They are presented by professionals with specialized knowledge, and by the Elder Care Counselor, Maureen Kelly.
But they are prepared to handle almost anything and have a team of specialists to call upon when needed: doctor, nurse, social worker, spiritual care counselor, bereavement counselor.
Her doctor thought she would die in a few months, but her spiritual care counselor, Henry Schoenfield, said she had rallied under the comfort care she received.
She works a graveyard shift as a direct care counselor in Manhattan, with the Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State, four nights a week.
A child-care counselor from Leake and Watts pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in connection with an automobile accident that killed his 17-year-old passenger, a resident of the center.
Yet, a few miles north of City Hall, at Mondawmin Mall, where the rioting began four years ago, Shirley Parker, a retired health-care counselor, said nothing anyone could say would reassure her.
She has facilitated caregiver support groups and counseled individuals in her private psychotherapy practice since 1988, and has worked as the Elder Care Counselor at UC Berkeley's Employee Assistance program since 2005.
Wayne Gordon, 36, a child care counselor at the Leake & Watts Children's Home in Yonkers, has pleaded guilty in to criminally negligent homicide and assault in connection with an automobile accident that killed his 17-year-old passenger, Crystal Davis, a student at the residential treatment center.
Meanwhile, the Westchester District Attorney's office said that a child care counselor, Wayne Cordon, 26, has been arraigned on charges of criminally negligent homicide and assault in connection with an automobile accident on March 2 that killed his 17-year-old passenger, a student at the school.
