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Meetings Family caregiver support groups offer support to those caring for a frail or elderly loved one. Meetings are held at the following locations and times: The 4th Tuesday of Each Month, 6 - 7:15 pm The 3rd Thursday of each month Kinship Care support groups offer support to both the non-parent relative adults and the children whom they are raising. The meetings are held at the following locations and times: The fourth Wednesday of the month from 11 – 12:30 at St Luke’s Parish, 1241 State Street, Schenectady. Refreshment served. No childcare provided. The 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month from 6:30-8:00pm at Trinity Institute, 15 Trinity Place, Albany. Support for the adults include speakers on a variety of topics focused on helping them cope with the very important and difficult task of raising relative children. Purposeful child care is provided. Refreshments are served. If you are planning to bring children, please RSVP to 449-2001 x 117. The 4th Tuesday of the month from 10:30-11:30am at the East Greenbush Library, 10 Community Way, East Greenbush. Refreshments served. No child care provided. Spring 2008 (.pdf) | Winter 2007 (.pdf) | Fall 2007 (.pdf) | Spring 2007 (.pdf) | Fall 2006 (.pdf) In the News Anti-psychotics and dementia Following an FDA warning regarding the dangers of giving anti-psychotic medications to people with dementia, NYS Office of Mental Health released an advisory for mental health providers in NYS. Click here . ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION BRIEF: Disparities in Health and Health Care among Medicare Beneficiaries, by Elliott S. This report recognizes overall life expectancy has improved, but racial and socioeconomic disparities in mortality and health status have recently been widening. Many Americans fail to receive treatments of proven benefit—a burden that falls most heavily on racial minorities and low-income populations. Fisher, David C. Goodman, and Amitabh Chandra (June 2008, .pdf format, 19p.). Culture Change in Nursing Homes: How Far Have We Come? Although The Nursing Home Reform Act, passed in 1987, established residents' rights and quality standards for nursing homes nationwide, serious concerns remain about quality of care and quality of life for nursing home residents. The "culture change" movement is working to radically transform nursing home care, and help facilities transition from institutions to home. This report presents results from the Commonwealth Fund 2007 National Survey of Nursing Homes. Click here > if the link doesn’t work http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/ and put “culture change” in the search field and it should come up A radio report by NPR submitted by author Dudley Clendinen who tells about the 400 days he spent at his mother's senior citizen apartment building/nursing home in Tampa, Fla., where the average age of its residents is 86. Clendinen became intimately involved with the lives of its residents and staff and weaved what has been described as a delightful soap opera. Listen to it here. Partnerships in change - article Archives > You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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Events Calendar A Caregivers Resource Fair will be held on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 between 5-730pm at Avila in Albany to provide answers and suggestions for caregivers in the community. The event is being hosted by Avila, HomeInstead Senior Care, Ingersoll Place, Kingsway Community, St.Peter's LifeLine and Burke & Casserly, P.C. There will be two speakers at the fair, Benita Zahn, WNYT at 6:45 will speak on the Complexity of Caregiving and at 5:45 the NYS Attorney General's Office will speak on Senior Solicitation Scams. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Susan Fitzpatrick at 640-2106 October 2, 2008 - Save-the-Date: Meeting the Mental Health Challenges of the Elder Boom, a community conference for Health and Human Service Providers and Family Care Givers from Warren and Washington Counties. The keynote speaker will be Michael Friedman. The conference will be held at the Queensbury Hotel from 8:00am to 12:00pm. For more information, please click here. October 23-25, 2008 - Save-the-Date: State Society on Aging of New York 36th Annual Conference This year's theme is: Geriatric Mental Health: Practice, Research, Education, and Policy and the conference will be held at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs, NY. October 23-25, 2008 - Save-the-Date: State Society on Aging of New York 36th Annual Conference This year's theme is: Geriatric Mental Health: Practice, Research, Education, and Policy and the conference will be held at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs, NY. Kin Caregiver Support Project Offers Workshops and Presentations The Kin Caregiver Support Project, Government Law Center, Albany Law School is now offering free clinics, workshops, and other types of presentations to caregivers and professionals anywhere in New York State. In addition, the Project is preparing to publish county-specific kin caregiver resource guides for each county in New York State. If you have information for publication in these guides, or for more information about the Project, please contact Gerard Wallace as soon as possible at gwall@albanylaw.edu. The project is a collaboration of AARP New York and The Government Law Center, with funding provided by the AARP Foundation and the New York Life Foundation. Free Legal Representation for Caregivers in New York City from MFY's Kinship Caregiver Law Project Grandparents and other kin caregivers who reside in the five boroughs of New York City and need legal help may contact MFY's Kinship Caregiver Law Project on Mondays and Wednesdays between 10 a.m. - 4:00 pm by calling 212-417-3774. The project also conducts free training on legal issues affecting kinship caregivers to both caregivers and social service workers. Groups interested in training should call 212-417-3774. For more information on MFY, visit www.mfy.org. |
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