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2012 Gala Co-Chairs<br />
Gayle Gerstein<br />
Dianne Nashel<br />
Fran Ziegelheim<br />
Gala Committee Members<br />
Elaine Adler<br />
Charles P. Berkowitz<br />
Myrna Block<br />
Judy & Ary Freilich<br />
Sharry Friedberg<br />
Dr. Sandra Gold<br />
Patti Goldman<br />
Steven Morey Greenberg<br />
Maggie Kaplen<br />
Susan Penn<br />
JoAnn Hassan Perlman<br />
Jayne Petak<br />
Syril Rubin<br />
Norma Wellington<br />
2012 Journal Co-Chairs<br />
Louis S. Blumberg<br />
Debbie & Marc Cooper<br />
Drs. Sharon & Kenneth Fried<br />
Lynne & Charles Klatskin<br />
Rita Merendino<br />
Trudy & Sy Sadinoff<br />
Harley & Eli Ungar<br />
Journal Committee Members<br />
Wilson Aboudi<br />
Charles P. Berkowtiz<br />
Angelica Berrie<br />
Myrna Block<br />
Douglas Duchak<br />
Eleanor Epstein<br />
Ary Freilich<br />
Eva Lynn and Leo Gans<br />
Gayle Gerstein<br />
Dr. Sandra Gold<br />
Wendy & Richard Goldstein<br />
Steven Morey Greenberg<br />
Debbie & Stuart Himmelfarb<br />
Eva Holzer<br />
Robin & Dr. Robert Jaffin<br />
Bernie Koster<br />
Susan Liebeskind<br />
Sherri & Howard Lippman<br />
William Lippman<br />
Ann Oster<br />
JoAnn Hassan & Martin Perlman<br />
Jayne Petak<br />
Linda Farber Post<br />
Shiri Redensky<br />
Syril Rubin<br />
Barbara & Norman Seiden<br />
David Sharp<br />
Sylvia & Stanley Shirvan<br />
Roslyn Swire<br />
Yvette & Louis Tekel<br />
Inge & Paul Wolff<br />
2012 Honorary Gala Chairs<br />
Angelica Berrie<br />
Marion & Albert Hess<br />
Maggie & Bill Kaplen<br />
Barbara & Norman Seiden<br />
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Our Management Team<br />
Charles P. Berkowitz<br />
President & CEO<br />
Jewish Home Family<br />
Brandy Stefanco<br />
Chief Financial Officer<br />
Charlene Vannucci<br />
Director of Volunteer Services<br />
Jewish Home Foundation<br />
Melanie S. Cohen<br />
Executive Director<br />
Molly M. Shulman<br />
Development<br />
Coordinator<br />
Darlene McGovern<br />
Development<br />
Administrative Assistant<br />
Iris Rosendahl<br />
Public Relations<br />
Coordinator<br />
Sunni Herman<br />
Executive Vice President<br />
Robert Bardach<br />
Assistant Administrator<br />
Eric Riguerra<br />
Director of Nursing<br />
Lisa Segelbacher<br />
Director of Food Services<br />
Joan DiPaola<br />
Director of Gallen Adult Day<br />
Health Care<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
JoAnne Herzog<br />
Nurse Case Manager<br />
Rabbi Simon Feld<br />
Director of Rabbinic Services<br />
Jaclyn Froman<br />
Director of Social Services<br />
Esther Stone<br />
Director of Human Resources<br />
Sarah Pilato-Wolfe<br />
Director of Rehabilitation Services<br />
Espiridion Alvarez<br />
Director of Engineering<br />
Tracey Couliboly<br />
Director of Recreation<br />
Andru Roswadowsky<br />
Director of Environmental Services<br />
Annette Myers<br />
Director of Admissions/Marketing<br />
Dr. Harvey Gross<br />
Medical Director<br />
Lauren Levant<br />
Executive Director<br />
Risa Kory<br />
Director of Health Care Services<br />
John Albanese<br />
Director of Sales and Marketing<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
Julie Cochrane<br />
Director of Activities<br />
and Volunteer Services<br />
Nancy Ames<br />
Director of Social Services<br />
Ron Espanola<br />
Director of Engineering<br />
Jean Duroseau<br />
Director of Food Services<br />
Christine Sarvis<br />
Business Office Manager<br />
Carol Cole<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
Jewish Home at Home<br />
Susan Lilly<br />
Director of Geriatric Care Management<br />
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Charles P. Berkowitz, President & CEO<br />
Jewish Home Family<br />
Energy, Insight and Planning Help Us Meet our Goals<br />
The strength of all 501 (c)(3)’s is the combination of lay<br />
leadership and professional staff and their ability<br />
to understand and carry out the strategic goals of the<br />
organization together. The Jewish Home has a history of<br />
growth and change since 1915 and has had the luxury<br />
of longevity of both partners.<br />
In 1998 we were fortunate to have Ary Freilich join the<br />
Board of JHRC as Secretary. Over the next fourteen years<br />
Ary continued as a member of our Boards of Directors<br />
joining Jewish Home at Rockleigh’s in 2000, and becoming<br />
Vice President in 2002. Ary served as the President<br />
of JHR from 2004 – 2009. Those of you who were part of<br />
our extended family during these years have a sense of<br />
the effort which went into planning, building and filling<br />
JHR while staying financially solvent. Surrounded by<br />
many dedicated lay people with decades of devotion to<br />
the needs of the Jewish community was helpful and<br />
with these resources, Ary led JHR to becoming a viable<br />
organization in a position to move forward despite all<br />
the challenges of the healthcare field, especially in<br />
regard to Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement. Were<br />
these challenges not enough, we were simultaneously<br />
planning for the development of the Jewish Home<br />
