JCS Senior Services: For Your Personal Well-Being at Home
Keeping older adults active, healthy and living in their own homes is an important priority for JCS. From locations throughout Miami-Dade County, JCS helps clients maintain their dignity and independence with diverse initiatives that include home care, personal emergency response systems, home meal delivery, care management services, adult day care centers and transportation services.
For referrals and admission to any of JCS’ senior assistance programs, please call JCS Access, the information and referral service, at 305.576.6550.
JCS At Home
A comprehensive array of social, home care and supportive services, JCS At Home works with individuals to determine their precise needs, develops a coordinated care plan and then arranges for services from JCS’ highly-experienced care givers or other reputable professionals. Click here to see the JCS At Home brochure
An important component of JCS At Home is the JCS Care Management Program, which is the first step in coordinating assistance and effectively managing clients who have no one close by to assist them in accessing care. Clients can benefit from the expertise of care managers, who assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate the many options required to meet the client’s health and human service needs.
Below are the other components of JCS At Home:
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Other Senior Support Programs:
The Seymour Gelber Adult Day Care Center, located in Kendall, provides an array of programs designed to keep clients stimulated and actively engaged under nursing supervision in a safe and nurturing environment. Services include recreational activities, nutritious meals, and assistance with medication administration and personal hygiene, as well as respite for caregivers. Operated in partnership with Miami-Dade County, this state-licensed facility has staff specially trained to work with clients who have dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and other mental or physical impairments.
The Miami Beach Senior Center is a warm, nurturing and supportive environment that provides respite for caregivers and enables elders to maintain dignified and meaningful lives while remaining in their own homes. This state-licensed program includes nursing supervision, transportation, kosher meals and a full complement of therapeutic social and recreational activities. In addition, outreach recreation programs for active seniors are located at several sites on Miami Beach and throughout North Dade.
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Through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), JCS can make emergency cash available for food and shelter to individuals or families in crisis.
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Care management, in-office and at-home counseling, emergency services and subsidized home health care are provided to survivors of the Holocaust, who often have unique psychological, social and financial needs. Using the special skills and knowledge they have to effectively serve this population, JCS staff also assist Holocaust survivors in the pursuit of remaining Holocaust Era insurance claims as well as the recovery of assets from European settlement funds, bank accounts and pensions.
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Masada Home Care delivers quality, comprehensive services designed to meet the needs of older adults living in Miami-Dade. As a licensed home care agency, Masada provides home health aides and CNAs to help seniors remain in their own homes and living independently. Services include personal care, respite, live-ins, homemaker assistance, companions and daily living support. In addition, Masada is qualified to submit insurance claims for clients and bill third-party providers on behalf of clients served. (License # 299991163)
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This service matches clients with appropriate homemakers and trained companions who provide quality in-home assistance to seniors. Duties performed by the assistants include light housework, meal preparation and escorting clients to doctor’s appointments or the supermarket. The Homemaker and Companion Service can also provide live-in companions for elderly clients. (License # 5858)
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Housekeeping in clients’ homes is provided by reliable staff who are trained to provide exemplary services. Working to clients’ specifications, JCS’ cleaning personnel can successfully complete jobs that range from the smallest to the largest.
Find out about our competitive rates and how JCS can assist with your many preparations. Call 305-403-6510 or malvarado@JCSFL.org
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The only food bank in South Florida that those who observe Jewish dietary laws can turn to in times of hardship, it supplies food items and other daily necessities. Clients ‘shop’ during specially-arranged, confidential appointments that help ensure privacy and maintain dignity. In addition, everyone who visits the Food Bank meets with a JCS professional who performs a comprehensive evaluation to assess the family’s overall needs, which might include employment counseling or mental health services. Click Here to see the Kosher Food Bank brochure
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A care management program designed to help coordinate and provide services for frail seniors or disabled adults who have a caregiver, regardless of whether the caregiver lives out of town or resides in the area. Clients receive all the assistance they need to remain living at home, such as meals on wheels, adult day care, home care and homemaker help. LAP is an invaluable resource that provides peace of mind to family members.
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Masada*Alert is an at-home emergency response system that helps seniors and other at-risk individuals get assistance quickly during a sudden emergency. When an emergency occurs, the press of a button alerts a 24-hour monitoring center which links to local police, fire and rescue personnel.
Among the unique features of this service are personalized installation and follow-up, remote testing of the equipment on a daily basis, and a key securely hidden in a lock box to prevent emergency responders from having to break down the door. Masada*Alert provides peace of mind, freedom and the assurance of knowing that help is available when the client is alone in his or her home.
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This senior meal delivery program annually provides approximately 180,000 nutritious kosher meals to more than 1,000 home-bound recipients across Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
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Under the auspices of the Miami Beach Senior Center, these programs, which are offered at various sites in Miami Beach and throughout North Dade, are prevention oriented and focus on health maintenance. Classes such as Tai Chi, Enhance Fitness, Yoga, Line Dancing and Book Reviews provide opportunities for seniors to engage socially while maintaining wellness and staying active and mobile. Also offered is a Special Events program which provides group access to entertainment events throughout the community.
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This program distributes kosher meals at six community-based congregate dining facilities — on Miami Beach, North Miami Beach and in South Dade — to those age 60 and older who meet program criteria. In addition to serving nutritionally balanced food, the congregate dining program offers a friendly environment that promotes socialization and recreation. Most sites participate in the recreation and wellness programs operated by the Miami Beach Senior Center and offer excellent health benefits to the participants.
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Within a service area comprised of Miami Beach and North Miami Beach, Senior Ride provides wheelchair-accessible transportation services for those 60 and older who are unable to use public transportation. Primary destination points are congregate meal sites, senior centers, doctors’ offices, hospitals and grocery stores.
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Trained shoppers meet with homebound seniors who are unable to leave their homes or shop without assistance. The shoppers receive a list of what is needed, purchase the requested items — such as food, medication and other essentials for daily living — and put away the purchases upon their return.
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