The Jacqueline Hernandez Adult Day Health Center
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-Keith Hernandez
What A Difference A Day Makes… Or A Month Or A Year.
Advanced age, physical disability or Alzheimer’s disease can require 24 / 7 care. It’s not always easy to provide that care and still retain a sense of self. At Jacqueline Hernandez Adult Day Health Program our bi-lingual medical model day program provides respite in a stimulating, safe and secure place. Stay home longer by getting out of the house.
The Jacqueline Hernandez Adult Day Health Program Promise
When it’s no longer possible for your elderly family member to stay at home without assistance, there’s a comforting alternative—one that gives you and your family a helping hand in ensuring that they are secure and cared for during the day while continuing to live in their familiar home environment at night. At Jacqueline Hernandez Adult Day Health Program we restore and maintain physical and mental health while improving your family’s quality of life. When looking for a community-based program that coordinates skilled health care, rehabilitation and recreation therapies, personal care, respite and supportive services to family and caregiver look to Jacqueline Hernandez Adult Day Health Program.
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The Jacqueline Hernandez Adult Day Health Program Promise
When it’s no longer possible for your elderly family member to stay at home without assistance, there’s a comforting alternative—one that gives you and your family a helping hand in ensuring that they are secure and cared for during the day while continuing to live in their familiar home environment at night. At Jacqueline Hernandez Adult Day Health Program we restore and maintain physical and mental health while improving your family’s quality of life. When looking for a community-based program that coordinates skilled health care, rehabilitation and recreation therapies, personal care, respite and supportive services to family and caregiver look to Jacqueline Hernandez Adult Day Health Program.
What Is Our Adult Day Health Program?
It’s an organized day program that provides comprehensive health and personal care, socialization, recreation, supervision and psychological services. Who can participate? The chronically ill, those with physical or cognitive impairments, the frail, the isolated elderly, the disabled and people with disabling conditions that do not require 24-hour a day care.
Our day and evening programs serve adults with physical disabilities or cognitive impairment who do not require 24-hour institutional care yet are not capable of full-time, independent living. Jacquelyn Hernandez Adult Day Health Program is a medical model, multi-disciplinary program designed to maintain maximum levels of health and psychological well-being while providing respite for family members/caregivers. Located at Cobble Hill Health Center, a skilled nursing and rehabilitativefacility, participants have ready access to: rehabilitation therapists, medical professionals and social workers. In fact, the Day Center is the bridge to services that help those with medical problems continue to live at home. It’s a long-term care program that helps adults remain in their community, rather than in a nursing home.
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What Is The Cost?
Medicaid covers all costs. We also accept private pay and some private insurance companies.
Who Can Benefit From Adult Day Health Care?
Participants and their caregivers.
How?
By allowing the participant to leave home during the day to socialize and participate in stimulating activities. By giving the caregiver a respite.
How Much Time Can One Spend At The Center?
There is a choice of day or evening programs, Monday through Friday plus an optional Saturday program.
What You Can Expect At Jacquelyn Hernandez Adult Day Health Program
- Door to door ambulette transportation
- Full medical and nursing daytime care
- Delicious, hot, fresh meals in a congenial atmosphere
- Bi-lingual staff: English and Spanish
- Stimulating recreational activities and the opportunity to socialize with peers
- Medical and nursing supervision and monitoring
- Individual needs’ assessment to help improve and maintain independence
- Nurses who observe and monitor health status, administer and monitor medications and perform catheterization, dressing changes, etc.
- Physical and Occupational Therapists
- Speech Therapists and Language Pathologists
- Nutritional services including dietary evaluation and instruction, with special attention to dietary restriction
- Psychological services
- Personal care
- Appropriate referrals to community resources
- Social service professionals who offer family and participant support
- Social and recreational activities
Our Promise
We have an ongoing commitment to providing a viable alternative to nursing
home placement and a continuum of care for older adults in our community to remain within our community.
To arrange a tour or make a referral please contact us at:
Jacquelyn Hernandez Adult Day Health Center
380 Henry Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Please call: 718-855-2050
Feel free to download our Jacquelyn Hernandez Adult Day Health Center brochure in PDF format here.