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When Alzheimer’s disease hits home

by Victoria Zunitch Chronicle Contributor

As the number of Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s disease accelerates, the medical profession and families who have suffered from the disease are working to educate the public about how to recognize early signs of the condition.

There is no cure and there are few treatments. But early recognition is extremely important because it gives families and patients the chance to prepare and it helps buy time for patients.

Alzheimer’s affects about five million Americans, and if current trends continue, that number will only grow, according to the U.S. government’s National Institute on Aging. And it cost the country’s healthcare system an estimated $214 billion last year, a figure that is also projected to grow.

For those Queens residents who may develop the disease or observe its symptoms in a loved one, it helps to know how to recognize Alzheimer’s and other dementias, where to turn for help and how to prepare for the road Treating someone with Alzheimer’s disease involves a full spectrum of approaches, including a ahead. great deal of attention from both professional and nonprofessional caregivers.

Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and ulti- such as when the person who pays the family’s needed,” Kudish said.

Once signs and symptoms of dementia or mately destroys the ability to carry out even bills no longer can balance the checkbook.

If anyone notices these changes in them- Alzheimer’s have been identified, don’t brush simple tasks, according to the National Instiselves or others, it’s important to get the right them off because the person isn’t elderly. Earlytutes of Health. onset Alzheimer’s can strike a person in their Healthy adults might joke about having medical treatment right away.

“There are some dementias that we can fifties, forties or even earlier. The movie “Still Alzheimer’s when they make certain kind of mistakes, temporarily and occasionally forget reverse or treat,” so early diagnosis is very Alice,” for which Julianne Moore recently won basic information, or when they lose or mis- important, Wolf-Klein said. For example, a the Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy deficiency in vitamin B12, low levels of folate Award, focuses on early-onset Alzheimer’s. place an item such as keys or a wallet.

“The take-home message is, don’t overlook For those with the disease, however, forget- in the blood and depression can exhibit in the patient’s life as “pseudo- anything, don’t minimize it. You have to fulness and confusion get dementias” from which a explore it,” Vogel said. progressively worse. They patient can entirely recover.

Kudish noted that early-onset cases “add slowly lose the ability to aregivers must be Some drugs to treat the another layer of complexity” to the situation, retrace steps and f ind items, eventually losing all sure to take care of disease itself are now being because the patient might have teenage chilused, but they are new and dren, for example, or be the family’s primary ability to keep track of anythemselves as well still being studied. breadwinner. thing, and may even accuse “Alzheimer’s always pulls the rug out from “The medicines that are others of stealing. Alzheimas their loved ones. available and effective are under you,” he said. “The rug is pulled out er’s patients exhibit increasin the early stages,” Wolf- more sharply, it’s a little more of a shock, for ingly poor judgment and Klein said. “If given in the early stages, they people who are younger.” show personality changes including violence.

Most people turn to their internist with iniTo identify potential Alzheimer’s or demen- can slow the disease. They can’t help later on.”

For example, one drug used often to treat the tial concerns, but Vogel emphasized that geriatia, look for changes in behavior, memory or mood, said Barbara Vogel, a licensed master confusion and other mental changes associated tricians, neurologists and psychiatrists are social worker with the North Shore-LIJ Health with Alzheimer’s is donepezil, sold the Unit more likely to provide a cor rect under the trade name Aracept.

System. r’s to ed diagnosis. e St “Not every doctor, unfortu“It seems to slow down the heim “The onset is very slow and insidious,” a nately, is as well-versed in Vogel said. It’s usually easier to recognize the progression of the disease,” dementia as we would like,” signs in someone you haven’t seen in a while, Wolf-Klein said. she said. “If the primary Matt Kudish, senior she said, because the changes come on slowly care physician is not givand often aren’t noticeable on a day-to-day vice president of caregiving your concerns the time e r s e r v ic e s fo r t h e basis in the early stages. or attention you feel is Social isolation is a big tip-off. Family mem- Alzheimer’s Association, required, go to a geriatribers may first notice a problem when a loved cautions that such medician, a neurologist, a one gets ostracized from a group due to perfor- c a t io n s c a n m a n a ge psychiatrist.” mance or personality changes. For example, a symptoms, such as by givOnce a diagnosis has stellar bridge player may stop winning and i ng “a br ief cog n it ive been made, the first order of eventually quit playing altogether, said Dr. improvement,” but do not So n o u rc ia ti e: A business is to put appropriate Gisele Wolf-Klein, director of geriatric educa- modif y the cou rse of the l z h e i me r ’s A s s o c legal papers in place with an elder tion at North Shore University Hospital in Nas- disease. law attorney. Legal and medical experts And they are still being studied. sau. Or when a grandparent stops visiting a “There have been a lot of advances in the recommend a healthcare proxy, power of grandchild, the reason may be that he can’t remember how to get to the grandchild’s house. science, and there are some things we can be attorney and will for everyone over the age of Nonsocial behavioral changes are also clues, excited about, but I think that more time is 18. It’s important that the patient plans to take

