Presentations

2001

Radio Interview with Beatrice W. Greenbaum at Nassau County Community College on end-of-life care issues, on "Time of Your Life," a radio program for senior citizens. July 26, 2001.

Seaford Chapter #3594 of AARP, Inc. - Presentation by Beatrice W. Greenbaum to 60 people on advance care directives. May 24, 2001.

Well Spouse Group - St. Charles Rehabilitation Center, Albertson Branch, L.I., NY - Presentation by Beatrice W. Greenbaum to 12 people on advance care directives. May 9, 2001.

Pathway Women's Health - Manhasset, NY - Presentation by Beatrice W. Greenbaum to 15 people on advance care directives. March 13, 2001.

2000

National Health Care Decisions Week (October 22-28, 2000). The Bar Association of Nassau County and the New York Citizens’ Committee on Health Care Decisions joined together to offer free community presentations on end-of-life-care and medical decision making from the legal, medical and social perspectives. This free program, presented as a public service to the community, will be made available throughout the year.

WCBS-FM Radio Interview with Beatrice W. Greenbaum on "Advance Directives and End-of-Life-Care." May 18, 2000.

Senior Umbrella Network (SUN), Nassau County – "New Dimensions in Palliative Care." Speaker: Dr. James T. D’Olimpio. May 9, 2000.

Radio Interview in Nassau County with Beatrice W. Greenbaum on "End-of-Life-Care Issues." March 13, 2000.

1997 - 1998 | Top

Great Neck Senior Center - "Advance Care Planning" lecture. December 1998.

Senior Umbrella Network (SUN) - "Ethical Dilemmas and the Elderly Client" panel discussion. Parker Jewish Geriatric Center. October 1998.

Women’s Empowerment Group - "What has Managed Care Done to Medicare?" Discussion group. Jewish Women’s Resource Center. October 1998.

Dorot University Without Walls – Teleconference course on Health Care Ethics taught by Dr. Jay Kantor. Offered at 4 P.M. on four Mondays to the homes of homebound elders and their caregivers throughout the five boroughs, Westchester and Long Island, New York. April 20, 27 and May 4, 11, 1998

"End-of-life" discussion, Christ & St. Stephen’s Church, New York City. March 1998.

"The Many Faces of Palliative Care" - Family Service Association, Hempstead, Long Island. November 1997

"How To Take Control – Advance Care Planning" - Adult Learning Institute, Elderhostel Hofstra University, Hempstead, Long Island. November 1997.

"Health Care Decision Making Day 1997" - Co-sponsored with the New York State Bar Association Elder Law Section. Organized at 12 sites throughout New York City, educational programs for the community and health care professionals were held featuring information on advance directives. Sites included: Amsterdam House Nursing Home, Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Hospital, Methodist Hospital, Jewish Guild for the Blind, Jewish Home and Hospital for Aged Geriatric Outreach Program, Employee Assistance Professionals Association, and New Town Senior Center. May 1997.

"End-of-Life Decisions" - Senior Umbrella Network, Nassau and Suffolk counties, Long Island. February 1997.

1994 - 1996 | Top

"Managed Care, Ethics and the Physician’s Perspective" - Physician Grand Rounds Presentation, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn. December 1996.

"Managed Care Focus Group Project" presentation for the Forum on Bioethics, "Ethical For-Profit Managed Care: Possibility of Oxymoron," American Public Health Association Convention, New York. November 1996.

"Health Care Decision Making Day 1996" - Co-sponsored with the New York State Bar Association Elder Law Section. Organized at 12 sites throughout New York City, educational programs for the community and health care professionals were held featuring information on advance directives. Sites included: Amsterdam House Nursing Home, Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Hospital, Methodist Hospital, Parker Jewish Geriatric Institute, St. Luke’s Hospital, Roosevelt Hospital, West Side Federation for Senior Housing, Jewish Guild for the Blind, Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged Geriatric Outreach Program, Employee Assistance Professionals Association, and New Town Senior Center. May 1996.

"Taking Charge of Your Health Care" - A presentation to the Adult Learning Institute of Elderhostel on improving communication with your physician. Hudson, NY. June 1994.

1992 - 1993 | Top

"Taking Charge of Your Health Care" - A presentation, as described above, to the Older Women’s League, Brooklyn chapter. November 1993.

"Advance Directives: Medical Decision Making" - A community education program co-sponsored with Astoria General Hospital, Queens. May 1993.

"The Health Care System: Choices and Changes" - Co-sponsored with the Setauket Presbyterian Church, Setauket. October 1992.

"Decisions of Dignity" – A presentation by the New York Citizens’ Committee as part of the Health Accent Series at Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn. March 1992.

In addition, the New York Citizens’ Committee has presented programs at the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged; Community Health Plan subscribers in New Hyde Park; St. Francis College Brooklyn; HIV Support Group, Columbia University Research Project; Concord Village Co-Op, Brooklyn; and the First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn.