WARWICK – (March 18) On Friday, March 18, Schervier Pavilion residents, family and staff filled the dining hall at Schervier Pavilion to enjoy a lively afternoon with a demonstration of Irish step dancing, music, and refreshments. It felt like St. Patrick's Day all over again!
Both award winning and beginning student dancers of Kerry Dance demonstrated a series of traditional Irish step dances including popular jigs and reels. The Warwick-based school is under the direction of Kerry Gleason and boasts champion dancers including winners of the Mid Atlantic Region Ceili.
"We hosted this, as well as other ethnic events from time to time, to give our residents and their families an opportunity to share a tradition," said Schervier Pavilion Director of Recreation Kari Call. "We're happy that our residents were able to enjoy this wonderful demonstration of Irish step dancing and we thank Kerry Gleason and her students for coming here and making this an enjoyable event."
Celebrating annual and ethnic events are important at Schervier Pavilion. They offer an opportunity for residents to get together, recall their own roots, enjoy the festive occasion and talk about it later while looking forward to the next celebration.
Schervier Pavilion, a member of the Bon Secours Charity Health System, is a 120-bed skilled nursing facility licensed by the New York State Department of Health. Dedicated to the highest standard of health care excellence, its full range of services, such as its therapeutic recreational program, are designed to respond to each individual's physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
In addition to quality long term care services, Schervier Pavilion also offers a wide range of short-term (sub acute) care needs. Its sub acute services include IV therapy, rehabilitation therapy and wound care. These services afford residents the ability to recuperate for a short time in the sub-acute unit of the facility and then return home where they can resume a more independent life. In some cases, they can then enter Schervier Pavilion's Day-At-A-Time, an innovative medical adult day care program that provides nursing services, medication administration, ongoing evaluations, and stimulating activities tailored to each individual's needs and abilities.
About St. Anthony Community Hospital, a Member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network
For over 75 years, St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, New York, has been serving the residents of Orange County, New York and New Jersey's Sussex and Passaic Counties with outstanding and compassionate care. The 60-bed hospital has been a primary resource for emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute care services. Also on campus is the Mount Alverno Center, a state-approved adult home with an assisted living program serving 85 residents, and Schervier Pavilion a 120-bed, skilled nursing facility dedicated to the highest standard of healthcare excellence. For more information about St. Anthony Community Hospital, Mount Alverno Center and Schervier Pavilion, visit
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About Westchester Medical Center Health Network
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,500-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, NY, spanning seven hospitals and several campuses and locations in the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 10,000 people, with nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1 and Level 2 Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals and numerous health-related centers, programs and services, today WMCHealth is the leading and pre-eminent provider of integrated health in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit
www.WMCHealth.org
Photos:
1. Award winning dancers.
2. Beginning students with an advanced student.
3. Two award winning advanced students.