West 74th Street Home

West 74th Street Home is a fine assisted living community in New York, New York. It is within fetching New York County which is part of the Empire State.

West 74th Street Residence offers a comprehensive array of services for older adults who are seeking a supportive residential community in which to live.  For an all-inclusive monthly fee we provide all meals, daily housekeeping, personal care, laundry service, medication supervision, 24-hour security and supportive social services.

Located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the Residence is surrounded by many of New York’s finest cultural and recreational resources including Lincoln Center, the American Museum of Natural History, and Central Park.

The West 74th Street Residence offers an all-inclusive package which spans the spectrum of services from personal care to housekeeping to recreation and medication management to meal preparation.   Care is tailored to our residents’ individual needs, allowing every resident to be as independent as possible.

We pride ourselves in tailoring personal care services provided to each individual resident. In areas where people are able to be independent, we support their autonomy. Where they need assistance, we provide services with respect for each person’s privacy and dignity. Our caring person care staff may assist with a variety of individual needs including bathing, dressing, toileting, and grooming.

Our team of four professional Masters-level social workers can play a variety of roles in order to support the quality of life of our residents. We are available to coordinate health care, choose health insurance options, and work with social security and Medicare issues. We also provide information and referral to an array of community resources.

The staff is available to support people if they need to go to the hospital, and in many cases is able to visit residents during their hospital stay.  We are also available to assist individuals and often families, as they experience the many facets of aging.

In a broader sense, our social work staff works to foster not only the well-being of individual residents, but a sense of community within the Residence. By providing supportive and therapeutic groups we hope to strengthen the mutual bonds that are the building blocks of community. We value the healing power of mutual self-help.

Our dedicated team of professional staff members includes social workers, personal care aides, medication staff, and our dietician. In addition, we work with outside providers who come to the building to provide services on-site, such as Visiting Nurse Services and a visiting physician and psychiatrist. We work together to coordinate services and assure that all of the health care needs of our residents are met. Residents are welcome to continue with their own medical providers if they are in the area, or our staff will assist them in finding new providers. Through our social services team, the following services are provided:

• Referrals to primary care, as well as specialty providers
• Escorts to medical appointments on an as-needed basis
• On-going assessment of residents’ needs
• Communication with providers to address any medical issues or concerns
• Addressing issues with health insurance coverage
• A full range of medication assistance and supervision, including obtaining and filling prescriptions and assuring that residents take their medications at the proper times and in the proper doses
• In-room emergency response system
• 24-hour personal care and front desk staffing