Assisted Living facility and for the restructuring of the<br />
Jewish Home entity through the development of the<br />
Jewish Home Family. It was a natural that Ary moved<br />
into the Chairmanship of Jewish Home Family in 2009,<br />
when I became the President of<br />
this new entity. This put us in the<br />
position to advance as the Jewish<br />
Home has done so many times<br />
since 1915.<br />
I was and remain impressed with the energy and insight<br />
that Ary and his Board of Directors showed during this<br />
period. On a personal note, I was privileged to have<br />
the opportunity to be Ary’s partner during this time. His<br />
intellect, friendship and communication are outstanding<br />
and one of the reasons that professionals remain with<br />
an organization for over 40 years.<br />
We are pleased to report that<br />
strategic planning has never taken<br />
a back seat at the Jewish Home…<br />
In 2009, the effort continued to look at how the Jewish<br />
Home could meet the changing needs of the elderly<br />
in our community and during this time we established<br />
our newest entity, Jewish Home at Home. The<br />
challenges during this time were two fold: find new lay<br />
people in our communities to develop the enthusiasm<br />
that so many of our current Board members exhibit<br />
daily, and have them join the Jewish Home team, as well<br />
as withstand the economic environment<br />
that has existed during<br />
Ary’s leadership years. While the<br />
challenges were met, they are far<br />
from finished products.<br />
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Charles P. Berkowitz Garden Dedication<br />
We are pleased to report that strategic planning has<br />
never taken a back seat at the Jewish Home as we have<br />
been financially responsible and funding has been set<br />
aside for the replacement of aging equipment in both<br />
of our facilities. Plans have been developed to allow us<br />
to continue to grow both in Rockleigh and in River Vale.<br />
A home for the Jewish Home Family is in the wings<br />
as is the expansion of the JHAL facility to develop more<br />
space to improve the quality of life for their population.<br />
Budgetary planning was put in place last year to enable<br />
the Foundation and the financial office of the Jewish<br />
Home Family to bring on the staff necessary to<br />
accomplish both goals. While the Jewish Home at Home<br />
is growing, it remains our biggest challenge as we are<br />
seeing more and more elderly with needs but not the<br />
assets to meet these needs. While these types of services<br />
are being encouraged by all levels of government, the<br />
funding for same still lags behind. Our efforts with<br />
Jewish Home at Home from the beginning have<br />
prepared for 20% charitable care but the needs are<br />
greater. To date, we have been approaching Charitable<br />
Foundations in our communities for additional support<br />
to meet these additional needs, as well as the Jewish<br />
Federation of Northern NJ and have been able to receive<br />
some additional funding in the past year. This remains<br />
the biggest challenge going forward.<br />
Our ability to continue to meet the changing needs of our<br />
elderly as the Jewish Home has in the past, has been<br />
through the efforts of both lay leadership and professional<br />
staff, and the community has been fortunate to have<br />
had the efforts of wonderful people such as Ary Freilich,<br />
to help the Jewish Home to move forward.<br />
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Eli Ungar, Chairman<br />
Jewish Home Family<br />
“Affection and Care for the Old…<br />
are the True Gold Mines of a Culture.” — Abraham Joshua Heschel<br />
Tonight we celebrate two important milestones, and<br />
issue one heartfelt thank you. The tenth anniversary of<br />
the opening of the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, and the<br />
fifth anniversary of the Jewish Home Assisted Living,<br />
together mark enduring gifts made by people in this<br />
room to the elderly in our community.<br />
Golda Meir joked that “old age is like a plane flying<br />
through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing<br />
you can do.” We respectfully disagree. Through the hard<br />
work and thoughtful planning of Chuck Berkowitz, Sunni<br />
Herman, Lauren Levant, Melanie Cohen and countless<br />
…Jewish Home Family both<br />
represents and provides stability,<br />
permanence and excellent care<br />
to our seniors.<br />
others, the Jewish Home Family offers a dignified and<br />
comprehensive approach to aging. Each day, in ways<br />
both big and small, the hundreds of employees of the<br />
Jewish Home Family honor our tradition of caring with<br />
love for our elderly. In the words of Abraham Joshua<br />
Heschel, “Even tyrants and dictators make a point of<br />
being fond of children. But the affection and care for the<br />
old… are the true gold mines of a culture.”<br />
The Jewish Home at Rockleigh, Jewish Home Assisted<br />
Living, and Jewish Home at Home, are indeed gold<br />
