Press Releases

Apr 20, 2012 | CNR Receives National Award for Reducing Patient Falls by 53 Percent in a Single Year

The Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation (CNR) in Brooklyn was recognized by the nation’s professional association of medical directors for an innovative program that reduced patient falls by 53 percent in 2011.

Apr 9, 2012 | Institute for Music and Neurologic Function Expands Board of Directors

CenterLight Health System’s music therapy programs will benefit from the expertise of four highly accomplished individuals recently appointed to the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function’s Board of Directors. The new directors -- a public affairs expert, a human resources and management consultant, a marketing executive for the music industry, and a fundraising specialist -- add even more experience and perspective to the 28-member board that oversees the IMNF. The board is comprised of executive professionals and prominent musicians who believe in the power of music to heal, rehabilitate and inspire, and are committed to supporting the Institute’s mission.

Mar 15, 2012 | Composer’s Documentary Shines Spotlight on Music Therapy

A Grammy Award-winning modern composer who credits the healing powers of music therapy for helping him overcome a debilitating stroke and return to the stage is bringing his story to the big screen. Joel Thome’s music documentary, “Inside the Perfect Circle: The Odyssey of Joel Thome,” is taking his message to the film festival circuit – next stop: March 16 at the 15th Annual Green Mountain Film Festival in Montpelier, Vermont. Thome lost the use of his left arm after suffering a stroke in 1998 and underwent years of recovery. With the guidance of a music therapist from CenterLight Health System’s Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF) in New York, he found a new way to express his music in graphically notated mandala forms and to resume composing. A board member of IMNF since 2000, Thome is a music professor at SUNY Purchase and has been recognized by ASCAP (2004) for composition and the Music Has Power Award® in 2002.

Jan 9, 2012 | Beth Abraham Family of Health Services Announces New Name: CenterLight Health System

The Beth Abraham Family of Health Services – a leader in providing and managing long-term care services for disabled and chronically ill populations – announced today it will rename itself CenterLight Health System. Click here to view the full press release.

Aug 22, 2011 | Michael Feinstein and Friends Celebrate Music’s Power to Heal at a Benefit for the IMNF

Multi-platinum-selling, five-time Grammy-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein will host and headline a celebration of music’s therapeutic power to heal when the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function’s Music Has Power™ Awards return to Feinstein’s at Loews Regency – The Nightclub of New York on September 7, 2011.

Press Releases

Apr 20, 2012 | CNR Receives National Award for Reducing Patient Falls by 53 Percent in a Single Year

Apr 9, 2012 | Institute for Music and Neurologic Function Expands Board of Directors

Mar 15, 2012 | Composer’s Documentary Shines Spotlight on Music Therapy

Jan 9, 2012 | Beth Abraham Family of Health Services Announces New Name: CenterLight Health System

Aug 22, 2011 | Michael Feinstein and Friends Celebrate Music’s Power to Heal at a Benefit for the IMNF

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