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Looking for Health Information? What You Read Online May Not Be True
The internet and social media can be rife with misinformation and outright falsehoods. When it comes to your health, what you don’t know can in fact hurt you.
Avoiding Coronavirus: A Few Reminders
As the months go by, restaurants, medical offices, retail stores and more are starting to reopen. With life slowly returning to normal, you may be wondering if it is actually safe to start venturing out. There are a few questions you may want to ask yourself before...
Caregiving During a Pandemic: Dementia Care Practices
In this webinar, sponsored by Sunrise East 56, Maria Basura, RN, Resident Care Director at Sunrise East 56, shares tips and techniques for keeping individuals with dementia safe and calm during the pandemic. This information is geared to both family caregivers and...
Upcoming FREE Events and Resources
February SUN Nassau Meeting Tuesday, February 14, 2023 8:30 am The Residences, 9 Gerhard Rd., Plainview Our Place Memory Cafe Amici Restaurant, 304 Route...
Covid-19 Highlights the Importance of the Social Determinants of Health
“Your zip code is a better predictor of your health than your genetic code.” This statement is first attributed to Melody Goodman, an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis, who was discussing the social determinants of health at a conference in...
Summer Health and Safety for Seniors in the Age of Covid
It’s summertime, but unfortunately, the living isn’t easy. Covid-19 appears to have settled in for the summer of 2020. Even as businesses in our area begin to open, and the virus has waned in the Northeast, the risk to older adults remains. The Centers for Disease...