| Monthly Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group
2009-00-00
Park Slope Geriatric Day Center
199 14th Street Brooklyn
Monthly Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group
Last Wednesday of every month, 6:30 to 8 pm
Park Slope Geriatric Day Center
199 14th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718-499-7701 ext. 21
www.psgdc.org
This group is especially for persons caring for someone with Alzheimer's Disease or other forms of dementia or memory loss. All sessions are free, and light refreshments will be served.
To register for the group, ask about the next meeting date, or if you're in need of care for your loved one in order to attend the meeting, please contact: Josephine Brown,
718-499-7701 ext. 21
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Lotus Club for Adults with Early Memory Loss Tuesday - Thursday, 10 - 3
Park Slope Geriatric Day Center
199 14th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718-499-7701 ext. 21
www.psgdc.org
If you have recently been diagnosed wih early-onset Alzheimer's or a related disorder, you are not alone! There is a place just for you; a club that our current members say they certainly didn't expect to join, but are grateful to have.
Club members enjoy the companionship of similarly situated peers, as well as a variety of recreational activities, community service opportunities, and therapeutic care. Lotus Club members participate in a variety of programs, offered in a club-like setting where the goals are to cultivate lasting friendships, engage in their own personal growth, and avoid the social isolation that all too often accompanies an early diagnosis. Door-to-door transporation can be arranged. Our services are fee based, offering both private pay and managed care options. Please call us to discuss the options.
For more information see our website,
www.psgdc.org, or call: Josephine Brown, 718-499-7701 ext. 21.
Living with Lung Cancer: A lecture Series
2009-00-00
Gilda's Club NYC
195 West Houston Street New York, 10014
Join us this Fall 2009 for Gilda’s Club NYC’s first annual lung cancer lecture series.
This lecture series is sponsored by OSI Pharmaceuticals Foundation
An Overview of Lung Cancer Symptom Management
Tuesday September 22nd, 6-7pm
Speaker: Cathy Handy, RN, PhD St. Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Center
Managing the symptoms of lung cancer involves both focusing on symptoms of the disease itself, as well as symptoms that may result from various types of treatments. Cathy Handy will discuss how pain management, exercise, and other modalities can help to manage the symptoms. This lecture will also highlight various types of current treatments, as well as their related side effects.
Latest Advancements in Lung Cancer Treatment
Thursday, October 22nd, 6:30-7:30pm
Speaker: Bryan J. Schneider, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Please join Bryan Schneider, MD, for a discussion on the latest advances in the treatment of lung cancer. He will provide an overview of treatments including Radiosurgery, Radiofrequency ablation, minimally invasive surgery, targeted therapy, and personalized therapy.
Lung Cancer:
Dispelling Myths, Dispensing Facts – It’s Not Just About Smoking
Tuesday, November 17th, 6-7:30pm
Speaker: Susan Levin, President, Lung Cancer Circle of Hope
Please join us for an interactive forum addressing the stigma so often associated with ling cancer diagnosis, which relates to smoking. This lecture will provide an opportunity for you to learn the causes of lung cancer and to share your own experience.
GILDA’S CLUB NEW YORK CITY creates welcoming communities of free support for everyone living with cancer – men, women, teens and children – along with their families and friends. Our innovative program is an essential complement to medical care, providing networking and support groups, workshops, lectures and social activities, all free of charge
RSVP required.
To make reservations, please call 212-647-9700.
Free Events and Support Groups Sponsored by New York Methodist Hospital (NYM)
2009-09-00
New York Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn
New York Methodist Hospital offers a Cancer Support Group for individuals diagnosed with cancer. This month the group will meet on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Both a physician and a chaplain lead the group. The meeting will take place in the Hospital’s Radiation Oncology Conference Room, 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information please call 718-780-3593.
This time of year can be especially hard when you are missing a loved one. New York Methodist Hospital offers a free Bereavement Support Group. This month the Bereavement Support Group will meet on Thursday, September 10, 2008 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A licensed clinical social worker facilitates the group. The meeting will take place in Buckley 820, 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information and to register please call 718-788-4991.
