Since 2004, JASA’s City-Wide Immigrant
Caregiver Program has been assisting immigrant
caregivers who are caring for a person
who is 60 years of age or older living in the
five boroughs. JASA’s City-Wide Immigrant
Caregiver Program professional staff is
culturally sensitive and speaks Spanish,
Russian and Chinese (Mandarin &
Cantonese).
JASA’s City-Wide Immigrant Caregiver
Program provides:
- Information and assistance
- Referrals to appropriate resources
- Emergency short-term (Respite)
home care
- Supportive counseling
- Accessing eligibility for entitlements
- Supplementals (personal care items,
medical equipment, medications,
utility bills, etc.).
To be eligible for JASA’s City-Wide
Immigrant Caregiver Program emergency
short-term home care and supplemental
services, the person receiving care must have
a cognitive impairment and/or need
assistance with at least two of the following:
bathing, toileting, dressing, eating and
transferring.
If the individual is eligible for emergency
short-term home care and supplementals,
these services are provided at no cost.
Supplemental services include but are not
limited to a one-time financial assistance to
help with payment of rent arrears, utility
arrears, purchase of personal care items,
purchase of medical supplies, reimbursement
for transportation or other caregiver-related
expenses.
To make referrals to JASA’s City-Wide
Immigrant Caregiver Program, please call
JASA’s Help Center at 212-273-5272.
JASA’s City-Wide Immigrant Caregiver
Program is funded by the U.S.
Administration on Aging, National Family
Caregiver Support Program through the
NYC Department for the Aging (DFTA).
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