Patient Testimonials

CenterLight Healthcare’s Doctor Cares for Patients – With a Smile

When Annie Jimenez started coming to CenterLight Healthcare PACE’s day center in the Bronx for her diabetes and high blood pressure in 2005, she didn’t know anyone at the center.

“But everyone smiles and makes you feel welcome,” says Annie. “I fit in immediately and made...

Member Gets New Lease on Life at CenterLight Healthcare

When Laura Mendez first started attending CenterLight Healthcare’s Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), she was depressed, had very bad lower back pain and could hardly walk. But after going to CenterLight Healthcare PACE for a few years, she can’t say enough...

Room in Bloom: Resident’s Green Thumb Brings New Life to Margaret Tietz

Juana Martinez recalls the flowers and soil of the gardens she lovingly tended in her native Dominican Republic, and it inspires her. In her bright and sunny room at Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, she is surrounded by plants of every description.

“I grow them all...

With a Song in Her Heart Resident Remains Active

Wanda Johnson is a force of nature. Not bashful about her age, she will happily advise people that she is “94 years young,” and despite the hip replacement surgery that brought her to Schnurmacher, Wanda has something to sing about.

“After working at MGM Records, an insurance...

Home Care Patient Benefits from Telehealth Program

John Bettencourt used to sell trucks for a living in Brooklyn. Sidelined and hospitalized by a combination of ailments from diabetes and hypertension to congestive heart failure, John was finally able to return to his home in Brooklyn.

Coming home with him was a new life routine...