ArchCare at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center

I dont know about the rest of the hospital but TCC Huntingtons unit is really good… they keep my brother who is a long term resident there, occupied and mentally stimulated… he does yoga and arts and crafts and he enjoys the food … i would recommend this unit if youve got a family member stricken with this terrible disease…

My friend, who has been there for over a year because of promised «rehab» for a fall he suffered in 2013, is now being punished for refusing a certain medication. They revoked his right to go outside, on a pass, with a friend. This is absolutely illegal and completely unacceptable, and it will be fought on every front. I hope the reputation of this place is trashed by everyone who even comes near it. The nursing staff has been, with a few exceptions, doing the best it can. But this is a criminal enterprise and should be treated as such. I am investigating further. And I am sure more wrongdoing will surface. You can just smell it about this place. They’re crooked, and even the employees look the other way in shame when you notice something. Please post more reports here. You deserve better. I will act on behalf of all patients so mistreated in New York. This will not stand.

Yes, this place is OLD and it has a feel of an old Hollywood suspense movie but I must say the physical therapist here are great. They take their time working with you and pushing to you limits in making sure you get best workout., I have read some negative reviews about this place but it seems they are in regards to LONG TERM CARE not rehab. If your just going for a two– three week rehab stay I say stick it out.

HEARTLESS STAFF!!!
I update these posts from time to time to spare others the nightmarish experience my family had. It will haunt me forever.
How did my dad — old, frail, immobile, and weak as a fly — end up with a several-​inch gash on his head? It pains me to contemplate. We saw it when he was laid out at the funeral home. We had visited him at TCC frequently, but he was helpless as a baby and couldn’t communicate with us about the treatment he received in our absence.
The staff were, at least, uncaring and indifferent, at most, cruel. When I went to collect my dad’s few personal belongings after his death, I mentioned to the head nurse on duty that my dad had died. Her reply, in an irritated tone, «Yeah, your sister already told me.»

My father is a long term resident of TCC, in its Huntington’s Unit. Like most hospitals, TCC is caught between the reality of our health care system (medicare/​medicaid) and its mission as a Catholic institution. As such, they have denied my father very little in his healthcare. Most places have (had) openly rejected him based on his inability to pay. TCC has done as much as possible to give him the best care possible for this strange, rare, fatal, long term disease. There are very few places in the country that accepts individuals with this illness, and TCC is one of them.
TCC has a long history of accepting people with various illnesses — they opened the first AIDS treatment ward in NYC in the 1980s (back when it was the ‘gay cancer’ and gays were shunned). They seem, IMHO, to embody the best aspects of the Catholic faith. For the record, my father (and I) are Jewish (although he is a devout and proud atheist.)
They do, with their limited funds, create an excellent sense of family for those with long term commitments to the institution. Recreationally they provide field trips in NYC in-​line with each person’s ability to interact. My father, who is in a wheelchair, has had visits to the Circle Line in warm weather and inside in cold weather.
One central amenity is Central Park, across which TCC sits. I am glad that in the warm months I am able to take my disabled father there so he can get away from the stress of the hospital. The Conservatory Garden delights him, especially in spring when there is so much to see. The Harlem Meer is also a favorite. I wish I could thank all the volunteers individually that make Central Park a great place to visit.
The hospital building itself is mid evil in its largeness — made back when marble was the building stone of New York. And like most buildings in Harlem, it has spectacular (and large) dimensions. They are working (hard) on making it homier.
Could they try harder? Yes, sometimes. I could have been born with more money, too, which would have helped things as well (including paying the hard-​working CNAs that do the grunt work of caring for my father more.)
TCC is getting better every day. Do I recommend them as a local hospital? I don’t recommend getting sick in this country without good health insurance and I don’t recommend getting *very* sick without alot of money so you can afford the best care. Considering that only 1% of us own 55% of everything, you know whom I’m talking to. The rest of us make due.
TCC is trying very hard to be an exceptionally great place. It wins alot more than it loses, in my book. The hard work of the exceptional administrators and healthcare workers is deeply appreciated by me and my family.
Others on this site have mentioned laughing by nurses in unfortunate certain situations. Perhaps if the poster asked for a bit of respectful quiet, it would have been granted. NYC can be a crowded place, and
sometimes not everyone’s wishes are respected.