Our Mission

To build awareness about the possibilities for approaching our loves one's aging - and some day our own - in new ways.
To enable elders to stay healthy and functionally independent for as long as possible.

To offer support and acknowledgement to families who want to care for their loved ones but find the responsibility overwhelming.

To make accessible whatever short-term, long-term, and terminal care is required as our elders, live longer and increase in numbers.

To provide that care in the least restrictive and most cost effective environment as possible, usually the home.

Working together, we can provide the care and services your loved one requires, and the relief, and peace of mind you need. With the proper support, there is no reason most elders can't remain in the community to enjoy old age with dignity and as much independence as is appropriate for their situation.

Consider these facts: There are 35 million Americans over the age of 65, and that number will double over the next 40 years. More than 20 percent of today's workforce expects to assume elder-care responsibility for parents or other seniors over the next three or four years. Conservatively, one in three of us will care for an elder by the year 2020.

The pattern for long-term care begins with independence in the home, progressing to companion care, nursing care, and possible placement in a long-term care facility. Although long-term care facilitates are often the last stop in the continuum of care, it's a reality many people are afraid of, and the closer we get to old age, the more fearful we become.

The truth is, many elders end up in long-term care facilities before they need to because they or their families reach a point where they feel they have no other options. But in Central New York, you have....

Portions of this text have been borrowed with permission from "Don't Put Me In A Nursing Home!" by Claude Amarnick, D.O., Garrett Publishing, Inc.