Care for seniors presents unique problems

By Frances McInnis
September 1, 2009

On a Friday afternoon in late August, fifty or so people sat at picnic tables and in folding chairs under the trees in Riverbank State Park. They ate fried chicken and arroz con gandules, a Puerto Rican rice dish. A few young girls jumped double-dutch, the rhythmic thwap of the ropes against the pavement punctuating the hip hop and salsa music emerging from a large boom-box. It was a day to relax for the clients and staff of Iris House, an AIDS Service Center with offices in East and Central Harlem. Read the full story