will arrive at the scheduled time, and they will ask some questions to get to know you better. After getting to know you better, the Nurse Practitioner will conduct the necessary physical exam and, if required, order any needed labs or imaging and prescribe medications. They will then discuss any next steps and schedule follow-up appointments with the nurse practitioner or write orders for any necessary therapies.

Will my parent have the same Nurse Practitioner every time?

We will try to send the same Nurse Practitioner every time, but we cannot guarantee this; it is highly dependant on scheduling.

Are all insurance types accepted?

The patient must have insurance, in order to discuss any questions please feel free to contact us .

How can we help?

Not feeling well? We always leave room for some same day appointments.

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Our Nurse-Family Partnership® (NFP) program is a free home-visiting service that serves first-time moms by providing valuable knowledge and support beginning early in pregnancy and until the child reaches two years of age. Partnering first-time mothers with a personal nurse who will provide services to the family based on their schedule empowers these mothers to confidently create a better life for their children and themselves.

Nearly 40 years of research has consistently proven that the Nurse-Family Partnership® program succeeds at its most important goals — keeping children healthy and safe, and improving the lives of moms and babies. 

PHS’ Nurse-Family Partnership program serves families in North West Queens and Rockaway as well as throughout Staten Island.

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• To be eligible must have a life threatening illness or advanced illness.
• To be eligible must have limited support from family and friends; or could benefit from a relationship with a Doula Volunteer.
• To be eligible must have a professional monitoring your needs as your illness progresses.
• To be eligible must have had memory impairment individually assessed.
• To be eligible you must have been consulted and would like a "volunteer visitor".

In-Home Parenting Support

• support network
• parenting education
• foster youth

Family Connect at WholeYouNYC

• diapers & formula
• mental health care
• maternity care

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Supplemental nutrition assistance program, community food connection, summer meals, home visits for first-time parents.

Newborn Home Visiting Program (NHVP) | NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)

Family Services Baby Caregiver

• Eligibility
• Application

First-time parents can get free help from the Newborn Home Visiting Program. Health workers will visit your home and can help you with breastfeeding, mental health education and screenings, provide health and safety tips, and connect you with community resources.

Due to COVID-19, in-person services are temporarily suspended. The program is supporting families by phone.

• Bilingual staff are available.
• Parents receive three home visits and a follow-up phone call.
• Parents can be eligible regardless of immigration status.

Who is eligible

To be eligible for this program, you should be a first-time parent who lives in one of these neighborhoods .

You may also be eligible if you are a parent with a baby less than 3 months old and who:

• lives in a NYCHA development in one of these neighborhoods .
• current gets help from the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS).
• lives in a Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelter.

How to apply

If you gave birth in a hospital where the program operates, program staff will contact you. If you recently gave birth and you were not contacted, call 311 to find out if you can apply.

You can also call these numbers if you live in these areas:

• North and Central Brooklyn: 718-637-5235
• South Bronx: 718-579-2878
• East and Central Harlem: 646-672-2894

If you live in a Department of Homeless Services shelter, call 718-579-6805 for more information about signing up for this program.

How to get help

• Visit the DOHMH Newborn Home Visiting Program website for more information.

Other Family Services Programs

NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA)

Free and safe legal help for immigrants

Find free, safe immigration legal help. Meet with an immigration attorney in your community about your options.

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NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA)

Child support services

Financial support for children and employment support for parents not living with their children.

NYC Nurse-Family Partnership (NYC NFP)

NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)

Support for first-time parents

Nurses provide support to parents having their first baby to be the best parents they can be.

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Child Welfare

Healthy Families

Locations served:.

Select areas of Staten Island: zipcodes 10301, 10302, 10303, 10304, 10310

AGES SERVED:

Families who are expecting, or have an infant less than 3 months of age

In operation in Staten Island for more than a decade, The Foundling’s Healthy Families program is a free, home visiting program designed to help new and expectant parents meet the challenges of parenting and ensure the healthy development of their children.

Being a new parent can be stressful and overwhelming, and many families, particularly those who are socially or geographically isolated, struggle to provide a supportive environment for their children. The Foundling’s Healthy Families program helps prepare new parents to meet the challenges of parenting and ensure their children’s healthy development.

The Healthy Families program promotes child and family health, development, and self-sufficiency through home visiting services that support parents from pregnancy until their child is ready for school. The program provides support and information to families and  links them to resources in the community, while promoting well-baby care.

Success Stories

From the hospital room to a happy home

Marina was thrilled to learn she was pregnant for the second time. But when she discovered she was expecting twins, the excitement quickly shifted to anxiety. It had been nearly 13 years since she had her first child, and she worried that having twins would be a completely different experience. With guidance from The Foundling’s Healthy Families Program, Marina refreshed her parenting skills and learned about community resources available to her and the new babies, Amaya and Ayden. From the hospital room to today, The Foundling's family support specialists have been there every step of the parenting journey. “The program has given me confidence in being a mom,” she says.

