Since 2005, the New York Junior League SeniorCare Committee has been working closely with the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging to present workshops focusing on care giving for older persons, elder health and nutrition, and growing old gracefully.

With the help of the FHA, the League's SeniorCare Committee uses the Eldercare at Home Presentation Package in presentations to community associations, medical groups, and corporations in New York City. Each 1-hour presentation is given by two trained volunteers using illustrated slides and handouts. The SeniorCare Committee currently consists of 30 volunteers.

Current community partners include:

• Carnegie East House (Health Advocates for Older People)
• James Lenox House
• Mt. Sinai Medical Center
• Hudson Guild
• Henry Street Settlement
• Stanley Issacs Center

Recent topics presented by SeniorCare:

• Problems Getting Information from Medical Staff
• Using Medicines Safely
• Skin Problems
• Home Safety (available in Spanish)
• Depression
• Intimacy
• Nutrition
• Bone Weakness
• Communication and Hearing Problems
• Sleep Problems
• Stress and Anger Management
• Vision Problems
• Breathing Problems

For more information on the Junior League presentations in New York City, contact Li-Chia Ong at long@americangeriatrics.org or at 212-308-1414.

About Eldercare at Home
The AGS Foundation's Eldercare At Home Presentation Package includes 2 CD-ROMs that contain illustrated slide presentations in PowerPoint, with speaker's notes, based on 27 chapters of the 2nd edition of Eldercare at Home. The package also includes fully illustrated handouts to go along with each presentation. For more information on Eldercare at Home, visit http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/eldercare/

About the New York Junior League
One of the largest volunteer service organizations in New York City, the New York Junior League counts 2,800 members who contribute more than 250,000 hours of volunteer work annually. There are nearly 200,000 Junior League members nationwide, and nearly 300 Junior Leagues in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Great Britain. The Junior League is one of the world's largest international, volunteer organizations for women.