Member News
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Member News
The Osborn in Rye to Host Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt The Osborn’s annual Easter Egg Hunt will return to Rye on Sat., April 16, 2022. A tradition for nearly two decades, the popular community event will feature more than 5,000 colorful, candy-filled Easter eggs for children to find on The Osborn’s 56-acre campus – a perfect spring celebration.
- March 21, 2022
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Dementia hasn't ended this love story, thanks to committed caregivers and the Alzheimer's Association A new article in The Buffalo News shares the story of Ron and Sue Garra, a Western New York couple who, despite a challenging dementia diagnosis, continue to find love and meaning in their relationship with the help of loved ones, the Alzheimer’s Association of Western New York, and Mercy Nursing Facility at OLV.
- March 21, 2022
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United Hospital Fund Recognizes Several LeadingAge NY Members with 2022 Excellence in Health Care Award Seventy-three quality improvement leaders, including staff from several LeadingAge NY member organizations, have been recognized as recipients of United Hospital Fund’s 2022 Excellence in Health Care Award: Carmela Senese, MA, OTR/L, chief rehabilitation officer, and Yelena Yadgarova, MBA, RRT-NPS, director of respiratory therapy, Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center; Diane Shea, RN, BSN, chief quality officer, Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; Christene Joseph, RN, MS, WCC, C-NE, IPC, LNC, director of nursing services, Isabella Geriatric Center, Inc.; Faina Vasserman, RN, MS, CNS, IP, director of nursing, Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care; Lorette Shea, RN, BSN, MPS, assistant vice president of quality management, MJHS Home Care and MJHS Hospice; Sandra Mundy, LMSW, LNHA, administrator, The New Jewish Home, Manhattan; Igor Israel, MD, chief medical officer, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation; Theresa Renart, RN, education diabetic manager, RiverSpring Health Plans; Genevieve Sorensen, CPHQ, vice president for long term care, The Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation; Tina Hess, assistant director of quality, safety, and emergency preparedness, St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children; and Ritchell R. Dignam, MD, HMDC, chief medical officer, VNSNY Provider Services, and hospice medical director, VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care, Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
- March 18, 2022
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Osborn Residents Raise Funds for Ukrainian Relief Efforts Members of The Osborn’s Sterling Park Independent Living community recently came together to support the people of Ukraine, raising more than $25,000 to help with humanitarian relief efforts. The fundraising effort was spearheaded by Osborn resident Barbara Ward.
- March 18, 2022
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Member News
Staff at The Hebrew Home in Riverdale making Purim celebrations more inclusive This year, the Hebrew Home at Riverdale made the Jewish holiday of Purim more inclusive and meaningful for its residents by providing them the opportunity to hear the Megillah read in English from its brand-new kosher English Megillah.
- March 18, 2022
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Holocaust Survivors Protest Ukraine Invasion Residents of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, RiverSpring Assisted Living, and RiverWalk recently took to the streets, protesting the war in Ukraine in front of the Russian Compound in Riverdale.
- March 17, 2022
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National Guard deployment to Catholic Health nursing homes extended The New York State Department of Health recently announced that the National Guard’s deployment to Catholic Health’s long term care facilities has been extended through May 31st. About a dozen guard members have been helping as non-clinical extenders at three of the facilities – Father Baker Manor, McAuley Residence, and Mercy Nursing Facility at OLV – since February.
- March 16, 2022
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Member News
Queens-Long Island Renal Institute, located at The Parker Jewish Institute, launches Home Hemodialysis Program Queens-Long Island Renal Institute, located at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, is pleased to announce the launch of its Home Hemodialysis Program.
- March 15, 2022
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Member News
AmeriCorps Seniors Looking for Foster Grandparent and RSVP Volunteers AmeriCorps Seniors is currently seeking volunteers to support the Lutheran Foster Grandparent Program and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program in Chautauqua County.
- March 11, 2022
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Member News
The Harborside Health Center Administrator Honored for Quality Performance Kelly DeJesus, MBA, LNHA, administrator of the Health Center at The Harborside, has been recognized with the 2022 Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award by the American College of Health Care Administrators.
- March 9, 2022
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