What Is Needed To Make Roosevelt Island A Better Place For Aging Adults To Live, Please Take Online Carter Burden Advantage Initiative Roosevelt Island Senior Center Survey - Affordable Housing Would Help

The Carter Burden Roosevelt Island Senior Center is conducting an online survey of people 60 years and older living on Roosevelt Island to help understand:

... how to make Roosevelt Island a better place for aging adults to live.

According to the Survey:

AdvantAge Initiative Roosevelt Island Survey

Welcome to the AdvantAge Initiative Roosevelt Island Survey

About the Survey

This survey is for people 60 years of age and older who live on Roosevelt Island.

This survey was designed to gather information from people like yourself about your living arrangements, health, and your feelings in general about your community. We hope to use this information to make Roosevelt Island a better place for you and other older people to live.

This survey is sponsored by the Carter Burden Network in partnership with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), with funding from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation. The Carter Burden Network offers a variety of programming and services to individuals aged 60 and older in New York City and operates four senior centers, including one on Roosevelt Island.

In appreciation for your responses, we offer a chance to win one of twenty-five $25 gift cards for those who complete the survey by November 30, 2018. To enter the drawing you will need to provide your name, address, phone number and email address, if you have one, on a separate secure form upon completion of the survey questions. Only one survey entry per person is allowed.

To protect confidentiality, your name will not be associated with your responses to this survey.

If you have questions about the survey call or if you need services, please call the Carter Burden Roosevelt Island Senior Center at (212) 980-1888.

Please click here to take the survey.

Please feel free to share any thoughts in comments section too.

Roosevelt Island affordable housing for Seniors is one way to make our community a better place for aging adults to live.

More info on Carter Burden Roosevelt Island Senior Center at their web site.

Please Take The Carter Burden Roosevelt Island Senior Center Survey Project, Help Assess The Quality Of Life Needs For Roosevelt Island Seniors 60 And Over For Future Programs And Services - October 4 Kick Off Event

Carter Burden Roosevelt Island Senior Center Program Director Lisa Fernandez reports:

... CBN Roosevelt Island Senior Center AdvantAge Survey project. The AdvantAge Survey is a national survey used to help assess the quality of life needs of seniors 60 plus living in the community.

The AdvantAge Survey is sponsored by the CBN in partnership with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York with generous support from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation. CBN offers a variety of programming and service to individuals aged 60 and older in Manhattan and operates four senior centers, including the Roosevelt Island Senior Center.

The information learned from the survey will help CBN to develop programs and services to facilitate seniors' ability to successfully age in place in their homes and communities. We can work together to design and develop the programming, services and resources to support aging in place. We need your help to make the AdvantAge successful by reaching as many individuals 60 and over, whether they are a member of the Roosevelt Island Senior Center or not....

The Carter Burden Network’s Roosevelt Island Senior Center presents:

ADVANTAGE INITIATIVE ROOSEVELT ISLAND SURVEY

Do you live on Roosevelt Island and are you 60 years of age and older?

We want your point of VIEW! Vision, Insight, Experience and Wisdom

We are looking for individuals 60 years of age and older who live on Roosevelt Island to participate in a survey to help us understand how to make Roosevelt Island a better place for aging adults to live.

To learn more, call the Roosevelt Island Senior Center at 212-980-1888 or stop by to pick up your survey.

A chance to win a $25 gift card by completing the survey

You're invited to a Senior Center Survery Kick Off Event Thursday, October 4 from 1-3 PM at the Senior Center (546 Main Street).

After the October 4 Kick Off event, there will also be an online version of the Survey.

More info on the Carter Burden Roosevelt Island Senior Center at their web site.

Carter Burden Center For The Aging Holding First General Membership Meeting Of The Roosevelt Island Senior Center Friday July 29 - Review First Month Of Sponsorship And Survey Results

According to the Carter Burden Roosevelt Island Senior Center:

and:

... The center provides a variety of socialization, recreation and education programs free of charge including: weekday congregate luncheon meals; exercise, dance and yoga classes; computer training ; health and wellness activities; arts programs; holiday parties; and other activities. Case assistance is offered to members/participants who need help in applying for government benefit programs, addressing landlord/tenant disputes, or accessing medical care. The center also delivers weekday meals to homebound individuals on Roosevelt Island.

