Serving Great Neck from our Stamford office
Companion care in Great Neck
If your mother in Great Neck enjoys lunch and her group at the Senior Center on Grace Avenue, a companion can help with the rest of her week. Tell us how it runs now, and we'll plan the hours with you.
The first conversation is free, and nothing starts until you say so.
Does Endurance Home Care provide companion care in Great Neck?
Yes. We provide companion care throughout Great Neck, including Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kensington and Kings Point, from our Stamford office. It can run by the hour, overnight, live-in or around the clock. A registered nurse visits first to plan the care with your family, and you meet your companion before the first visit.
Care options in Great Neck
Companion care, on the schedule you need
In New York we provide companion care only, and it can run by the hour, overnight, live-in or around the clock. That means company, meals, light housekeeping, errands, rides to appointments and regular updates for the family. Tell us what the days and nights are like and we’ll talk through the schedule with you.
- Hourly careHelp for the hours that are hardest, from a few mornings a week to full days. Easy to add to as needs change.
- Overnight careA caregiver who stays awake through the night hours, there when someone wakes and ready to help them settle again, so everyone in the house gets some rest.
- Live-in careA caregiver lives in the home and helps through the day with meals, routines, company and the house. Agreed rest time, including a night's sleep, is part of the arrangement.
- 24-hour careCaregivers work awake shifts, usually two 12-hour or three 8-hour shifts, so someone is up and ready to help at any hour of the day or night.
Lunch, classes and a ride at the Great Neck Senior Center
The Great Neck Senior Center, at 80 Grace Avenue, is run by Great Neck Senior Citizens Inc. and funded through Nassau County's Office for the Aging. It serves Great Neck, Lake Success and Manhasset on weekdays, with lunch, a lending library, ping pong, a piano and transportation. Reservations are required for meals, rides and exercise classes, so someone has to make the call.
A companion can make that call, keep the day on the calendar and go along when your mother wants company. A companion can also fill the evenings, nights and weekends, when the center is closed. Other groups meet nearby too, including REAP at the Cumberland Adult Center on Cumberland Avenue and the Mashadi Senior Club on Steamboat Road.
Taxi days and tax forms
Great Neck's villages are part of the Town of North Hempstead. Its Project Independence gives residents 60 and over free taxi rides to shopping centers twice a week, and discounted rides to medical and dental appointments. Rides are booked at least a day ahead, before 4pm, and drivers can't physically help a rider into the taxi. In the Village of Great Neck itself, tax exemptions are filed each year between October 1 and December 31.
A companion can carry the bags in from the taxi, run the errands the shopping days don't cover and keep the exemption form where it won't get lost, with a reminder as the date nears. The program lists aides as riding at no additional charge, which is worth asking the Town about if you'd like a companion on those trips.
Getting started
How care is arranged in Great Neck
It starts with a conversation, and nothing begins until you say so.
A conversation
Call or send a request. Tell us who needs help, where they live and what's been getting harder. You don't need the right words.
A nurse visits at home
A registered nurse comes to the house in Great Neck, gets to know everyone and writes the care plan with you.
You meet the caregiver
We choose a caregiver for the routines and preferences that matter and introduce them before the first visit. If it isn't working, we find someone else.
Updates as you go
Your Care Manager keeps you posted and changes the plan with you when needs change.
- Our office
- Our Stamford office at 60 Long Ridge Rd, Suite #214, Stamford, CT looks after families in Great Neck. Our caregivers come to you. Directions
- Town programs
- Looking for what Great Neck offers older residents too? The Great Neck Senior Center is at 80 Grace Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11021.
Credentials and recognition
Questions Great Neck families ask
Does Great Neck have a senior center?
Yes. The Great Neck Senior Center is at 80 Grace Avenue, run by Great Neck Senior Citizens Inc. Nassau County lists it as serving Great Neck, Lake Success and Manhasset on weekdays, with lunch, transportation, a lending library and more. Reservations are required for meals, rides and exercise classes.
How do the Town of North Hempstead's taxi rides work?
Project Independence serves residents 60 and over. Food-shopping rides are free, run twice a week between 10am and 2pm and allow three bags per rider. Rides to medical, dental and treatment appointments in the Town are discounted. Book at least one day ahead, before 4pm, and remember that drivers can't physically help you into the taxi. On other days, or for places the program doesn't go, a companion can drive.
Can my father get library books without going to the library?
Great Neck Library offers a Homebound Library Card for people who can't leave home because of illness or disability, with a form to return to the main library at 159 Bayview Avenue. A companion can also pick up and return his books at any branch, or help him borrow digitally.
How do families pay for companion care?
Care with Endurance is private pay. If your parent has a long-term care insurance policy, we can help with the policy paperwork. Medicare doesn't pay for ongoing daily help at home.
Talk with our care team
Let's talk about care in Great Neck
Tell us a little about what's happening, and we'll call to talk it through. The first conversation is free, and nothing starts until you say so.
A person answers at (203) 936-6847. In an emergency, call 911.
Nearby: Manhasset, Garden City. Or see companion care across Nassau County.