Morningside Village
Since 2009, Morningside Village has offered welcomed help to seniors living in the area bordered by West 105th Street, Riverside Drive, West 122nd Street, and Manhattan Avenue/Central Park West. Achieved through the power of passionate, trained neighbors and skilled social workers, the Morningside Village program provides a deep level of support to frail elderly residents.
West Harlem Neighbors
West Harlem Neighbors offers free-of-charge services of all kinds that help elderly residents, including Spanish-only speakers, age comfortably in their own homes. Participating elders and volunteers live in Manhattan between Riverside Drive and St. Nicholas Avenue, from West 123rd Street to West 145th Street.
LiLY’s professional staff and volunteers help neighborhood elders with support – from practical matters to social connections and urgent needs.
- Support an elder just home from hospital by picking up a prescription, shopping for food and holding a hand.
- Clean apartments of elders who can no longer use a vacuum cleaner and mop.
- Help with practical emergencies, like bringing over an ice-pack or even changing a lightbulb in the dark of night.
- Help prioritize correspondence, make calls, write letters when technology can be confusing.
- Accompany elders on trips to the doctor for treatment.
- Connect an elder with a LiLY social worker who can help when food is scarce, when medical or other services are needed, when a mattress needs replacing, and more.
- Participate as a member of a team for an elder who can no longer leave home.
- Host a birthday celebration.
- Help organize intergenerational programs.
- Facilitate a senior’s participation in one of LiLY’s many activity groups, such as film-watching circle, fitness group, walking group, book circle, board game players, French conversation clique, jewelry making group, music-making friends, bereavement group, care-givers support group, Latino drama group, and memoir writing and the dominos players.
- Provide tablets, tech support and training.
- Deal with unusual circumstances: dementia, hoarding, vermin.
- Help with acquiring benefits for those who qualify.
- Do wanted research for an elder.
- Provide family-caregiver support.
- Lead Zoom and live group activities.
- Sponsor educational and social events.
- Provide covid protective equipment.
- Schedule vaccinations and accompany seniors to vaccination sites.
