The Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center in East Hills, New York offers specialized programming for certain demographics, including adults experiencing degenerative illnesses like Alzheimer's and dementia. The center provides programs such as a conversation series at an art museum tailored for those in early memory loss stages. It also hosts a support group where people discuss memory loss experiences. Additionally, the center has a "Let's Do" series for spouses of young onset individuals, including lunch, dinner and coffee events.

1. Specialized Programs at
the Sid Jacobson Jewish
Community Center
By Michael Manis

2. Michael Manis serves as president of Coastal Group
Holdings in Roslyn Heights, New York. He supports the
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center.

3. Located in East Hills, New York, the Sid Jacobson
Jewish Community Center is the only full-service Jewish
center on the North Shore of Long Island. The center
offers services to people of all ages, and it has special
programming for certain demographics.

4. One of the center’s programs reaches out to adults who
are experiencing degenerative illnesses such as
Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. To help these adults
and their loved ones, the center provides special
programming, such as a conversation series in the
galleries at the Nassau County Museum of Art tailored
toward art enthusiasts in the early stages of memory
loss. Another program is the Group for Educational and
Memory Strengthening, in which people who are
experiencing memory loss talk about their experiences
and challenges. The center also hosts a Let’s Do series,
which includes Let’s Do Lunch, Let’s Do Dinner, and
Let’s Do Coffee, meant for spouses of young onset
individuals.

5. Learn more about the center’s programming by visiting
www.sjjcc.org.