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Watch for these 10 warning signs • Memory loss that disrupts daily life, such as forgetting names or appointments but recalling them later.

• Challenges in planning or solving problems, such as making occasional errors when balancing a checkbook.

• Difficulty completing familiar tasks, such as occasionally needing help to use the microwave or record a TV show.

• Confusion with time or place, such as getting confused about what day of the week it is but figuring it out later.

• Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships, such as with vision changes due to cataracts.

• New problems with words in speaking or writing, such as having trouble finding the right word.

• Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps, such as not being able to find glasses or the remote control.

• Decreased or poor judgment, such as making a bad decision once in a while.

• Withdrawal from work or social activities, such as sometimes feeling weary of work, family and social obligations.

• Changes in mood and personality, such as developing very specific ways of doing things and becoming irritable when a rouQ tine is disrupted.

Source: the Alzheimer’s Association alz.org/10signs care off suchh llegall matters bbefore f bbecoming i incapable of doing so, Vogel pointed out.

Families will also need to do some financial planning, looking at assets and health insurance. Family members usually look after an Alzheimer’s patient in the early stages, but that doesn’t last forever. “As things progress, no one can do this 24/7; at some point everyone needs a break or respite,” Vogel said.

“The issue is not just the patient, it’s the caregiver also,” said Wolf-Klein. Caregiver health often suffers more than the patient’s health when caregivers try to go it alone.

“Don’t engage in denial and say it’s no problem. Ask for help — friends, children, neighbors,” Wolf-Klein said.

One mission of the Alzheimer’s Association, which offers a myriad of services and information in person, over the phone, online and via email, is to help caregivers understand that they also need to take care of themselves.

“Self-care doesn’t have to be this huge thing, but we must take the time to take care of ourselves, to refuel the tanks, so to speak,” Kudish said. “It’s the only way to sustain being a caregiver.”

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A personal story of early-onset Alzheimer’s

by Victoria Zunitch

ward to retirement. With bickering on the rise, he planned a romantic For Pat Moffett, the loneliness Puerto Rican getaway because he of ser ving as caregiver to an thought Carmen might be looking Alzheimer’s patient started long for a divorce.

At a restaurant in Puerto Rico, before he or his wife Carmen knew she had the disease that would take Carmen came up from behind and hit Pat with an entire plate of food, her life in 2010.

Moffett is now trying to spare then ran out. He chased after her other families the delays in diagno- but had to explain himself to the sis and loneliness he suffered with police. “What’s this 6-foot, 3-inch Irish his book “Ice Cream in the Cupboard: A True Story of Early Onset guy chasing this Puerto Rican woman? � they A l z hei me r’s.� must have wonThe book was he said. published i n aregivers must also dered, The food on his 20 08, a nd he clothes helped still spends time make sure to take h i m sell h is promot i ng it , care of themselves. e x p l a n a t i o n . selling it to raise After they funds for Alzheimer’s research and giving it returned to their hotel and Carmen napped, she woke up happy. away to raise awareness. “She comes out and says, “It’s a love story, a story of the family,� Moffett said. “It was won- ‘Honey, I’m starved, when are we going to eat?’� he said. derful therapy for me.�

Moffett cut the trip short. DocPat and Carmen Moffett of Great Neck, LI had been reunited for five tors were asked about Vitamin B years following a five-year breakup deficiency, menopause or other when Carmen began exhibiting issues, but Alzheimer’s was never strange behavior. They had raised mentioned.

