DJ Kenny will be celebrating his birthday at the Canarsie Adult Center on Friday, September 28th!

Check out the other cool events happening this week at the Canarsie Adult Center below!

TUESDAY 09/25:
-11:00-11:45 – Tai Chi
-12:00-1:30 – Headbandz

WEDNESDAY 09/26:
-11:00-12:00 – Bible Class
-12:45-1:30 – Grab Bag Gift Baskets

THURSDAY 09/27:
-10:30-11:30 – Health Class/Computer Class/Table Games/Current Events
-11:30-12:30 – Tai Chi
-12:30-1:30 – Grab Bag Gift Baskets

Information provided by www.canarsieadultliving.com

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A stroke is an attack on the brain, and it can happen to anyone at any age, especially your seniors! According to Stroke.com, “It occurs when blood flow to an area of brain is cut off. When this happens, brain cells are deprived of oxygen and begin to die. When brain cells die during a stroke, abilities controlled by that area of the brain such as memory and muscle control are lost.”

Once a stroke occurs and your loved one is in recovery mode, Tradition Home Health Care can help your senior adjust back to living normally at home. Tradition offers a large community of screened and professional caregivers that can assist your loved one with recovery.

Click here to learn more about stroke recovery at Tradition!

Information via stroke.org + traditionhomecare.com

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DJ Tony will be throwing a fall themed party at the Canarsie Adult Center this Friday, September 28th!

Check out these other cool events happening this week below!

WEDNESDAY 09/19:
-Kone Buffet

THURSDAY 09/20:
-10:30-11:00 – English Class/Table Games/Current Events
-11:00-11:45 – Yoga

Information provided by www.canarsieadultliving.com

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The Canarsie Adult Day Center is an important part of the Canarsie, Brooklyn community, because it brings fellowship amongst the seniors! Seniors get to come to the center and enjoy activities with their peers, as well as socialize, dance, eat, and all around have a good time.

Seniors also come for religious gatherings, workout sessions with a certified trainer, and english lessons! A senior that did not understand how to speak or write English attended the center, and eventually learned the english language over the course of a couple of years (thanks to a teacher at the center)!

Bring your loved one to the Canarsie Adult Day Center! They are guaranteed to have a great time!

Click here to read a senior review of the center!

DJ Kenny will be throwing a dance party this Friday, September 14th, at the Canarsie Adult Center! It’s a party you won’t want to miss!

Check out these other cool events happening this week below!

WEDNESDAY 09/12:
-11:00-12:00 – Tai Chi
-12:00-12:45 – Bible Class/Carnival Games
-12:45-1:30 – Arts & Crafts/Coloring

THURSDAY 09/13:
-11:00-11:45 – Yoga
-12:00-1:30 – Cooking Class

Information provided by www.canarsieadultliving.com

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DJ Toni will be throwing an all black party that you won’t want to miss on Friday, September 7th!

Come to the party and check out all of the other cool events happening this week!

WEDNESDAY 09/05:
-11:00-12:00 – Tai Chi
-12:00-12:45 – Bible Class/Carnival Games
-12:45-1:30 – Arts & Crafts: Coloring

THURSDAY 09/06:
-11:00-11:45- Yoga
-12:00-1:30 – Cooking Class
-1:30-2:00 – Lunch

Information provided by www.canarsieadultliving.com 

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Diane Lovitt is a 57 year old woman who attends the Canarsie Adult Center twice a week to socialize and have fun. Diane has had several strokes, multiple health issues, and she uses a wheelchair to get around, but her health does not prevent her from getting out and having fun!

Twice a week on Thursdays and Fridays, you can find Diane at the Canarsie Adult Center enjoying her day. “I get here and do things, and do things that people didn’t think I could do. I color, socialize, I have lots of friends. Being home keeps me in the bed, not motivated”, says Diane. The Canarsie senior center gives her relief, and an escape from the harsh realities of dealing with her health issues. “I play bingo here, I dance, play a lot of games here that I win, I have so much fun!”

