Elder care and multilingual senior support across New York City

CPC's Chinatown center serves adults age 60 and older with daily meals, education, recreation, cultural activities, social support, benefits assistance, and translation or interpretation. It also prepares and delivers meals to homebound older adults seven days a week. CPC's senior-services materials explicitly connect the program with Chinese elders and Mandarin and Cantonese access.

• Chinese Community
• Cantonese Language
• Mandarin Language
• Senior Center
• Congregate Meals
• Home Delivered Meals
• Benefits Navigation

DOROT matches adults age 60 and older with volunteers for weekly or monthly visits in the older adult's home, supported by a social worker. Manhattan eligibility is geographically limited to the West Side from 59th to 125th Streets and the East Side from 14th to 96th Streets. Matches are intended to continue for at least one year.

• Friendly Visiting
• In Home
• Age 60 Plus
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Manhattan
• Geographic Eligibility

New York State's current Health Profile lists Haym Salomon Home for the Aged as an operating-certificate facility approved for Adult Day Health Care. The regulated service category requires assessment, nursing-home-level eligibility, and a physician order. Prospective participants should contact the facility about its current day schedule, transportation, language access, payer arrangements, capacity, and individual suitability.

• Adult Day Health
• Regulated Provider
• Brooklyn
• Physician Order
• Assessment Required
• Operating Certificate

JASA's Senior Alliance center gives adults age 60 and older a Brooklyn location for hot meals, activities, exercise, arts, health information, technology learning, and social connection. JASA publishes current center information and calendars in both English and Russian. Program schedules change monthly, so participants should use the latest calendar or call the center.

• Senior Center
• Russian Language
• English Language
• Congregate Meals
• Social Activities
• Age 60 Plus
• Brooklyn

New York State's current Health Profile lists Elmhurst Care Center as an operating-certificate facility approved to provide Adult Day Health Care. State guidance says this regulated model may include nursing, therapies, nutrition, transportation, and social services, with nursing-home-level eligibility and a physician order. Families must contact the facility to confirm active enrollment, payer acceptance, and individual fit.

• Adult Day Health
• Regulated Provider
• Queens
• Physician Order
• Assessment Required
• Operating Certificate

India Home serves South Asian and Indo-Caribbean immigrant older adults through Queens-based centers, culturally relevant congregate and home-delivered meals, wellness and social programs, case management, benefits help, and dementia respite. Case assistance is explicitly available in Bengali, Hindi, and English. Schedules and meal styles vary by site, so participants should confirm the current location and intake route.

• South Asian
• Indo Caribbean
• Bengali Language
• Hindi Language
• English Language
• Congregate Meals
• Home Delivered Meals

Korean Community Services' Corona center offers hot Korean congregate meals, takeout and home-delivered meals, social and educational activities, and bilingual case assistance. Case workers help older adults navigate SNAP, SSI, Social Security, energy benefits, housing, healthcare, and insurance. The provider publishes both Korean and English program information, supporting direct Korean-language access.

• Korean Language
• Korean Community
• Senior Center
• Korean Meals
• Home Delivered Meals
• Case Management
• Benefits Navigation

R.A.I.N. case managers serve homebound Bronx residents age 60 and older in Community Districts 7, 8, and 12, coordinating transportation, housekeeping, home care, meals, and benefits. Its city-funded meal program offers eligible residents daily hot delivery or twice-weekly fresh-frozen delivery after assessment by a NYC Aging-funded case management agency.

• Bronx
• Case Management
• Home Delivered Meals
• Home Care Navigation
• Transportation Navigation
• Benefits Navigation
• Age 60 Plus

The Staten Island JCC offers non-medical day programming for people with memory loss, including meals, exercise, memory activities, arts, music, and social groups. Its Caregiver Support Center provides consultation, groups, training, long-term-care coordination, benefits linkage, and limited help coordinating home health aides. Families complete an application and should discuss supervision needs and program fit directly.

• Adult Day Social
• Memory Loss
• Dementia
• Caregiver Support
• Caregiver Training
• Respite Navigation
• Kosher Lunch

CaringKind supports New Yorkers affected by Alzheimer's disease and other dementias through dementia specialists, education, caregiver groups, family guides, and long-term-care navigation. Its helpline can discuss respite and adult day options, but does not determine clinical fit or guarantee placement. Support-group screening helps match caregivers with a group or individual social-work support.

• Dementia
• Alzheimers
• Caregiver Navigation
• Support Groups
• Caregiver Training
• Respite Navigation
• Five Borough

CIDNY hosts New York City's regional Long Term Care Ombudsman Program for residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and family-type homes across all five boroughs. Certified staff and volunteers explain rights and investigate or help resolve complaints. This program covers residential long-term-care settings, not general disputes involving care delivered in a private home.

