Kittay House - Jewish Home Lifecare
Kittay House - Jewish Home Lifecare
2550 Webb Avenue
Bronx, NY 10468
Local: 718-410-1420
Independence in retirement, freedom for life!
For over 35 years, Kittay House has been the right choice for seniors: independent, maintenance-free living in a vibrant community of new friends, new interests and life-enhancing services.
Enjoy an independent lifestyle in a secure, five-acre garden oasis with access to health care and personal services.
Kittay House Senior Living Offerings
Security...Choices...Convenience.
At Kittay House, you enjoy your choice of apartment styles, an endless variety of social and recreational programs, and the convenience of housekeeping and daily meal service - all within the secure campus of Jewish Home Lifecare.
Our apartments are efficiently designed for simplified daily living.
Most offer views of the New York City skyline or our lush, award-winning gardens and several are available with terrace balconies.
All of our studio and one-bedroom apartments include:
- Senior-friendly kitchens for simple dining (Daily lunch and dinner in our restaurant style dining room is included in the monthly fee.)
- Emergency call system monitored 24/7 by the Kittay House security staff
- Private bathrooms with safety features
- Wiring for Direct TV
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Views of our award-winning gardens or the New York City skyline
We offer well-designed studio and one bedroom apartments with three different layouts to suit your budget and needs.
Our services and amenities make us New York's best value for seniors.
Kittay House is the ideal alternative to managing a home with unpredictable repairs and the costs of taxes and meals.
At Kittay House, you live life as you choose near everything you love. You are in a fabulous social setting with all of these convenient services included in the low monthly fee (starting at just $1,999):
Apartments:
- Apartment with neutral carpeting and window shades
- Simplified kitchen including a refrigerator and microwave
- Master TV antenna and cable outlets
- Direct TV option available
Services:
- Weekly housekeeping and fresh linens
- Lunch and dinner served restaurant style in our dining room
- Personal 24 hour emergency response system
- Information and referrals to practitioners and agencies, as needed
Activities:
- Daily social/recreational/educational programs
- Twice-weekly transportation to scheduled activities and shopping
- Access to tenant computer room
Optional supportive and personal care services are available, along with onsite medical and rehabilitation services.
Tenants at Kittay also enjoy the convenience of unique on-site amenities that make our community a perfect fit for so many seniors:
- Sundry shop
- Coffee house
- Beauty parlor
- Award winning gardens
- Library
- Solarium
- 24-Hour security
Everything you need is right here at Kittay House!
We offer so many life-enriching choices!
Opportunities abound to make every day meaningful, and our community flourishes because of the endless variety of social, recreational, spiritual, educational, and entertainment programs happening every day.
A sampling of the many ways Kittay tenants spend their days:
- Attend a stimulating lecture... or give one! Our Scholars-In-Residence program allows tenants to give talks on areas of their expertise, including history, politics and the arts
- Play! We have regular card games, board games, and bingo.
- Take a worry-free stroll through our secure award-winning gardens.
- Attend religious services (we honor many denominations)
- Shop, visit a museum, the theatre, or the Riverdale Y - we provide transportation and regularly scheduled trips.
- Sing! Join the Kittay choir.
- Volunteer at the Jewish Home Lifecare rehabilitation center.
- Spend time with kids from PS 86 through our intergenerational program
- There are always so many choices here. How you spend your day is up to you, we simply provide the possibilities. Come see what makes our community so special, and why we're the #1 choice of so many seniors.
We're committed to your independence.
We help you age well at home through referrals to a broad range of personal care and supportive services, if and when you need them.
On a fee for service basis, we can help you arrange for personal or health care services, such as:
- On-site Physician's offices and rehabilitation offices schedule appointments to assure continuity of care
- Doctor "Home Calls." Primary and specialty physicians regularly visit Kittay House
- Other health care services: physical therapy, occupational therapy, physiatry, podiatry, optometry, audiology, and more
We also provide access, on a fee for service basis, to other services of The
Jewish Home & Hospital:
- HealthMonitor® telehealth program: an in-home Health Buddy® device that communicates your health status to a registered nurse
- On-site dialysis treatment
- Subacute rehabilitation therapy and long-term nursing care
- Home health care services: from a HAPI (Home Assistance Personnel, Inc.) aide
Kittay tenants have priority access to the full continuum of care of the Jewish Home Lifecare System. At Kittay you can take comfort knowing should any health care needs arise, high quality, on-site care is at your doorstep.
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