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Practical Skills for Healthful Aging: On our Two-year Partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

May 18, 2017
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| Categories: culturally appropriate, education, Health Education, immigrant seniors

Since July 2015, India Home has been partnered with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)’s Geriatric Resource Interprofessional Program (GRIP) to provide evidence-based and culturally responsive education to South Asian older adults in Queens, NY. This education aims to increase community awareness of geriatric syndromes – problems that usually have more than one cause and involve many parts…

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India Home and NYU celebrate advances in the health of NYC’s Bangladeshi community

October 20, 2016
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| Categories: Celebrations, Desi Senior Center, Doctor, education, Health, immigrants, Queens

New York University’s Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH) held a community health forum at our Desi Senior Center on Tuesday, September 26th. The forum celebrated the advances in the health of our seniors thanks to our partnership with CSAAH. MD Taher is the Project Coordinator for NYU’s Department of Population Health and a Community Health Worker with…

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India Home wins the 2016 Local Community Action Leadership Award from NYU CSAAH and AARP

October 5, 2016
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| Categories: AAPI, AARP, Advocacy, education, Health Education, immigrant seniors, mental health, policy, social isolation

India Home was awarded the 2016 Local Community Action Leadership Award by NYU CSAAH and AARP at the 8th Annual Aging Together, Bridging Generations conference for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders. This award recognized individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to improving the health of Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI)…

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