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NANAY Community Center
SERVICES OFFERED
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Screening and Assessment are administered to
each prospective client for the purpose of gathering information to
determine need and/or eligibility for services.
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Recreational
activities such as bingo, movie and video
shows, field trips and other relaxing social activities are scheduled
regularly, to decrease the elder’s feeling of isolation and increase their
socialization and community participation. Arts and crafts sessions are
given once or twice a month to improve their hand dexterity. To promote
social and cultural interaction, ballroom and folk-dancing lessons are also
taught on once or twice a week, and elders are given the opportunity to
perform in public during various community events.
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Transport Service:
Those without means for transportation are picked
up and brought to or from the NANAY’s Community Center to access available
support services, interact with other elders, and have an easier transition
and acculturation period. Transport service is also provided for shopping
and medical appointments.
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Counseling:
Group counseling sessions are given on a regular basis,
to help the elders resolve their personal and family conflicts, and to
discuss ways of improving their self-image in the community, discrimination
in employment and housing, financial planning, living facilities, nursing
home options, and Medicare/Medicaid,. They will also be counseled on Income
Tax reporting, Access to social services, Domestic Violence, Family
interaction and Self-improvement. Since language problems constitute a major
impediment for among ethnic minority elders, one-on-one tutoring is held on
Conversational English, to improve their communicative skills and allow them
to integrate better with the community.
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Education:
Educational seminars are scheduled on
various topics that are of practical importance to the elders, including
Medicare/Medicaid, the Living Will, Income Tax Reporting, Access to Social
services, Domestic Violence, Accident and Injury Prevention, Enhancing
Family Interaction, Stress Reduction and Self-improvement Techniques.
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Conversational English
Classes are offered to provide practical instruction in
listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar for elders with little or
no English-speaking experience in order to improve their communication
skills, help them learn to speak the language with more confidence, and
allow them to better integrate themselves with the community. Volunteer
instructors are chosen from among culturally linguistic members of the
respective ethnic communities, through the cooperation of other local
organizations.
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Computer
Classes:
Computer
classes are scheduled daily, at the NANAY Community Center in
North Miami
where
participants
over 60 years old are given formal instructions and hands on experience on
the use of computer, including Word Processing, Excel, e-mail interchanges,
internet publishing and web surfing. This class is especially popular among
elders, particularly caregivers, who are interested in accessing information
through the Internet.
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Health Support
–. NANAY’s culturally linguistic and
socially sensitive staff and health professional volunteers provide regular
health screening sessions (blood pressure check-ups, blood sugar tests).
Health
seminars about aging, cancer, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s
Disease/Parkinson’s disease and other common problems of the elderly will be
given on a regular basis by medical experts and professionals. NANAY’s goal
is to reduce health disparities, improve the health status, and respond to
the identified health care needs of isolated elders in the local community
by providing them with health-related services.
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Exercises: Soft
aerobics and other exercise sessions are scheduled on a regular basis (at
least twice a week). In the changing demographic and health care contexts of
aged care, the creation of health promoting exercise programs for frail
elderly people to improve wellbeing and quality of care is a common
objective in community and residential aged care. Exercise can help older
people avert a form of arthritis that can turn ordinary activities such as
getting out of bed into a painful, perhaps impossible chore.
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Arts and
Crafts:
Elders learn how to make flower arrangements,
using proper balance and color combination, and how to make beautiful
jewelry boxes from cardboard paper -- painting and pasting cut out flowers and angels on
jewelry boxes, and basic paper folding for Origami, as well as clothing and
toilet accessories.
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Intergenerational Program:
Through partnership with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, particularly
North Miami Senior High School, young students 14-18 years old participate
in intergenerational programs, discuss the problems associated with aging
and become sensitive to the elders’ needs.
Activities include an Intergenerational
Elder-Youth Visitation and Fun Time, an Annual Intergenerational Picnic and
Sports Fest, Elder-Youth Gift Exchange for Christmas, Intergenerational
Valentine Dance, Intergenerational Luau and Intergenerational Cultural
Program.
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Early
Intervention:
A
full-time Social Worker monitors and makes regular home visits to elders
that are not able to access outside services in the community in order to
assess and evaluate home situation and family dynamics that impinge on their
ability to fully function in the home and interact with the outside
environment. Elders at high risk for Adult Protective Services are
referred to and linked with appropriate service agencies. The Social Worker
will assess the needs of the elders for appropriate programs or services,
will employ engagement and intervention techniques that encourage rather
than deter help seeking behaviors (e.g. presenting problems, expression of
problems, type of help sought, expectations of help and treatment options),
will make arrangements for appointments, and will assist the clients with
forms and paperwork requirement, as well as arrange for travel or escort
services.
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CAREGIVER TRAINING
AND SUPPORT:
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Provide group
counseling, training and peer support to assist caregivers in making
decisions and solving problems related to their caregiving role (e.g., how
to bathe people who have had strokes; what exercises work best for people
with severe arthritis; how to cook meals for people with diabetes; how to
manage the stress of caregiving).
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Organize a caregiver
support group to allow sharing of experiences with other caregivers and help
manage stress, locate resources, prevent burnout and reduce feelings of
isolation.
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Basic computer sessions
and computer Internet access to specific information on caregiver resources
and other services are provided to caregivers so that they can learn to
shop, form a caregiver discussion group / chat room, and access available
supportive services or caregiver information through the Internet.
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Schedule Family
Caregivers Forums and Town Hall Meetings on a periodic basis as a public
education program
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Provide individual
counseling for caregivers on special cases, regarding decisions and solving
problems related to their caregiving role and individual management of
stress, depression and personal problems related to caregiving
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YOUTH PROGRAMS: After-school
computer access is provided at the Magic Johnson Community Empowerment
Center. Other activities include participation in positive youth development
workshops and seminars, study groups, committee meetings and informal
get-togethers. Essentially, NANAY has become a social laboratory for
young people to reiterate, discuss and practice what the values they learn
at home, in school or in church and to gain knowledge and skills about
matters that are not adequately covered in other settings.
One-on-one and small group counseling is provided regularly to help
teens manage stress, resolve conflict, cope with personal loss and deal with
difficult situations at home and in school.
Volunteer professionals facilitate workshops and learning activities
which help raise the youth’s self-esteem; improve their attitude and
behavior toward themselves and people from different backgrounds; enhance
their ability to study and get good grades; promote understanding in their
relationships at home and in school; gain opportunities for community
involvement; improve their skills in working within culturally diverse
settings; and guide them in their quest to become good citizens and leaders.
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