The CRE Adult Day Care Center on the LeFrak
City campus is now welcoming seniors
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For LeFrak City’s seniors, 2017 is
ending on a sociable note. Th e
CRE Adult Day Care Center,
a new drop-in center where seniors
can socialize and engage in activities
from meditation to computer instruction,
opened for registration on
December 1.
It could hardly be more convenient;
the center is at 98-15 Horace
Harding Expressway, on the LeFrak
City campus.
That’s intentional. According to
Brittani Young, director of CRE Adult
Day Care Center, local senior centers
have been vanishing.
“They keep moving or replacing
them,” she says. CRE’s location is
perfect. Seniors, Young says, “don’t
have to travel far, take a bus or any
other kind of transportation. We’re
right in the complex.” Th at said, if a
senior is traveling to CRE, the cost of
travel may be covered.
CRE is community-driven. Before
opening the center, Young spent time
asking LeFrak City’s residents what
they wanted. With people living longer
and longer, eldercare is becoming
increasingly vital.
Young is emphatic about the importance
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of care – and of community.
“We celebrate all the holidays together.
We celebrate birthday parties.”
CRE is also invested in health: body
and mind. “We have yoga class, aerobic
classes. We have religious studies.”
Honoring the diversity that is integral
to LeFrak City, CRE’s religious studies
will explore numerous faiths.
With computer classes, English
classes, manicures, pedicures, massage
chairs, a meditation room, a
book club, and more, CRE will off er
abundant opportunities for growth,
education, relaxation, and pure indulgence.
Computer classes are particularly
popular with seniors. “When they
come, they’re excited.” Young breaks
into a smile. “Th ey’re like, ‘Oh, I can
learn how to email,’ and communicate
with their families. Th ey’re interested
in social media.”
That’s food for mind and heart.
CRE also provides food for the body:
breakfast and lunch. Seniors, Young
says fi rmly, “will be served. Th ey will
not have to stand up and get their
own food.” Th e price is right, too. “A
lot of senior centers charge seniors
for their lunch, but our center goes
through insurance, so there are no
out-of-pocket costs.”
Young’s enthusiasm is genuine. In
starting CRE, she’s looking forward
to being with seniors: “spending time
with them, celebrating, and treating
them the way they deserve.”
She urges seniors not to assume
that their insurance won’t cover the
center’s cost. “Each case is diff erent,”
she says, and she is happy to sit down
and help. “Maybe they do qualify, and
they don’t know,” Young says. “Th ey
might be eligible for benefits they
don’t know they have.”
CRE Adult Day Care Center, 98-15
Horace Harding Expwy., 718-592-1221.
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Brittani Young, the director of the senior
center, in the meditation room.