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Vitateen Receive Hours
Fir Hoirs of Service at SANK
Helen Minarik of Parlin
wu among those recently
honored for volunteer
service si South Am boy
Memorial Hospital and
Community Menu.! Health
Center during its annual
recognition luncheon at the
Porgt Inn, Woodjoridge
Since Joining the hospital an
a volup;eer in 1986, she has
served 2,769 hours, the
highest number of hours
served by a member of the
honored group.
The hospital presented
each volunteer with a pin
representing the number of
volunteer hours served pdor
to 1M9 The • olunteers also
received a i>outonniere and
enjoyed a buffet lunch with
their guest? and members of
the hospital's administrative
staff
Other volunteers honored
and their respective hours of
service are as follows: Ann
Stockel of South Amboy,
2.3M; Eleanor Nicolaison of
Parlin, 1,727; Ann Kovach of
South Amboy, 1,481, Jean
Gtdley of Par'.in, 1,067;
Je*»pMne Chwwy of Parlin,
775; Alice Srhwankert of
Parlin. 738; Ruth Roth of
Sayrevllle, 6M; Jeanne
Harkina of Parlin. 578, Ann
Krutel of East Brunswick,
art, and Kathehne Gent of
South Amboy, 306
Also Cora Kamp of Parlin,
271; Wllletta Van DeSandeof
Parlin, 266; Mary Durnvich
of South River. 200; Cortane
Plocic of South Amboy. 1M;
Jack Hickey of Parlin, 186;
Josephine Walsh of Parlin,
169; Eileen Crsne of South
Amboy, 147, Mildred
Bogretzky of Purlin, 124;
Dorothy Malik of South
Amboy, 113; Ann Moschitto
of South River, 81; and Flo
BeMotti of Parlin, 58
Junior volunteers
recognized for their service
included: Joe Guzzi of South
Amboy, 41, Karen
Makransky of Parlin. 35,
and Ann Sanhueza of
Matawan, 32.
For more information
about volunteering at South
Amboy Memorial Hospital,
contact the Volunteer
department at (201) 721-1000.
extension 2174
Two Earn Two-Year Certification
As Chemical Dependency Nurses
As the population of
persons affected by both
mental health and substance
abuse problems increases,
so does the need for
members of the nursin
gprofession to continue th eir
education and remain up to
date on the techniques for
treating dually diagnosed
patients At South Amboy
Memorial Hospital and
Community Mental Health
Center, the need for
specialized training has
increased greatly due to the
openings of the Atcohol
Detoxification unit and the
Mentally III Chemical
Abuser (MICA) :M
In response to the need for
continuous education and
training, two mental health
nurses and one certified
alcoholism counselor
recently earned certification
as chemical dependency
nurses. The two-year
certification was awarded
by the National Consortium
ofChemica! Dependency
Nurses, Inc , a group that
recognizes the expertise and
specialty practice oi treating
dually-diagnosed patients
Those receiving the
certification were Mary
Kel^her, R.N.r , B.A.. of
Old Bridge, adn. nistrative
nursing supervisor for
mental health services, Jean
Hamilton, R.N.C.. P.C.C., of
Hazlet, mental health nurse,
and Rosemane Stern, R.N..
i>( Middletown, a certified^
alcoholism counselor
All three have worked with
dually-diagnosed patients in
the mental health and
Alcohol Detoxification units
at South Amboy Memorial
Hospital for a total of 35
years. During that time,
they have seen the number
of patients diagnosed with
both a psychiatric disorder
and substance abuse
problem increase
substantially, according to
Mrs. Kelleher. In
recognition of the growing
need for specialized
treatments, the hospital
opened an Alcohoj
Detoxification unit two years
ago and opened the state's
first Mentally III Chemical
Abuser unit in April
According to Mrs
Kelleher, the nurses in the
hospital's mental health unit
are being cross-trained to
deal with dually-diagnosed
patients "Other nurses on
staff are eager to earn their
certification as chemical
dependency nurses to
enha-.ce their exper;ise in
the mental health field." she
said Keeping up with the
techniques for treating
dually-diagnosed patients is
also very important to
Rosemane Stern, a certified
alcoholism counselor for the
hospital's Alcoholism
Detoxification unit As a
certified alcoholism
counselor, Ms Stern i*
knowledgeable about the
detoxification of alcoholic
substances, however,
dually-diagnosed patients
are sometimes involved with
other addictive substances,
she said With ceniflcation
Tn chemical dependency
nursing, she believes she will
be able to treat the mially
diagnosed pattertts mental
and physical needs more
accurately
Ra-ilai Bay Meiital Carter KNOTS Voluteers
Recognition ceremonies
were held during May to
honor the 250 Raritan Bay
Medical Center volunteers
for their time and assistance
they provided during 1»WB
The volunteers work at both
the Perth Amboy and Old
Bridge Divisions and
donated a total oi 25,643
hours for the year
Perth Amboy Division
volunteers were honored at a
special ceremony held in the
medical center's Centennial
Hall Ron Esser, Sr Vice
President and Chief
Operating Officer, presented
ihe volunteers with their
certificates and pins Mr
Mclaughlin honored the Old
Bridge volunteers at a
ceremony held at the Old
Bridge Civic Center.
