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VOL 6, NO 5
A Publication for the community of Old Bridge
LOCAL MEDICAL CENTER HOLDS RIBBON PROFESSIONAL CUTTING FOR CENTER FOR MEMORY RECEIVES LOSS AND BRAIN HEALTH PRESTIGIOUS including Alzheimer’s disease. 170,000 adults in New Jersey are CERTIFICATION The Center for Memory Loss living with Alzheimer’s disease,”
M i c h a e l V. G r a n d i , C F S P, a f u n e r a l d i r e c tor with Jersey Memorial Group in Morganville, New Jersey, has recently qualified for recertification of the designation of Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP), by the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. A number of professions grant special recognition to members upon completion of specified academic and professional programs and “CFSP” is funeral ser vice’s national individual recognition. A select few have distinguished themselves among their peers within the funeral service profession as they continue their education to exceed the highest standards of care. This achievement is especially notable because Michael has voluntarily elected to participate in quality educational and service opportunities that far surpass what the funeral service licensing Continue on page 12
On January 6, 2021, Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center’s Neuroscience Institute held a ribbon-cutting for its new Center for Memory Loss and Brain Health. The center will offer integrated, high-quality screening, diagnostic and treatment services for adults living with cognitive or memory impairment caused by conditions such as various types of dementia
and Brain Health will be led said Mark Sparta, president by Manisha Parulekar, M.D., and chief hospital executive, AGSF, FACP, division chief, Hackensack University Medical Geriatrics and Florian Thomas, Center. “These statistics predict M.D., Ph.D., chair and professor, that the number of New Jersey Neurology and Neuroscience residents with Alzheimer’s Institute; Laurie G. Jacobs, M.D., disease will increase to 210,000 AGSF, FACP, chair and professor residents by 2025 — a 23.5 of Medicine and Lisa Tank, M.D., percent increase — making the chief medical officer, Hacken- Center for Memory Loss and sack University Medical Center. Brain Health a critical compo“According to 2017 statistics nent of cognitive health care from the New Jersey Depart- for aging New Jersey residents.” ment of Health, approximately Continue on page 2
COVID-19 VACCINATIONS BRING HOPE TO LONG-TERM RESIDENTS, STAFF AT REFORMED CHURCH HOME Reformed Church Home nursing staff celebrate receiving the COVID vaccine w ith an “RCHStrong” gesture, during the vaccination clinic held on January 5. From left, Sally Kabineh, Joanne Zientek, Vera Yarmoliouk, Gerley Tan. Front, Director of Nursing Ann a Ve r g ara .
Residents and staff members at Reformed Church Home in Old Bridge received the first dose of the 2-dose Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on January 5, just 3 weeks after the vaccine became available in New Jersey. Evelyn Arndt, who celebrated her 104th birthday on December 25, was gladly one of the first recipients during the vaccination clinic, as well as Magdalene Holland, a 92-yearold assisted living resident who was the Home’s first COVID Continue on page 6
FEBRUARY 2021