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Broadview at Purchase LGBTQ+ Friendly Community

Sixty-nine-year-old Amy Schechter said she thought the days of tiptoeing around her identity as a lesbian were long over, but the recent climate has her worried about LGBTQ older adults. A retired Broadway casting director who currently lives in Brewster, NY, Amy says that people in her age group who have experienced what it’s like …

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Broadview Hires Resident Services and Intergenerational Program Director

Purchase, New York – (April 26, 2023) -Broadview at Purchase, the university-based retirement community on the campus of the State University of New York at Purchase College, has hired a Residential Services and Intergenerational Program Director. Kate Abate is a credentialed gerontologist with a Master of Science degree in gerontology from the University of Southern …

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Broadview’s New Director of Food and Beverage is Top Chef

Purchase, New York – (April 4, 2023) – Broadview at Purchase has hired Stephen V. Mandracchia, a chef who has worked in some of the most prestigious clubs, hotels and restaurants, as its new Director of Food and Beverage. The Mamaroneck native, who started his career in the family’s commercial seafood business, has more than …

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Intergenerational Learning: Discovery at any Age

When Steve Shelov was trying to get into medical school it wasn’t so easy for him. A kid from the Bronx, Shelov’s father was an architect, and his mother was a nurse. “She was very inspiring to me. I was pretty sure I wanted to be a physician, but when I got to Yale as …

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