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Coordination of Complex Home Care Services

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Fall 2005 Edition

Message from the Executive Director

We are still ringing with excitement over the opening of Angela’s House II in Smithtown. The children in this special home are really settling in. What a great opportunity for these families. I continue to work with the Department of Health, the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, politicians and many other voluntary agencies and groups to come up with more programs and options to help parents in need. At the top of the list are long term care opportunities for ventilator dependent children and a respite home to offer short term care or relief for the families caring for their children at home.

We did have some good news in home care. NYS has opened additional spots to help families with the Care-At-Home Program. This program becomes a life support and backbone to help keep medically fragile kids home with their families. We help over 100 children with this program. Our nurses are able to visit families and help them coordinate the extensive array of services that are needed to support the children at home with the parents. It is a huge undertaking for both the parents and our nurses to make the family’s home environment as safe and comfortable as possible.

It means a lot to us as we try to help families as much as we can. We will be adding a new fund-raiser next year. We are working on a dinner on March 30, 2006. This fund-raiser will help us with our mission to identify new families and get help to them as soon as we can.


ATDC helped Kyle get an adaptive swing

Website Update

Be sure to check for new updates in our website
www.angelashouse.org
Go to the Homepage and click Current Affairs, in the top left corner, for recent updates and activities. You can also check under Events to see information on upcoming golf outings, dinners, etc.


ATDC helps Allison with a stroller and ramp

Eagle Scout Project

Boy Scout Brian Abramowitz of Troop 214 will be doing his Eagle Scout Project at Angela's House II in Smithtown. Brian will be putting up fencing and landscaping around each tree well of Angela's House.

 

 

Hauppauge High School Honor
Students Offer a Hand


This group of students went above and beyond to help with work around Angela's House II

Commerce Bank Donation


Commerce Bank made a donation to ATDC / Angela's House during their grand opening party at their new location in Smithtown on Saturday October 22. The Smithtown manager Michelle Zeiger graciously handed a check for $750 to Bob Policastro. Also on hand for this event was NYS Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick.

 

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