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Home Health Care

• Early Intervention
• Accreditation
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100 years of bringing quality home health nursing to you.

Patient Care is always our first priority. Visiting Nurse Association of staten Island (VNASI) has registered nurses that will evaluate your home health needs and work with you and your physician to develop a personalized plan of care. We then coordinate all necessary services and arrange for durable medical equipment supplies. Our mission is to provide the highest quality therapeutic, support, and preventitative health care service outside the hospital setting as an independent health care agency.

Our Services:

• Skilled Nursing
• Care Management & Transitions
• Home Health Aides
• Medical Social Work
• Nutritional Guidance
• Personal Care Workers
• Personal Emergency Response Systems
• Personally-Planned Services
• Physical & Speech Therapy
• Occupational & Respiratory Therapy
• PRI/Screen & Universal Assesment (UAS)
• Telehealth Services
• Wound Management

EARLY INTERVENTION FOR CHILDREN

The early years of a child's life are very important! VNASI's Early Intervention professionals participate in a statewide program that provides specialized services for children from 0-3 years of age and their families. We work closely with you to create a program tailored for your child.

MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE

VNASI Maternal Child Health Care Program provides prenatal and postpartum care to mothers and infants. This program also offers specialized health care to children up to 18 years of age.

IN-HOME ACUTE CARE SERVICES

VNASI Acute Care Program provides shsort-term skilled nursing services (Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Medical Social Work, Nurtritional Services) after hospitalization or on doctor's orders to ensure that patients achieve the highest possible level of recovery and self management in the community.

HIGH TECH THERAPIES

VNASI High Tech Program provides a variety of intravenous, enteral, and inhalation therapies which offer patients a welcome alternatives to hospiatalization or difficult-to-travel-to clinical facilities.

LONG TERM CARE SERVICES

VNASI follows the philosophy that our patients have the right to receive the highest quality care in the comfort of their own home or community setting. We pursue programs that fit this philosophy with the best interest of our patients and their future in mind.

BILLING AND INSURANCE

Most home health care services provided by Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island are reimbursable through private Insurance, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO), Medicare, or Medicaid. VNASI will be pleased to work with you and determine your eligibility for coverage.

Remember, it is your right to choose a home health care provider is guaranteed by the law. Be sure that your visiting nurse is from the Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island.

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Medical Home Visit Programs During COVID-19 State of Emergency

• John R. Maese, MD
• Zeel Shah, MD

This report highlights the unique challenges faced by home health programs in addition to discussing how technology and policy changes have helped the elderly homebound during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Elderly, homebound individuals comprise a vulnerable segment of society who have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic through a myriad of unique challenges. There is a significant amount of fear of acquiring COVID-19 by seeking health care services, which has adversely affected patients by worsening fixable situations. Another challenge is the decrease in diagnostic support for evaluating patients compared with a pre–COVID-19 world. Agencies providing at-home phlebotomy, portable radiology, and support services have had to limit their home visits due to an inability to access personal protective equipment. This loss of diagnostic and therapeutic support has had an emotional toll on patients and their caregivers. COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the health and finances of home health aides and their patients. Loss of long-term home health aides has adversely affected younger patients with ailments like Down syndrome as well as older patients with dementia. COVID-19 has also increased pressure on end-of-life decision making. Patients and their families are increasingly opting for palliative care and hospice programming to avoid separation. Families are being forced to consider advance directives under an increased emotional strain as patients become “persons under investigation” for COVID-19. Technology has allowed for the provision of services through telehealth, and changes to policy by CMS have aided widespread implementation of telemedicine. We anticipate continuing to be nimble in the face of challenge and to provide timely and meaningful care for those who depend on our efforts.

Am J Manag Care. 2020;26(11):465-466. https://doi.org/10.37765/ajmc.2020.88467

Takeaway Points

A greater awareness of the unique challenges faced by home health programs in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era will allow decision makers to take a holistic approach to patient management.

• Fear of encountering COVID-19 precipitates poor decision-making.
• Inadequate supplies of timely diagnostics for COVID-19 adversely affect services for homebound patients.
• A lack of personal protective equipment also diminished services by vendors such as visiting nurses and physical therapists.
• COVID-19 triggered altered end-of-life decisions by those afraid to be without loved ones in the hospital.
• Home visit medical care benefited from a boom in the use of telehealth services.

A vulnerable segment of society is composed of elderly homebound individuals who can no longer care for themselves. We have witnessed bravery by families who embrace their elders with respect and love. Homes are redesigned to incorporate safety and creative design to facilitate accessibility for those with disabilities. Unfortunately, there also are those who suffer neglect by family and social isolation. We care for those who experience financial abuse, poverty, and burdens of chronic disease.

