New York Foundation for Senior Citizens is dedicated to helping New York's seniors enjoy healthier, safer, more productive and dignified lives in their own homes and communities and to help them avoid the need for premature institutionalization.
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New York Foundation for Senior Citizens mourns the passing of Alma Rangel, our highly dedicated long-term Vice Chairman of our Board of Directors and beloved friend. Over the past 46 years, Alma has been a driving force behind and staunch supporter of the Foundation’s planning, development and administration of numerous buildings and social service programs, especially Alma Rangel Gardens and the Home Sharing and Respite Care Program. Alma has advocated on behalf of each of our endeavors to ensure the Foundation’s ongoing provision of the highest quality housing and social services for older New Yorkers.![]()
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Shown at the groundbreaking for Alma Rangel Gardens, affordable older adult housing in Harlem, Alma Rangel, at right, with her husband, the Honorable Charles N. Rangel, and Linda Hoffman, the Foundation’s President.![]()
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#almarangelgardens #olderadulthousing #nyfsc
Great article on our Home Sharing Program in Bloomberg News. #HomeSharing #roommates #nycolderadults #boomerhousing
NYC's Rent Surge Drives 86-Year-Old to Move in With a 'Boommate'
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Surging costs for housing and other expenses are prompting baby boomers to take on roommates.
Training Video
The award-winning video/DVD…
In Your Hands
If you care for the ill or the elderly, watching “In Your Hands” may be the most valuable 13 minutes you will ever spend. A training video to help prevent elder abuse, the scenes it depicts are real, gathered examples from home health care organizations, nursing and long-term health facilities around the country. The psychological insights imparted here to deal with such situations are also real and effective.
When you see “In Your Hands” you will want to talk about it. Here are some suggested issues for discussion:
Narrated by the late Dr. Robert N. Butler, who was President and CEO of the International Longevity Center – USA. Produced by New York Foundation for Senior Citizens with the support of Con Edison, NYNEX and The New York State Office for the Aging.
Silver Award
WorldFest Houston 1996
“In Your Hands
Film & Video Awards
Medical / Treatments / Procedures
Bronze Award
Mature Media 1996 National Awards
Honoring the Best In Advertising, Marketing & Educational Materials for Older Adults
Presented to: New York Foundation for Senior Citizens
For: In Your Hands
Division: Media
Category: Video Tape
Order “In Your Hands”
To order "In Your Hands," mail check for $129.00 payable to "New York Foundation for Senior Citizens" and include your name, mailing address, and phone number.
Mail to:
Linda Hoffman, President
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens
11 Park Place, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10007-2801
Please feel free to call us at 212-962-7559 with any questions.