Personal Care Services in New York
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Personal Care Services in New York
Nursing Home Transition and Diversion Waiver Program: New York Approved Provider Learn More
Our team of professionals includes:
- Registered Nurses
- Licensed Practical Nurses
- Certified Home Health Aides
- Facility Based Care
- Private Duty Personal Care Attendants (PCA)
Proudly Serving Families Across New York
Serving families throughout Queens, Long Island, Westchester, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and surrounding communities. Locally focused care with caregivers who understand New York families, neighborhoods, and lifestyles.
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Please complete the form below for more information on receiving in-home personal care in New York.
Note: this form is not for job-seekers. Please visit our Careers page for information on jobs.
Elara Caring is now a Nursing Home Transition Diversion Waiver provider.
Care That Feels Personal
We meet your loved one where they are, creating meaningful daily routines built around the things they enjoy and the independence they value.
Our caregivers provide:
- Companionship and conversation
- Social engagement and activities
- Meal companionship and light support
- Accompaniment to appointments or errands
- Assistance with hobbies and routines
- Friendly check-ins and emotional support
For adult children balancing careers, families, and caregiving responsibilities, we help ease the stress, anxiety, and constant worry that often comes with trying to do it all alone. You can step back from being the full-time caregiver and get back to being a daughter, son, or family member again.
Private Pay Companion Care
For many families across New York, caring for an aging parent comes with constant worry: Are they lonely? Are they safe? Are they still enjoying life the way they used to?
Our companion caregivers help seniors stay engaged, connected, and happy at home while giving families the reassurance and relief they need. Whether it’s sharing stories over coffee, listening to music, tending to a favorite garden, going for walks, reading together, or accompanying your loved one to appointments and outings, our caregivers focus on the social and emotional side of care — the moments that bring joy, dignity, and connection. Because home care should be about more than tasks. It should be about quality of life.
Flexible Private Pay Options
Every family’s needs are different. We offer flexible private pay care options based on the level of support, schedule, and companionship requested. Whether your loved one would benefit from a few hours of engagement each week or more consistent daily companionship, we can create a personalized plan that works for your family.
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Veteran Support Services
For veterans and surviving spouses, VA-supported programs may help cover in-home companion and supportive care services. Our team helps veterans and their families understand available benefits and next steps while providing compassionate, respectful support at home.
Learn moreFrequently Asked Questions
CDPAP is Consumer Directed Personal Assistant Program, a New York State Medicaid program that allows patients to recruit, hire, and direct their own home care workers. The program allows the flexibility to hire family members and friends to care for them in their own home. CDPAP is designed to provide an alternative to an assigned aide and to allow more choice and flexibility in home care.
You must have Medicaid or be eligible for Medicaid, require home care, and be self-directing, or have a representative that can direct your care. To be self-directing, one must be capable of making choices regarding one’s activity of daily living and the management of his or her consumer directed personal assistants; understand the impact of these choices; and assumes responsibility for the results of these choices. Additional factors may assist in determining qualifications for CDPAP. Please contact a CDPAP representative at 833.463.5272 to learn more.
For more information regarding our CDPAP program, please call 833.463.5272 to speak to a CDPAP representative.
The program allows the flexibility to hire family members and friends to care for them. The person must be an adult who is not “legally responsible” for a Medicaid consumer’s care and support may be a CDPAP Personal assistant.
Those excluded from being a personal assistant:
- Designated representatives
- Spouses
However, a parent of an adult child (21 years of age or older) may serve as that adult child’s CDPAP personal assistant.
Individuals train their personal assistants to perform the tasks they need done whether those tasks are medical or not.
A fiscal intermediary acts as the payroll agent for the patient and personal assistant. Elara Caring will be the fiscal intermediary and enter into an agreement with the patient. The agreement will describe each party’s responsibilities under the CDPAP program, including the fiscal intermediary’s responsibilities, which include processing each personal assistant’s wages, processing all income tax and other required wage withholdings and complying with worker’s compensation, disability and unemployment requirements, which include:
- Maintaining plan authorizations
- Maintaining personnel records
- Ensuring the health status of each personal assistant is assessed prior to rendering service
- Monitoring the patient’s continuing ability to self-direct
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