Crimson Ridge Senior Living Campus
in Greece NY, and three other communities managed by
Peregrine Health Management
Company of Syracuse New York, will share in a grant
from the New York State Department of Health worth almost
$250,000 for programs that improve residents' independence and
quality of life. The funding is from the Department of Health's
program known as Enable, or Enhancing Abilities and Life Experience.
The Crimson Ridge Campus will receive
approximately $73,000 to develop an area within their community
where alternative medicine practices such as massage, aroma, music and
guided relaxation therapy will be made available to the residents as part
of their regular program. They will also utilize audiovisual
Internet technology to link residents in different communities
together in realtime for activity programs and social
events. Other Peregrine Health
Management Company communities that are sharing in the grant are
Quaker's Landing Memory
Care
Community in Orchard Park, NY, Peregrine's Landing Senior Community
in Cheektowaga,
NY, and

Beacon Pointe Memory Care
Community Clifton Park,
NY.