18 FEBRUARY 9, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM Ridgewood adult health center has patients loving life BY ANTHONY GIUDICE AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM @A_GIUDICEREPORT The staff at the Bushwick Adult Day Health Center (ADHC) in Ridgewood are dedicated to making sure their patients are not only feeling well but also living well, with tons of programs and activities to keep everyone loving and living life to the fullest. The Bushwick ADHC is an adult day center that caters to patients aged 21 and older — unlike most senior day centers which have higher age requirements — and who have Medicaid. Those are their only requirements to be considered to join the center. Gabriela Maciel, community liaison for the Bushwick ADHC’s Ridgewood location, explained that one way the center is dedicated to getting patients feeling well is that each person who wants to join needs to fi ll out a basic medial form so the staff nurse and social worker can create a health plan for each person. “They will come up with a care plan,” Maciel said. “They will invite the person back, sit with them and review all the information and come up with a care plan individualized for that person. We The staff at Bushwick Adult Day Health Center cares for their patients’ physical and mental well being. are not all the same. We are all humans, but not we’re not all the same, so each one needs individualized care.” Once accepted into the program, a patient is then allowed to access all the benefi ts provided by the Bushwick ADHC, such as transportation to and from the center, the registered nurse who is on site at all times, hot breakfasts and lunches, medication management (with doctor’s approval), physical and occupational therapy, as well as fun activities such as arts and craft classes, day trips, ESL and technology class, and much more. “The other thing we off er is social work,” Maciel said. “Our social workers are great too, because some of the folks come in and there is a language barrier, and the social worker can help them with managing their mail which is all in English and oft en times contains important information regarding resubmitting for their food stamps, or Medicaid, or other services.” The center currently cares for more than 70 total people, with a maximum of 39 people at the center on a daily basis, since every person is has their Photos by Anthony Giudice/QNS personalized care plan that doesn’t have them come in each day. Patients at the Bushwick ADHC love their time there and value the friendships they made with other patients and the staff “I think you should celebrate life. As long as you’re breathing you should be celebrating life on the daily,” Maciel said. “So we try to really instill that here.” The Bushwick ADHC is located at 59-25 67th Ave., and is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bushwick Center has two other locations, one in Bushwick and one in Jamaica at 172-61 Baisley Blvd. Ridgewood supermarket to add sushi & sidewalk café BY ANTHONY GIUDICE AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM @A_GIUDICEREPORT Changes planned for the Fresh N Save supermarket on Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood will transform the store into more than just a place to stock your kitchen shelves or refrigerator. The facelift currently going on at Fresh N Save, located at 60-16 Myrtle Ave., will completely change the store from the ground up, giving their customers a whole new experience with many new features which include new sushi and hibachi sections, expanded fresh bakery and meat departments, a fresh fi sh section, and a sidewalk café. “This renovation is not a patch-up job like the location underwent eight years ago. This is major reconstruction and major renovation work,” said Amin Siad, the supervising manager of the Fresh N Save. “From the foundation up, this marketplace will be a brand-new structure; even the basement is going to be brand new. The entire fl oor plan will be diff erent. The new fl oor plan is going to be more convenient and a lot more beautiful for our customers.” According to Siad, Fresh N Save will be growing by 5,000 square feet, and the biggest feature will be the sidewalk café, which will allow customers to enjoy some refreshments before or aft er they visit Fresh N Save. Inside the store, the most interesting new feature will be the sushi and hibachi sections, where there will be a chef on hand making fresh food. “In addition to the basics, we will feature a sushi and hibachi section, with an actual chef preparing the fresh food on the premises, not prepacked and delivered,” Siad told QNS. “We will have an expanded fresh bakery and a state-of-the-art kitchen on the premises, as well; we will prepare fresh hot/cold gourmet domestic and international — Middle Eastern, Latin American, Eastern and Western European, Far Asian, and American — foods, salads, pastries, and sandwiches on our freshly baked hour by hour breads.” There will also be a new entrance to the supermarket on the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Norman Street, giving the store an easier access point. All renovations are expected to be completed by May. Photo by Anthony Giudice/QNS Fresh N Save on Myrtle Avenue is undergoing some major changes this winter.
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