Our medical home visit program is embedded in the Division of Geriatrics at Staten Island University Hospital in New York. We provide ongoing medical visits for 325 families with a professional staff of geriatricians, family practice physicians, a physician assistant, nurse practitioners, a social worker, and a clinical pharmacist. Our office staff facilitates every imaginable need of this population. We have seen our share of natural disasters. While our hospital was being evacuated for Hurricane Irene in 2011, we approached Incident Command with our plan of contacting each family to assess needs. In 2012, while preparing for the impact of Superstorm Sandy, we had some homebound individuals transferred by ambulance to shelters. Staff members purchased and delivered food, and processes were coordinated with oxygen companies, visiting nurse agencies, and Meals on Wheels to predeliver goods. After each disaster, we assisted patients in recovery and safe relocation. The needs emerging from our current emergency are unlike those from any of our past crises. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we have experienced a myriad of unique challenges.

There is an exceptional amount of fear on the part of patients and families to access the health system with concern of coming in contact with COVID-19. This fear impairs good judgment. For instance, a patient taking Coumadin developed black diarrhea and light-headedness yet refused to go to the hospital for decreasing serial measurements of hematocrit. He said, “Hospitals are full of coronavirus and I won’t go there.” There is a fear of isolation because hospitals will not allow visitors, which also leads to poor decision-making. A patient with an acute cerebrovascular accident, with new-onset oropharyngeal dysphagia and the pocketing of food, progressed to fatal aspiration pneumonia because the caregiver could not bear the thought of sending their loved one to the hospital alone.

Another challenge is the decrease in diagnostic support for patient evaluation compared with a pre–COVID-19 world. Vendors have been limiting their home visits, and as a result, our program has had less diagnostic support. Our portable radiology vendor went on hiatus. Previously reliable laboratories for home phlebotomy offered fewer rounds, and patients lost the benefit of urgent testing from home. Testing for COVID-19 by both polymerase chain reaction and antibody identification has been relatively nonexistent for the first few months of this pandemic for the homebound.

The inability to access personal protective equipment (PPE) placed severe limitations on our visiting nurse partners. They were unable to visit patients because they did not have PPE to protect themselves and not all the agencies were prepared to conduct telehealth services. Without these community agencies, support services such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy came to a staggering halt.

Another burden with the loss of diagnostic and therapeutic agencies is the emotional toll of losing the reassurance that these providers gave to patients. Regular contact by nurses and therapists plays an integral role in providing emotional support to overstressed caregivers. Positive reinforcements from these service providers ensure validation for families that they are providing appropriate care. Such reassurance is invaluable in supporting caregiver efforts.

COVID-19 has had a tremendous health and financial impact on home health aides. Some of these dedicated professionals have contracted the disease themselves. While ill and convalescing, they are unable to work, and this has taken a financial toll on this force. Conversely, when a long-serving aide is taken out of rotation for a patient with advanced dementia, there is an increased risk of the patient developing delirium. Continuity of care providers is one key to success in care of adults with dementia. Additionally, there is the risk that aides may bring COVID-19 to patients either by having mild illness or as asymptomatic carriers. Our program has seen this tragically affect younger patients who are compromised by congenital ailments such as Down syndrome and older patients with dementia.

Another impact of COVID-19 on the homebound community is the pressure it brings to end-of-life decision-making. Even in patients who are chronically ill with a high degree of disease burden, some patients and families refuse to address issues relating to assigning someone as a health care proxy, establishing advanced directives such as Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment, and considering palliative care and hospice programming. As patients become “persons under investigation” for COVID-19, their families have been forced to consider these issues under scenarios of increased emotional strain. An increased number of patients have transferred to hospice whose families previously would not consider it. The driving force in most of these situations was that the family did not want to be separated from the patient as they were dying. Most of these cases should have been on hospice already, but pre–COVID-19, there was a significant amount of familial resistance.

Technology has assisted in our provision of services. Families have embraced telehealth and have been very supportive and understanding of the strains on our professional and support staff during this crisis. They express appreciation for telehealth visits and to staff for their assistance in day-to-day operations. Patients have benefited in ways that would not have been earlier imagined. For instance, a patient had fallen and, after being lifted into a chair, was afraid to move for fear of hip fracture. When we were called, we had the family extend her legs with underlying support so we could see whether there was leg shortening or outward rotation of the foot. Upon seeing neither, we were able to coax the patient to ambulate with direct visualization. Other assessments have included shingles, bed bugs, olecranon bursitis, cellulitis, and exacerbations of congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—all handled with minimal exposure to the patient and with gratitude from the family. We have trained families to assist in meaningful data collection activities like tracking temperatures, measuring heart rate, and performing pulse oximeter checks so that we could identify patterns of concern. Additionally, we have embarked on a program to have medical students provide “social calls.” They check on how patients are doing, and if a need is identified, including the need for psychological services, then appropriate referrals can be made.