The Center is open to anyone age 60 or over regardless of where s/he lives, however the majority of participants live on Roosevelt Island.

Hours of operation: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
Location: 546 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY 10044.
Tel: 212-980-1888
Fax: 212-838-9791
Contact: Lisa Fernandez
FernandezL@carterburdencenter.org

Below is the Member Survey.

More on the Carter Burden Center sponsorship of the Roosevelt Island Senior Center at this prior post.

What Programs And Services Do Roosevelt Island Senior Citizens Want Provided By Carter Burden Center For The Aging - Fill Out Survey And Tell Them, General Meeting On Friday July 29

As previously reported, the Carter Burden Center for the Aging took over sponsorship of the Roosevelt Island Senior Center on July 1.  

We are pleased to welcome our new program effective July 1st. #CBCA #seniorcenter #rooseveltisland pic.twitter.com/JvsOaEb9Kt

— Carter Burden Center (@BurdenCenter) July 1, 2016

 Image Of Roosevelt Island Senior Center July 4 Celebration

Lisa Fernandez is the the new Director of the Roosevelt Island Senior Center. Ms. Fernandez reports:

... the first General Member Meeting of the Roosevelt Island Senior Center: A Program of the Carter Burden Center for the Aging will be held on Friday, July 29th at 12:30pm at the Senior Center, 546 Main Street. William Dionne, Executive Director, will attend and provide updates on learning from our first month as the new sponsor of the Senior Center and initial results from the member survey.

Roosevelt Island Senior Center members are invited to attend the meeting.

The Roosevelt Island Senior Center asks Seniors to tell them what type of programs and services they want. Print out and answer the survey below to tell them. Then bring the completed survey to the Senior Center or pick up a survey at the Senior Center to answer the questions..

Some Roosevelt Island Seniors have expressed concerns regarding the Carter Burden Center taking over management of the Senior Center.

Vicki Feinmel commented:

I agree that changes needed to be made to the Senior Center to become a more vibrant Center for all. But what people don't realize is how important the exercise classes are to those who have been attending for many years. The first thing that Carter
Burden did was reduce the salaries of our well deserved instructors who earned every cent. We lost 2 of our instructors due to this. Why change what works, just enhance.

As much as I appreciate Assembly Member Seawright, trying to help, by coming through with additional funding, it will not be going to the teachers that we lost. It will go to what Carter Burden wants and not necessarily for the things that the people who use the center want.

Perdida Miranda adds:

I agree wholeheartedly VICKI

Carter burden is here to serve the seniors not the other way around.

Those who do not use the teachers services cannot comprehend what a loss it is to not have doctorate level and PHD level exercise instructors to help seniors with their physical exercise needs.

I lost over 20 lbs thanks to Rob and Ivete as well as being in remission for asthma thanks to those two fabulous teachers

Other Roosevelt Island seniors support the Carter Burden Center.

According to Judy Berdy:

I am thrilled that Carter Burden has taken over management and operations of the Senior Center. For years the center management did not have a welcoming environment. Since the DFDA came in last May and Carter Burden last week, the staff is open and welcoming. WIth the support of the community our center can become a showplace and welcoming.

The petty squabbles of the last few weeks hopefully have ended and a new leaf has been turned over.

It is time for all island organizations to work with the Carter Burden staff to offer programming, volunteers and enrichment programs for all members.

and Lynn Boston:

... it seems a lot went on with our old senior center. It is great to see a fresh new start,

Change is always hard, but I think if the community works with CBC, we will all find great services with them.

I have heard that they are looking to cook meals eventually instead of the unhealthy meals that have been served for years.

I have looked at their website also and am very impressed... I think we as a community need to welcome them and work with them instead of presenting them with all of the negativity that has been created.

CBC is in charge of the center and it seems like people don't to want to accept that! There are many organizations and committees on the island that are supporting them and wanting to work alongside them not to be in competition with them..

Out with the old...in with the new!!! Time to turn over a new chapter...Things can only get better....

More on the Carter Burden Center sponsorship of Roosevelt Island Seniors Center at prior post.