AMSTERDAM CONTINUING CARE HEALTH SYSTEM
The Amsterdam at Harborside Restructuring a Life Plan Community Into Success and 97 percent Occupancy
The Amsterdam at Harborside is a beautiful life plan community ( CCRC ) in Port Washington that continues to provide an exceptional lifestyle across the continuum from independent living apartments to assisted living , memory care , rehabilitation , nursing and hospice care since welcoming its first residents in August 2010 . The community recently reached an important milestone with 97 percent of its 229 independent living apartments occupied . 8 / 31 / 16
LEADINGAGE NEW YORK NEWS
NOTEWORTHY
ST . JOHNLAND NURSING
ST . ANN ’ S COMMUNITY
St . Ann ’ s Community Was the Top Corporate Fundraiser in the 2016 Rochester Walk to End Alzheimer ’ s ! With more than 150 walkers and over $ 19,000 in donations , St . Ann ’ s Community was the top corporate fundraiser in the 2016 Rochester Walk to End Alzheimer ’ s ! 9 / 28 / 16
PEOPLE , INC
Turning a Closed Tonawanda School Into Low-Income
Apartments After finally overcoming legal hurdles over zoning , social services agency People Inc . is hoping to open its newest affordable housing project next spring in the City of Tonawanda . 8 / 11 / 16
CENTER
St . Johnland Nursing Center 150 th Anniversary Gala St . Johnland Nursing Center ’ s 150 th Anniversary Gala honored longtime trustee and donor Virginia P . Jacobsen . 9 / 19 / 16
THE NEW JEWISH HOME
“ Aging in the 21 s t Century ,” a Series Exploring the Latest Thinking in the Field of Aging The New Jewish Home , one of the country ’ s largest and most diversified nonprofit eldercare care systems , announces “ Aging in the 21 st Century ,” a series of public programs offering professionals and the public alike the chance to hear from healthcare leaders , public health experts and scientists who work in the field of aging . 8 / 16 / 16
MIT AgeLab ’ s Joseph F . Coughlin Addresses “ Technology and the Future of Aging ” The New Jewish Home ’ s fourth annual Himan Brown Symposium on Advances in Senior Health presents Joseph F . Coughlin , PhD , Founder and Director of MIT ’ s AgeLab , who will speak about technology and the future of aging . 9 / 7 / 16
THE BROOKMEADE COMMUNITY
The Brookmeade Community Explorations in Art : Starr Library Art Exhibit The Brookmeade Community participated in the unveiling of senior resident ’ s Autumn Art Collection on Friday , October 7 th . 10 / 13 / 16
Alzheimer ’ s Expert Al Power , Author of “ Dementia Beyond Drugs ,” Delivers 2016 Stein Lecture on Alzheimer ’ s Geriatrician and dementia expert G . Allen Power will deliver The New Jewish Home ’ s 17 th annual Stein Lecture on Alzheimer ’ s . 9 / 12 / 16
The New Jewish Home Wins $ 400,000 NIH Grant to Study Innovative Approach to Reducing Delirium in Nursing Homes The National Institute on Aging , part of the National Institutes of Health , has awarded The New Jewish Home $ 400,000 to study an innovative approach to reducing delirium and the resulting hospitalizations and fatalities , among nursing home patients . 9 / 23 / 16
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