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Parker on Madison Offers Music Program at Adult Social Day Care
Center features stimulating activities in nurturing environment
Hempstead, NY, August 8, 2019 – Parker on Madison
Social Adult Day Care – a unique caregivers’ respite
program through Parker Jewish Institute for memoryimpaired
and frail elderly – is providing new monthly
music offerings for participants.
Research suggests that music is particularly
beneficial for people struggling with memory loss.
Studies have shown that music therapy can naturally
reduce the symptoms of depression and anxiety,
relieve stress and boost one’s creativity. Music therapy
can also prompt memory recollection and improve
communication between participants, their caregivers,
and others in their life.
Participants at Parker on Madison enjoy monthly live
music sessions from John Bracco, who has spent more
than 25 years working in senior health care. Mr. Bracco’s
“around the world” approach features music from
across the globe, helping to stimulate memory and
elicit memory recall. Mr. Bracco’s open-mic technique
fosters an environment in which participants are
encouraged to express themselves artistically.
“The participants and staff at Parker on Madison are
simply easy to work with,” Mr. Bracco said.
“Music is a universal language and the music program
at Parker on Madison provides our participants with an
activity that can be appreciated by all,” said Michael
N. Rosenblut, Parker’s president and CEO.
Parker on Madison offers a unique Social Adult Day
Care center for the frail, elderly and memory-impaired
while providing relief and support to caregivers and
families. The center’s professional staff provides a
caring and nurturing environment.
For more information, or to make referrals to Parker
On Madison Social Adult Day Care, call 516-586-1623
or 1-877-727-5373.
Contact: Lina Scacco, (718) 289-2212 or lscacco@
parkerinstitute.org
About Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care
and Rehabilitation
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation,
which is headquartered in New Hyde Park, New York, is a
leading provider of Short Term Rehabilitation and Long
Term Care. At the forefront of innovation in patientcentered
health care and technology, the Institute is a
leader in teaching and geriatric research. Parker Jewish
Institute features its own medical department, and is
nationally renowned as a skilled nursing facility, as well as
a provider of community-based health care, encompassing
Social Adult Day Care, Home Health Care, Medical House
Calls, Palliative Care and Hospice.
Flushing Cemetery has completed construction of the
Memorial Chapel Mausoleum
Families now have the options of inurnment of cremated remains and
crypt entombment as means of interment and memorialization.
It is with great pride and pleasure that
the Board of Trustees of Flushing Cemetery
Association announces
the opening of its newly constructed
Memorial Chapel Mausoleum.
The 75 acre countryside cemetery,
lovingly referred to as the
Wonderland of a Million Blooms,
has provided a beautiful resting place
for those who have passed on since 1853.
In addition to its nearly 3400 niches,
the Memorial Chapel Mausoleum
will provide Flushing Cemetery the ability,
for the fi rst time in its 165 year history,
to off er families the option of crypt
entombment in a community mausoleum.
General Manager John Helly stated,
“With cremation rates in New York expected to be
over 50% by the year 2022 and with many cemeteries
facing the reality of dwindling land acreage,
our new mausoleum, with its options of niches and
crypts, will allow Flushing Cemetery to serve the needs
of our community for decades to come”.
Those looking to inquire can call the cemetery offi ce at 718-359-0100
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