State & County Caregiving Resources

 

AIDS Service Center NYC (ASC)

AIDS Service Center NYC (ASC) is a multiservice community organization that carries out its mission of “helping many, one by one” by building community, connection and stability for New Yorkers living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS.

ASC’s comprehensive programs include state-of-the-art peer education and training, harm reduction, specialized women’s services, HIV counseling and testing, mental health services, medical and holistic care, case management, support groups, and many other innovative programs that help New York City’s most vulnerable individuals and families to survive and thrive in the face of HIV/AIDS.

www.ascnyc.org

 

Alzheimer's Association New York City Chapter
The mission of the Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter is to create and promote comprehensive and humane care for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, and to provide support for their families and professional caregivers. The Chapter meets this mission in the community through increasing public awareness, providing education, creating and encouraging replication of model programs, collaborating with research centers, and undertaking advocacy.

http://www.alznyc.org/

For more information contact:

Email: helpline@alznyc.org
360 Lexington Avenue
5th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-983-6906
Phone 2: 1-800-272-3900

 

Easter Seals New York
Easter Seals New York provides exceptional services to ensure that all people with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities.

http://ny.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=NYDR_homepage

For more information contact:

29 W. 36th Street
4th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Phone: 800-727-8785
Phone 2: 212-244-6053

 

Lutheran Social Services of Upstate New York, Inc.
Lutheran Social Services' Skilled Nursing, Youth, Assisted Living, and Well-Elderly divisions are housed on a 123 acre campus located in Southern Chautauqua County, in the Southern Tier of New York State. Off campus subsidized housing and youth boarding homes are also located in the surrounding area.

http://www.lutheran-jamestown.org/

For more information contact:

Kathleen Lynch
Assisted Living Administrator
Email: kathyl@lutheran-jamestown.org
715 Falconer Street
Jamestown, NY 14701
Phone: 716-665-4905

 

National Multiple Sclerosis Society Upstate New York Chapter
The Upstate New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society serves more than 8,000 individuals with MS and their families in Upstate New York and supports national MS researchers working to find the cause, treatments, and cure for MS. Services of the Upstate New York Chapter include MS information and education programs, self-help and support groups, peer support, health and fitness, recreation programs, Howitt House - an accessible housing program and the MS Achievement Center at the Park - an adult heath program for people disabled with MS in Rochester, NY.

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/NYR/home/

For more information contact:

Email: chapter@msupstateny.org
1650 South Ave
Suite 100
Rochester, NY 14620-3901
Phone: 800-344-4867
Phone 2: 585-271-0801

 

New York State Department of Health
The New York State Department of Health website features important information on everything from Medicaid and Medicare Part D to hospitals, nursing homes and other heath care facilities.

http://www.health.state.ny.us/

For more information contact:

Corning Tower
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12237

 

New York State Office for the Aging
It is the mission of the New York State Office for the Aging to help older New Yorkers to be as independent as possible for as long as possible through advocacy, development and delivery of cost-effective policies, programs and services which support and empower the elderly and their families, in partnership with the network of public and private organizations which serve them.

http://www.aging.state.ny.us/

For more information contact:

New York State Office for the Aging
2 Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12223-1251
Phone: 1-800-342-9871

 

New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
With its role in New York State government, the mission of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) is to promote greater self-sufficiency of the State's residents through the efficient delivery of temporary and transitional assistance, disability assistance, and the collection of child support.

http://www.otda.state.ny.us

For more information contact:

Email: nyspio@otda.state.ny.us
New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
40 North Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12243
Phone: 800-846-0773

 

New York State Partnership for Long Term Care
The New York State Partnership for Long-Term Care is a unique program combining long-term care insurance and Medicaid Extended Coverage. Its purpose is to help New Yorkers financially prepare for the possibility of needing nursing home care, home care or assisted living services someday. The program allows New Yorkers to protect some or all of their assets (resources), depending on the insurance plan purchased, if their long-term care needs extend beyond the period covered by their private insurance policy.

http://www.nyspltc.org/

For more information contact:

Email: pltc@health.state.ny.us
Phone: 888-NYSPLTC

 

The New York Foundling
The New York Foundling, in the tradition of openness and compassion of its sponsors the Sisters of Charity, helps children, youth and adults in need through advocacy and through preventive and in-care services that strengthen families and communities and help each individual reach his or her potential.

http://www.nyfoundling.org/index.htm

For more information contact:

590 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-633-9300

 

Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to home and community-based health care. Today, VNSNY is the parent organization of several not-for-profit companies whose staff provide and coordinate the care of patients residing throughout New York City and in Nassau County.

http://www.vnsny.org/index.vns

For more information contact:

Phone: 888-867-1225