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finally led to her diagnosis. As the budget administrator for a school district, she also handled bus passes. Once, she sent a child home at the normal time after a parent told Carmen no one would be there and the child should stay after school.

Eventually, the district asked the longtime budget manager for the school budget and she replied, “I don’t do the budget.� She lost her job and was referred for a medical evaluation. “I have a touch of Alzheimer’s,� she told her husband. “When I told a friend, people we had known for years, they couldn’t believe it,� he said. “I thought my wife’s case at 53 was a record,� he said. He learned that early-onset Alzheimer’s strikes many patients in their 40s or 30s and younger.

Moffett wants other families to know that Alzheimer’s can strike early, how to recognize the signs, and that it’s even more important for caregivers to take care of themselves than it is to take care of the patient. “If they don’t, they can die before the patient,� he said. “I found myself falling asleep at

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the wheel,� while caring for Carmen at home, he said. “I came dow n w it h pneu mon ia . T he immune system crashes.�

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younger and stronger, Moffett said.

Moffett cared for his wife at home for three years, but her escalating violence eventually made that impossible. “Caregivers didn’t want to work for me. My housekeeper quit,� he said.

When Carmen became too violent even for a specialized Alzheimer’s day facility, he moved her to a full-time facility.

Families who suffer from the early onset form of the disease have the added burden of learning that those who get it under the age of 65 are generally suffering from a genetic cause.

Moffett also runs a program called Let’s Do Dinner, where he meets with caregivers. The break is much needed to keep them from feeling totally alone, he said.

Moffett has written a film script and a play based on his book, but he’s not ready to see “Still Alice,� a movie about early-onset Alzheimer’s starring Julianne Moore that is currently playing in theaters. “I’m working my way up to it,� he said.

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by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Although the Alzheimer’s Association is still working out the details of its planned expansion to Queens, focusing on a needs assessment for the borough so it can determine which services are most in demand, there’s no need for anyone here to wait to access its vast array of information and support. It’s all just a phone call or a web page away — all free of charge.

And plenty of people from Queens are reaching out to the group for help with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia, both patients and caregivers. The association began asking borough residents who contact it to take a survey to determine their needs last month, and as of early this week already had seen 52 completed.

“People in Queens absolutely are in need of our services, said Matt Kudish, the association’s senior vice president of caregiver services. “They’re calling us, so we know people are using our services, and those people who are calling our helpline absolutely are looking for more.”

The helpline, available 24/7, is 1 (800) 272-3900. The group’s website — which is loaded with information as well as forums where caregivers discuss what they and their loved ones are going through — is alz.org. The New York City chapter’s site is alznyc.org, and anyone can ask for assistance by sending an email to helpline@alznyc.org.

In its survey, the association asked people which of its seminars they would be interested in. Eighty percent expressed interest in the group’s Understanding Dementia forum. Nearly as many, 76 percent, said they were interested in the Family Caregiver workshop, which is held once a week for four weeks in sessions of two and a half hours each. Forty-eight percent expressed interest in the Legal and

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Financial Services seminar, 46 percent in the one on moving a relative into a nursing home and 44 percent in the one on Medicaid home care.

The respondents also were asked if they would attend Alzheimer’s Association seminars in Manhattan, and half said they would while half said they would not. Of those who said they would not, 78 percent said transportation was the reason. And 94 percent said they would attend them if held in Queens, demonstrating the desire for a greater association presence here.

That’s on its way.

Beginning in May, the association’s new Queens care consultant, Chesire Schanker, who holds master’s degrees in

both social work and education, will be making presentations to organizations throughout the borough to inform both residents and professionals in the field of aging about the free services it provides. A great many of those are geared toward caregivers, who Kudish points out have major burdens of their own to bear, and need assistance.

“Caring for a loved one with this disease takes a toll in every way imaginable: physically, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually and financially,” he said. “The disease is isolating for the person who has it, and it can be just as isolating for the caregiver.”

Alzheimer’s is of course a progressive disease, and the caregiving that’s required for a patient grows over time.

“As caregiving increases, support fades away,” Kudish said. “It creates an incredibly dangerous, unhealthy situation.

