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in Lloyd
porch on one side for the use of residents.
The residential component is proposed
for seniors 62 and up. Barton questioned
how this stipulation could be “locked
in” on a private site, something that is
highlighted in the town’s zoning code.
Attorney for the project, James Horan
said this issue is addressed through the
Fair Housing Act.
“As a general rule you cannot
discriminate having families occupy any
property. The only time you can do that
is if you have deed restrictions. If you
have 55 and older, it permits children on
the site [and] if you go 62 and over, under
the Fair Housing Act, you can restrict
children from being on the site totally.
The [town] code, I believe, calls for 62 and
over so that’s what we contemplated.”
Horan said a continuing care facility,
“has regulations on some of the marketing
aspects; ultimately an offering to go into
the Assisted Living from the independent
care would be subject to review by the
New York State Department of Public
Health.”
Horan said these kinds of facilities are
needed, as currently there are only two in
the Hudson Valley.
“We believe this provides a benefit to
the community as a whole because as
people transition into this facility it will
free up housing stock for young families
and may well preserve housing in the
community because people would not
have to go to Florida for this product,
they’ll have it locally,” he said.
Horan promised the Planning Board
that these units would be affordable to the
Lloyd community.
“We’re looking at about $100,000 price
point, but one of the things that is going
to probably be a price factor is this
contractual relationship for assisted care
because in all of these situations you
have a two-part process – the day to day
living as if it was an apartment but then
you’re paying an additional contractual
expense for the ability to move into a
skilled nursing/assisted living facility,
which has a lot of benefit to it for a whole
host of reasons...but is a very complicated
regime.”
Other offerings were also discussed -
meal services, a visiting nursing option
and a call service, all factors that could
impact the financial picture of residents.
“What we’d like to do is to have the most
flexibility to provide the most services
to the independent facility that we can.
That’s our goal, to make that available
with some provisions,” he said.
First Care offers slimming treatment
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
The advertisement for the Ultra Slim
program guarantees that a person
will lose at least two inches of fat in
just 32 minutes, while touting the fact
that no dieting, exercise, drugs or
surgery are involved in the process.
Sounds impossible? Not according to
Dr. Stephen Weinman of First Care
in Highland, who has acquired one of
these unique machines. He said that
Ultra Slim utilizes a patented type of
light that leads to a reduction of body
size.
“Fat reduction is one of the Holy Grail
items of a cosmetic practice,” he said.
Weinman said in the past the most
effective way to lose weight, besides
through diet and exercise, was typically
through a surgical procedure, usually
reserved for people who were grossly
overweight.
“We have people who have tried diet
and exercise and have lost some weight
but they have plateaued and it is harder
to lose more. Ultra Slim treatments can
kick-start them back into size loss,” he
said.
Weinman said the Ultra Slim
machine, created by Terry Ward of
Ward Photonics, actually shrinks fat
cells.
“The light opens up the pores in the
fat cell that normally open up when
you need energy. The light stimulates
the cells to release their fat into the
lymphatics. The body [then] processes
the fat by turning it into carbon dioxide
and water and breathe it out, urinate
it or excrete it out through a bowel
movement,” he said.
Dr. Weinman has found Ultra Slim
treatments the most effective because
the wavelength from this machine only
affects fat cells.
“There’s no side effects, no destruction
of tissue and is considered a Level 1
medical device, which is the same as a
tongue depressor,” he said. “There is
zero risk, which is one of the reasons we
chose it, and there is no pain and it feels
good to lay under the lights.”
Dr. Weinman said light covers about
two feet by one foot of the body, with
the non treatment areas covered with
a vinyl plastic sheet. A patient rotates
four times in the course of a single
treatment.
Dr. Weinman said the treatments
can also help with skin issues, such as
removing age spots or sun damage on
Dr. Stephen Weinman stands beside his new Ultra Slim machine that safely reduces fat
in the body without surgery.
the face.
“It has a skin rejuvenation effect and
is FDA cleared for skin treatments,” he
said.
After seeing an ad for the Ultra
Slim machine, Dr. Weinman reached
out to the company by phone for more
information. He and his aesthetician,
Jennifer Penna, paid a visit to the
company in Florida.
“She did a treatment and lost 2 ½
inches, combined, in 32 minutes and
I did it and also lost 2 ½ inches,”
Weinman said. “We were impressed
with the whole setup, how they did it
and the measurement system.”
Dr. Weinman said a normal course
of treatments run once a week for six
weeks at at a cost of $3,000, which is not
covered by insurance. Presently, he is
running a special of 7 treatments for
$2,500.
“Typically, women in a series of five
or six treatments will lose a dress size
or more,” he said.
Dr. Weinman said suggestions are
made to patients following treatments to
move them toward healthier lifestyles,
“to the degree they are receptive.” He
said during the treatment he urges his
patients to reduce their caloric and
alcohol intake while increasing water
consumption and exercise. He said after
a series of treatments, “people say they
feel smaller, their clothes fit better.” He
said so far he has had about 15 patients,
“and 90% of them say they love it and
10% say I don’t really notice a difference,
but those couple of people lost inches
because we measured it; some people
are harder to convince”
Dr. Weinman pointed out that he
offers a money-back guarantee.
“If you don’t lose two inches in that
first treatment you don’t have to pay,”
he said. “We haven’t had that happen
yet, everybody has lost the two inches.”
Dr. Weinman stressed that diet and
exercise are still the best ways to lose
weight, “but there are a lot of people
that no matter how much they diet, they
still have bulges, they still have ‘love
handles’ and bra and thigh bulges, so
the Ultra Slim gets rid of those things.
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