Caregiver respite
Caregiver Support & Respite (NY Family Caregiver Support Program; NYC Aging Caregiver Program)
In short
Respite (in-home or adult day), counseling, training, support groups, sometimes supplies for unpaid caregivers of people 60+ or grandparents raising kids. Unpaid caregivers of older adults (60+) or of people with dementia; kinship caregivers 55+.
- What you get
- Respite (in-home or adult day), counseling, training, support groups, sometimes supplies for unpaid caregivers of people 60+ or grandparents raising kids.
- Who qualifies
- Unpaid caregivers of older adults (60+) or of people with dementia; kinship caregivers 55+.
- Income limit (2026)
- none
- Papers to gather
- Basic info; intake assessment.
- Renewal
- n/a
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