Adult Day Care Communities in Jackson Heights, NY

"Elmhurst was beautiful, and they were caring to the seniors there. They were able to go around and not confine to one spot; it was really nice, but unfortunately my father did not have the coverage that would keep him there longer. You have a 24hr nurse station, and you have home attendants that come do your laundry and clean your room. You have books downstairs and beautiful scenery. They are friendly, caring and there were people helping with feeding some of the other people. They had two rooms on each end where it was like a living roomwhere they could sit down and watch TV, and then they had another room that was the cafeteria. I wish I could afford it, but it’s very expensive. "

"Good for rehab: bad for long-term. My grandmother stayed in this facility for 2 months undergoing rehab for a broken ankle. She received good, attentive care and the nurse assistants were unusually nice. There was a good activity schedule. My grandmother absolutely loved the physical therapy department because they gave her daily attention and helped her walk. But the facility itself leaves a lot to be desired. While hospitable to residents and visitors, it often has a strong smell which suggests minimal cleaning. Also, the facility is very hard to get to without a car and is practically in the middle of a highway, so if the residents want to sit outside they have to sit near the garbage cans out in front (there is no garden area or proper place to sit). My grandmother ended up needing long-term care so we moved her to a different facility. Long story short: Rego Park is fine for rehab, but not for long-term. "

"I wish I had known before sending my father into Margaret Tietz that their facility was not as their web site suggests, caring and kind with the cute little hearts. The nursing staff was unkind, the doctors were never available (it was like pulling teeth to get them to see patients), and in my father's case, I don't know why, but they didn't feel it was necessary to monitor someone as sick as dad while giving him coumadin, a blood thinner. When someone has a bad heart, bleeds easily and bruises easily, I think most would agree they should be monitored frequently. Their physical therapy was pretty good, and he even liked it, but a coumadin overdose sent him right back to the hospital. It took about 4 days to get the bleeding under control. Dad didn't have to die. Cookie-cutter medicine just doesn't work."

"I did my CNA externship at St. Vincent De Paul Residence, it's a very clean facility. The patients are well cared for. My instructor Azary Tamarov was great. He showed us around, gave great advice about the health care field, and was very hands on when teaching us CPR. My experience was great, thanks to everyone at the facility. I would definitely recommend St. Vincent De Paul to family, patients, students, or future employees. They are very friendly, family oriented, and welcoming. "

"My mom is at The New Jewish Home, Manhattan Campus. It's more of a skilled nursing facility with long-term care. They have a good high level of care. There's an outdoor area, a cafe, and Jewish services. There's a rabbi. They're very helpful with most things and they anticipate a lot of needs. Sometimes, I have to sort of ask a few times or remind them of certain things, but most of then are very attentive. The food is good. She needs soft and pureed food and they have been good about making sure that she's getting food that she can eat. They've taken the time to adjust the diet for her. There are activities. They have a social coordinator who called me to go over what activities would be good for my mom. They accept Medicare and Medicaid, so we're not paying anything for her being there."

"Community Action Bedford Stuyvesant (CABS) is a grass roots neighborhood nursing home openned in 1976. I have personally found this facility to have caring staff and clean surroundings. They are also connected to an assisted living building. If you are in need of these services you should contact a variety of facilities and go and see what your own impressions are but also consider this facility and add it to your list of places to visit. "

"My friend is staying in the Amsterdam Nursing Home. The facility is very caring. Their rehabilitation is very good because they're up every day. Their staff is very reliable. I didn't see anything that was off with them. They're very polite. If something goes wrong in the facility, they contact the patient's family, friends, or whoever is connected to them. The food is very good. They make sure it's connected with their health, like if you're diabetic or you have a problem, the food is arranged around that. The room is very neat. He's in a room by himself, but they have people there permanently, so it might be two in a room. The maintenance is very good. Every day, things are changed, beds are changed, and the room is cleaned. They have him up and do exercise in the morning. The nurse comes in to see him every day. He has sugar, so that's checked on periodically during the day, and so is his pressure. They also have entertainment there during the day. When you come into the facility, you have to check in, and when you leave, you check out."

"I have been in Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, and I didn't like it. People walk past you when you're calling them when you need help; I didn't like it at all. It's decent and clean. The only thing is that when you're sitting there by yourself and you're yelling, everyone acts like can't they hear me. These people are walking by working. They leave you in your room sitting; that's not good. I couldn't walk at the time, and it was hard for me to get to the bathroom. I wore pampers, and they just left me. They came there when they were ready. With that being said, it's always clean and everything. it is everything that's behind that makes it all bad. I went there to have physical therapy, and that was about it. The food was not for me. I'm allergic to onions, and everything they cook had onions. They really had to substitute with chicken, and then they weren't doing that right. They have lunch and all that. Breakfast was half okay, I'm allergic to onions so they had to substitute. The way I eat every day, I eat chicken. I didn't mind because I like chicken, but they could have substituted it with something else - anything. People have pizza and everything. I don't have it. Others have a sandwich and all that; so, not good. I like the way it's put together. It's clean and decent. It's just, the food and the people walking past you, are the two things that to me that are just out of place. A couple people that were working there (two or three people) walk past while I was sitting there calling them, and I was in a single room. They just kept walking past. The rest of the staff was all right. You know, few people that was alright and few people that wasn't. There were people working on the floor that are sometimes are not good at all. They have some staff members that were not all that either. You had to call and look for them. You have to get them when you needed them. I recommend they substitute the food for people who were allergic and make sure they get better staff on the floor. If you want to be on the floor working, you got to be on the floor working."

"My father was at Brooklyn Gardens Nursing and Rehab for 2 months. I liked the facility. I felt that the staff was very caring, attentive, and helpful. My dad liked the food that they served. One thing about this facility that's nice was they had an enclosed and secured outside patio area where a lot of the residents could go outside freely. They had barbecues for the residents on Wednesdays. The physical therapy was very good. Overall, it was a really good facility."