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Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca, Palliative Care Services

Address:
101 Dates Drive
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Every day, 24 hours
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 274-4527
Title:
Director of Palliative Care
Palliative Care provides a collection of services designed to meet the medical and emotional needs of seriously ill patient in order to relieve suffering and to improve the quality of life of patients. Team members address issues such as nausea and vomiting, pain, weakness, mental confusion, and other symptoms related to the disease or its treatment. A social worker and chaplain can provide short-term counseling and emotional support.
 

Family and Children's Service of Ithaca

AKA (Also Known As):
Family & Children's, FCS
Address:
127 West State Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 8:30 am-7 pm; Friday, 8:30 am-4 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 273-7484
Title:
President & CEO
Family and Children's Service offers a wide range of services including:
  • adult, child and adolescent mental health services
  • employee assistance program services
  • caregiver counseling
  • geriatric care management
  • support services to families and children in crisis
 

Family and Children's Service, Caregiver Counseling, In-home Respite, Geriatric Care Management

AKA (Also Known As):
Family & Children's Service of Ithaca
Address:
127 West State Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am-6 pm; Friday 8:30 am-5 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 273-7484
Title:
Caregiver Counselor & Respite Program Coordinator
Respite program provides substitute home care and friendly visiting services to relieve the primary in-home caregiver for planned short periods of time. Caregiver and family support counseling is available. The program is supported through contributions. Geriatric Care Management services are also available.
 

NYS Kinship Navigator

Address:
87 North Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY  14604
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 10 am-4 pm
Fax:
(585) 454-6286
Title:
Director
The Kinship Navigator is a statewide program specifically designed to provide information and resources to kinship caregivers across all of New York State. Kinship caregivers are grandparents raising grandchildren and others who have assumed the role of parenting the child of a relative. The NYS Kinship Navigator provides:
  • Fact sheets on laws and resources
  • Answers to frequently asked questions on kinship care
  • County guides on kinship caregiving
  • Forums for caretakers and service providers
  • Access to a kinship specialist via a toll free phone number
The NYS Kinship Navigator answers questions regarding:
  • Legal rights regarding custody and visitation
  • Decision-making authority
  • Access to official records
  • Eligibility for public assistance, foster care, tax credits, childcare, and respite
  • Other resources for kinship caregivers
 

Social Services Dept., T.C., Long Term Care Services

AKA (Also Known As):
Tompkins Care Connection; NY Connects
Address:
320 West Martin Luther King Jr./State Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 274-5666
Tompkins Care Connection provides:
  • in-home assessment
  • information and referral
  • case management
  • home care services
to Tompkins County senior citizens and disabled residents of any age who need long-term care.

County residents who meet program guidelines qualify for home care services through the Expanded In-home Services for the Elderly Program (EISEP) and Medicaid.
Additional services include:
  • private duty nursing
  • Long Term Home Health Care program
  • Traumatic Brain Injury program
  • Care at Home
  • Medicaid waivers for children
  • Medicaid Personal Emergency Response System
  • PRI assessment for nursing home placement

Tompkins Care Connection is Tompkins County's "New York Connects" program. Tompkins County residents interested in starting a family-type home (residential and non-nursing home care) for seniors can call Long Term Care Services, 274-5222, for an application.

Family Home Requirements include:
  • meeting water and fire code regulations
  • passing a safely inspection
  • applicant must:
    • be in good standing in the community
    • provide personal references
    • obtain a physician's statement of his/her ability to perform the services
 

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