The program was aired around Mother’s Day, and focused the day-to-day life of a mother/daughter caregiver relationship.ĬaringKind rounded out the spring season with several terrific events and conferences that were featured across local events websites and calendars. And, thanks to Weijing Shi, our incredible Chinese Outreach Manager, CaringKind was featured in a Chinese-language television program on Sinovision TV. Featured on more than 100 local events websites and calendars, these programs are extremely well attended. “It Was the Scariest Night of My Life: When Seniors Go Missing in New York” was featured on the popular NPR show All Things Considered and examined how the NYPD and community organizations are addressing the growing population of seniors at risk for wandering.ĬaringKind continues to touch caregivers in New York City’s many diverse communities through caregiving training programs and workshops, as well as our English, Spanish, and Chinese language Understanding Dementia seminars. Jed was also interviewed as an expert on the topic of wandering for a radio news piece on WNYC. CaringKind’s Jed Levine who played an integral role in the Comfort Matters initiative, was quoted in PADONA, the journal associated with The American Society for Long Term Care Nurses, on how Comfort Matters revolutionizes palliative care for dementia patients. The technology column featured the Balance: for Alzheimer’s Caregivers App, designed by the National Alzheimer’s Center, a division of Hebrew Home at Riverdale in partnership with CaringKind, which includes interactive caregiver communications, calendars, pill reminders, news updates, a medical record tracker, physician notification tool, and much more.ĬaringKind also continues to be recognized for bringing Comfort Matters®, an innovative dementia care education program, to four New York City nursing homes. Recent topics have included Technology for Caregivers, as well as Summer Safety. Lou-Ellen also advocates through her monthly column, “Care Chronicle,” which appears in about a dozen local newspapers across the boroughs, and offers ways to improve the day-to-day lives of caregivers. Focused on the underfunding of the Department of the Aging and the impact on caregiving, she wrote, “It’s unconscionable that at a time when the needs of some of our most vulnerable citizens are growing that support for senior centers, case managers, respite programs and home care - all vital resources for caregivers - is not keeping up with the demand and has been entirely overlooked by the current administration.” Lou-Ellen Barkan continues to be a thought leader with a recent op-ed in the New York Daily News. Max Gomez and our 550 guests, who helped raise $1.8 million! New York Social Diary, New York Nonprofit Media, Black Tie International Magazine and all featured coverage of the festivities. This year’s Forget-Me-Not Gala was a record-breaking success thanks to Gala Chair Fred Hassan Corporate Leadership Honoree, Allergan, and their Chairman and CEO Brent Saunders emcee, CBS 2 Medical Reporter Dr. The Roosevelt Island Daily was also present, reporting on the game including several photos of the action. Anchor Roger Clark interviewed players from the BruCrew and Blondetourage teams, as well as Candace Douglas, Director of Constituent Events. Actually, seven awesome bands will be playing, but only one of them has wacky NY1 reporter-at-large Roger Clark on the drums.CaringKind kicked-off this spring with live television coverage of our TackleALZ NYC game on NY1 News and NY1 Noticias. This time, there’s a special treat in store, because when it’s finished, you’ll have time to hustle over to see Perp Walk take the stage at 10pm in the Way Station’s Lou Reed Birthday Tribute. Take advantage of the collective lethargy brought on by successive snowpocaypses, and grab a ticket now for what’s always a fun night of high-stakes, pop-culture trivia competition. Needless to say, I’ve had my ticket to Wednesday’s Pat Kiernan Red Carpet Trivia Night at The Bell House for weeks, and was surprised to see that some are still available given the popularity of the events he’s hosted there in the past. 1 source for essential morning news delivered with personality, and at this point, it singlehandedly fuels an otherwise underwhelming (and very expensive) relationship with Time Warner Cable. Over the years, the little local network that could has been my No. 5, 2014 at 9:06 amĪnyone who knows me is aware of my love for NY1, which has been proclaimed again and again and again on this site.
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