CARING COLLABORATIVE FAQS
How do I become part of The Transition Network-Caring Collaborative?
The Transition Network-Caring Collaborative (TTN-CC) is a program of the NY Chapter of TTN. You must join TTN to gain membership in TTN-CC.
To sign up if you are new to TTN/CC
• go to:
https://www.thetransitionnetwork.org/join/
or
to the home page of TTN (http://www.thetransitionnetwork.org/home/) and click on “Join.”
• Enter your Zip code and press OK
A page with membership options will appear.
• After you have read the information provided, scroll down to the bottom of the page and press “continue to Membership Process.”
• On the "Join Online" page, check the box next to "Caring Collaborative Membership" to become part of TTN-CC in New York City.
You can pay by credit card on the page that comes up, or you can scroll down to the bottom to choose to pay by mail.
https://www.thetransitionnetwork.org/join/
or
to the home page of TTN (http://www.thetransitionnetwork.org/home/) and click on “Join.”
• Enter your Zip code and press OK
A page with membership options will appear.
• After you have read the information provided, scroll down to the bottom of the page and press “continue to Membership Process.”
• On the "Join Online" page, check the box next to "Caring Collaborative Membership" to become part of TTN-CC in New York City.
You can pay by credit card on the page that comes up, or you can scroll down to the bottom to choose to pay by mail.
How can I become part of TTN-CC’s active community?
Once you have joined, TTN-CC’s administrator will be in touch, via email, to sign you up for an orientation meeting. This informal question and answer session, usually held in a member’s home, is required for new members. It outlines the ground rules for seeking and offering assistance, and stresses the need for a professional attitude toward maintaining privacy about member’s health issues and needs.
How can I meet others in the CC program?
TTN-CC in Manhattan has a number of active Neighborhood Groups that meet regularly —two each on the Upper East Side, and the Upper West Side, and three Downtown, as well as an all-neighborhood daytime group. The groups enable members to get to know each other and to explore discussion topics that help us all to become better-informed health consumers.
If you sign up for membership in a neighborhood group at your orientation session—and this is strictly voluntary—you will be contacted by a group leader and invited to attend their next meeting. Meetings generally occur at one to three month intervals. If you elect to join a group active in your neighborhood, you will meet CC members who will stand ready to assist should you need help in the future.
Each Neighborhood Group has a leader, as follows:
Downtown One: Rahla Gold, Rahla5W@gmail.com
Downtown Too: Lynne Robinson, lyneerob@aol.com
Downtown Three: Jane McCarthy, janebyemail@earthlink.net and Susan Edelmann, susan.edelmann@gmail.com
Upper West Side: Velma Van Voris, vvv.message@verizon.net
Upper West Side Too: Giselle Harrington, gnharrington@gmail.com
If you sign up for membership in a neighborhood group at your orientation session—and this is strictly voluntary—you will be contacted by a group leader and invited to attend their next meeting. Meetings generally occur at one to three month intervals. If you elect to join a group active in your neighborhood, you will meet CC members who will stand ready to assist should you need help in the future.
Each Neighborhood Group has a leader, as follows:
Downtown One: Rahla Gold, Rahla5W@gmail.com
Downtown Too: Lynne Robinson, lyneerob@aol.com
Downtown Three: Jane McCarthy, janebyemail@earthlink.net and Susan Edelmann, susan.edelmann@gmail.com
Upper West Side: Velma Van Voris, vvv.message@verizon.net
Upper West Side Too: Giselle Harrington, gnharrington@gmail.com
Upper East Side One and Two: Diana Killip, d.killip@verizon.net and Elizabeth Hansen, egrhansen@gmail.com.
Afternoon Group (draws from all neighborhoods): Marsha Jacobson, jacobsonmarsha@gmail.com.
Are there other benefits of the TTN-CC program?
Health Strategies Seminars bring members together three times a year, for a presentation and informal discussion on issues of special interest, with recognized practitioners in their fields. A fourth health presentation is co-sponsored by the NYC-TTN chapter. Seminars have focused on balance (Your Life in The Balance), exercise (Fit for Life), foot health (Best Foot Forward), skin care (The Skin We Are In), and age discrimination in health care (Treat Me, Not My Age).
A quarterly newsletter, The Caring Times, keeps you informed by email on what’s happening in the program, the Neighborhood Groups, and offers news on health and legal issues. It will be emailed to you on publication. View recent issues of the Caring Times: September 2012; June 2012; March 2012.
An extensive Health and Wellness Directory (in PDF) can be obtained by clicking here.
You can also get three downloadable Manuals, researched by the Caring Collaborative Committee and written under a New York State grant. They are: Creating a Caring Collaborative; Creating a Vertical Village in a High Rise-Building; What You Need to Know When You Go To The Hospital.
Access them here.
A quarterly newsletter, The Caring Times, keeps you informed by email on what’s happening in the program, the Neighborhood Groups, and offers news on health and legal issues. It will be emailed to you on publication. View recent issues of the Caring Times: September 2012; June 2012; March 2012.
An extensive Health and Wellness Directory (in PDF) can be obtained by clicking here.
You can also get three downloadable Manuals, researched by the Caring Collaborative Committee and written under a New York State grant. They are: Creating a Caring Collaborative; Creating a Vertical Village in a High Rise-Building; What You Need to Know When You Go To The Hospital.
Access them here.
Suppose I have a question that goes beyond the information described here. Whom do I contact? And how?
TTN-CC’s administrator. She may be reached at Sulekha Prasad, info@ttncaringcollaborative.org
What is the process for getting help?
Contacting the TTN-CC’s administrator by email at info@ttncaringcollaborative.org
The TTN-CC program is led by a steering committee comprised of the following members:
Dougan, Sally
Harrington, Giselle
Kane, Anita
Kaplan, Natalie
Olds, Sally
Weill-Hagai, Victoria
Harrington, Giselle
Kane, Anita
Kaplan, Natalie
Olds, Sally
Weill-Hagai, Victoria