We have been grateful for actions the federal government has taken to help ease transitions from the community to a skilled nursing facility when needed—for example, for the urgent care of a patient with dementia who could no longer be handled at home. CMS rescinded the “3-day rule,” which required a hospitalization for 3 days before Medicare allowed for payments in a skilled nursing facility. 1 Further federal and state allowances to decrease regulation and support payment for telehealth visits have provided needed fiscal support of programs that virtually bring medical professionals into the home to direct care. 2 We anticipate continuing to be nimble in the face of challenge and to provide timely and meaningful care for those who depend on our efforts.

Author Affiliations: Division of Geriatrics, Northwell Staten Island University Hospital (DS, AS, JRM, ZS), Staten Island, NY.

Source of Funding: None.

Author Disclosures: Dr Seminara is a part-time employee of Staten Island University Hospital, and one of her responsibilities is as medical leader of the home visit program. Dr Szerszen is employed as a home visit program physician. Dr Maese’s wife is a part-time employee of the home visit program at Staten Island University Hospital. Dr Shah reports no relationship or financial interest with any entity that would pose a conflict of interest with the subject matter of this article.

Authorship Information: Concept and design (DS, AS, JRM, ZS); acquisition of data (DS, JRM, ZS); analysis and interpretation of data (DS, JRM, ZS); drafting of the manuscript (DS, AS, JRM, ZS); critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content (DS, AS, JRM, ZS); provision of patients or study materials (DS, JRM); administrative, technical, or logistic support (DS, JRM, ZS); and supervision (DS, JRM, ZS).

Address Correspondence to: Zeel Shah, MD, Division of Geriatrics, Northwell Staten Island University Hospital, 420 Lyndale Ave, Staten Island, NY 10312. Email: [email protected].

1. Medicare Shared Savings Program: skilled nursing facility 3-day rule waiver. CMS. April 2020. Accessed April 26, 2020. https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/sharedsavingsprogram/Downloads/SNF-Waiver-Guidance.pdf

2. Medicare telemedicine health care provider fact sheet. CMS. March 17, 2020. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/medicare-telemedicine-health-care-provider-fact-sheet

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The 10 Best Home Care Agencies for Seniors in Staten Island, NY for 2024

Below we’ve compiled a comprehensive directory of every home care provider in the Staten Island area – complete with services offered and reviews from families who’ve actually used the service. In addition to our in-depth provider listings, we’ve compiled resources to help seniors and their families to access all the tools they need to age in place safely and gracefully.

Home Care Agencies in Staten Island, NY

Genesa Home Care & Companionship Agency

392 Albany Ave, Kingston, NY, 12401

"We are former clients of Genessa Home Care. My brother, and I could not be happier with the services provided by Genessa. After our father died we were in a very difficult situation, trying to care for a mother, but Genessa was very accommodating to ..."

Home Instead - Staten Island, NY

2153 Richmond Ave, Suite 209, Staten Island, NY, 10306

"Home Instead Senior Care is a non-medical provider of personal care, companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, medication reminde..."

Right at Home South Staten Island, NY

800 Manor Road, Suite 2 , Staten Island, NY, 10314

"Right at Home provides in-home caregiving services for thousands of families across the nation. We offer companionship and help with everyda..."

Visiting Nurse Association Health Group

23 Main St Suite D1, Holmdel, NJ, 07733

( 7 reviews )

"This this service is amazing. I’ve had others. They are caring and empathetic. They’re always extremely helpful. Empathy is key. As a caretaker to my dad for years, I tried other services. The last two times my dads cancer came back I used visiti..."

European Expert Care Agency

110 Norman Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11222

( 6 reviews )

"Back in 2013 I fell and severely fractured my hip. I contacted European Expert Care to inquire about getting help for myself. From the very beginning I spoke to Dorothy, she informed me about options and what I should expect. Dorothy was quick in set..."

No Limit Home Care Agency LLC

134 North Ave, Suite 203, New Rochelle, NY, 10801

( 4 reviews )

"No Limit Home Care has provided extraordinary home care for my 99 year old father. They are very attentive to the needs of my father. The care that is given to my father will give him another 5 years of good health. They are the best. ..."

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Home Helpers of Staten Island

55 Austin Place Suite 4P, Staten Island, NY, 10304

( 3 reviews )

"An amazing group of people. Due to unfortunate circumstances we needed care for my father almost immediately and the Home Helpers team came thru for us... Life savers!!!!! I can't thank them enough. Unbelievable Staff. Willing to go the extra mil..."

Whitehouse Cares Home Care

118-35 Queens Blvd., Suite 400, Queens, NY, 11375

"This is the best Home Health Care Agency you will find in all of New York City with the best certified Home Health Aides...."

