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Resident Tibby Brown and author Alyson Richman

Gurwin residents joined the members of

Commack Hadassah and the Woodbury Jewish Center's Sisterhood to hear  author

Alyson Richman discuss her

 new book,  "The Lost Wife," which is a national bestseller and was selected as the "Long Island Reads" book for 2012. 

 
  

  Gurwin employees prepare

for the Staff Talent Show.

Gurwin's own

Fay J. Lindner Players

entertained residents at the

2012 Staff Talent Show.

Check out Gurwin's Facebook page through the link below for more great pictures from the show! 

 
 
Issue: # 5June 2012

Meet Our Staff

 Diane Frietag

Director of Wellness

 

For the past eight years, as Director of Wellness at Gurwin's Fay J. Lindner Residences, I have worked closely with residents and their families. The goal of the wellness staff is to ensure that we provide the highest level of care as we oversee all of the health care needs for our residents. The Wellness Office is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure that residents have access to care at all times. Our success in providing high quality service is echoed by the New York State Health Department where, for the past six years, we have been found to have deficiency free surveys of our medical files and medication information.

 

The Wellness Department is a busy place with 46 employees who provide a variety of assistance to our residents. Our outstanding resident care coordinators assist our residents on a daily basis with their activities of daily living. The talented nursing staff takes care of residents' health needs, coordinates doctor and resident appointments in the building and performs treatments such as wound care. The competent medical technicians administer medication to our residents.

In Enriched Pathways, our nurturing staff sensitively takes care of our residents with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias.

 

As a trained licensed practical nurse with a degree in health care administration, as well as certificates in gerontology and dementia from St. Josephs College, I have been working in health care for 20 years, having previously working in home care agencies and hospitals. However, I feel that I have found my home in assisted living. I truly love working with our residents and their families and enriching their quality of life in their senior years.

 
Education Series Event for June

Care for the Caregiver

 

Caregivers play a special role in our world. Where would we be without them? That's not to say that this role doesn't come with many personal costs. On the other hand, many caregivers report feeling rewarded by this great sense of purpose. Caregivers' experiences depend a great deal on how they view their role and how they think about themselves in the world.

 

Join us on Wednesday June 13, 2012 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. when Dr. Robert Figlerski, discusses alternative ways of thinking about your role as caregiver and the day-to-day demands of caring.

 

Dr. Figlerski is the Clinical Director of R.G. Psychological Services, a leader in providing psychological services to seniors and their families. Dr. Figlerski received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Hofstra University in 1984. His primary experience has been helping individuals adapt to the challenges they are confronted with and assist them in achieving the best quality of life possible.

 

Click here for more information, or contact Cheryl Silberman at 631.715.8268 or [email protected] .

 

Meet Our Residents

Introducing Erick Liebenstein

    

Erick Liebenstein came to America with his family when he was 14 to escape Nazi aggression in Germany, ultimately settling in Manhattan.  He remembers being so poor that he had to sleep on the kitchen floor!  At 18, he was drafted into the military.  As a German-speaking soldier, he was extremely valuable, using his language skills to intercept information that led to the capture of German soldiers as part of General Patton's 3rd Army, Military Intelligence Service Team IPW72.

 

On the wall of his apartment, Erick proudly displays two purple hearts, Congressional Awards, and a variety of medals. He was awarded a medal from France for assisting the French government in bringing a captured German submarine into a French port.  After the submarine was captured, Erick dressed in a German officer's uniform and gave the order in German for the u-boat to taxi into the French port for surrender.

 

One of his purple hearts came from being injured in the line of duty, and Erick recounts an amazing story of fortitude and luck.  Prior to leaving for the service, his then girlfriend, Ruth (who subsequently became his wife of 65 years), gave him a mezuzah to wear around his neck.  During a battle with the German air force, he was standing atop his tank when he, along with other Americans, was shot.  As he was trained to do, he lay on the ground in the snow and pretended to be dead.  He was laying there for three days before he was discovered and rescued.  His parents were even informed that he had died and were sitting shiva for him; however, Erick was very much alive!  He had surgery for a bullet wound to the chest, but when he awoke from surgery, the doctor came to see him with a mangled piece of metal.  It was his mezuzah, and it had been shattered by the bullet that hit him in the chest.  Rather than killing Erick, the bullet ricocheted off his mezuzah, which saved his life.

 

Erick was invited to the Clinton White House, where he attended an event commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy.

 
To learn more about the Gurwin Jewish ~ Fay J. Lindner Residences,
or to arrange a tour,
contact Staci Rosenberg-Simons at (631) 715-8537





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