New York Methodist Hospital has a support group for individuals who have been diagnosed with or think they may have chronic fatigue syndrome and/or fibromyalgia. This month the Chronic Fatigue Support Group will meet on Monday, September 14, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Room 5B of Wesley House, 501 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Please call 718-780-5367 for more information.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH or enlarged prostate) is a natural, non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate that affects more than half of all men over the age of 60, as well as a large percentage of men under the age of 60. The symptoms include frequent urination, weak flow and interrupted sleep. There are many different alternatives to treating BPH and on Monday, September 14, 2009 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Ivan Grunberger, MD, New York Methodist Hospital’s chief of urology, and Edward Zoltan, MD, NYM’s director of voiding dysfunction, will discuss those options. The lecture will take place in the Hospital’s East Pavilion Auditorium, 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Registration begins at 6:00 p.m., please call 866.HEAL.BPH (866.432.5274) for more information and to pre-register.
Sickle cell disease is an inherited disease of the blood that interferes with the body’s ability to manufacture normal hemoglobin (part of the red blood cell that carries oxygen). In recognition of National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, New York Methodist Hospital will host the following free education and tabling sessions:
- Tuesday, September 22, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Hospital’s Carrington Pavilion Atrium, 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope Brooklyn.
- Wednesday, September 23, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at NYM Medical Associates of Canarsie, 1771 Utica Avenue (between Avenues J and K), Brooklyn.
- Thursday, September 24, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Hospital’s Medical Office Pavilion Lobby, 263 Seventh Avenue, Park Slope Brooklyn.
- Wednesday, September 30, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at NYM Medical Associates of Downtown Brooklyn, 210 Flatbush Avenue (Between Bergen and Dean Streets), Brooklyn.
For more information, please call 718-780-5367.
In observance of Prostate Health Month and Gynecological Cancer Month, New York Methodist Hospital will feature a free lecture. Join Edward Zoltan, MD, director of voiding dysfunction at NYM, as he focuses on “Urology & You: Learning What’s New.” The lecture will take place on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Brooklyn College Student Center, 5th Floor, located at East 27th Street and Campus Road, Midwood Brooklyn. For more information and to register, call 718-780-5367.
Obesity is an epidemic that impacts over nine million Americans. More and more people who are affected by obesity are seeking to learn about surgical weight reduction. New York Methodist Hospital offers a free Surgical Weight Reduction Information Seminar and Support Group. This month the group will meet on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and on Thursday, September 24, 2009 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. During the first 30 minutes of the seminar, a surgeon will conduct an information session for individuals who are interested in learning about the surgery. A 90-minute support group meeting open to pre- and post-operative patients will follow the information session. The event will take place in the Hospital’s Executive Dining Room, 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information please call 718-780-3288.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, September 2009 Community Health Promotion Activities - Support Groups, Screenings & Health Fairs.
2009-09-00
FREE Brooklyn Diabetes Club of Downstate
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 6:00 - 7:30 pm
This is a FREE educational and support group for adults with diabetes
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Health Science Education Building
395 Lenox Road, Special Functions Room,
Brooklyn, NY 11203. For More Information call 718-270-3739.
WEBSITE: http://www.downstate.edu/communityhealth/diabetes.html
FREE Downstate Healthy Heart Club. Topic: "How to Walk For Your Heart"
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
This is an education and support group for those who have had heart surgery and heart disease.
Speaker: Patricia McCauley, MSN, RN, Senior Associate Administrator
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Basic Science Building, Lecture Hall 1, 395 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY. No RSVP is required. For more information call 718-270-2133.
WEBSITE: http://www.downstate.edu/communityhealth/healthyheart.html
Senator Sampson Annual Grandparents Day Health Fair
Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
1222 East 96th Street (between Flatlands Ave. and Avenue I), Brooklyn, NY 11203. For More Information call 518-455-2788.
FREE Walking for Health and Wellness
Walking Program begins Saturday, September 12, 2009*
Mondays at 6:00 am and Saturdays at 7:00 am
Prospect Park Wollman Parking Lot. Walk 3.35 miles in Prospect Park
Coach Rose Jackman, Director of A Healthy Downstate Program
Call 718 270-3808 and select 3 for pre-registration
*For health and safety reasons you must have a one mile fitness test on Saturday, September 12 or Monday, September 14 in order to participate in the program.
