Participants take part in a movement and dance class at the first satellite office of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America in Amityville on Wednesday.Credit: Dawn McCormick
ByDavid Olsondavid.olson@newsday.com@DavidOlson11Updated June 5, 2025
Eddie Green sat next to his sister at the new Alzheimer’s Foundation of America center in Amityville and repeatedly hit a plastic cup on the table He didn’t do so as hard or as quickly as his sister or others without Alzheimer’s who surrounded him But it was a deliberate, constant pace “He’s still following the rhythm and doing the activity, whether or not he’s doing it as fast as everybody,” Cathy Serpico, senior manager at the center, said of Green, 73,who has Alzheimer’s
“And we’re OK with that.”
The “Rhythm Revival” session Wednesday, which also included stomping and swaying to music, helped inaugurate the center’s first week of programming It is the nationwide foundation’s first center outside its Manhattan headquarters, serving theestimated 62,000 Long Islander seniorswho have the disease, and their caregivers “The needs are significant,” said Charles Fuschillo Jr., president and CEO of the foundation WHAT NEWSDAY FOUNDThe Alzheimer’s Foundation of Americathis week began serving people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers at its new site in Amityville, the first satellite office for the Manhattan-based nonprofit.The free services include music, danceand art programs, support groups, and training sessions for health care workers and others
A “sensory garden” is planned.Memory screenings, which include questionsthat test the ability to remember words and name animals, are open to anyone Those with a low score are encouraged to follow up with a physician Shurie Green, 70, of Wyandanch, accompanied her brother Eddie to the center Get the latest stories every week about health and wellness, covering topics from medicine and mental health to updates on the coronavirus and new research
By clicking Sign up, you agree to ourprivacy policy “The program keeps him stimulated,” and it allows him to interact with people other than family, Shurie Green said Eddie Green said he enjoyed the session “I like dancing,” he said
Shurie Green, left, and her brother Eddie Green, both of Wyandanch, at the first satellite office of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America in Amityville on Wednesday.Credit: Dawn McCormick
Several other free programs involve music, including sing-a-longs Research shows that people with Alzheimer’s often are able toremember and react to music, even if their overall memory has greatly deteriorated Source: NewsDay.com
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