Caregiver burnout, caregiver stress — these are real conditions people need to be aware of and need to take care of.”

As it examines how to best help people in Queens, the Alzheimer’s Association plans to maintain its existing partnerships with groups including Sunnyside Community Services, Queens Community House and New York Hospital Queens, and create new ones, such as with Flushing-based Self Help Community Services. Whereas it originally planned to offer set office hours at several locations in Queens, it’s now developing a more flexible plan, one in which, for example, individual appointments can be set at the offices of its partners when people need them. The plan will be finalized after the needs assessment is complete\.

All the new programming — through which the association hopes to double the number of people in Queens that it serves — is made possible by a $348,000 grant the group received last year from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Q

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Michael N. Rosenblut, President and CEO of Parker, notes that QLIRI was conceived and built with one thing in mind: “Improving the quality of the life for adults who require dialysis, whether they live in their own homes or are residents or patients of Parker.”

“We endeavored to make the treatment stations and overall environment as comfortable and pleasing as possible,” said Georgiene Kenny, Vice President for Quality Management, who oversees QLIRI’s daily operations.

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here is no question that caring for an individual with Alzheimer’s disease can be a stressful and challenging undertaking. Aside from the basic daily needs such as meals, dressing and bathing, many caregivers take care of doctors’ appointments, financial matters, recreational activities, home safety—and the list can go on. As each day passes, your loved one has greater care needs than your time and attention can handle.

You consider the options and realize that formalized care such as in-home aides or adult day services is insufficient. The burden has become so great that you risk burning out or no longer being able to provide the same level of care as before. Further, your loved one may need round-the-clock care and possibly complex medical complete supervision. Consider an assisted living facility or a nursing home. But that very idea distresses you further. It’s not uncommon to feel grief and guilt. You may have heard your loved one once say that he or she never wants to “end up” in a long-term care facility, and you might have promised many years ago that would not happen. It is certainly not easy to be in this position.

You are conflicted about having your loved one relocate to a long-term care residence, but you know you have to make a choice sooner or later. Is it possible your loved one spoke so strongly against this type of move before the assisted living industry even existed, when nursing homes were caught up in negative news, when specialized dementia care wasn’t an option and when there weren’t as many resources to investigate a facility?

Doing due diligence in checking out a long-term care residence can alleviate some of the anxiety you’re experiencing. What you need for yourself, and for your loved one, is to gain confidence that the facility has a caring and knowledgeable interdisciplinary team of professionals. You’ll want to feel a level of assurance that your loved one will be safe and receive a comprehensive level of care. In most facilities, one can expect to find a staff that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, physical, occupational and speech therapists, recreational activity coordinators, dieticians, certified nurses’ aides, housekeepers, transporters, security guards and others. If there is a problem with a wheelchair, a physical therapist and engineer can work together to resolve the issue. If the resident is bored, a recreational therapist can assess personal interests and abilities, and suggest an individualized program. Even at night, if the resident is prone to wandering behaviors, a nurse or aide would be available to redirect the individual back to bed.

In other words, a long-term care residence has the staff to offer a level of care and attention that is much higher and more inclusive than most individuals can receive at home. You can visit without being pulled in different directions. And, perhaps most importantly, you can finally unload some of your own stress and give your loved one 100 percent of yourself. And you’ll know in your heart that you made the right decision for your loved one—and yourself.

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ife is a cycle: birth, growth, maturation and finally the part few look forward to, Zelda Foster death. But death is indeed a natural part of living. No one gets out of here alive. Most Americans have strong preferences about how they would like to live out their final days and the types of care and treatment that they want to have and the types they would prefer to avoid. Yet all too often, we prefer not to talk about these preferences even though they are very important to us.

The American Hospice movement began over 40 years ago with pioneers like Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, who published her groundbreaking work “On Death and Dying” on May 1, 1969.

Locally, Zelda Foster worked as a clinical social worker at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Brooklyn in the late ’60s. She was struck that patients were often treated like children, and not even told the truth about their prognosis or allowed to discuss their preferences for their care and treatment. Zelda called this “the conspiracy of silence.” Zelda worked with other hospice pioneers like London’s Cecily Saunders and Connecticut’s Florence Wald to get the American Hospice movement started.