Listed are the volunteer))
who were recognized for
their service
Perth Ambo Division
From South Amboy Irene
Baranowski, Dorothy
Speicher, Margaret Wbj,
irom Parlin: Lillian
Ambrosio, June Fischer.
Ruth (Jitlin. Joan
Kamienski. Joseph
Kamienski, Curmella
Luchenlo, Nicholas Mavro.s.
Pauline Patton. Kedar
Ravikumar. Rajul Saraiya
Deana Vyborny. Stacv
Wexler, from Sayreville
Leonard kstrada, James
Finnegan, Steve Pawlak.
James Smith.
Old Hridgr Division
From South Amboy Leola
Jorgensen; from Parlm
Connie DiSalvo, Marion
Heubel, Priti Pandya. Lipsa
Shah, from Sayreville
Miriam Blaiier
Mnfcilty tarfiti
librutiH Mferri
Appftc**ions for disability
benefits often take longer to
process than do applications
for other types of Social
Security claims, therefore,
you are urged to gather the
necessary information
before you apply
Determining disability
under the law requires both
medical and employment
evidence, and the
determination may become
complicated The findings
must show that the applicant
has a severe physical or
mental impairment that ift
expected to prevent him or
her from working for at least
a year, or is expected to
result in death
There is a 5-month v. aiting
period before benefits may
be paid; However, you
should apply as soon as you
become disabled to make
certain that the tflaim is
processed in time f«r
benefits to begin wi'.h the
sixth full month of disability
The following information
should be available when
you apply for disability
benefits:
•Your Social Security
number
•Date last worked
•Date sickness began or
injury occurred
•Nature of illness or injury
•Dates and places of
treatment, including names,
addresses, and telephone
numbers of doctors.
hospitals, institutions or
clinics
•Military service serial
number and VA claim
bVriore handing the gavel o.c. to the group's new president Mary Thomas. outfomt preside'• received a plaque in
' performance and dtAtatwrtat am»4«nt $*e tarred two rears at president of the limitary
I at the 1919 AuiiHary Installation Owner ft-r) Frank T Kuriawa Jr pfmdenl Board ol Governors. Joan
of the loard of Governors and Anotiary; Mary Thomas of Parlin outfomi president and Irv J
Diamonds hoiariaTt ChMf Eitcutive Officer
number if mrJical care was
received in a military
service or V A hospital
•The kinds of jobs held the
most in the 15 years before
disability began
•Social Security numbers
and dates of birth of spouse
and minor children
However, do not delay
applying for benefits even if
all the information is not
immediately available
For further information
you can contact the Social
Security administration at
336 Madison Avenue. Perth
Amboy, NJ or by calling 1
800-234-5SSA
That's right. Individuals With individual
health needs. And individual likes and dislikes
South Amboy Memorial Hospital knows
that everyone who walks through our doors.
requires our individuated attention Ibai's
why we've retained our small community
hospital status—to personally care for Bill.
Sally, Mary and Ed And to know their
names without reading an ID bracelet or a
medical chart
But*that doesn't me^ai • with our 70-pius
years of experience, we haven't grown to
meet our community's healthcare needs In
fact we have all rhe advanced equipment
and facilities you'll need, to receive top
notch, professional healthcare Like our
Chemical Dependency Recovery Center
and the area's first Noifclnvasive Cardiac
Diagnostic Center our fast acting Emer
gency Services Department or our CT
Scanner wh,c K provides us wth