As 2007 draws to a close we take this opportunity to thank you for being a partner in our important work. As the number of New Yorkers with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias continues to grow there has never been a greater need for our services.
We hope that you will consider making a year-end contribution at this time. It is only with your generosity that we can expand our programs and sustain their high quality to help the over 200,000 people in New York City who have Alzheimer’s disease, as well as their families and caregivers.
Because our services are provided without charge, your support has a direct and meaningful impact on our ability to effectively serve the Alzheimer’s community.
With the help of our friends we:
- Initiated a Nursing Home Task Force, exploring ways to improve resident care and quality of life. The Task Force has developed “Principles of Effective Dementia Care,” which several facilities have adopted and in December, we will host the first Annual Conference for nursing home staff.
- Expanded our Early Stage Program by initiating “MemoryWorks,” an opportunity for people in the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease to socialize and engage in mentally stimulating activities. We also presented our Seventh Annual Early Stage Memory Disorders Forum, with record attendance of over 300 individuals.
- More than doubled our Comprehensive Six-Week (45 hour) Dementia Care Training courses for home health aides. As one graduate expressed, “Before this training I was like a carpenter without my tools. Now I feel that I have a whole toolbox to help my patient with dementia.”
- Enrolled 2002 individuals in our Alzheimer’s Association Safe Return® program, building our registry to nearly 10,000 New Yorkers and providing a critical safety net for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias who wander and become lost, locally or far from home. We are proud to have received the 2006 National Alzheimer’s Association’s Safe Return Recognition Award for this work.
- Initiated new protocols to enhance coordination of Help Line and Care Consultation; our Care Consultants provided over 600 clients with critical individual advice and support that often follows clients over the long course of the disease.
- Expanded our annual interfaith conference, “Keeping Faith in Mind,” co-sponsored with the HealthCare Chaplaincy, to include chaplains from hospitals and nursing homes and provide them with the tools and resources to help in their ministering to those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
- Held both an annual Gathering of Remembrance and Caregiver Soiree for our network of 140 support groups that address the social and psychological needs of the City’s complex and diverse population of caregivers and persons with dementia.
- Trained more than 500 doctors, nurses, and social workers at ten City hospitals as part of our model Emergency Room Training Program, which provides first-responders with the knowledge to identify and care for persons with dementia in the emergency room setting.
- Expanded our African American Outreach Program to new communities in Brooklyn and the Bronx and developed and designed the first Spanish-language comprehensive Dementia Care training course in the country.
We look forward to 2008 as a year for achieving even more as we continue to develop and implement innovative programs and services to better meet the needs of New York’s Alzheimer’s community.
Thank you again for the important role you play in making our work possible. We could not do our work without you. We hope that you will contribute more generously than ever to the Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter this year.
With best wishes during the holiday season.
Sincerely,
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Susan V. Kayser, Esq.
Co-Chair, Board of Directors |
Mark A. Zurack
Co-Chair, Board of Directors |
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