New York Foundation for Senior Citizens is dedicated to helping New York's seniors enjoy healthier, safer, more productive and dignified lives in their own homes and communities and to help them avoid the need for premature institutionalization.
Recent Facebook
The Board of Directors and staff of New York Foundation for Senior Citizens deeply mourn the passing of our be loved Board Member of over 50 years, Marcella Maxwell, and express our sincerest sympathy to her family. ![]()
![]()
We are profoundly grateful for her help to us in pioneering our organization in its mission to serve our City's older adults. A warm, wise, genuinely caring, dedicated and supportive advocate of exemplary integrity, Marcella was a true friend to so many who loved her in return. She will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered.![]()
![]()
Read more about Marcella here: amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/03/22/dr-marcella-maxwell-dies-at-age-96/
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens’ Home Attendant Program is seeking New York State-Certified Home Attendants available to provide service to older adults in all five boroughs of NYC. ![]()
![]()
Tasks include but are not limited to personal care, light housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping and escorting. ![]()
![]()
Salary and benefits![]()
$18.55-$19.55 per hour, flexible schedule. ![]()
![]()
Please email respitecarenyfsc@gmail.com or call 212-962-7559 if interested. ![]()
![]()
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status or sexual orientation.![]()
![]()
#homehealthaides #nychomehealthaides #respitecare #nyfsc
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens
tel:+12129627559
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens is dedicated to helping New York's seniors enjoy healthier,
Asistentes del hogar: las latinas que resistieron la pandemia
Leave a Comment
Posted on September 27, 2020 by NYFSC
Translation: “Home attendants: Hispanic women who countered the pandemic” See the full clip on Spectrum Noticias NY 1n
Pix 11: Everyday heroes during coronavirus crisis: Home attendants for older New Yorkers
Leave a Comment
Posted on March 31, 2020 by NYFSC
Monica Morales shows us an organization helping New York’s seniors during this time of need. Watch the segment on WPIX 11
CBS News: Senior Citizens get creative with budgeting
Leave a Comment
Posted on January 14, 2020 by NYFSC
“Senior citizens are getting creative to make ends meet financially: getting roommates. More than 33% of Americans age 65 and over do not have any money saved for retirement. In 2016, 70% more seniors lived with roommates than… Read More
Leave a Comment
Posted on October 6, 2019 by NYFSC
NY Times: ‘We Need Each Other’: Seniors Are Drawn to New Housing Arrangements
Older Americans are exploring housing alternatives, including villages and home-sharing. Read the full article on the NY Times website.
Leave a Comment
Posted on June 23, 2019 by NYFSC
Money Magazine: 69-Year-Old Gloria Gaynor Has a Roommate
The article highlights spokesperson Gloria Gaynor and sharemates Janice Raiford and Lillian Otero. Download article
Leave a Comment
Posted on April 15, 2019 by NYFSC
Home Sharing for Seniors
Singer Gloria Gaynor is helping to spread the word about a New York City home-sharing program for senior citizens. https://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/4054593-home-sharing-for-seniors/
Leave a Comment
Posted on December 17, 2018 by NYFSC
WFME: Helping Seniors Age in Place
Calvin Carter interviews the Foundation’s president Linda R. Hoffman on WFME 1560 AM’s “Vantage Points.”
Wall Street Journal: No Cats, No Sleepovers: Boomers Become Housemates
Leave a Comment
Posted on August 26, 2018 by NYFSC
Living with housemates is challenging—and it doesn’t get easier with age; ‘not in my house.’ ‘People of Similiar Sensibilities Sharing Living Quarters.’ Read the article in the Wall Street Journal.
Leave a Comment
Posted on August 26, 2018 by NYFSC
NBC 4: Free Air Conditioner Installation for Seniors
The heat can prove dangerous, even deadly, especially for senior citizens. But often the cost of getting an air conditioner installed can be prohibitive. Lynda Baquero found a program that offers help for free. Watch the segment on… Read More
Leave a Comment
Posted on August 26, 2018 by NYFSC
U.S. News & World Report: 5 Home Maintenance Resources in Retirement
U.S. News & World Report highlights NYFSC’s home maintenance services.
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens
11 Park Place, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10007-2801
nyfscinc@aol.com
P: (212) 962-7559
F: (212) 227-2952
NY Connects
New York State
Office for the Aging
2 Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12223-1251
P: (800) 342-9871
nyconnects@aging.ny.gov