Selfhelp Community Services applauds the unanimous passage of a Congressional resolution to support programs that meet the distinct needs of aging Holocaust survivors.
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Virtual Senior CenterWord is spreading about Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center (VSC). The Virtual Senior Center (VSC), an innovative project made possible by a public-private partnership between Selfhelp Community Services, Microsoft, the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) and Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), is changing lives. The VSC enhances the lives of homebound seniors by using computer, video and Internet technology — in the seniors’ homes and at their local senior center — to create an interactive experience that reduces social isolation, promotes wellness, and provides better access to community services. Read More |
“Selfhelp’s Maspeth Senior Center offers seniors a place to heal” Read the article from the Queens Chronicle
NYC Selects Selfhelp and seven other providers to develop the city’s first “Innovative Senior Centers”. Using public and private funds, the City will provide Selfhelp with an innovation grant that will enable us to add telehealth kiosks, virtual senior center programming and other cutting-edge technologies to the Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center in Flushing.
Click here to watch Mayor Bloomberg’s press conference about the Innovative Senior Centers.
Click here to watch SinoVision’s report on the Innovative Senior Centers
Click here for NYC’s press release on the Innovative Senior Centers
Click here for more links to recent articles and videos about Selfhelp’s VSC.
TeleHealth Kiosks Help Seniors Age Independently
Selfhelp is collaborating with Jewish Home Lifecare to pilot two congregate telehealth kiosks. The kiosk installations were made possible through a one-year grant to Selfhelp from Enterprise Community Partners in recognition of Selfhelp's innovative use of technology to support older adults living safely, comfortably and independently in their homes. The grant enables Selfhelp to demonstrate how multi-patient telehealth kiosks can be used within two senior housing complexes to improve health literacy and wellness among the residents. Read more
Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program (EFLRP)
The Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program (EFLRP), a legal resource for older persons and people with disabilities announces its new Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs for 2011 - Find Out More and Register
On August 12, 2011, Selfhelp Community Services led 41 organizations in filing an amicus or "friend of the court" brief supporting the New York City Medicaid Program, run by the Human Resources Administration ("HRA") which the U.S. Department of Justice has charged with filing "false claims" for its approval of 24-hour personal care services. For more information see http://wnylc.com/health/news/12/
CRAIN'S Health Newsletter August 17th
Selfhelp's 75th Anniversary Gala:A night to remember, click here.
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Selfhelp Proudly Salutes its 75th Anniversary Gala and Corporate Sponsors
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IN THE NEWS
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The Neediest Elderly Need Legal Services to Protect
Housing and Subsistence Income, Not Retirement Planning
By Valerie J. Bogart
Selfhelp NextGen – Selfhelp’s new Young Leadership Group
Click here to learn about this new initiative for young professionals in the New York City area.
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Selfhelp Lauds Congressional Support for Holocaust Survivors
Selfhelp Community Services leads 75 organizations in demanding withdrawal of federal lawsuit attacking NYC Medicaid personal care program
On January 14, 2011, Selfhelp led 75 local, state, and national organizations in demanding that the United States Attorney withdraw a lawsuit against New York City that would result in denying...