mines. In today’s uncertain health care environment, the<br />
Jewish Home Family both represents and provides<br />
L-R: Robert Peckar, President, Jewish Home at Home;<br />
David Shap, President, Jewish Home Foundation;<br />
Myrna Block, President, Jewish Home at Rockleigh;<br />
Wilson Aboudi, President, Jewish Home Assisted Living;<br />
Eli Ungar, Chairman, Jewish Home Family<br />
stability, permanence and excellent care to our seniors.<br />
These wonderful milestones inspire us to continue<br />
looking forward and investing in new programs<br />
and ideas that will help us remain on the forefront of<br />
excellence.<br />
We come here tonight to give particular thanks to<br />
Ary Freilich, whose vision, determination, skill and humor<br />
enabled us to evolve from a nursing home and an<br />
assisted living facility into an integrated Jewish Home<br />
Family, in the best sense of the word. Ary infused our<br />
organization with a quest for excellence, and reminded<br />
us time and again how the true definition of success is<br />
measured not in dollars and cents but in the extent<br />
to which we enable our residents to lead dignified, rich,<br />
fulfilling lives.<br />
In the words of our sages: “According to the effort is the<br />
reward.” Thank you, Ary.<br />
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Annual Meeting June 15, 2012<br />
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David A. Sharp, President<br />
Jewish Home Foundation<br />
Securing Our Financial Future<br />
Tonight we are honoring Ary Freilich, an extraordinary<br />
person who has reshaped our Jewish Homes into a<br />
dynamic organization, well-positioned to meet the<br />
challenges of our community’s future. Ary is a true<br />
visionary who has dedicated the last ten years to refining<br />
our focus, building our boards and providing us with<br />
outstanding leadership. He is a wonderful role model<br />
and we thank him for all of his efforts.<br />
We also thank all of you, our loyal and generous donors,<br />
for your exceptional support. During the past year we<br />
again surpassed our previous fundraising efforts.<br />
In fact, our signature fundraising program, the Boneh<br />
Olam Annual Giving Program has continued to grow<br />
year after year. This program, which started with only 19<br />
participating families in 2003 has grown to over 140<br />
participants in 2012. YOU — a generous community —<br />
has provided over $1.181 Million in philanthropic<br />
support through this program in 2012 alone… and over<br />
$8.35 Million over the course of the last ten years.<br />
Why is the success of our Foundation’s fundraising<br />
program so critical?<br />
• Your generosity filters down and is directed into our<br />
operating budgets so we can benefit residents each<br />
and every day and offer our services to those less<br />
fortunate who might not otherwise be able to afford<br />
the care they so badly need, either in our facilities or in<br />
their own homes…<br />
• It means hiring the best of the best with regard to our<br />
professional staff because nothing less will do…<br />
• It means offering extensive recreational programming<br />
and providing excellence in nursing with ratios of<br />
residents to staff above state averages…<br />
What this all translates into is being able to look around,<br />
each one of us, and see the smiles, happiness and<br />
contentment of seniors enjoying every aspect of their<br />
lives to the fullest extent possible.<br />
While our Jewish Home Foundation has continually<br />
grown to meet the growing demands of the community,<br />
we recognize that there are many challenges that<br />
confront us, particularly as social programs such as<br />
Medicare and Medicaid succumb to unprecedented<br />
pressure. The long-term viability of these social cornerstones<br />
is in peril. Though our Jewish Home Foundation<br />
may have a track record of success in filling the annual<br />
budgetary needs of the Jewish Home at Home, Jewish<br />
Home Assisted Living and Jewish Home at Rockleigh,<br />
our organization currently doesn’t have sufficient financial<br />
resources to stem the consequences of disruptions<br />
in these programs.<br />
The financial responsibility to prepare ourselves for the<br />
future falls on our shoulders. As such, while the Jewish<br />
Home Foundation will continue its efforts to meet its<br />
annual responsibilities, we will embark this coming year<br />
on focusing to secure the financial security of the Jewish<br />
Home Family in the future. We know that we will be able<br />
to count on a community that has always had a strong<br />
vision of the future, and that we will be to achieve this<br />
together.<br />
We look forward to working together to achieve these<br />
mutual objectives.<br />
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Boneh Olam Builders of the World<br />
Melanie S. Cohen, CFRE,<br />
Executive Director<br />
Jewish Home Foundation<br />
A Blueprint for<br />
Community Support<br />
The mission of the Jewish Home Foundation (JHF) is to<br />
provide the financial wherewithal to all the Jewish Home<br />