Diane also had an operation done on her left hand, which mean she now temporarily only has her right hand until she gets her prosthetic replacement. “I’m a walking testimony, I write with my right hand, color with my right hand, I was left handed. I do everything for myself, I put my clothes on by myself.” Diane has 7 kids who help her on a daily basis, as well as two caregivers to help her with her daily tasks. Diane makes sure to keep a light spirit at all time. “My kids are proud of me, I’m not a person that sits around and stay sad.”

Overall, Diane enjoys visiting the Canarsie Adult Center. “All of these people here are good people” she says. “Its like God gave me an opportunity to shine, and I’m shining!”

For more information about how your senior can visit and participate at the Canarsie Adult Center, click here! (Via Tradition Home Care).

Endorsed by New York for Seniors.

Celebrate DJ Kenny’s birthday with him at the Canarsie Living Center On Friday, August 31st!

OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEK:

TUESDAY 08/28:
-11:00-11:45 – Yoga
-12:00-1:30 – Indoor Bowling

WEDNESDAY 08/29:
-11:00-11:45 – Tai Chi
-11:45-1:30 – Golf Competition

THURSDAY 08/30:
-11:00-11:45 – Chair Exercise
-12:00-1:30 – Bingo

Information provided by www.canarsieadultliving.com 

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Marie St. Surin is a 78 year old senior that comes to the Canarsie Adult Center 3 days a week. Marie comes to practice learning and writing English, and to also socialize with the other seniors. She has been coming to the center for about four years now, and when she first started coming, she only spoke and understood her native language, Creole/French.

Marie met one of the nurses in the center, Myrlaine Zama, and started to take English comprehension, reading and writing courses from her. Myrlaine states that when she first met Marie, Marie only knew how to sign her name with an “X”, and now since she has been teaching and giving her homework and work to do at the center, Marie now writes full sentences! “She’s very patient and she loves to learn”, states Myrlaine about Marie. “I gave her homework in a notebook to do at home. She learned how to write the weather, she writes in a calendar. I’m very proud of her”.

During my interview with Marie and Myrlaine, Myrlaine supported Marie as her English translator. When Marie knew that she had the opportunity to talk about her teacher/friend Myrlaine and the adult center, she became very excited! “Myrlaine encourages me, she does a lot to help me to sign my name, but sometimes I can’t remember”, Marie says with a smile and laugh. “Again, I have to say thank you, and I like to come to this center.” We both smile and thank each other for the brief meeting and interview. It is an understatement that the Canarsie Adult Center has changed Marie’s life for the better.

For more information about how your senior can visit and participate at the Canarsie Adult Center, click here! (Via Tradition Home Care).

Endorsed by New York for Seniors.

You won’t want to miss this cool “Glow In The Dark Party” that the Canarsie Adult Living Center is throwing on Friday, August 24th! DJ Kenny will be the DJ of the night, and it is sure to be a party you won’t forget!

OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEK:

TUESDAY 08/21:
-11:00-11:45 – Yoga
-12:00-1:30 – Rainbow Cross-Stitch
-1:30-2:00-LUNCH

WEDNESDAY 08/22:
-11:00-11:45 – Tai Chi
-11:45-1:30 – Cross-Stitch Key Rings / Bible Class

THURSDAY 08/23:
-11:00-11:45 – Chair Exercise
-12:00-1:30 – Bingo

Information provided by www.canarsieadultliving.com 

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Summer’s not over yet! Bring out your best summer hat and come party with DJ Tony at the Canarsie Adult Living Center this Friday, August 17th!

OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEK:

TUESDAY 08/14:
-11:00-11:45 – Walt It Out
-12:00-1:30 – Paper Quilling

WEDNESDAY 08/15:
-11:00-11:45 – Chair Exercise
-11:45-1:30 – Bible Class/Bingo

THURSDAY 08/16:
-11:00-11:45 – Yoga
-12:00-1:30 – Planting Marigolds

Information provided by www.canarsieadultliving.com

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CDPAP is a program offered by Tradition Home Care, and it is a program geared towards seniors who need help doing tasks throughout their day! CDPAP stands for “Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program” and it allows physically disabled or chronically ill seniors the option to obtain services from multiple personal assistants.