Stellar Home Care & Staffing

149 So. Euclid Ave, Westfield, NJ, 07090

( 2 reviews )

"They were caring so beautifully for my dad. My dad already passed away. Their care for him was excellent. Everytime I call them, there's always a consistent person or two who took my calls. They always knew who I was and knew what we needed. Their re..."

Helping Hands Services - Little Neck, NY

24650 57th Dr, Little Neck, NY, 11362

"We hired Helping Hands Services for my aunt. They're very good. They cooked, and they did light housekeeping and laundry. They're excellent. The staff was awesome because they kept in touch with us to let us know what was happening every step of the ..."

Personal Touch

150 Bay Street, Staten Island, NY, 10301

( 1 reviews )

"Personal-Touch Home Care provided home health aides for my husband. They were really good with the follow-up calls. The two caregivers they provided for my husband were great. They were very professional. The management was also able to do well in sc..."

Atria Home Care

40 Cutter Mill Road, Great Neck, NY, 11021

"Sterling Glen was recommended to us by Atria Assisted Living. They're excellent! They're very, very good. I actually tried a few agencies in the past. Atria gave me 4 names of agencies that I could call to get an aide for my mother. I tried a few an..."

PearlCare Medical Staffing - Mamoroneck

434 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 101, Mamaroneck, NY, 10543

"On my recent trip to NY, I had the pleasure of meeting with Evan, one of the owners of Pearlcare Medical Staffing. I live in California, but my brother who lives in NY has recently been diagnosed with ALS. I researched the net and began talking ..."

Isabella Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care

515 Audubon Avenue, New York, NY, 10040

Stella Orton Home Health Care Agency

3155 Amboy Road, Staten Island, NY, 10314

"We have been using Stella Orton since mid March for 19 hours a week -- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 1:00 to 6:00 and Friday 2:00 to 6:00. Everything has been fine, and the person we have is very good. ..."

Hope Home Care, Inc.

26 Dumont Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10305

"I have been using Hope Home Care for a year now and some of the aides were good and some were not. ..."

Balm of Gilead Home Care

4626 White Plains Road, Bronx, NY, 10470

"Balm of Gilead Home Care prides itself on providing the kind of care that patients need and want. On-call twenty-four hours a day, the agenc..."

Caremates, Inc

503 Mosely Ave, Staten Island, NY, 10312

Continued Care Of Long Island Inc. - Farmingdale

130 Sea Lane, Farmingdale, NY, 11735

Elder Home Companions, Inc

3375 Park Avenue, Suite 3004, Wantagh, NY, 11793

"Welcome to Elder Home Companions Companions for Quality Independence Elder Home Companions is one of the leading providers of Companion ..."

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Paying for Home Care in Staten Island, NY

The cost of home care in staten island, ny.

According to Genworth’s 2021 Cost of Care Survey , home care in Staten Island has a median monthly cost of $5,529. Home care in Staten Island is some of the most expensive in the state and is more than the state average of $5,339 and the national average of $4,957. Poughkeepsie and Kingston residents pay $5,339 and $5,148 respectively, while those in Binghamton pay $715 less.

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The Cost of Home Care vs. Other Senior Care Options in Staten Island, NY

Seniors looking for long-term care in Staten Island should explore other options before deciding. Home care is $5,529 per month, while home health care, which also provides light medical services, is slightly more at $5,720. Assisted living facilities cost around $5,750, while adult day health is available at $1,950. Seniors who don’t require hospitalization but require constant care may choose a semiprivate room in a nursing home at $12,471 per month.

Home Health Care

Adult Day Health Care

Assisted Living Facility

Nursing Home Facility (semiprivate room)

Note: Data for State Island was unavailable, so data for the nearest city, New York City, was used instead.

Financial Assistance for Home Care in Staten Island, NY

Given the high cost of in-home care, many people use one or more forms of financial assistance to cover the expenses. Below, we explain some of the most common sources of financial help for paying for in-home care. If none of these options are available to you, you can reach out to your Area Agency on Aging or Aging and Disability Resource Center to learn about local resources.