Family entities, enabling them to deliver the necessary<br />
health care, educational, and life enriching care and<br />
programming to seniors and elderly in our community.<br />
While this daunting task is accomplished in many ways,<br />
the Foundation’s Boneh Olam Annual Giving Program has<br />
become the cornerstone of the annual fundraising effort,<br />
as the Foundation continues to play a major role in supporting<br />
the critical daily financial needs of these entities.<br />
At its inception in 2003, 19 families contributed a total of<br />
$226,000. In this year, 2012, the program grew to 142<br />
families donating a praiseworthy $1,181,500. Over its nine<br />
year history, the program has provided $8,352,556<br />
in funding.<br />
Boneh Olam — Builders of the World was developed as a<br />
blueprint for supporters of the Homes, enabling donors<br />
to respond to a once-a-year appeal for their support while<br />
eliminating further solicitations throughout the year. This<br />
program is designed with the donor in mind. Participation<br />
in any one of the nine “levels of giving” allows the donor<br />
to participate in each of the Foundation’s five major<br />
fundraising events during the year — Patron Calendar,<br />
Passover/New Year Card Program, Golf and Tennis Outing,<br />
Ad Journal and Gala. Donors are recognized in all Jewish<br />
Home publications, as well as in JHR’s entrance lobby.<br />
These annual once-a-year gifts help position the Foundation<br />
to have the wherewithal to play an integral part in<br />
allowing the Jewish Homes to carry forward the tradition<br />
of honoring our elderly.<br />
We thank each and every one of our “Builders of the World”<br />
for their beneficence, and invite others in the community<br />
to participate in this wonderful opportunity to make a<br />
difference. The program is launched each November for<br />
the fiscal year beginning the following January 1.<br />
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Master Builder<br />
The Russell Berrie Foundation<br />
The Kaplen Foundation<br />
Designer<br />
Anonymous<br />
Marion & Albert Hess<br />
William Lippman<br />
The Norman & Barbara Seiden<br />
Foundation<br />
Architect<br />
Elaine & Myron Adler<br />
Lewis Family Trust —<br />
Larry Levy, Trustee<br />
Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation<br />
Draftsman<br />
Anonymous<br />
Lucille J. Amster<br />
Joan & Robert Hess<br />
Lynne & Charles Klatskin<br />
Engineer<br />
Michelle & Gary Bettman<br />
Anita & Howard Blatt<br />
Myrna & Yale Block<br />
Englewood Hospital & Medical Center<br />
Carl Epstein<br />
Eleanor & Edward Epstein<br />
Judy & Ary Freilich<br />
Gayle & Mel Gerstein<br />
Sol Goldman Charitable Trust<br />
Debbie & Stuart Himmelfarb<br />
Richard H. Holzer Memorial Foundation<br />
Donna & David Schweid<br />
The Sylvia & Stanley Shirvan<br />
Foundation<br />
Harley & Eli Ungar<br />
Valley National Bank<br />
Henry Voremberg<br />
The Weiss Family Foundation<br />
Planner<br />
Anonymous<br />
Anonymous<br />
Barnett Design, Inc.<br />
Jane & George Bean<br />
Lovey & Murray Beer<br />
Mimi & Alan Bercow<br />
Janet & Bernard Bober<br />
Jill Carus-Bier<br />
Judith & Robert Cook<br />
Cheryl & Edward Dauber<br />
Rena Rosenberg & Roy Davidovitch<br />
Marion & Curt de Jonge<br />
Marvin Eiseman<br />
Nancy & Larry Epstein<br />
Esther & Warren Feldman<br />
Judy & Jonathan Furer<br />
Wendy & Richard Goldstein<br />
Gralla Family Philanthropic Fund<br />
The Burton G. & Anne C. Greenblatt<br />
Foundation<br />
Margie & Brett Harwood<br />
Eva Holzer<br />
Robin & Robert Jaffin<br />
Shari Leventhal & Steve Kauderer<br />
Linda & Ilan Kaufthal<br />
Judy & Joseph Klyde<br />
Norma & Sol D. Kugler<br />
Lee Langbaum<br />
Lisa & Jack Langer<br />
Lapin Family Foundation<br />
Arlene & Howard Lemelson<br />
Kathy & Richard Leventhal<br />
Bernie Levere<br />
Bernice & Herb Levetown<br />
Sherri & Howard Lippman<br />
Rita Merendino<br />
Beth & Mark Metzger Foundation<br />
Ilene & Howard Pakett<br />
Partners Pharmacy<br />
Maxine & Robert Peckar<br />
JoAnn Hassan & Martin Perlman<br />
Jayne & David Petak<br />
Platkin Family Foundation<br />
Linda & Kalmon Post<br />
Diane & Mark Seiden<br />
Pearl Seiden<br />
The Shapiro Family Foundation<br />
Carol & Alan Silberstein<br />
Marilyn & Leon Sokol<br />
Jeanette & Seymour Spira<br />
Tobi & Scott Weinstein<br />
Naomi Wilzig<br />
Lynne & Marty Zaikov<br />
Apprentice<br />
Gloria & Wilson Aboudi<br />
Tina & Ronald Aroesty<br />
Debbie & Donald Aronson<br />
Rachel & Charles Berkowitz<br />
Berit & Martin Bernstein<br />
Gail & Gene Bokor<br />
Susanne Brunell<br />
Debbie & Marc Cooper<br />
Helen Eisenberg<br />
Wendy Ezor & Mitchell Engler<br />
Eva Lynn & Leo Gans<br />
Sandra & Arnold Gold<br />
Steven Morey Greenberg<br />
Gutterman and Musicant<br />
Jewish Funeral Directors<br />
Dorothy & Aaron Henschel<br />
Sunni & Jonathan Herman<br />
Margi & Irwin Hirshberg<br />
IPPC Pharmacy<br />
Terri & Lawrence Katz<br />
Cynthia & Stanley Low<br />
Lisa & Bruce Mactas<br />
Nadasky Kopelson Architects<br />