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What is troubling to many who work in hospice is that far too many people think of a “hospice” as a place, not realizing that the comprehensive care and compassion that hospices bring is available to them in their own homes.

Another striking characteristic is that hospices offer care not only to the patient facing a life-limiting illness, but hospices provide support and comfort the patient’s family as well.

When many people learn about the care and comfort offered by hospices, they often ask how they can help. Every hospice program certified by Medicare has a strong and vibrant volunteer program. Individuals in the community contribute their time and talent to patients and their loved ones at the most critical time. Volunteers perform a variety of services such as visiting with patients, reading to them or sharing stories from the patients’ past. Whatever the interaction, the nearly universal response from volunteers seems to be, “I feel like I received so much more by volunteering than I ever gave.”

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continued from page 4 best practices that can smooth the road for all involved.

“The doctors have to realize that the name of the game for dementia care is really the interdisciplinary team,” Wolf-Klein said.

This includes not only medical staff, with all of the patient’s doctors communicating with each other, but also paid or unpaid caregivers.

“If you have a trained caregiver, you don’t need as much medication,” Dr. Wolf-Klein said, referencing sedatives.

One of the ways Alzheimer’s manifests

itself is with angry outbursts, which leads to some patients being heavily medicated on sedatives. A caregiver who knows how to distract a patient and sing to him or her won’t just “grab someone by the hand” and abruptly announce bath time, Wolf-Klein said. Instead, caregivers might prepare a lovely spa-like bath with fresh towels, maybe candles and the patient’s favorite soap, and sing their way to the bathroom with the patient.

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Now there’s daily relief for Alzheimer’s caregivers The Granat Alzheimer Center at Parker Jewish Institute

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he Granat Alzheimer Center at Parker Jewish Institute is a unique, flexible drop-in service that provides relief and support for families, and sensitivity and stimulation for participants, in a safe, highly appealing environment. Open since 1989 through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the center uses a participant-centered approach in addressing the needs of individuals in the moderate to later stages of the disease.

Located in the bright, modern setting of Parker’s Community Health Center, in Lake Success, the program provides a comprehensive set of services for Alzheimer’s participants, ranging from recreational activities, the maintenance of activities of daily living (ADL) skills and nutritional meals, able to accommodate any dietary restriction or preference.

These services are designed to stimulate memory, encourage continued activity and provide proper caloric intake.

In addition, special services are provided for participants who need assistance with personal care (i.e., bathing, grooming, feeding). Ultimately, the focus

of the program is to provide caregiver support that enhances the quality of life for the participant. Services, therefore, are designed specifically for the individual participant, according to the stated needs of the caregiver.

Participant schedules are customized to meet the needs of caregivers.

The Granat Alzheimer Center features an extended schedule, and is open seven days a week, Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The “Dinner and a Movie” Saturday evenings program allows caregivers to have a night off from the burden of caregiving.

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Get a patient’s affairs in order, and yours too

by Tess McRae Chronicle Contributor

It can begin with a simple slip of the mind that slowly becomes worse and worse. Alzheimer’s disease, still called by some senile dementia, destroys memory and other mental functions. It accounts for 60 to 70 percent of dementia cases. While signs of advanced Alzheimer’s can be quite clear, it can be difficult for a patient and his or her family to recognize and accept a diagnosis early on.

“It’s important we have a trustworthy diagnosis before any kind of legal action is taken,” Ann-Margaret Carrozza, an elder law attorney, said. “Once a doctor has been consulted and a proper diagnosis has been made, then you can take the next steps.

Detecting the warning signs of Alzheimer’s can be difficult, but according to the Alzheimer’s Association, friends and family really want to pay attention to any challenges that affect their loved one’s day-to-day life.

Examples of typical warning signs include memory loss that disrupts daily life, challenges in planning, difficulty completing familiar tasks at

home or work, trouble understanding visual images, new problems with words in speaking and writing and changes in mood and personality.

Of course, everyone has moments of forgetfulness from time to time, but it’s when the forgetfulness begins to affect simple tasks regularly that a person should visit with a doctor.

Finding out a loved one suffers from Alzheimer’s is painful and the transition can be difficult as the person you once knew slowly becomes less and less like his or her old self.

