Photo: The new Center for Advanced Memory Care at Ferncliff, ArchCare’s long-term care campus in Rhinecliff, Dutchess County.
AMONG HEALTH CONCERNS faced by aging New Yorkers and their families, dementia and Alzheimer’s can be especially heartbreaking. To address this concern, ArchCare, the health- and elder-care ministry of the Archdiocese of New York, has announced the opening in early 2022 of the Center for Advanced Memory Care at Ferncliff, in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County.
The new facility will introduce a cutting-edge Montessori-based program focused on individual capabilities, in which residents engage in productive activities and fulfill meaningful social roles that give a heightened sense of purpose, belonging, and recognition. Utilizing the capabilities of the entire ArchCare system, the facility will be well equipped to care for individuals with multiple clinical conditions.
“The Center for Advanced Memory Care will be a place where we would want our own family members to live,” says Fr. John Anderson, vice president of mission integration at ArchCare, “a home-like environment where staff truly care for each person’s strengths, interests, and preferences.”
For more information or for waiting list inquiries, please call 855-951-CARE (2273).
As the pandemic continues to challenge New Yorkers, the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture has gradually begun reopening for gallery exhibitions and live performances. After a robust series of virtual presentations throughout the pandemic, the center began presenting gallery exhibitions with full health precautions in mid-2021, and in December presented “Christmas on Bleecker,” just the third live event since early 2020 in the usually bustling Loreto Theater.
In the gallery, through January 22, “Genesis: The Creative Act” presents works by physicist and painter Peter Heywood inspired by scripture and the art of dance; and on February 27, a panel discussion entitled “Identity and Migration” will explore the experiences of artists and composers who fled persecution.
Despite the late-December postponement of “A Celtic Christmas Story” due to renewed public health concerns, more theatrical and musical performances remain on the calendar from February into the spring.
For further information about upcoming shows and Covid-19 precautions, visit sheencenter.org.