NORC Health Care Linkage Project | Archived

Grant Date: 03.17.2006
Amount: $80,000

The NORC Health Care Linkage Project, a collaborative effort made possible by grants from the Fund and from The New York Community Trust, is entering its third and final phase. Launched in June 2003, the project aims to strengthen effective linkages between supportive service programs in naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) and key health care providers serving the community. Funding has been awarded to the following four programs:
• Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center ($20,000) is creating an integrated medication information sharing system between Lincoln-Amsterdam Senior Care and Roosevelt Hospital's emergency department to promote medication safety and adherence practices for seniors with multiple chronic health conditions.
• Montefiore Medical Center ($20,000) is linking its discharge planning process to the array of supportive non-medical services available to seniors living in the Co-Op City Senior Services Program—thus creating a virtual care network.
• Samuel Field YM & YWHA ($20,000) is linking the Deepdale Cares NORC Program to community physicians through a falls-prevention project that works with community physicians to reduce clients' risk factors for falls.
• Spring Creek Community Corporation ($20,000) is establishing a coordinated and systematic approach between Spring Creek Senior Partners and community physicians on the identification, assessment, and treatment of seniors suffering from depression.

A similar grant was awarded to Henry Street Settlement ($40,000), for the Vladeck Cares NORC Program in 2005.