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St. Johnland Nursing Center is committed to being an important resource to the community.
We invite you to please join us for many exciting upcoming events at St. Johnland.
For more information regarding these events and to participate, please call Cathie Wardell at (631) 269-5800.
| Saturday, February 25th |
Open House! Come for a tour of the Adult Day Programs and learn more about the range of services and care for an aging parent, spouse or loved one. 1:00 to 3:00. For more inforamation, please call (631) 663-2474. |
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| Sunday, March 4, 2012 |
A special performance of the Tony-nominated play The Sunshine Boys at the Engeman Theater in Northport to benefit St. Johnland Nursing Center. For more information please call 631-663-2457. |
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| MUSIC: HOW IT CAN REWIRE YOUR BRAIN was the subject of an in-depth symposium at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The program, co-sponsored by St. Johnland Nursing Center, was a panel discussion focusing on the science of decision-making, the therapeutic aspects of music and brain function and practical applications of how to use music to stimulate healthy cognitive function throughout life. |
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| Dr. Concetta Tomaino (Institute for Music and Neurologic Function), Dr. Anne Churchland (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Steven Finch (Sound-Mind Connections), Irene Gubrud (Sound-Mind Connections), Peter Kohler (Cablevision Systems Corporation) |
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ST. JOHNLAND ANNIVERSARY
Legislator Lynne Nowick helped celebrate the 10th anniversary of St. Johnland Nursing Center’s social adult daycare program with a proclamation. The program offers seniors supervised socialization and stimulating activities five days a week in a caring and creative environment. Legislator Nowick is shown here with Assistant Administrator Deanna Baez and program coordinator Jennifer Stewart.
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| St. Johnland Nursing Center in Kings Park has received a grant from the NYS Office of Children & Family Services, Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped to receive a second electronic magnification reading system. These video magnifiers offer significant assistance to residents with vision impairments to read and see pictures and photographs that would otherwise be beyond their capabilities. Adult Daycare participant June Trotta is enjoying the view! |
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ST. JOHNLAND NURSING CENTER co-sponsored a symposium at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on “New Approaches to the Treatment of Depression & Bipolar Disorder”. (l-r) Husseini Manji, M.D., Global Therapeutic Area Head, Neuroscience Research & Development, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals; Benita Shobe, President & CEO, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation; Gordon Hargraves, Board President, St. Johnland Nursing Center; Sydney Gary, Ph.D., Director of Research Operations, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Fritz Henn, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. |
ST. JOHNLAND NURSING CENTER PARTNERS WITH SODEXO TO BRING WORLD CLASS CUISINE TO RESIDENTS Kings Park, N.Y., January 24, 2011— Providing residents of St. Johnland Nursing Center with the quality of service that they deserve is one of the reasons why Sodexo, a world leader in food service was brought in to upgrade the resident experience. A new team headed by Executive Chef Kevin McCarthy, a graduate from the Institute of Culinary Education, is bringing the same culinary expertise and flair that has been enjoyed in settings ranging from hotels to health care facilities, from yachts and country clubs to restaurants. Kevin’s personal experience seeing his mother in a nursing facility led him to devote the next step of his career to bringing an enhanced quality of food and overall quality of life to residents at St. Johnland and their families. McCarthy is joined on staff by Sodexo General Manager, Maryann Cascioli, CDN, who started her clinical nutrition career at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset before making her move to long term care and skilled nursing facilities. She has won several clinical support awards. The mission of Sodexo’s Senior Living Division is to maintain and improve the quality of life for seniors. In addition to providing culinary expertise and managing facilities, it is a strategic partner with hundreds of leading health care facilities in North America, providing on-site services and innovative solutions that improve the patient experience and outcomes in hospitals and other health care settings.
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| POLYNESIA AT ST. JOHNLAND St. Johnland Nursing Center residents were entertained by Dance Aloha, a professional dance company specializing in Polynesian dances, instruments and dress. Some members of the appreciative audience were encouraged to learn the traditional hula. The group, which includes adults and children, performs across the Northeast. |
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RESIDENTS AT ST. JOHNLAND NURSING CENTER have been taking part in the Overseas Coupon Program which serves military families by making coupons – even those that have expired - available for their use in PXs and Commissaries. The residents (including Rose Bunatta and Evelyn Spatz shown here) cut, bundle and send the collected coupons to the base they have “adopted” – the US Army base in Schweinfurt, Germany. The value of the coupons mailed so far is in excess of $8600. |
| ART AWARDS AT ST. JOHNLAND St. Johnland Nursing Center residents won awards in a statewide competition sponsored by the NY Association of Homes & Services for the Aging. Winning entries received certificates and are part of a year-long exhibit upstate. Art classes at St. Johnland are taught by Art League of LI instructor Roberta Erlagen. |
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ARMCHAIR TRAVELERS Volunteer Joe Kelsch of Commack gave the residents of St. Johnland Nursing Center a taste of Saudi Arabia with his first-hand account of his life there as an engineer for two and a half years. He explained a bit about the oil business, local customs and daily living with the help of maps and some of the Arabian crafts he collected while there. |
| RJO ORCHESTRA AND BAND AT ST. JOHNLAND Members of the Fifth Grade orchestra and band from RJO Intermediate School in Kings Park performed for the residents at St. Johnland Nursing Center led by teachers Renee Ambrose and John Nowack. |
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MUSIC THERAPY AT ST. JOHNLAND Music has the power to restore, calm, energize and heal us. The latest scientific research is showing that music can create new neural pathways in the brain throughout life. The implications for the aging brain are vast, including help for those with Parkinson’s disease, aphasia and dementia as well as stroke. As part of a research study, Steven Finch, conductor and Director of Music at St. John’s Church in Cold Spring Harbor, is working with staff and a group of residents at St Johnland Nursing Center to create a chorus for those who have reduced cognitive function or have lost ability to communicate verbally. The group meets twice a week for an hour and is showing progress after only 10 weeks. The program will be used as a model for other facilities, as a control group for research being conducted nationally, and will be the basis of a symposium at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 2011. (Caption: Steven Finch, St. Johnland Registered Music Therapist Ellen Shuriff with residents Dolores Smith and Mark Wehle.) |
| ST. JOHNLAND NURSING CENTERco-sponsored a symposium with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and North Shore-LIJ Health System on “Addiction: How the Brain Measures Reward & Response” on June 29th at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Panelists were (l-r) Edward Nunes, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University, Adam Kepecs, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Sydney Gary, Ph.D., Director, Research Operations, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; and Stephen Dewey, Ph.D., The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at North Shore LIJ. |
Technology has found another crossover application in the world of therapy. The Apple iPad, which was introduced this past spring, is now being used as a tool for people with speech and communication disabilities including stroke, autism, traumatic brain injury and aphasia.
Mary Reed, a 52-year old resident at St. Johnland Nursing Center in Kings Park, has relied on a handmade letter board to communicate since sustaining a head injury in a motorcycle accident in December 2008. Encased in plastic and attached to her wheelchair, this primitive keyboard was the only way she could let people know what she wanted or needed. The iPad’s compact size allows her to be in touch with the nurses at St. Johnland as well as family and friends outside the facility. Since receiving the iPad, Mary has been enthusiastically communicating via the Type N Talk application!
The relatively low cost of this mainstream device makes it especially attractive for individuals and for nursing facilities. Mary’s iPad was purchased with help from the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island as part of their outreach programs.
(caption: Assistant Administrator Deanna Baez, Director of Nursing Lou Ann Ruthinoski, Rev. Lorraine Cusick of the Diocese of Long Island and Mary Reed)
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