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Students Create Innovative Solution To Help Seniors Maintain Health and Independence
A group of Middle School students from the Half Hollow Hills School  District have gotten together to solve a problem for seniors that in many cases prevents them from being able to live independently, and they have asked the residents at the Gurwin Jewish ~ Fay J. Linder Residences for help.
The students are part of the First Lego League (FLL) Global Invention program. Each year, FLL introduces a challenge, with this year's theme being Senior Solutions. After much research, the students learned that there are specific obstacles that most seniors face when attempting to remain independent. These include taking prescribed medication properly; feeling secure that if something should happen, someone will know; and a lack of Vitamin D because they don't get out very much. With these obstacles in mind, the students created an innovative solution to the problems they discovered, then met with their senior partners - the residents at Gurwin's Assisted Living community - to get input on their invention and tips to make it better.
Their invention is called The Sixth Sense, a multi-component kit that uses nanotechnology and Bluetooth connectivity in a wearable monitor. The clip help seniors remember to take their medications, alerts someone if they have fallen, and directs them to sunlight. According to Caryn Miers, student coach and team advisor, "The kit devised by the students provides customizable support for seniors who need help remembering when to take medication and who want the added security of a fall-alert sensor without the bulk, expense or impersonal interaction of a call-center based monitor."
The students advanced to the Long Island finals competition,
which was held at Longwood High School on Sunday, March 2nd.
Winners advance to a regional finals competition, and ultimately compete in a national finals. We wish them luck!
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Meet our Residents
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Introducing Gladys Kaufman
Introducing Madame President, Gladys Kaufman! President of our Lindner Resident Council, that is...and we are thrilled to have her!
The oldest of two daughters born to Russian immigrants, Gladys was born in Harlem, moved to Bay Ridge at the age of two, then settled in Brighton Beach when her father went into the grocery business. It was here that she spent most of her life, when she wasn't traveling!
Upon graduation from Brooklyn College, Gladys' original plan included attending Cornell University and becoming a teacher, but she met Daniel, and her plans changed when they married when she was 21. At that time, Daniel was studying law at George Washington University and working in a naval gun factory. He moved to Brooklyn, finished his masters at St. John's Law School and then they both took positions with the war department. When World War II broke out, Gladys was pregnant with their first child and did not work again for 18 years while raising her three daughters.
A great demand for teachers encouraged Gladys to go back to work, passing a teaching exam and initially working as a substitute in an elementary school. Twenty years later, Gladys retired, very disheartened by what she perceived as a decline in public school education. A life-time learner herself, she went back to school, completing 30 credits of post-graduate work at Yeshiva and Fordham Universities. Each year, Gladys and Daniel traveled, spending summers and holidays with their daughter, who attended Hebrew University in Israel.
Traveling was a priority for Gladys and George, and when he retired from his law practice, they even set sail on the QE2! Eight years into her retirement, however, Gladys endured a very difficult period of mourning, within a year's time suffering the loss of her daughter, her mother and her husband.
Gladys' strength helped her continue on, assisting her two daughters and their children as well as volunteering at the JCC in Roslyn. Currently, she works hard as our president of the Lindner Resident Council, where she is known for her calm, sensible approach to problems and concerns. If you haven't done so yet, introduce yourself and learn more about this strong and engaging woman.
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Local High School Students Participate in Intergenerational Roundtable on Immigration
Nearly everyone in the U.S. can trace their family origin to another country. Immigrants and their assimilation into American culture are the fabric of our diverse society.
Twenty-one students from three high schools visited our Lindner  Residences this week to participate in a roundtable discussion on immigration, to discuss the experiences of our residents who immigrated to the United States from Europe to escape persecution before, during or after World War II. The students, from Bay Shore, Commack and Half Hollow Hills West High Schools, learned about the circumstances surrounding the residents' decisions to come to the United States, their journeys, and what it was like to begin a new life in America.
The students were divided into six small groups and each group interviewed a resident. One student from each group shared the stories he/she learned with the entire group, followed by a question and answer session with the panel. The immigrants shared interesting and diverse stories: some came to America before the war to escape persecution, others were placed on s hips as young children to be united with family members in America, and still others arrived after the war as the only survivors in their families looking for a new life.
The students and their teachers were inspired and moved by the stories of adversity and triumph. At the end of the program, the Gurwin residents were asked to give advice to this next generation. Most encouraged the students to work hard and value education, viewing education as a means to success.
This roundtable is the second in the series, which partners residents and high school students to discuss topics that have historical value and relevance today. The next roundtable will be held in April, and the topic will be the Holocaust.
Click here for short biographies of our immigrant residents who participated in the roundtable discussion.
Check out our facebook page for more photos from the roundtable session.
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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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