Downstate hospital’s mission empowers immigrant caregivers: Distinguished physician
As SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Medical Center hosted a Community Healthy Lifestyle Fair on Sunday, a distinguished professor and physician at the university hospital’s Center for Community Health Promotion & Wellness (the Center) says that the hospital, in the heart of the Caribbean community in Brooklyn, has stepped up to address challenges facing the elderly population and caregivers. Dr. Michael Reinhardt – a physician, assistant professor, clinical advisory dean, director of Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, director of Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education, and director of Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University – told Caribbean Life exclusively that the university hospital is dedicated to supporting the unique needs of diverse communities, ensuring that patients and caregivers have the necessary resources. “As the population gets older, caregivers—especially those from immigrant communi...