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The Enterprise — Michael Koff

Stephen Giordano, who heads the Albany County Department of Mental Health, said, “It’s a blessing to see an idea become a thing.” William Rockwood and his wife, Adrienne, founded the program in 2002 with a novel approach, rather than just abstinence. “Our program is not to change them,” William Rockwood wrote of the program’s elderly clients. “Our goal is to give them the tools they need to recapture the essence of who they truly are.” Giordano said of Senior Hope, “You’re a jewel in our system.”