• Long-Term Care Insurance: Long-Term Care Insurance covers expenses related to senior care, including in-home care. Depending on the policy type, beneficiaries may receive a cash payment to use towards long-term care or reimbursement for qualifying long-term care expenses. Note that there are limitations- typically a maximum benefit of $150 per day- and exact coverage terms vary depending on the exact policy, so always check the details.
• Medicare: Medicare does not cover in-home care because it is classified as custodial, or non-medical, care. However, some Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans, which offer expanded benefits, may cover in-home custodial care.
• Medicaid: Medicaid coverage of in-home care varies between different states because it is not a federally mandated benefit. Currently, all states cover some in-home care either through their standard Medicaid or a waiver program . The specific coverage rules are set individually by each state.
• Veterans’ Benefits: The Aid and Attendance benefit is a monthly cash payment that beneficiaries can use to pay for senior care, including in-home care services. To qualify for A&A, Veterans must already receive the VA pension and meet several additional requirements, including needing assistance with the activities of daily living. Contact the Department of Veterans Affairs to learn more.
• Reverse Mortgages : Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) are federally insured loans that are available to homeowners age 62 and over. Reverse mortgages allow you to access a portion of your home’s equity in cash, tax free. Many seniors use reverse mortgages to finance their care expenses, including in-home care. Note that although there are no monthly payments due on reverse mortgage loans, borrowers do have to repay the loan once the last surviving homeowner passes away, moves, or sells the home.

Free & Low-Cost Home Care Resources in Staten Island, NY

Staten Island has multiple resources that help seniors remain in their homes while receiving help with a variety of daily needs. These programs and services address multiple needs, including financial assistance, home repairs and meals.

Determining Your Loved One’s Need for In-Home Care

Aging can be a difficult process, and loved ones may not always ask for help – often times it’s up to their family to evaluate their need for help around the house. While no two situations are exactly alike, this checklist can help you and your loved ones determine when it’s time to start the search for a home care provider.

Guidelines for Talking About In-Home Care

If you’ve determined that your loved one needs the assistance of a care provider in their home, it may be time for a difficult conversation. Handled correctly, however, this process can bring a family together and ensure that everyone’s concerns are addressed. Use this PDF as a starting point to help the conversation stay as positive and productive as possible.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Adult Protective Services

• Burial Assistance
• Child Support Services
• Disability Access
• Domestic Violence Support
• Energy Assistance
• Immigrant Resources
• LGBTQI Support
• Repaying A Claim
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The Adult Protective Services Program (APS) provides services for physically and/or mentally impaired adults. APS works to help at-risk clients live safely in their homes. APS clients can be referred by anyone. Find more information on referrals or make a referral here or call DSS OneNumber at 718-557-1399 . If an individual is eligible for an assessment, a home visit will be made in three business days or in 24 hours if the situation is life-threatening.

For more information on what qualifies an individual for APS and what factors are taken into consideration during a home visit, view the APS Brochure . You can view the interactive version of the APS Brochure here . For more information, contact the APS office in your borough:

• Brooklyn Borough Office: 718-722-4830 | 718-722-4812
• Bronx Borough Office: 929-252-8500
• Manhattan North Borough Office: 212-331-3458
• Manhattan South Borough Office: 212-331-3524
• Queens Borough Office: 718-883-8254
• Staten Island Borough Office: 718-556-5846

Other phone numbers:

• Division of Voluntary and Proprietary Homes for Adults (DVPHA), for information on placement call 212-331-3722 . More information on what’s offered in Family-Type Homes for Adults.
• If you or someone you know needs help, please refer them to APS by calling the DSS OneNumber at 718-557-1399

APS is a state-mandated case management program and part of HRA's Office of Special Services.

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What I like best about VNS Health is that you are there for people who really need you and depend on you. For that I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

There’s not enough time or words to truly express how our VNS Health home health aide blesses our home daily. She is a ray of light — faithful, disciplined, always on time, always doing more than required. She never complains and is always smiling, always joyful.

The psychiatric social worker’s patience, kindness, professional advice, and general demeanor are truly unique. She takes her job so very seriously — I am certain that she blesses countless people!

Our VNS Hospice care team made us feel that we had a hand to hold, listened to all of our questions, and gave us the assistance we needed. We were grateful that our dad died in his home and our care team made him feel comfortable. They always made sure our parents were well taken care of.

I can honestly say this is the best insurance plan I have been with. You always help me when I need the help.

For 130 years, we’ve brought compassion, care, and clinical expertise into New Yorkers’ homes.

In 2024, VNS Health Home Care received a 4-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

VNS Health Personal Care earned the Provider of Choice award from Best of Home Care, recognizing our commitment to the highest quality of care and patient satisfaction.

You’re in expert, caring hands. Our home health aides receive extra training, and they work under the supervision of a registered nurse.

Caring for LGBTQ+ Older Adults with Dignity and Respect

New York State is home to over 800,000 LGBTQ+ adults, about a third of whom are over 50 years old. VNS Health team members have received training in working with LGTBQ+ communities from the advocacy organization SAGE. SAGE is the country’s largest and oldest organization committed to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ older adults. This training ensures that our team members are aware of and sensitive to the needs and concerns of LGBTQ+ older adults.  

In fact, VNS Health is the largest home- and community-based health care organization in the New York City metropolitan area with the SAGECare Platinum LGBT cultural competency credential.