FREE Brooklyn Kidney Club Conference: Finding Your Strength
Sunday, September 13, 2009 2:00 pm- 4:00 pm
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Health Science Education Building, Alumni Auditorium
395 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY 11203. For More Information call 718-270-1548.
WEBSITE: http://www.downstate.edu/communityhealth/kidney.html
FREE The 4 O'clock Diabetes Club for children and teens
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (closed for July, August, and December)
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Health Science Education Building
395 Lenox Road, Classroom 1B, Brooklyn, NY 11203. For Info. call 718-270-2020.
WEBSITE: http://www.downstate.edu/communityhealth/teendiabetes.html
Victorious church of God Health Fair
Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
369 East 98th Street, Brooklyn, NY
For more Information call 347-707-6650
Christian Cultural Center Mens Health Awareness
Saturday, September 19, 2009 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
12020 Flatlands Ave., Brooklyn, NY
For more Information call 917-837-4295
FREE Prostate Screening
For men 40 years and older who have not been screened for this year
September 21 - 25, 2009 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Throop Center
613 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
For more information call 718-602-6200
FREE Prostate Screening
For men 40 years and older who have not been screened for this year
Monday, September 21, 2009 4:00 - 7:00 pm
Family Health Service
840 Lefferts Ave., Brooklyn, NY.
For more information call 718-493-0600.
FREE Prostate Screening
For men 40 years and older who have not been screened for this year
September 21 - 24, 2009 4:00 - 7:00 pm
University Hospital of Brooklyn
470 Clarkson Avenue, Suite I
Brooklyn, NY.
For more information call 718-270-9946 or 718-270-3739
FREE Downstate Stroke Club / Support Group
Friday, September 25, 2009 6:30 - 7:30 pm (closed for December)
This is an education and support group for those who have or had a stroke.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, University Hospital of Brooklyn, 445 Lenox Road, Nursing Station 71 Patient Lounge (7th Floor), Brooklyn, NY 11203. - For More Information call 718-270-3739.
WEBSITE: http://www.downstate.edu/communityhealth/strokeclub.html
Caribbean Women’s Health Assoc. 2nd Annual Back to School Health Fair
Saturday, September 26, 2009 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
21 Snyder Ave. (bet. Flatbush & Bedford Aves.)
Brooklyn, NY 11226
For more Information call 718-774-1127 or 718-363-7160
Block Institute Health Fair ,
Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
2214 Stillwell Ave., Brooklyn, NY
For more Information call 718-906-5452
Holy Cross RC Church Health Fair
Sunday, September 27, 2009 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
2530 Church Ave, (Church & Veronica Pl.)
Brooklyn, NY
For more Information call 718-906-5452
FREE "Lupus and Kidney Function" Community Lecture
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Health Science Education Building
Alumni Auditorium
395 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY 11203.
Speakers: Dr. Ellen Ginzler, Dr. Barbara Delano, and Dr. Moro Salifu
To register call 212 685-4118
Free Breastfeeding Support Group
Every Monday (except holidays) 9:00 am - 11:00 am
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
University Hospital of Brooklyn
470 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Call 718-270-2116 to register.
FREE Cardiac Risk Assessment Screening (for adults only)
Free screenings on:
- Mondays (except holidays) 5:00 – 7:30 pm
Family Health Service
840 Lefferts Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203 and
- Wednesdays (will include asthma screening with peak flow meter test) 11:00 am – 3:30 pm
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, University Hospital of Brooklyn
470 Clarkson Ave, Suite C
Brooklyn, NY 11203
No appointment is needed – To help patients know their risk for heart disease, the clinic staff performs a comprehensive cardiac risk assessment and obtains glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, height and weight measurements. All patients receive instructions on prevention, including nutrition and life-style modification as well as educational literature to promote heart health.
For More Information call 718-270-3739.
WEBSITE: http://www.downstate.edu/communityhealth/cardiacscreening.html
Free Expectant Family Education Classes
4-week series on childbirth preparation classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Classes for expectant parents will include labor and delivery process, breathing, relaxation techniques, tour of Birthing Center, sibling sessions, and newborn care.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Health Science Education Building
395 Lenox Road
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Registration is required. Leave your name, home number and expected date of delivery and the best time to call at 718-270-8846 or 718-270-8245.
