Cydney Dang
Cydney Dang is the Learning Director in the Schlichte Learning Center in the South Cove Manor Nursing Home. A nursing home dedicated to serving the Chinese elderly.
Dang, a resident in the Chinatown community, started working at the nursing home in February of 2005 and is in charge of providing educational resources to the Chinese community.
“It is a resource center for the community staff and family of residents,” said Dang. “It is not restricted to anyone.”
Dang provides information regarding elder care as well as numerous other topics. The Center is filled with Chinese magazines, health care textbooks and other periodicals that residents and staff alike enjoy.
In addition, Dang schedules breakfast health seminars every month during the winter and every week in the summer. These seminars are conducted in Mandarin by health professionals and focus on topics that are beneficial to the elderly community.
Dang creates flyers in Chinese and English and distributes them around the community as well posting them on the nursing home’s website to make sure the community is well aware of upcoming events.
“The community really likes coming in,” she said. “Even on cold days we have a pretty good crowd.”
Dang also helps residents and staff become familiar with computers. The Center has internet access and she often finds herself teaching others how to navigate the web or look up information.
The South Cove Manor is located at 120 Shawmut Ave. Their website can be found at www.southcovemanor.com.
Posted by Susan Fitton
December 20, 2005 01:36 AM | Permalink
