Alzheimer’s Association Long Island

The Alzheimer's Association, the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer research and support, is dedicated to finding prevention methods, treatments, and an eventual cure for Alzheimer's. Their mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research, to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

Alzheimer's Association Long Island Website
Alzheimer's Association Long Island
3281 Veterans Memorial Hwy.
Suite E-13
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Phone: (631) 580-5100

             (516) 935-1033

Fax:      (631) 580-3100

Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation (LIAF)

LIAF is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to meeting the educational, social and emotional needs of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and their families and caregivers, as well as raising public awareness about the disease and lending expertise to healthcare professionals. LIAF offers a variety of services including the area’s largest resource and referral center, a toll-free hotline, support groups for caregivers, geriatric care management, and counseling by certified social workers.

LIAF's Website
Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation
5 Channel Dr.
Port Washington, NY 11050
Phone: (866) 789-5423
Fax: (516) 767-6864

Neuwirth Memory Disorders Program At Zucker Hillside Hospital

Consistent with the hospital's founding mission to meet the needs of its community, a Division of Geriatric Psychiatry was established to provide specialty care to the growing elderly population.

In addition to focused services addressing Alzheimer's disease and related memory disorders, the Geriatric Psychiatry Division offers older patients and their families an organized continuum of care, including emergency access, and inpatient, partial hospital, outpatient, homebound and nursing home-based subspecialty geropsychiatry programs.

The Neuwirth Memory Disorders Program offers the following:

• Medication for Alzheimer’s Disease & other cognitive disorders
• Group and/or individual therapy
• Medication for psychiatric & behavioral disturbances
• Psychological treatment approaches
• Caregiver psychoeducation and support
• Referral to other relevant community resources
• Opportunities to participate in ongoing research on medications to improve memory
• Geropsychiatric assessment
• Neuropsychological testing
• Brain imaging
• Social Work assessment

The Hillside Geriatric Center provides comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and treatment to older adults. Typically patients seen at the center include those with psychiatric disorders and memory disorders and dementing conditions with associated behavioral disturbances. Many patients have psychiatric/neuropsychiatric symptoms related to underlying medical conditions. The Center primarily serves patients 65 years of age and over, but also accommodates younger patients with diagnoses/problems that are consonant with older adulthood, e.g., presenile dementia.

The Hillside Geriatric Center also services the caregivers and family members of these patients who may themselves be experiencing psychiatric disturbances. Patients seen at The Center include those with psychiatric disorders such as major depression or anxiety diagnoses; adjustment reactions to life stressors; memory disorders and dementing conditions such as Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia; and psychosocial and/or emotional disturbances associated with medical illnesses. The Center also serves turmoil because of a relative's psychiatric neuropsychiatric or medical illness. Special tracks or sub-programs include: Memory Disorder, Depression, Psychotherapy, Homebound Elderly, and Neuropsychology.

Neuwirth Memory Disorders Program
74th Avenue and 263rd Street
Glen Oaks, NY 11004
(718/516) 470-8030

New York State's Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Program (EPIC)

EPIC is a New York State sponsored prescription plan for senior citizens who need help paying for their prescriptions. Currently, over 360,000 seniors are enrolled and save an average of 80% on prescriptions purchased at their local pharmacy. Residents of New York State who are 65 or older with an annual income under $35,000 (single) or $50,000 (married) are eligible. Almost all prescription medicines are covered, and both brand name and generic drugs are included. You can use EPIC at most pharmacies in New York State.

EPIC Website
EPIC
PO Box 15018
Albany , NY 12214
Phone: 1-800-332-3742

New York State Health Care Proxy

EPIC is a New York State sponsored prescription plan for senior citizens who need help paying for their prescriptions. Currently, over 360,000 seniors are enrolled and save an average of 80% on prescriptions purchased at their local pharmacy. Residents of New York State who are 65 or older with an annual income under $35,000 (single) or $50,000 (married) are eligible. Almost all prescription medicines are covered, and both brand name and generic drugs are included. You can use EPIC at most pharmacies in New York State.

New York State Health Care Proxy Website