The Stony Brook men's and women's basketball teams visited the Long Island State Veterans Home on Friday afternoon to celebrate the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Stony Brook University's basketball teams took some time off the court on Friday afternoon to visit the Long Island State Veterans Home to celebrate the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The student-athletes along with assistant men's basketball coach Dan Rickard and women's head coach Michele Cherry conducted a short dribbling and passing demonstration before meeting with the over 50 veterans who attended the event.
Many of the veterans will compete in their own style of Olympic Games when they will compete in the Golden Games. The Golden Games, which has taken place for almost 20 years, features veterans over the age of 62, competing in such events as bowling, wheelchair relay, bean bag toss and bowling. The games will take place in September on the campus of St. Joseph's University in Patchogue.
The Long Island State Veterans Home opened its doors to its first residents on October 25th, 1991, after more than twelve years of intensive planning and building. Located on the campus of Stony Brook University, the Veterans Home is a 350-bed skilled nursing facility that provides round-the-clock nursing and sub-acute care to veterans of the United States armed forces.
The mission of the Long Island State Veterans Home is twofold. First, to provide the highest quality and most comprehensive health care services to Long Islands veterans, and second, to serve as a model site for research, and the education and training of tomorrows long-term care and geriatric professionals. The Veterans Home is operated by the University Hospital Health Sciences Center, and continues to be one of the only nursing homes in the country that is fully integrated into the health and educational mission of a major teaching and research university. This affiliation enables the Home to offer Long Island's veterans access to the New York metropolitan region's best health care professionals and most advanced medical technology.
Many of the veterans will compete in their own style of Olympic Games when they will compete in the Golden Games. The Golden Games, which has taken place for almost 20 years, features veterans over the age of 62, competing in such events as bowling, wheelchair relay, bean bag toss and bowling. The games will take place in September on the campus of St. Joseph's University in Patchogue.
The Long Island State Veterans Home opened its doors to its first residents on October 25th, 1991, after more than twelve years of intensive planning and building. Located on the campus of Stony Brook University, the Veterans Home is a 350-bed skilled nursing facility that provides round-the-clock nursing and sub-acute care to veterans of the United States armed forces.
The mission of the Long Island State Veterans Home is twofold. First, to provide the highest quality and most comprehensive health care services to Long Islands veterans, and second, to serve as a model site for research, and the education and training of tomorrows long-term care and geriatric professionals. The Veterans Home is operated by the University Hospital Health Sciences Center, and continues to be one of the only nursing homes in the country that is fully integrated into the health and educational mission of a major teaching and research university. This affiliation enables the Home to offer Long Island's veterans access to the New York metropolitan region's best health care professionals and most advanced medical technology.
