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  • Marilyn B

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    July 14, 2008

     

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  • About Me

    • Marilyn Best is a licensed social worker committed to empowering the elderly. Since 1996, she has worked at Isabella Geriatric Center, a state-of-the-art elder care provider in New York City. Empowering residents to make choices about their activities of daily living and finding ways to make the nursing home environment more home-like are two of Marilyn’s passions. Marilyn is responsible for providing care for 80 residents, all of whom have Alzheimer’s or Dementia. Half of Marilyn’s residents are ambulatory and at early to mid-stage of Dementia. The other 40 residents are primarily at the end stage of the disease, requiring a greater level of care. Marilyn is a founding member of Isabella’s Culture Change committee - part of a nation-wide Pioneer Movement seeking to move nursing homes away from a medical model of care to more resident-centered care. Marilyn earned a MSW degree with honors from Fordham University and is a member in the National Association of Social Workers