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CAMBA’s HomeBase homelessness prevention program serves more than 8,000 clients every year with excellent outcomes . We provide a variety of homelessness prevention tools to assist families and individuals experiencing a housing crisis, and who are at imminent risk of entering the shelter system. HomeBase offers the following services directly or through referrals to our community partners: budgeting and financial workshops, education and employment support, entitlement advocacy, legal services/informal mediation, resources on how to look for housing, and short-term financial assistance.

We serve eligible applicants living in Brooklyn Community Districts 2, 3, 6-15, and 17), or any Community District in Staten Island. Should you know someone experiencing a housing issue in these communities, please feel free to contact us or call 311 to be directed to your closest HomeBase office. All of our offices are open from 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday. We accept walk-ins at all locations from 9am – 4pm, Monday – Friday. Learn more about Homelessness Prevention .

CAMBA’s YOU CAN VAN (YCV) is a custom-built recreational vehicle, which serves as a mobile outreach and assessment center for housing stability and intervention services.

The YCV uses real-time data from the Department of Homeless Services and mapping technology from Arachno to map shelter applicants and tenants in Housing Court and target specific buildings and blocks with high numbers of tenants who are at risk of eviction or entering shelter. By bringing our services directly into high-need neighborhoods, we increase visibility, remove barriers to access, and ensure families can receive referrals, advice and material help right when they need it most.

The YCV is fully staffed by our bilingual outreach team, including a supervisor, driver, assessment worker and outreach worker, who set up informational tables and provide onsite assessments and referrals to supportive services. HomeBase provides the following services directly or through referrals to our community partners:

• Budgeting and financial workshops

• Case management services

• Education and employment services

• Entitlement advocacy

• Legal services/informal mediation

• Resources for how to look for housing

• Short-term financial assistance

HomeBase is also an aftercare provider to those who have left the shelter with a subsidy and those placed in NYCHA housing.

This program is funded by the NYC Department of Homeless Services. CAMBA’s mobile You Can Van was piloted by the Durst Family Foundation, and expanded to high-risk communities in Staten Island by the Robin Hood Foundation.

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Providing Excellent Home Care Services on Staten Island since 1967

Family-owned and operated, SafeHarbor Healthcare Services is renowned for providing Staten Island with superior nursing care services for over half a century.  Whether your loved one is in need of in-home healthcare or facility services, SafeHarbor is synonymous with trust among Staten Islanders. Safe Harbor also offers Specialized Homecare for Pediatric patients within the Staten Island community.

Our staff welcomes the opportunity to work with you, your doctor, and your family to develop a personal care plan that will meet your nursing care needs.

What is Home Care and who benefits from this type of service?

Is home care only for the elderly, nursing care.

We provide registered nurses and licensed practical nurses for all ages in the home or hospital.

Home Health Care

Competent and caring certified home health aides.

Let our staff of over 50 professionals help you with your home health care needs.

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Employees consistently went above and beyond in taking care of Rose and making sure all her needs were met. I can’t express how grateful I am that SafeHarbor was there to care for Rose. SafeHarbor was a Godsend. 

My son is chronically ill but he smiles when he sees the SafeHarbor nurse come in the door.  She has helped him and me cope with the complications of his illness. 

Very pleasant to deal with, very competent. Teresa was lovely and Albert is fantastic. He is just a wonderful worker and person. My father is very confident with his care. we are very satisfied.

Blessed are they who understand my faltering step and palsied hand. Blessed are they who know my ears today must strain to catch the things you say. Blessed are they who seem to know that my eyes are dim and my wits are slow. Blessed are they who never say “you’ve told that story twice today”! Blessed are they who know the ways to bring back memories of yesterdays. Blessed are they who make it known I’m loved, respected and not alone. Blessed are they who know I’m at a loss to find the strength to carry the cross. Blessed are they who ease the days on my journey home in loving ways.

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• Eligibility Criteria Allegations of child physical abuse, child sexual abuse, neglect or domestic violence within the family; a court order for supervised visitation; and visiting parent must be low-income.
• Languages English and Spanish
• Days and Times Monday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Location 520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1401, New York, NY 10018
• Cost No fee

Our Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Program works with families to promote safe, healthy and consistent parent-child relationships in the aftermath of family trauma and separation. Highly skilled licensed therapists strive to help custodial and visiting parents to better understand and meet the physical and emotional needs of their children through psychoeducation, skill building, and processing the impact of family trauma and separation. The program is child-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-focused.

Program Structure

• Weekly hour-long visits in a warm, family-friendly environment
• Visiting parent coaching sessions with Visitation Therapists before and after each visit
• Custodial parent coaching sessions with a Custodial Parent Therapist during visits
• Child coaching sessions with Visitation Therapists as frequently as needed
• Parenting Journey group support sessions for all visiting parents

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Helping children, teens, and young adults heal from trauma.

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This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 2nd Floor, Room 205.

