6th Annual PASSi Gala - UPDATE

Join PASSi in celebrating our 6th Annual Fundraising Gala.

PASSi is proud to serve as a the gatekeeper for Asian home health, but we realize there are many seniors and disabled adults who still need our service. For this purpose, we organize an annual Gala to help expand our programs. Join PASSi on Thursday May 17th at Lai Lai Garden Restaurant in Blue Bell, PA. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities or to purchase tickets, please contact Patricia Eget at 215-572-1234 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

This year, PASSi wil honor Larry Merlis, CEO of Abington Memorial Hospital as our 2012 Distinguished Health Leader. We will also honor Rorng Sorn, Executive Director of the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia, and Thoai Nguyen, founder and Chief Executive Officer of SEAMAAC.

PASSi Job Training News - Recently Updated

CNA Class Accepting Applications for May 2012 in conventient center city Philadelphia location. MORE INFORMATION

Vocational ESL Accepting Applications - Improve your English to work in the health care field. Currently enrolling for June 2012. MORE INFORMATION

Now Hiring Home Health Aides. Free trainings provided to all new hires. Call 215-572-1234 for more information.

Multilingual Brochures!

Check out PASSi's brochures in Khmer, Chinese, Vietnamese, and English! To read the brochure in Khmer, click here. To view the Chinese brochure, click here. (查看賓州亞裔耆老服務公司的中文信息, 請按這裡.) For English, click here.

PASSi Executive Director Receives Citation for helping Asian Seniors

PASSi is delighted to announce that PA State Representative Michael Gerber honored Im Ja Choi for her work as Executive Direcor and Founder of PASSi.

Purpose Prize Fellow

Im Ja Choi, was named a 2011 Purpose Prize Fellow by Civic Ventures from a pool of more than 1,000 nominees. Ms. Choi was honored for meeting a critical need for home healthcare services for English limited Asian seniors in southeastern Pennsylvania. PASSi was the first home care agency in Pennsylvania focused on Asian Americans.

PASSi Executive Director Featured in the New York Times!

The New York Times featured PASSi's Executive Director, Im Ja Choi, in an article about how baby boomers are creating innovative new approaches to health care delivery that improve health outcomes for the elderly and reduce the cost of delivering health care to America's increasing large and diverse elderly population. Ms. Choi discussed how she founded PASSi to address the need for linguistically and culturally targeted home health care for Asian seniors. As it has grown, PASSi continues to strive to meet the needs of English-limited Asian seniors and help them navigate the complex U.S. health care system. To read the article, go to the New York Times' web page.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Honors PASSi's Executive Director, Im Ja Choi, as a 2011 Community Health Leader

For her efforts to improve the lives of Asian American seniors, Choi has been named one of 10 recipients of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders Award. The award honors exceptional men and women who have overcome significant obstacles to tackle some of the most challenging health and health care problems facing their communities. For more information about the award and Choi's work, please visit http://www.communityhealthleaders.org/news_features/pr/89994.

Im Ja Choi with the other 2011 Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders

PASSi Receives Grant from Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Outreach

PASSi's Board of Directors is excited to announce that it received a $30,000 grant from the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The grant will allow PASSi to conduct community outreach and education events targeting Philadelphia's Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Korean communities. PASSi will partner with Abington Memorial Hospital and Mercy Suburban Hospital to provide free health screenings for PASSi's home health aides, home care clients, and other Asian immigrant women.