Everyday ways to help your elderly neighbor
ewYork-Presbyterian
Medical Group Brooklyn
celebrated the grand
opening of new medical offices
at 38 Sixth Avenue with
a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The downtown location, just
steps from the Barclays Center,
brings to the community
a team of specialists – including
experts from Weill Cornell
Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian
Brooklyn Methodist
Hospital - on-site procedures,
and seamless access to the resources
and services of NYP
Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
The state-of-the-art medical
offices currently house
adult and pediatric orthopedic,
radiology, podiatry,
neurosurgery and physical
medicine and rehabilitation
services. Procedures offered
on site include X-rays, casting,
blood drawing, fluoroscopic
and other pain management
modalities and nerve blocks.
The medical group will also
soon expand clinical services
to include comprehensive
urological services. Urologists
will perform vasectomy,
lithotripsy, urodynamic testing,
cystoscopy and other procedures
on site. Additionally,
NYP Medical Group Brooklyn
will offer primary care,
geriatrics, neurology and cardiology
services, which will
include cardiac stress testing,
cardiac ultrasound and electrocardiogram
(EKG).
Working closely with
the Downtown Brooklyn
Neighborhood Alliance, Inc.
(DBNA), NewYork-Presbyterian
Medical Group Brooklyn
developed the site with
the aim of meeting the community’s
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needs and providing
convenient access to exceptional
care in one of the borough’s
fastest growing neighborhoods.
The medical office
was built in fulfillment of the
historic 2005 Atlantic Yards
Community Benefits Agreement.
Seeing the need for
more comprehensive, quality
health care in the downtown
Brooklyn area, the DBNA
negotiated with the Atlantic
Yards Project Developer to
place a community health facility
in the footprint of the
project. The developer agreed,
built the facility, and helped
to facilitate a partnership between
the DBNA and New
York Presbyterian Medical
Group Brooklyn.
Robert Guimento, president
of NewYork-Presbyterian
Brooklyn Methodist Hospital;
Steven Silber, D.O., chief
medical officer and chief quality
officer of New York-Presbyterian
Brooklyn Methodist
Hospital, regional executive
medical director of NewYork-
Presbyterian Medical Group
Brooklyn and a clinical assistant
professor of emergency
medicine at Weill Cornell
Medicine; Reverend Dr. Herbert
D. Daughtry, and founding
chair of DBNA, Brooklyn
Borough President Eric L. Adams
gave remarks and cut the
ribbon to officially unveil the
new facility.
“With this beautiful new
facility, patients in this part
of Brooklyn have incomparable
care right at their doorstep,”
said Dr. Silber. “Combining
outstanding care with
unmatched convenience is
our goal in opening NYP Medical
Group Brooklyn locations
throughout the borough.”
“We want to make healthcare
easy to access for the people
of Brooklyn,” says Robert
Guimento, president of New-
York-Presbyterian Brooklyn
Methodist Hospital. “At this
location, we have had the
privilege of working with the
DBNA, an outstanding group
with years of experience serving
this community. We expect
our patients will greatly
benefit from the unique insight
and guidance provided
to us by the DBNA.”
“This health care facility
represents what can happen
when developers, health
and social services, and community
based organizations
work together. Everyone
wins,” said Reverend Dr. Herbert
D. Daughtry, founding
chair of the DBNA and minister
of The House of the Lord
Churches.
—New York-Presbyterian
Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Wellness
Thoughtful men, women, and children
can give back to their communities
in various ways. Coaching
youth sports, volunteering with
local charities, and donating to local
food or clothing drives are just a few of
the ways you can help make your community
a better place.
Another way to give back is to help
your elderly neighbors who may not
be as independent as they once were.
Such men and women may have physical
limitations that compromise their
ability to perform everyday tasks.
People in the prime of their life take
their ability to perform such tasks
for granted. And while these gestures
might seem simple, helping your elderly
neighbors with their everyday
tasks can have a profound impact on
their lives.
Here are some ways to assist seniors:
Ask if a neighbor needs anything
from the grocery store. Everyone
forgets to buy something at
the grocery store from time to time.
That’s a minor inconvenience to most
people, but it can have a much bigger
impact on elderly people who have mobility
issues. Before taking trips to
the grocery store, make it a habit to
call an elderly neighbor and ask if he
or she needs anything.
Invite seniors over for dinner
or other gatherings. Many seniors
deal with social isolation, which occurs
when they lack opportunities to
interact with other people. Recent data
from the Administration on Aging indicates
that 35 percent of women over
the age of 65 were widows and almost
half of women 75 and older live alone.
Inviting elderly neighbors who live
alone over for dinners, movie nights,
or game watches once per week is a
great way to help them avoid social isolation
and give them something to look
forward to.
Help with some weekly chores.
Seniors living on fi xed incomes may
fi nd it diffi cult to maintain their
homes. Relatively simple tasks like
mowing the lawn, taking out the garbage,
and even vacuuming can be diffi
cult for seniors with physical limitations.
Pitching in to help with such
chores once or twice a week won’t require
much time on your part and can
have a signifi cant impact on the lives
of your aging neighbors.
Drive seniors to religious services.
Attending religious services is
important to many seniors, but those
who can no longer drive themselves
to weekly services may not be attending
them as much as they would like.
Whether you attend such services or
not, offer to drive an elderly neighbor.
Religious services can help seniors
stay connected to their faith and their
communities, and driving an elderly
neighbor to and from houses of worship
once per week won’t require a signifi
cant commitment of your time.
Helping your elderly neighbors is
a great and often simple way to give
back to your community.
Helping your elderly neighbors with their everyday tasks can have a profound impact on
their lives.