In addition to the emotional toll, one of the of the more complicated procedures a family must go through when a loved one has been diagnosed is sorting through his or her legal and financial affairs.

“It’s important to look not just at their affairs, but yours,” said Carrozza, who has offices in Bayside and elsewhere. “You’ll want to update your will and establish some sort of trust. For example, if my husband had Alzheimer’s, but I died before he did, it’s important my will doesn’t pass everything on to him. A trust allows that responsibility to go to another family member.”

Generally, a trust is put in the

Getting a family’s legal affairs in order is vital when dealing with Alzheimer’s. offspring’s name, though that is not always the case.

Carrozza stressed the importance in arranging a healthcare proxy and power of attorney — legal documents that give someone, chosen by the patient, the power to act in his or her place and make healthcare decisions

— while the individual is still alert.

“I’ve seen families in court fighting over the estate and it’s just so painful to watch,” Carrozza said. “It’s better to have that in writing than to leave it to the court to decide.”

But families do not necessarily need to seek out an attor ney’s

assistance right away.

“You can choose your healthcare proxy on your own, and there are forms online you can download for your living will,” Carrozza said. “But with a trust, I don’t think it’s wise to download one of those internet kits.

It’s very important and you want to be sure your home is protected.

Something as big as that should not be done on your own.”

There is no one way to deal with a family member suffering from Alzheimer’s, but there are plenty of resources online, such as those from the Alzheimer’s Association, that provide answers to frequently asked questions as well as a checklist of steps to take.

Carrozza also has resources on her website, including downloadable living will documents and information on healthcare proxies and power of attorney.

“We want people to take advantage of these resources and get as informed as possible,” the attorney said. “It’s important to have support.”

If you’re interested in learning more about the legal steps you or a family member can take, visit Q myelderlawattorney.com.

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SENIOR CENTERS Senior Centers are the core network of senior services. They are located in every community throughout the borough. These Centers typically provide hot lunches, coordinate recreational and educational activities, case management, socialization, information and referral, support services and transportation programs. The following is a listing of Queens senior centers by community board: CB 1 ________________________________ Queensbridge/Riis Senior Center (718) 937-1093 10-25 41st Ave., Long Island City Woodside Senior Center (718) 932-6916 50-37 Newtown Road, Bldg. #19, Woodside CCNS-Dellamonica Senior Center (718) 626-1500 23-56 Broadway, Astoria HANAC Ravenswood Senior Center (718) 786-1550 34-35A 12th Street, Long Island City Raices Astoria Senior Center (718) 726-9642 21-21 30th Drive, Long Island City HANAC Archbishop Iakovos Senior Center (718) 777-5505 32-06 21st Street, Astoria HANAC Lindsay Senior Center (718) 626-3035 27-40 Hoyt Avenue South, Astoria

CB 4 _______________________________ Newtown Senior Center (718) 335-7272 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst IPHE Corona Senior Center (718) 639-2000 108-74 Roosevelt Avenue, Corona Raices Corona Senior Center (718) 458-7259 107-24 Corona Avenue, Corona Florence E. Smith Senior Services (718) 899-0553 102-19 34th Avenue, Corona Korean American Senior Center (718) 651-9220 37-06 111th St., Corona Lefrak Senior Citizens Center (718) 457-9757 98-16 55th Ave., Corona IPRHE-Elmhurst Jackson Heights Senior Ctr. (718) 478-7171 75-01 Broadway, 3rd floor, Elmhurst

CB 2 _______________________________ Sunnyside Community Senior Center (718) 392-6944 43-31 39th Street, Long Island City

CB 5 _______________________________ Ridgewood Older Adult Center (718) 456-2000 59-14 70th Avenue, Ridgewood Peter Cardella Senior Center (718) 497-2908 68-52 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood Selfhelp Maspeth Senior Center (718) 429-3636 69-35 58th Avenue, Maspeth Middle Village Older Adult Center (718) 894-3441 69-10 75th Street, Middle Village

CB 3 _______________________________ Elmcor Senior Center (718) 457-9757 98-19 Astoria Boulevard, East Elmhurst

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Queens Community House Senior Center

CB 6 _______________________________ Queens Community House Senior Center (718) 699-1010 108-25 62nd Drive, Forest Hills Selfhelp Austin Street Senior Center (718) 520-8197 106-06 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills Young Israel Forest Hills Senior League (718) 520-2305 68-07 Burns Street, Forest Hills Rego Park Senior Center (718) 896-8751 93-29 Queens Boulevard, Rego Park Central Queens Y - Adult Wellness Program (718) 268-5011 67-09 108th Street, Forest Hills

Peter Cardella Senior Center in Ridgewood.

