GURWIN JEWISH NURSING &
FLUSHING HOUSE
Former Flushing House Staffer
Robert Salant Receives Rose Kryzak
Senior Leadership Award Robert
Rob Salant
Salant, the former community relations director at
Flushing House, received The Rose Kryzak Senior
Leadership Award at the retirement home’s “Jazz
Up In The Sky” fundraiser on Sept. 9. 9/14/16
REHABILITATION CENTER
Gurwin Jewish Nursing &
Rehabilitation Center Unveils
Winners of 23rd Annual Photo Contest
ST. ANN’S COMMUNITY
Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
recently unveiled the winners of the annual Gurwin
Photo Contest, which are now on permanent display at
the 460-bed nursing and rehabilitation facility. 7/6/16
Scholarship
Program at St.
Ann’s Community
Allows Employees
to Further Their
Education Thanks
to generous donors, 27
employees of St. Ann’s
Community received
scholarships this year
to help further their
education. 8/19/16
HEBREW HOME AT
RIVERDALE
RiverWalk Sports Bar featured on
the YES Network The RiverWalk Sports
Bar at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale was
featured on the popular Brandon Steiner “Hook
Up” show on the YES Network. The incredible
transformation of RiverWalk’s storage space to
a warm and inviting sports lounge is brought
to life and celebrated in this segment, which
includes an appearance by legendary baseball
player Goose Gossage. 8/4/16
ST. MARY’S HEALTHCARE
St. Mary’s Expands Services to Include an Ear, Nose
and Throat (ENT) Health Center Dr. Athanasios Tournas,
Board-Certified Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon joined the
St. Mary’s network of healthcare providers on July 1. The ENT Health
Center is located in Suite 100 in the Medical Office Building at 425 Guy
Park Ave., Amsterdam. 7/7/16
Community Members Trained to Help Prevent
Overdoses by Administering Naloxone Approximately
100 members of the Amsterdam community recently attended a free
training to learn to administer the drug Naloxone to help prevent opioid
overdoses. Dr. Kevin Cope, Attending Physician at St. Mary’s Healthcare,
facilitated the training in Johnstown. 8/5/16
St. Mary’s Healthcare, Amsterdam Offering PET/
CT Services St. Mary’s is pleased to announce the addition of
upgraded PET/CT to its comprehensive Medical Imaging Technology.
8/24/16
PRESBYTERIAN HOMES
Presbyterian Home for Central New York
Receives VPP Status On Oct. 12, the Presbyterian Home for
Central New York was honored with yet another award of Voluntary
Protection Programs (VPP) status. The Presbyterian Home for
Central New York is the only nursing home in New York to achieve
this status and nationally is only one of eight resident care facilities in
the country with this achievement. 10/14/16
St. Mary’s Healthcare, Amsterdam Among
HealthCare’s “Most Wired” St. Mary’s Healthcare,
Amsterdam has been named by the American Hospital Association
(AHA) as one of HealthCare’s “Most Wired” Hospitals. 9/6/16
(See Noteworthy on page 55)
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