HOURLY RATES/PERSONAL ASSISTANTS:
There is no training to become a personal assistant for your senior, but there is an application process. The salary is $13/hourly, and the minimum of hours that the assistant will receive for work depends on what their senior patient is approved for. When your senior decides to apply for Tradition’s CDPAP program, he/she must have 2 personal assistants complete a CDPAP application. Depending on the amount of hours the senior is approved for, the PA’s will split the hours into shifts. It is also good to have 2 PA’s just incase one falls sick, because Tradition will not be able to send a replacement.

HEALTH PLAN:
If Tradition is not affiliated with the health plan that the senior currently has, they are still allowed to participate in the CDPAP program. To receive the services, the senior would have to agree to changing MLTC (Managed Long Term Care) plans.

For more information and questions on CDPAP, contact Tradition Home Care.

Endorsed by New York for Seniors.

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Join the Honorable “Ed” Towns and Friends for the 2nd Annual Ed Towns Charity Golf Classic. Thursday, September 27th.  Tee time is 12:00pm!

Come out for a day of networking, fun and 18 holes of golf at the Marine Park Golf Course. All proceeds from the conference will go to support the youth development programs at the Berean Community & Family Life Center, including the award winning Berean Community Drumline!  BBQ brunch will be served beginning at 11:00am. There will also be a banquet, which will begin at 5:30pm under the tent; Non-golfers are also invited and encouraged to attend the banquet for great networking opportunities, and instructors will be on site if you’re interesting in learning to play golf.  Tickets for the banquet only are $75 and golf lessons are $50.  The banquet is automatically included for golfers.

You can Register Online for a Foursome, the Banquet or Lessons or for Individual Registrants and Hole Sponsors call or email Simone LeConte Parker at (718) 778-2938 or [email protected]

Celebrate Jamaican Independence Day at the Canarsie Adult Living Center On Friday, August 10th! DJ Kenny will be spinning classic Jamaican tunes for seniors, and you won’t want to miss the party!

OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEK:

WEDNESDAY 08/08:
– 11:45-1:30 – Planting Marigolds/Bible Class

THURSDAY 08/09:
– 11:00-11:45 – Walk It Out
– 12:00-1:30 – Bingo

CANARSIE ADULT LIVING CENTER
1880 Rockaway Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11236
(718) 513-0776

Information provided by www.canarsieadultliving.com

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JIG.Media, owners of EastNewYork.com, BrooklynBuzz.com, TodaysHipHop.com and more, will be launching the official digital media platform for Brownsville Brooklyn. The CEO of JIG.Media, Vernon Jones, who grew up in Brownsville and East New York, stated, “we own a lot of digital media properties, but EastNewYork.com, and BrownsvilleNews.org are the most important to me, personally, because these are the neighborhoods that gave me the grit to work hard and compete in the ruthless business world.”

Jones added, “We have over 20,000 members on our EastNewYork.com website, and we expect to reach that number in Brownsville quickly, because of the demand for such a platform. With all of the development and progress happening in Brownsville, this is an opportunity for us to spread the word quickly, about programs and opportunities that are becoming available to community residents. I heard someone recently call Brownsville a “digital desert”, and I took that as a personal insult, as a person who grew up in Brownsville.  That statement motivated me to expedite the launch of BrownsvilleNews.org, in part to prove that person wrong. We knew we were going to launch BrownsvilleNews.org two years ago, and I spoke to community organizations at that time about the concept but they didn’t understand the importance and value. Now we have a strong community partner, who we will name later. This partner, also a product of Brownsville, immediately understood the importance and value, which is what we were looking for. As a rule we don’t sell people on our ideas, because if they don’t get it then we really would rather not work with them. We work with people and companies that get it.”

The digital media platform will include information on housing, employment, development, shopping, senior resources, culture, events, and more.

BrownsvilleNews,org is looking for additional community based organizations, elected officials and businesses, in Brownsville, to become partners. You are encouraged to contact JIG only if you “get it”. To become a partner contact [email protected] or call 718-285-9351.

JIG.Media plans to launch BrownsvilleNews.org in late August or early September. The launch will include a community event, of which Brownsville stakeholders and community residents will be invited.  To get invited to the launch event send an email to [email protected]. Be sure to include your email address, name and put “Brownsville” in the subject line.

Brownsville News Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/brownsvillenewsbrooklyn/