The Oster Family Foundation<br />
Susan & Deane Penn<br />
Pharmscript, LLC<br />
Ethel & Irving Plutzer Foundation<br />
Rockland County Jewish Home<br />
for the Aged<br />
Cheryl & Mordecai Rosenberg<br />
Syril Rubin<br />
Select Medical Rehabilitation Services<br />
Shapiro, Croland, Reiser,<br />
Apfel & DiIorio, LLP<br />
Nancy & David Sharp<br />
Nancy & David Simpson<br />
Cynthia & Abe Steinberger<br />
Elizabeth & Michael Sternlieb<br />
Ellen Strahl<br />
Iris & Norbert Strauss<br />
Roslyn Swire<br />
Yvette & Louis Tekel<br />
Barry Wien<br />
Inge & Paul Wolff<br />
Sydelle Wolfin<br />
Edythe & Sam Zaro<br />
Fran Ziegelheim<br />
Novice<br />
Melanie & Jeffrey Cohen<br />
Construction Technology Corp.<br />
Eden Memorial Chapels<br />
Freedom Home Healthcare, Inc.<br />
Beth & Harvey Gross<br />
Helen Hausmann<br />
Miriam Kassel<br />
H. Peter Kaufmann<br />
Sharon & Kenneth Kaufmann<br />
Saul & Marie Adler-Kravecas<br />
Beth & Rafael Levin<br />
Reba Martin<br />
Network Doctor<br />
Nadine & Steven Posnansky<br />
Sheila & Gabe Schlisser<br />
Susan & Charles Silberman<br />
Ellen & Lloyd Sokoloff<br />
XPEDX
Boneh Olam<br />
“Mahalo” Luau<br />
Thank You Evening<br />
August 1, 2012<br />
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Golf, Tennis & Card<br />
Outing<br />
May 21, 2012<br />
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Brandy Stefanco, Chief Financial Officer<br />
Jewish Home Family<br />
Financial Challenges<br />
During 2011, the Jewish Home at Rockleigh was hit<br />
with two significant funding cuts. Effective July 1, 2011,<br />
Medicaid cut reimbursement to skilled nursing facilities<br />
and in October 2011, we were also hit with cuts in our<br />
Medicare reimbursement. These funding cuts provided<br />
the catalyst for Jewish Home Family to re-evaluate the<br />
current financial position of all operations and resulted<br />
in a more meaningful 2012 budget process.<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh (JHR)<br />
In spite of the funding cuts, which we will feel the full<br />
impact of in 2012, JHR experienced another positive<br />
year in 2011. Our positive bottom line was attributed to<br />
maintaining a high occupancy rate in the nursing facility,<br />
averaging 177 residents per day, which is a 98% occupancy<br />
rate. In addition, the facility had a strong Medicare<br />
Part-A case mix in the facility.<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living (JHAL)<br />
JHAL ended the 2011 operating year with 99 residents<br />
who occupied 95 apartments, which is a 90% occupancy<br />
rate. JHAL exceeded their budget projections and in<br />
February 2011, the board voted to reduce debt by<br />
$1,200,000.<br />
In March 2012, the board approved the use of an<br />
additional $1,000,000 of operational cash flow to further<br />
reduce the mortgage on the facility. Since April 2008,<br />
JHAL has made $990,000 in scheduled amortization and<br />
$2,200,000 in accelerated payments decreasing our<br />
current mortgage obligation to $9,643,000.<br />
Jewish Home at Home (JH@H)<br />
In 2011, The Gallen Adult Day Health Care (GADHC) and<br />
the Kosher Meals programs were moved from the JHR<br />
operations and into Jewish Home at Home. The Jewish<br />
Home Foundation (JHF) was instrumental in providing<br />
operational support for programming in 2011 and<br />
JHF provided the resources for the purchase of a new<br />
transportation van. Through our community service<br />
partnerships, we began building a subsidy reserve that<br />
has allowed us to offer scholarships to eligible participants<br />
in our GADHC, provided holiday meals for home<br />
bound elderly and moving into 2012 allows us to offer<br />
subsidized geriatric care management services.<br />
Jewish Home Family<br />
With the growth and increasingly complex nature of our<br />
organization, the roles of the Finance and Investment<br />
Committee have now been combined under the<br />
oversight of the Jewish Home Family. This newly redesigned<br />
committee will assist the operating entities<br />
with profit and loss analysis, budget review and investment<br />
planning.<br />
In 2012, the Finance Office added an additional staff<br />
member to assist with the daily functions of the<br />
organization. As our programs and staffing continue to<br />
expand, there is a need for additional space to house<br />
the Jewish Home Family, Jewish Home Foundation<br />
and Jewish Home at Home operations. This project will<br />
be a goal of the organization moving into the 2013<br />
budget year.<br />
Due to the growth and population of JHAL, the need<br />
for additional common space, such as dining and<br />
recreational facilities, is currently being evaluated.<br />
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2011 Operating Revenue $25,154,680<br />
2011 Non-Operating Revenue $114,834<br />
2011 Operating Expense $24,304,459<br />
2012 Operating Revenue Budget $23,442,015<br />
2012 Non-Operating Revenue Budget $244,000<br />
2012 Operating Expense Budget $24,232,715<br />
Case Mix YTD 4/30/2012<br />
Private 39%<br />
Medicaid 39%<br />
Medicare 18%<br />
