Jefferson’s Ferry Residents
Raise Funds to Support
Low Cost and Free Breast
Cancer Screenings In
JEFFERSON’S FERRY
recognition of Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, a cadre of
Jefferson’s Ferry residents and
staff held a bake sale to benefit the
Fortunato Breast Health Center at
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital,
which offers no cost or discounted
screenings to uninsured or
underinsured patients. 11/6/2018
HEBREW HOME AT
RIVERDALE
Former House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi Makes
Hebrew Home Stop
Democratic Minority Leader
and Former House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi stopped by the
Hebrew Home at Riverdale
to visit with more than 100
residents and a couple dozen
students at the Palisade Avenue
campus. 6/8/2018
BEECHWOOD
Beechwood Continuing Care Honored for its
Commitment to Those With Disabilities Beechwood
Continuing Care has received the Employer of the Year Award for
2018 from the Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State. The
award recognizes a business “that has made a commitment to provide
employment opportunities to individuals with disabilities and has
made the accommodations necessary for access to jobs.” 11/7/2018
ELIZABETH SETON
PEDIATRIC CENTER
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CONTINUING CARE
Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center
Celebrates 30 Years of Caring
for Children with Medical
Complexities The Elizabeth Seton Pediatric
Center, which in recent years has grown to
become the largest children’s post-acute care
facility in the United States, celebrated its 30 th
anniversary on Sunday, September 23, 2018.
More than 500 children, family members, staff
and special guests joined. 9/25/18
Adviser a publication of LeadingAge New York | Fall 2018
(See Noteworthy on page 50)