WEBSITE: http://www.downstate.edu/communityhealth/expectantfamilyeducation.html
FREE Alzheimer's Support Group
Meets every other Wednesday 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Brooklyn Alzheimer's Disability Assistance Center
370 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY 11226
Call Lorna Walcott Brown, MS: 718-287-4806 or Email: Lorna.walcott-brown@downstate.edu
Fax: (718) 287-0337
Tobacco Education Program and Smoking Cessation Support Group
Every Second Thursday (except holidays) 6:00 – 7:00 pm.
The Center for Community Health Promotion and Wellness offers FREE smoking cessation and tobacco education sessions
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
University Hospital of Brooklyn
445 Lenox Road, Sodexho Court (near the cafeteria area)
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Must call 718-270-7673 to register.
WEBSITE: http://www.downstate.edu/communityhealth/smokingcessation.html
FREE NICOTINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM (Nicotine Patches and / or Lozenges)
Every Wednesday (except holidays) 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm or by appointment
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, University Hospital of Brooklyn
470 Clarkson Avenue, Suite C
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Please call 718-270-7673 for more information.
FREE Downstate Cancer Support Group
Every Wednesday (except for July) 1:00 - 2:00 pm
The support group will provide participants with an educational component as well as support with living and surviving with cancer. The club is open to all University Hospital of Brooklyn patients and members of the community.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
University Hospital of Brooklyn
445 Lenox Road, Room ALL1-367 (Basement)
Brooklyn, NY 11203
For More Information call 718-270-1593 or 718-270-2961.
FREE National Institute of Health Endometriosis Treatment Study
Do you have endometriosis diagnosed by surgery, painful menstrual cramps or painful periods, do not plan to become pregnant in the next 2 years, and did not start menopause yet? You may be eligible to enroll in the free Endometriosis Treatment Study at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. The medication, procedures and testing will be free. If you are interested, please call Ozgul Muneyyirici-Delale, MD, Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at 718-270-2101 or 718-270-1364.
WEBSITE: http://www.downstate.edu/obgyn/endometriosis.html
Mindfulness/Hypnotherapy Groups for Adults with ADD
2009-09-00
There are a few places left in new groups that are forming in Greenpoint on Thursdays and in the downtown Manhattan on Wednesdays
- ten week groups
- med management included
- most insurance accepted
training in meditation, deep relaxation and self hypnosis
Please contact Greenpoint Psychiatric at 718-383-3493
or go to theattentiondoctor.com for details.
National Cervical/HPV Cancer Coalition-NCCC-NY Events
2009-09-00
National Cervical/HPV Cancer Coalition-NCCC-NY Events
September 3rd and 10th
Workshop/Seminar on Cervical Cancer awareness and education at:
Prevention Services for Women-CAMBA.
19 Winthrop Street, Brooklyn, NY 11225.
718- 462-8654.
At 6:30pm to 8pm (English Speaking group on September, 3rd and for the Spanish speaking group on September 10th). 19 Winthrop Street between Flatbush and Bedford Avenue.
The closest subway is the Parkside Avenue stop on the Q train line or the Winthrop Avenue stop on the 2 train line.
Accessible by bus and train lines. Check www.Hopstop.com
If driving check www.mapquest.com
September, 19th
Participating in a walk to help raise the awareness about HPV and cervical cancer at:
Carl Schurz Park, East End Avenue & East 86th Street, New York, NY. 8:00 am.
For more information, log on to:
http://www.tamikaandfriends.org/event/2009-09-19/walk-beat-clock-ny
Annual Diabetes Wellness Festival
2009-09-18
Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
520 Prospect Place, Brooklyn
The Diabetic Wellness Committee at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilition (CNR) are inviting you to be one of our information service providers for the day, at our annual Diabetes Wellness Festival that will be held on:
Friday, September 18, 2009 at 520 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY from 10:00am-4:00pm.
The Wellness Festival is designed with a simple goal: to increase health awareness by providing health screenings, activities, materials, demonstrations and information.
Tables will be available for setup on the grounds of the facility, beginning at 9:00am. We are asking vendors to be ready for service by 10:00am.
If you are a provider of services and would like to participate in this Wellness Festival for more information please contact our coordinators: Arlette Stewart at 718-636-1000 ext 402 or Brenda Torres ext 439.
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