Managed Care 2%<br />
Hospice (incl. Medicaid recipients) 2%<br />
Census YTD 4/30/2012<br />
Average Daily Census 179<br />
Total Staff 352<br />
Total Volunteers 243<br />
2011 Rehabilitation<br />
Inpatient Treatments 4,792<br />
Outpatient Treatments 7,527<br />
2011 Operating Revenue $8,388,489<br />
2011 Non-Operating Revenue $121,585<br />
2011 Operating Expense $8,060,578<br />
2012 Operating Revenue Budget $8,605,381<br />
2012 Non-Operating Revenue Budget $7,500<br />
2012 Operating Expense Budget $8,638,244<br />
Occupancy 4/30/2012<br />
Units Occupied:<br />
Studio 40<br />
One Bedroom 23<br />
Two Bedroom 4<br />
Two Bedroom Combo 2<br />
Memory Lane 24<br />
Total Units Occupied 93<br />
Total Residents 4/30/2012 97<br />
Total Staff 130<br />
Total Volunteers 20<br />
Mortgage Balance YTD 4/30/12 $9,643,133<br />
Mortgage Balance YTD 4/30/12 $16,920,050<br />
Gallen Adult Day Health Care Jan – May 2012<br />
2012 Registered Participants 115<br />
2012 Average Daily Attendance 37<br />
Transportation Vehicles 6<br />
Kosher Meals-on-Wheels 2011<br />
Meals Prepared 46,404<br />
Transportation Vehicles 2<br />
Geriatric Care Management 2011<br />
Inquiries 128<br />
Cases 30<br />
2012 Subsidized Services YTD 4/30/2012<br />
ADC Scholarship Recipients 17<br />
Scholarship Dollars Awarded $14,336<br />
Geriatric Care In-Home Assessment 28<br />
Care Mgmnt Subsidized Services 3,325<br />
Community Holiday Meals 87<br />
2011 Capital Collections Rec’d –<br />
JHR & JHAL $245,617<br />
2011 Total Net Contributions (incl. Capital) $2,685,179<br />
2011 Fundraising Expense 15.1%<br />
To JHR To JHAL To JH@H<br />
2011 Allocation – $15,000 $505,570<br />
2012 Projected Allocation $48,000 $100,000 $425,000<br />
2012 Boneh Olam Annual Giving Program<br />
Number of Total Participants 142<br />
Number of New Participants 23<br />
Number of Renewed Participants 116<br />
Receipts from Program $1,181,000<br />
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Myrna Block, President<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
The “Home” with a “Heart”<br />
We thank Ary Freilich for his leadership. He has shown<br />
enormous ability to solve problems with intelligence<br />
and compassion. The happiness of our residents was<br />
always his top priority. His vision and implementation of<br />
the new reorganization will allow us to grow and service<br />
our community for years to come. He has left the organization<br />
strong and poised for success.<br />
The Jewish Home is a truly amazing place and it keeps<br />
getting better. The “Big Picture” is that this organization<br />
has a HEART, is full of energy and always strives to bring<br />
smiles to the faces of our residents. We provide excellent<br />
nursing and medical care, keep residents active both<br />
mentally and spiritually and treat each resident as an<br />
individual. How is this accomplished?<br />
Primarily our staff! The commitment to the highest<br />
standards begins at the top. For many years, Chuck<br />
Berkowitz set a high standard. This commitment continues<br />
today with our Executive Vice President Sunni Herman<br />
and our staff — from nursing to recreation, food services<br />
to housekeeping — all of whom add their own special<br />
touch of commitment and compassion, always<br />
maintaining the welfare of the residents as a top priority.<br />
Some accomplishments this year: Music, music everywhere:<br />
residents put on an amazing musical concert that<br />
was so superior they performed it again for the seniors<br />
at the JCC! Ipads were used with dementia residents<br />
to introduce individualized music. The result was amazing:<br />
residents with dementia, upon hearing the music,<br />
opened their eyes and sang along!<br />
We have started a Young Leadership<br />
group that is made up of<br />
R U S S B E R R IE HOME FOR J EWISH LIVING<br />
dynamic and caring younger members of our community.<br />
They are our future leaders and are planning exciting<br />
events to bring young people into our Home.<br />
Dietary Services, long outsourced, was brought in-house<br />
and new personnel hired. The results are palpable.<br />
Residents are very pleased with the new menus, the<br />
music played during mealtime and the special touches<br />
such as white tablecloths on Shabbat. Residents are<br />
walked to their tables to eat in a chair, instead of<br />
their wheel chairs, which shows a special commitment<br />
to their dignity.<br />
Bob Bardach, our new Assistant Administrator, began in<br />
July and jumped in with the oversight of the implementation<br />
of Electronic Medical Records. All staff will be<br />
involved in the process of bringing JHR to the next<br />
technical level of medical recordkeeping.<br />
Our residents keep learning! Jewish Home University<br />
was well attended and culminated with a graduation<br />
with residents in caps, gowns and diplomas. Fabulous!<br />
They also learned computer skills from Yavneh students<br />
— especially how to “shop at home”.<br />
JHR is “on fire” with enthusiasm and excitement. So<br />
many new programs! So many exciting ideas! A fabulous<br />