CB 7________________________________ CPC Queens Nan Shan (718) 358-3030 136-18 39th Avenue, 6th Floor, Flushing Selfhelp Latimer Gardens Senior Center (718) 961-3660 34-30 137th Street, Flushing Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center (718) 886-5777 45-25 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing HANAC Angelo Petromelis College Point Senior Center (718) 961-0344 13-28 123rd Street, College Point North Flushing Senior Center (718) 358-9193 29-09 137th Street, Flushing Korean American Senior Center of Flushing (718) 886-8203 42-15 166th Street, Flushing College Point Senior Center (718) 358-9193 22-38 College Point Boulevard, College Point CB 8 _______________________________ CCNS-Hillcrest Senior Center (718) 297-7171 168-01B Hillside Avenue, Jamaica Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills Senior Center (718) 263-6500 71-25 Main Street, Flushing Pomonok Senior Center (718) 591-3377 67-09 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing Young Israel Queens Valley Senior Center (718) 263-6995 141-55 77th Avenue, Flushing CB 9 _______________________________ CCNS-Ozone Park Senior Center (718) 847-2100 103-02 101st Avenue, Ozone Park CCNS-Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Senior Center (718) 847-9200 89-02 91st Street, Woodhaven Kew Gardens Community Center (718) 268-5960 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Suite 202, Kew Gardens CB 10 ______________________________ CCNS Howard Beach Senior Center (718) 738-8100 155-55 Cross Bay Boulevard, Howard Beach

CB 11 _______________________________ Samuel Field Y Senior Citizens Program (718) 225-6750 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck CCNS-Bayside Senior Center (718) 225-1144 211-15 Horace Harding Expressway, Bayside Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center (718) 224-7888 208-11 26th Avenue, Bayside CB 12 ______________________________ International Towers Senior Center (718) 739-6988 90-20 170th Street, Jamaica JSPOA Theodora Jackson Center (718) 657-6618 92-47 165th Street, Jamaica Allen Community Senior Citizen Center (718) 658-0980 166-01 Linden Boulevard, Jamaica JSPOA Friendship Nutrition Center (718) 657-6540 92-33 170th St., Jamaica Robert Couche Senior Citizen Center (718) 978-8352 137-57 Farmers Boulevard, Springfield Gardens Rochdale Village Senior Center (718) 525-2800 169-65 137th Avenue, Jamaica Brooks Senior Center (718) 291-3935 143-22 109th Avenue, Jamaica JSPOA Rockaway Blvd. Senior Center (718) 657-6468 123-10 143 St., Jamaica CB 13__________________________________ SNAP Brookville Center (718) 525-8899 One Cross Island Plaza, Rosedale SNAP Innovative Senior Ctr. of Eastern Queens (718) 454-2100 80-45 Winchester Boulevard - Building 4 CBU #29 Queens Village Alpha Phi Alpha Senior Center (718) 528-8238 220-01 Linden Boulevard, Cambria Heights Information from the Senior Citizen Resource Guide

C M SLG page 19 Y K New York, NY: It can strike at any time, does not discriminate when choosing its victims and doctors are discovering with alarming frequency that it occurs sooner than most people previously thought possible.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, approximately half a million Americans suffer from early-onset Alzheimer’s, otherwise known as Familial Alzheimer’s. Within a generation that number is projected to triple, and the devastation the disease threatens to leave in its wake is not only catastrophic to the victim’s loved ones, but to the nation as a whole.

Far more aggressive than the more common “senile onset” variety, early-onset Alzheimer’s strikes anytime between ages 30 and 55, the most productive years of one’s life, virtually crippling the victims and their families. As the name implies, the illness is hereditary. Its effects are irreversible, and there is no cure.