• Long Term Care Ombudsman
• Resident Rights
• Complaints
• Nursing Home
• Adult Care Facility
• Five Borough
• Confidential

Citymeals works with neighborhood organizations to deliver weekend, holiday, emergency, and supplemental meals to homebound older New Yorkers in every borough. Its connectivity programs add companionship, calls, and volunteer support for some meal recipients. Prospective recipients must contact their local case management agency for an eligibility assessment rather than enrolling directly with Citymeals.

• Home Delivered Meals
• Homebound
• Five Borough
• Holiday Meals
• Emergency Meals
• Companionship
• Assessment Required

JASA's Care Transitions program supports adults with complex health and social needs as they move from hospital to home or face community risks. Staff help coordinate food, transportation, housing, legal, caregiver, and benefits resources. Services are explicitly offered in English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Haitian Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, and Igbo, subject to intake criteria.

• Care Transitions
• Multilingual
• Spanish Language
• Chinese Language
• Russian Language
• Haitian Creole Language
• French Language

NYC Aging contracts free civil legal services for city residents age 60 and older in all five boroughs and in the language each client needs. Help can include advice or representation concerning housing, foreclosure, utilities, guardianship, abuse, consumer fraud, benefits, and long-term care. Scope and representation depend on legal intake and case acceptance.

• Elder Legal Aid
• Civil Legal
• Age 60 Plus
• Free
• Five Borough
• Language Access
• Intake Required

Access-A-Ride is the MTA's shared-ride ADA paratransit service for people whose disabilities prevent use of buses or subways. It operates throughout the five boroughs and nearby three-quarter-mile corridors, 24 hours daily. Applicants complete an individualized assessment and may receive full, temporary, or conditional eligibility; age by itself does not qualify someone.

• Ada Paratransit
• Shared Ride
• Five Borough
• 24 Hours
• Disability Based
• Assessment Required

The state Home Care Worker Registry lets families check limited training and employment-approval information for a prospective personal care aide or home health aide. A help desk can verify records for people without internet access. The registry is a pre-hire verification tool, not a worker-matching service, background check, quality rating, or endorsement.

• Home Care Hiring Help
• Home Care Worker Registry
• Aide Verification
• Personal Care Aide
• Home Health Aide
• Public Tool

HRA Adult Protective Services accepts referrals for adults age 18 and older who may be unable to meet basic needs or protect themselves because of physical or mental impairment and lack responsible help. Anyone can refer a person for assessment. Call 911 for an emergency; APS is the non-emergency city pathway for abuse, neglect, exploitation, and self-neglect concerns.

• Adult Protective Services
• Abuse
• Neglect
• Financial Exploitation
• Self Neglect
• Five Borough
• Non Emergency

Aging Connect is NYC Aging's citywide information and referral line for older adults, caregivers, families, and community members. Aging specialists connect callers with neighborhood services, including case management, meals, transportation, caregiver help, legal assistance, and older adult centers. Callers should confirm each referred program's eligibility, language access, and current capacity.

• Area Agency On Aging
• Aging Navigation
• Caregiver Navigation
• Benefits Navigation
• Five Borough
• Phone Referral

NYC Aging funds community organizations across the city to help family caregivers with information, long-term-care planning, counseling, support groups, training, respite, and limited supplemental assistance. Aging Connect routes families to the relevant provider. Respite and financial help require program-specific screening, so this entry does not promise funding or immediate placement.

• Caregiver Navigation
• Caregiver Training
• Support Groups
• Respite Navigation
• Five Borough
• Intake Required

NYC Aging-funded case management agencies assess residents age 60 and older for supports that can include personal care, housekeeping, home-delivered meals, and friendly visiting. A neighborhood agency completes phone intake and an in-home assessment before authorizing services. Medicaid recipients are not eligible for the NYC Aging-funded home-care benefit, and some services may involve a contribution or income-based fee.

• In Home Services
• Case Management
• Home Care
• Home Delivered Meals
• Friendly Visiting
• Age 60 Plus
• Assessment Required

NYC Aging funds local transportation for residents age 60 and older who lack transportation or cannot use public transit. Individual rides can cover essential medical and social-service appointments, while qualifying group trips support shopping and recreation. Aging Connect or the Service Finder identifies the local catchment provider, which must assess need and confirm scheduling.

• Senior Transportation
• Age 60 Plus
• Medical Rides
• Social Service Rides
• Group Rides
• Assessment Required

NYC's Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program provides free, confidential help with Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medigap, prescription coverage, EPIC, Medicare Savings Programs, and Extra Help. Trained counselors assist beneficiaries and families by phone or at sites around the city. Counseling is objective, but it does not guarantee enrollment, eligibility, savings, or a coverage decision.

• Hiicap
• Ship
• Medicare Counseling
• Benefits Navigation
• Free
• Confidential
• Five Borough