Healthy Aging Hotline for Senior Services
203-789-3275 

Saint Raphael's is the area's provider of choice for seniors. Our Geriatric Center of Excellence offers a range of services to promote better health and help people maintain independence as they age, including education, research, training and specialty services.

• CareCard: Saint Raphael's award-winning, FREE health and wellness membership program for people 55 and older. CareCard offers everything from activities like Aquacise to screenings for blood pressure and cholesterol. With more than 23,000 members, it's the largest program of its kind in Connecticut. A Spanish version of our CareCard information is available.
• Senior Assessment Centers:  helping patients and families meet the challenges of independent living.
• Senior Outreach: providing patients and physicians with information, consultation and referrals to important community healthcare services like Meals on Wheels. Senior Outreach also assists with scheduling physician appointments and transportation to medical appointments.
• Project Eldercare: bringing health care to elderly residents who might otherwise have difficulty accessing services
• Going H.O.M.E. Program: A special hospital unit for people 65 and older with acute medical conditions complicated by other physical, psychological or emotional issues
• Healthy Aging Line: A gateway to the medical care and support needed by older adults and their caregivers. Call 203.789.3275 or e-mail healthyaging@srhs.org for easy access to Saint Raphael's wide array of senior services.
• Down Syndrome Assessment Program:  as part of the Senior Assessment Program, Saint Raphael's is offering assessments for adults with Down syndrome to identify, diagnose, and treat Alzheimer's disease and other geriatric conditions among Down syndrome patients.  

 Saint Raphael's also is affiliated or in partnership with these quality services and providers:

•·        Lifeline: a 24-hour personal security and emergency response program.

•·        Sister Anne Virginie Grimes Health Center (formerly known as Saint Regis Health Center): the only Catholic skilled nursing home in New Haven.

•·        VNA Services, Inc.: Saint Raphael's homecare partner, providing quality care following, or instead of, a hospital stay.

•·        Parkinson's Center: Connecticut's information and support source for those with Parkinson's disease and their families.