compassionate and kind staff! Each resident is treated<br />
with dignity and respect!<br />
I am so proud to be associated with the Jewish Home at<br />
Rockleigh — one of the premiere nursing facilities in the<br />
country — and so should each<br />
donor, volunteer and staff member.<br />
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Sunni Herman, Executive Vice President<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
Connections<br />
Kesher. Connection. Every day at the Jewish Home at<br />
Rockleigh we make lasting connections. We have an<br />
extremely strong, dedicated staff and we are pleased to<br />
have added Bob Bardach to our administrative team, a<br />
caring, creative individual who has quickly bonded with<br />
residents, staff and families.<br />
Our residents connect. Whether they are assembling a<br />
blanket to give to the organization Sharsheret or they<br />
volunteer in the Gift Shop, they find meaningful ways to<br />
fill their days. The Executive Committee of our Resident<br />
Council, the “machers” in the building, continue to meet<br />
monthly and have helped form our Men’s Club and<br />
the Jersey Girls. A highlight of the year was Syril Rubin<br />
hosting a delicious luncheon for our residents in her<br />
home. Newly conducted satisfaction surveys of our long<br />
term residents have helped further focus us on ways to<br />
connect our residents.<br />
…interdisciplinary programs<br />
strengthen the relationships among<br />
the staff and the residents.<br />
A first annual, hugely successful, Employee Health and<br />
Benefit Fair, sponsored by Ronnie Aroesty and the Herb<br />
Seid Endowment, helped link staff with various health<br />
resources available to them. Staff connections were<br />
enhanced through participation in the building-wide<br />
Purim masquerade contest. Nursing helped facilitate<br />
a new iPod music program and both the recreation staff<br />
and our social workers have been helping residents during<br />
mealtimes. These interdisciplinary programs strengthen<br />
the relationships among the staff and the residents.<br />
Our staff is busy working on implementation of electronic<br />
medical records which shall help further enhance<br />
communication and connectivity to local hospitals.<br />
Our association with our families often does not end<br />
when a loved one no longer lives at the Home. They can<br />
be found chatting in Carl’s Place, enjoying the musical<br />
programs, visiting with residents and becoming volunteers<br />
and lay leaders. Our family has become their family<br />
and so they stay connected.<br />
Our connection to the community remains quite strong.<br />
Always mindful of the safety of our residents, we<br />
conducted a tabletop evacuation drill in collaboration<br />
with the local and regional fire, police, and ambulance<br />
departments. We hosted a cardiac assessment program<br />
for the community presented by Englewood Hospital’s<br />
EMS Department entitled, “Listen to Your Heart.” With<br />
funding from the Maurice Levy Memorial Nursing Fund,<br />
we opened our doors to staff from other nursing homes<br />
to learn about the new Department of Health Survey<br />
process. We have had many guest lecturers from<br />
the community at our newly formed Jewish Home<br />
University. In addition to our regularly scheduled groups<br />
who entertain, the Kaplen JCC School of Performing Arts<br />
and the Thurnauer School of Music programs performed<br />
several times for our residents. The icing on the cake was<br />
when our residents performed the play “Broadway<br />
Melodies…A World Cruise” for the seniors at the JCC.<br />
We look forward to many future joint programming<br />
activities.<br />
The American designer, Charles Eames once said<br />
“Eventually everything connects — people, ideas,<br />
objects. The quality of the connections is the key to<br />
quality, per se.” Connections made at the Jewish Home<br />
at Rockleigh increase our quality of care every day.<br />
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Wilson Aboudi, President<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
Reaching the Next Level of Care and Comfort<br />
.JHAL is proud to be a part of the Jewish Home Family<br />
and consider ourselves the second generation of this<br />
charitable endeavor — those who follow our founding<br />
dreamers and builders. As the second generation we<br />
also have our dreams to build and expand the Jewish<br />
Home Family. In additions to these dreams, the second<br />
generation now has the obligation to operate and<br />
maintain the Jewish Home Assisted Living’s magnificent<br />
facility, and to attain even higher standards than those<br />
previously reached.<br />
Toward this end, Jewish Home Assisted Living has made<br />
many improvements this past year: Installation of a<br />
satellite connection that enables our residents to participate<br />
in live 92 Street Y programs, installation of an<br />
Outdoor Fitness Trail Health System enabling residents<br />
to exercise, improvements to the washing machine<br />
facilities enabling residents to be more independent, the<br />