Ice Cream in the Cupboard is the heartbreaking story of Carmen Moffett, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease at age 53. The vibrant, witty Carmen, and her husband, corporate executive, Pat, went from making plans for their retirement to living and coping with the dreaded illness. Eventually Carmen’s disease had progressed beyond the point where she could safely live at home.

With the cost of long-term care rising, the indifference of health insurers to the illness and the fact that expenses related to treating Alzheimer’s disease — approximately $100 billion annually — are not tax deductible, spouses and families find themselves overwhelmed by the financial burdens of this health crisis.

There are social ramifications as well — spouses are robbed of their partner, and school-age children and young adults are deprived of a parent.

“I consulted doctors,” says Pat. “But no one could find anything physically wrong with Carmen. Worse yet, Carmen could not remember doing the things that rattled me.” Eventually, the Moffetts found Dr. Gisele Wolf-Klein, who diagnosed the devastating illness.

“Carmen and I were looking forward to planning our retirement together, and before long our future was annihilated,” remembers Pat. ‘’I had no choice but for Carmen to live in a nursing home equipped for Alzheimer’s patients. Because of the shortage of information on early-onset Alzheimer’s, I was totally unprepared for this.”

At present, early-onset Alzheimer’s comprises less than 10 percent of all Alzheimer’s patients, but that number is growing with the aging of both Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers. “The ‘Geri-boomer’ population is bigger than any before it, and many people will become Alzheimer’s patients,” warns Pat. “The medical establishment simply isn’t equipped to deal with the volume of potential Alzheimer’s patients.”

Ice Cream in the Cupboard by Pat Moffett; ISBN: 0-9742278-1-1; $19.95; hard cover; 5½ x 8½; 208 pages; GARRISON-SAVANNA PUBLISHING, LLC.

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Margaret Tietz CenterLight Health System

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he Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a premier facility located in Jamaica Hills, is a healthcare facility unlike any other and features 140 private and 30 semi-private rooms and an ideal environment for recovery following surgery or a debilitative illness, offering an individualized plan of care utilizing the most innovative techniques and advanced equipment developed in conjunction with each patient and his/her family.

Since opening in 1971, Margaret Tietz has embodied the spirit and foresight of its founders by delivering quality programs and services in an environment steeped with home-like qualities.

Residents are cared for around-the-clock by 380 dedicated, experienced and compassionate staff members. All personnel undergo continuous training, focusing on creative approaches to healthcare, and are aware of the individual clinical and emotional needs of each resident. The resident’s health and well-being is always the utmost priority.

The center has an exemplary team of medical and professional staff to tend to the treatments and needs of each resident, affording an enhanced sense of well-being and a positive quality of life. Its programs and services provide all the options needed to meet each of our resident’s needs, including short-term care, long-term care, trusted and highly recommended hospice care and music therapy.

Margaret Tietz takes on many complex care cases. The center also has therapeutic art and music programs.

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The Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Excellence for In-Patient Hospice Care was designed to provide comforting, end-of-life care for both patients and their families.

The dedicated and compassionate staff members are specifically trained for end-of-life issues.

The hospice team provides skilled nursing care, daily hospice physician visits, medical supplies and equipment, medication for pain and symptom control, social services, nutritional counseling, spiritual support and bereavement services.

Sleeping accommodations are available at the Tietz Center for family members who wish to stay with their loved ones 24 hours a day.

PALLIATIVE CARE Margaret Tietz offers acute palliative care for patients who do not meet the criteria for in-patient hospice care but can still benefit from palliation of symptoms — reducing the severity of symptoms when there is no cure for the disease.

SHORT-TERM REHAB PROGRAM The center’s short-term rehabilitation program held in the modernized gym helps patients achieve their maximum functional capacity and get back to their homes and their community in the shortest time possible. To achieve this goal, patients receive physical, occupational and speech therapy from compassionate and highly skilled therapists.

The Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located at 164-11 Chapin Parkway, in Jamaica Hills and is a member of the CenterLight Health System, a not-for-profit provider of nursing home and community-based, continuing care services, throughout the New York metropolitan area.

If you have general questions, comments or would like more information about Margaret Tietz, please email info@margarettietz.org or call (718) 298-7800.

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