Palliative Care Supportive Services
JASA currently provides palliative care supportive services through our Long Island Center for Dignity Support.
Coping with a serious illness and issues of aging can be a time of transformation...filled with meaning, caring, and spiritual connection. If you or a loved one of any age is dealing with a serious, life limiting, or advanced illness, coping with a recent loss and issues of aging JASA’s Long Island Center for Dignity and Support is here for you. With one call you will reach a highly trained professional who can connect you to an array of specialized and culturally sensitive services.
Case Management:
- Navigating the healthcare system
- Advocating for timely and appropriate care
- Accompanying clients to medical appointments
- Information and referrals
- Entitlements counseling
- Connecting to emergency assistance
- Geriatric care management
Counseling:
- Coping with a serious illness and end of life issues
- Caregiver support
- Goals of care discussions
- Bereavement/grief and loss counseling
- Spiritual care
- Advance care planning
Nursing Services
- In-home assessment and education
- Medication management, counseling and information
- Healthcare coordination
- Fall prevention screenings and education
Community education:
- Advance Care Planning
- Grief/Loss
- Caregiver Support
- Entitlement
- Palliative, Hospice and End-of-life issues
Training for professionals