Home Care in
Wakefield

Wakefield has undergone one of the most dramatic demographic transformations in the northern Bronx: a neighborhood that was predominantly Irish-American and Italian-American through the mid-twentieth century is now 58.6% Black — largely Caribbean families from Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and Guyana — with a growing West African population from Nigeria and Ghana. New York State health data identifies Wakefield's Community District 12 as home to a concentrated population of uninsured non-Hispanic Caribbean residents with limited access to preventive care. Many Caribbean families manage chronic conditions — diabetes, hypertension, heart disease — without consistent professional support, often because they have not yet navigated Medicaid enrollment or do not know what in-home services they qualify for. Our social workers in Wakefield specialize in exactly that: helping uninsured and underinsured Caribbean families determine eligibility and get enrolled so care can be covered. Once enrolled, our HHA aides, nurses, and therapists provide the daily and skilled support that the Caribbean tradition of family caregiving needs professional backup to sustain. Montefiore Wakefield Division — the neighborhood's primary hospital — is a regular discharge partner for our team.