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Causes: Health, Nursing Facilities, Seniors
Mission: To provide with compassion and dedication superior quality health care and rehabilitation for adults and to directly or indirectly coordinate arrangements and provision for comprehensive health care and social support services to frail elderly and other individuals who may require chronic or long term care, and to engage in educational activities relating to such activities.
Programs: Inpatient programssub-acute care/short-term rehabilitation and long-term care/skilled medical and nursing caresub-acute care/short-term rehabilitationmore than thirty years ago, parker jewish institute pioneered short-term rehabilitation for older adults. Today, the institute's unique restorative therapy program, reflecting the lifestyle desired by today's seniors, promotes independence and rapid return to home after rehabilitation from the broad range of surgical procedures, stroke, amputation, injuries and illness.
long term home health care & certified home health care programs:parker's long term home health care program combines the comforts of home with the expert and experienced care of parker. The program has been in existence since 1985. Certified home health care services are intermittent skilled care, provided under the direction of md orders. Certified home health care services are coordinated with interdisciplinary team members to ensure the most efficient plan for the patients' safe transition and stay in the community. Participants in this program receive individualized nursing, medical and rehabilitation services that allow them to maintain maximum independence and remain in the comfort of their homes. Parker's certified home health agency is licensed in brooklyn, bronx, queens, nassau, suffolk and westchester counties. Referrals may be made from an acute care or long term care facility, community, or directly from home. Home care services include:-comprehensive assessment by a registered nurse-individualized nursing care plans-physical, occupational and speech therapy-social work and nutrition-home health aides-discharge planning-specialized services are available such as infusion and wound care-24-hour telephone availabilitythe certified home health care program provided services to 464 patients in 2016 with approximately 17,000 days of service.
adult day health care (medical model):parker's adult day health care program has been described as a world of fun and good health because it provides recreation and medical care for the frail elderly and disabled, in the bright, modern setting of parker's community health center in lake success, new york. This program was closed on 8/26/2016. In 2016, this program had 7,202 days of care provided to 89 people, and since 1995, a total, to-date, of 432,564 visits. Services are provided 9 am to 3 pm, 6 days a week.