Carnegie East House
Carnegie East House
1844 Second Avenue,
New York, NY 10128
Tel: 212-410-0033 or toll free at 888-410-0033
New York's Premiere Enriched Housing Communitiy for Senior Living
Carnegie East House is a non-profit facility that provides enriched housing for elderly who need assistance with the activities of daily living. Carnegie East House's mission is to provide the freedom of independent living and is dedicated to protecting personal dignity, respect and security while maintaining quality of life and relationships to the local community.
Carnegie East House recognizes the need for housing with support services. Many seniors struggle with the increasing frailty that often accompanies greater longevity. However, one’s frailty does not diminish one's desire to maintain independence. Part of Carnegie East House's mission is to assist its residents to remain as independent as possible for as long as possible. Caring, mission-driven Carnegie East House staff provide a number a quality programs and services, including three meals a day, housekeeping, personal care attendants, case management workers, and extensive recreational and wellness programs.
Building Features
- Building-wide smoke, fire and sprinkler detection system
- Charming main dining room with restaurant-style service
- Private dining room available for parties and family gatherings
- Community room for enjoying concerts,religious services, lectures and recreational activities
- Spacious garden terrace with ample seating for residents and guests
- Well stocked library with computers and Internet access, Low Vision Library
- Beauty/Barber shop with a spa-like ambience without leaving the building
- Day Rooms throughout the residence - perfect for intimate gatherings and small
group activities
- Emergency Back-Up Generator
- Convenient in-house pharmacy
- Wellness & Rehabilitation Center
Apartment Features
All apartments include many distinctive features designed to maximize independence and provide a safe environment for older adults.
These include:
- Handicapped accessible toilet and shower with conveniently positioned handrails
- Emergency call system in each apartment that connects to the concierge desk for prompt response
- Kitchnettes equipped with an efficiency refrigerator, freezer and cook-top stove
- Individually controlled heating and air-conditioning units
- Conveniently located cable and telephone service jacks
- Wall-to-wall carpeting
- Window treatments for privacy
Dining
The in-house dining staff at Carnegie East House are experienced culinary professionals who will prepare delicious meals as well as cater private parties. Please note: Special dietary requirements can be accomodated.
Services
Carnegie East House residents enjoy a full compliment of services that are included in the monthly fee, such as:
- Three delicious meals a day from our extensive fine dining menu. Low salt and low sugar diets provided.
- Assistance with personal care such as bathing, dressing, laundering of personal clothing. The monthly fee includes 3.5 hours of these services per week.
- Housekeeping once a week.
- Maintenance of residents' apartments and common areas.
- Personal laundry, linens and towels.
- Diverse cultural, recreational, social and educational activities, including museums, art galleries, lectures and historical tours of surrounding areas.
- Licensed nurse on duty 7 days per week.
- Personal care workers on duty 24 hours per day.
- Medication assistance program
- Case Management Services (Social Services)
- Wellness program developed for residents, including fitness activities, dietary consulting, health screenings and rehab services.
- All utilities included except for telephone and cable television.
- 24 Hour Concierge Service available.
Activities
Listed below are some of the many activities Carnegie East House has to offer its residents. In addition to those listed, the Activities Director, Mr. Scott Gordon, works one-on-one with our residents to create new programs to meet the diverse interests of all those who live at Carnegie East House.
- Art Class
- Chair Aerobics
- Chair Yoga
- Current Events Discussion Group
- Great Decisions Discussion Group
- Happy Hour
- Lectures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Aquarium & the Lower East Side Tenement Museum
- Low Vision Support Group
- New York Opera Forum
- Nightly Classic and Current Movies
- Poetry Workshops
- Prayer Service
- Reike
- Shabbat Service
- Shakespeare Class
- Special Events
- Tai Chi
- The New York Times Review
- Trips and Tours to New York Hot Spots
- Yiddish Club
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