GOSHEN, N.Y. (Feb. 10, 2012) – Elant, the Hudson Valley’s premier provider of senior health care and housing solutions, is proud to announce that Elant at Brandywine has received a $9,767 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The award was one of 76 grants totaling almost $450,000 awarded by the Reeve Foundation to nonprofit organizations nationwide that aid in providing more opportunities, access and daily quality of life for individuals living with paralysis, their families, and caregivers. Since the program was developed in 1999 by the late Dana Reeve, almost 2,000 grants have been awarded, totaling over $15.2 million.
Elant at Brandywine, a 131-bed skilled nursing facility and rehabilitation center located in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., will use the grant to purchase and install a specialized shower-bathing trolley. Distributed by Sure Hands, Inc. of Pine Island, N.Y., the shower-bathing trolley is ergonomically designed to provide a safe, comfortable and easy bathing experience for individuals living with mobility impairment and paralysis. The product also provides an easier, safer method for the caregivers assisting with bathing.
“Elant is grateful to receive this grant from the Reeve Foundation,” said Todd Whitney, President and CEO of Elant, Inc. “Elant at Brandywine provides specialized programming for individuals living with multiple sclerosis and physical disabilities. The availability of the Sure Hands shower trolley will significantly improve the quality of life for these residents.”
“The Quality of Life grants program allows us to connect with other nonprofit organizations to enable individuals living with paralysis and their families to enhance their daily livelihood,” said Peter T. Wilderotter, president and CEO of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. “Promoting as much freedom and independence as possible for individuals living with paralysis is a tenet of our mission. The Quality of Life grants do just that.”
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life grants program was conceived by the late Dana Reeve to address the myriad needs of children and adults with paralysis and other mobility impairments and their families. Grants support critical life-enhancing and life-changing initiatives that improve physical and emotional health and increase independence. Funded projects offer a diversity of services and approaches: improving access; providing education and job training; sponsoring organized sporting activities; and much more. Quality of Life grants are funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Award #1U59DD000838).
ABOUT THE REEVE FOUNDATION
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. For more information, and to review the entire list of Quality of Life grant recipients, visit www.ChristopherReeve.org or call 800-225-0292.
ABOUT ELANT
Elant was founded in 1985 in Goshen, N.Y., as a 120-bed not-for-profit, community-based nursing home. Elant offers seven locations, as well as in-home and day treatment programs, throughout the region. It offers a broad spectrum of services that provides for the needs of more than 3,500 people. Elant provides a full continuum of care including Sub-Acute Care and Rehabilitation Services, Nursing Home Care, Assisted Living, Adult Day Care, Retirement Community Living, Home Health Care and a Managed Long Term Care Plan.
