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The cornerstone of the project is a 90-minute documentary based on David Shenk's best-selling book THE FORGETTING. Like Shenk's book, the documentary is a dramatic, compassionate, all-encompassing look at Alzheimer's that weaves together the history and biology of the disease, the intense real-world experiences of Alzheimer's patients and caregivers, and the race to find a cure.
The documentary is followed by ALZHEIMER'S: THE HELP YOU NEED, a half-hour program hosted by David Hyde Pierce that features top Alzheimer's experts from around the nation. No matter what your relationship to Alzheimer's, the follow-up show will outline what you need to know about Alzheimer's and where you can turn for help.
For more on Alzheimer's disease, and the program, visit the companion Web site at: http://www.pbs.org/theforgetting/.
LOCAL FORUM ON ALZHEIMER'S RESOURCES
Thirteen, in partnership with Queens Borough Public Library, AARP, Alzheimer's Association, and the New York City Department for the Aging, will host a free screening and discussion to provide information and resources to assist community members, families, and caregivers.
Saturday, January 24, 2004, 2:30-4 p.m.
Queens Borough Public Library, Jackson Heights Branch
35-51 81 Street, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY
Facilitator: Rafael Pi Roman, Host, Thirteen's NEW YORK VOICES
Sign language interpretation available
Free admission. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact Pat McGann, Thirteen, (212) 560.2808, mcgann@thirteen.org.
Produced by Twin Cities Public Television. Made possible by a grant from MetLife Foundation. Additional funding by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Local Resources
The American Association of Retired Persons
Tel: (212) 758-1411
Fax: (212) 644-6390
Email: nyaarp@aarp.org
http://www.aarp.org/ny
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to making life better for people 50 and over. The organization provides information and resources; engages in legislative, regulatory, and legal advocacy; assists members in serving their communities; and offers a wide range of unique benefits, special products, and services for its members. These include AARP THE MAGAZINE, published bimonthly; AARP BULLETIN, a monthly newspaper; AARP SEGUNDA JUVENTUD, a quarterly newspaper in Spanish; NRTA LIVE AND LEARN, a quarterly newsletter for 50+ educators; and a Web site, http://www.aarp.org. The AARP has staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Alzheimer's Association -- New York City Chapter
360 Lexington Avenue, 5th floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 983-0700
Helpline: (212) 983-0700 (24-hour, 365-days a year)
http://www.alznyc.org
The mission of the New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association is to create and promote comprehensive and humane care and support for persons with Alzheimer's and related disorders and their families through building public awareness, providing education, creating and encouraging replication of model programs, and undertaking advocacy. The Chapter's programs and services include a 24-hour, 365-day a year Helpline (212.983.0700); Web-based information and resource guide; education seminars and workshops; over 100 family caregiving and early stage support groups; specialized training of staff in the home as well as in day care, assisted living, hospital, and nursing home settings; Safe Return (a program to help return wanderers to their homes); short term counseling; linkages to in-home hospice programs; outreach to the Latino Community and other ethnically diverse, underserved populations; support of a nationally managed research program to find ways to prevent, treat, and cure Alzheimer's and related dementias.
Brookdale Center on Aging of Hunter College
425 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
Tel: (212) 481-3780
Email: info@brookdale.org
http://www.brookdale.org
The mission of the Brookdale Center, the largest university-based gerontology center in the Northeast, is twofold: academic training and practical applications. Since its founding in 1974, through cooperative relationships, training, research, service, and advocacy programs for and with organizations and individuals who care for the elderly, hospital administrators, health care workers, staffs of public and private agencies, university faculties, social workers, city, state and federal officials, attorneys, family caregivers, the Brookdale Center has helped the elderly live dignified and independent lives with proper care, needed social services, adequate income, and opportunities for continued personal growth. The Center's multidisciplinary team of professionals provides training and technical assistance to staff at all levels within the aging network. Additionally, the Center helps non-aging agencies and businesses with their concerns for older clients, older workers, or caregiver employees. To promote careers in aging, The Brookdale Center on Aging works closely with secondary schools, colleges, and professional schools using training and technical assistance projects at the national, state, and local level.
Department for the Aging, New York City
2 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10007
Tel: (212) 442-1322
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dfta/
The Department for the Aging works for the empowerment, independence, dignity, and quality of life of New York City's diverse older adults and for the support of their families through advocacy, education, and the coordination and delivery of services.
Read more about Alzheimer's at your local library:
Brooklyn Public Library
718-230-2100
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
New York Public Library
212-340-0849
http://www.nypl.org/branch
Queens Borough Public Library
Special Services 718-990-0746
http://www.queenslibrary.org
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