Join staff at SNFL for Archiving at Home: Safeguarding Using Archival Methods. Learn about taking care of different types of personal memorabilia while sharing the history of your cherished items.

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Massive renovation at Staten Island NYCHA complex to begin this summer; Here’s what to know

• Updated: Apr. 29, 2024, 9:06 p.m. |
• Published: Apr. 29, 2024, 5:30 a.m.

The NYCHA West Brighton I and II complex will receive more than $100 million in repairs as part of a massive renovation project expected to begin this summer. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)

• Erik Bascome | [email protected]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) West Brighton I and II complex will soon undergo a transformative renovation expected to vastly improve the quality of life of the apartments’ nearly 1,500 residents.

The massive renovation project, announced last year , will address more than $100 million in capital repairs needs, and include a complete overhaul of the complex’s apartments, building infrastructure and common areas.

All apartments will receive new kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, windows, paint, doors and more, while infrastructure upgrades include enhancements to building security, heating and cooling, water and plumbing and ventilation. The project will also improve public spaces, community safety, landscaping and building entryways, according to NYCHA.

Although design work on the project remains in progress, housing authority officials told the Staten Island Advance/SILive.com that construction is expected to begin this summer. However, NYCHA couldn’t yet provide a specific start date.

The project team has been working closely with residents on the design process, including months of in-person and virtual meetings, in-home assessments, community events, surveying, model unit tours and other resident input activities.

Once the design has been completed, it will be outlined in the West Brighton Community Plan, which will be posted online and distributed to all residents before construction begins.

During construction, some residents will be temporarily relocated to other units on-site to accommodate elevator modernization work and the remediation of environmental hazards within their units.

All residents will be returned to their original units once the work is completed.

City officials said construction is expected to take approximately 30 months, or two and a half years, to be completed, putting the project on track to wrap up in 2026 or 2027.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The project will be completed through NYCHA’s Permanent Affordability Committment Together (PACT) program, which is the agency’s version of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), a U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program created for housing authorities to access federal capital to improve developments and ensure their affordability.

Under PACT, NYCHA establishes public-private partnerships with private developers, property management companies and social service providers, to carry out much-needed overhaul renovations of their developments. They also convert the properties from Section 9 (public housing) to project-based Section 8, the Housing Choice Voucher program.

NYCHA remains the owner of the buildings, but the PACT program allows day-to-day management of the complexes to be handed over to private companies. Pinnacle City Living will serve as West Brighton I and II’s property manager after they are converted, according to NYCHA.

BFC Partners Development LLC, CB Emmanuel Realty LLC and non-profit organization Catholic Homes New York will work together to repair 574 apartments across the NYCHA development’s 14 buildings, which are home to more than 1,400 residents.

NYCHA and residents of West Brighton I and II, with the support of a technical adviser, Censere Consulting, underwent an extensive community engagement process that began in fall 2021. The committee then reviewed proposals from several potential partners and conducted interviews before selecting BFC Partners, CB Emmanuel Realty and Catholic Homes New York.

“West Brighton Houses is in desperate need and is long overdue for these comprehensive repairs provided by the PACT program,” Shekina Butler, president of the West Brighton Tenant Association said last year. “The quality of life for West Brighton’s residents has declined over the years, and now it’s time to celebrate the upcoming changes. While this has been a long and arduous process, we are thankful for the support of NYCHA and Censere Consulting to have finally chosen the partner team that we feel will best suit the needs of West Brighton residents.”

NYCHA is seven years into its efforts to upgrade its developments, many of which have not been renovated in decades. According to the agency’s website , more than 20,000 apartment units have received repairs or are in progress under the PACT program. There are currently 72 active PACT projects.

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New York State Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton

Chair, Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee

( D ) 23rd Senate District

Here’s how crafty squatters connive to steal your home. And how you can stop them

Tom Wrobleski

April 30, 2024

New York lawmakers have toughened laws in a bid to attack the problem of squatters who illegally occupy houses.

But homeowners can also proactively protect themselves from crafty squatters, who have plenty of weapons at their disposal when it comes to stealing a home and claiming it as their own.

TOUGHENING SQUATTER LAWS

Language in the recently passed state budget excludes squatters from tenant protections.

An earlier bill from state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (D-North Shore/Southern Brooklyn)  contained similar squatter-defining language; doubled the time period for tenancy rights from 30 to 60 days of possession; incorporated squatting into the definition of criminal trespass in the third degree, and enhanced lease provisions.

“For too long, my constituents have grappled with the current reality where individuals unlawfully occupy their spaces without any recourse. We witness distressing scenarios unfold in the news week after week — hardworking homeowners facing legal repercussions for rightfully reclaiming their own property from individuals who brazenly occupy it without consent,” Scarcella-Spanton said. “No one should return home to find their property seized by squatters, who now have more rights to their property than they do.”

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