purchase of a van for transporting our residents to<br />
personal appointments, improved lighting in event of<br />
a power failure for the safety of our residents, the<br />
development of an intern program with local colleges<br />
bringing many younger visitors into our building and<br />
the availability of enhanced hearing impairment<br />
equipment to increase participation and enjoyment of<br />
our residents during lectures and movies. Each one<br />
bring us a step closer to attaining the next level of care<br />
and comfort for our residents.<br />
This past June 24th, Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
celebrated its Fifth Anniversary with 100 residents and<br />
family members in attendance. At this celebration, JHAL<br />
acknowledged 28 dedicated employees who have<br />
worked at the Home for the past five years. These are<br />
the employees that prepare the food and serve our<br />
residents, our aids that assist and care for residents daily,<br />
the maintenance staff that cleans and maintains the<br />
building and the recreational personnel that provide<br />
entertainment, activities and programming.<br />
All this and more could not be accomplished without<br />
our able and dedicated administrative staff lead by<br />
Executive Director Lauren Levant, Director of Sales and<br />
Marketing John Albanese, Director of Health Care Services<br />
Risa Kory, Director of Activities and Volunteer Services<br />
Julie Cochrane, Director of Social Services Nancy Ames,<br />
Director of Food Services Jean Duroseau, Director of<br />
Engineering Ron Espanola, Business Office Manager<br />
Chris Sarvis, and all the dedicated employees of Jewish<br />
Home Assisted Living that better the lives of our seniors<br />
each and every day.<br />
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Lauren Levant, CALA, Executive Director<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
Marking Five Years and Continuing to Grow<br />
As Jewish Home Assisted Living (JHAL) enters its sixth<br />
year of operation, census continues to be the primary<br />
focus. Through aggressive marketing campaigns, new<br />
brochures and a re-designed web site, JHAL strives to<br />
be on the cutting edge. Due to these efforts and the<br />
reputation for outstanding care, JHAL continues to be<br />
ahead of the average national assisted living census rate.<br />
This past June, the residents, family members and staff<br />
of JHAL joined together to celebrate the Fifth Anniversary<br />
of JHAL opening our doors to serve the communities of<br />
Bergen, Passaic and Rockland Counties.<br />
By mid-year, JHAL provided services to at least 250<br />
senior citizens. We are honored that eight of our original<br />
residents continue to call JHAL “HOME” as they are<br />
aging in place with dignity.<br />
In addition to celebrating our residents, we also<br />
celebrated with 28 employees who have been with us<br />
since the first six months of opening. With the low turn<br />
over of staff it’s no wonder that JHAL has such a strong<br />
reputation within the community.<br />
While JHAL offers programming seven days a week,<br />
this year included some unique opportunities for the<br />
residents to enjoy. In March, the JHAL community<br />
joined together for a kick off celebration embarking<br />
on a partnership with the 92nd Street Y and viewed a<br />
satellite program featuring President Shimon Perez.<br />
The community also had the pleasure of participating in<br />
programs with Sandra Day O’Connor, Alan Alda and Elie<br />
Wiesel. Residents are able to participate in the program<br />
at least twice a month. During the course of the year,<br />
many family members and members of the outside<br />
community joined the residents in the viewings.<br />
At the same time, the facility introduced a Hearing<br />
Enhancement System to aid those residents who are<br />
hearing impaired. JHAL is the first assisted living<br />
community in Bergen County to offer this system. In a<br />
very short time we saw an increase in participation<br />
of our residents attending lectures, movies, religious<br />
services and much more!<br />
In July we also installed a LifeTrail Fitness System on the<br />
grounds. JHAL now has three stations offering nine<br />
different exercises which are supervised by a physical<br />
therapist, restorative care aides and activity staff. LifeTrail<br />
is designed for seniors with a focus on functional fitness.<br />
The Hearing Enhancement<br />
System and the<br />
LifeTrail System were<br />
opportunities that could<br />
not have been made<br />
available without the<br />
very generous donation<br />
from a previous family<br />
member of JHAL.<br />
In the summer of 2012, through the generosity of<br />
another supporter, the JHAL community was afforded<br />
the opportunity to create a Jewish Cultural Library. This<br />
library showcases Judaic novels and Jewish artwork.<br />
Those residents who are visually impaired are able to<br />
read utilizing an auto magnifier.<br />
Mazel Tov to all those involved — from board to<br />
community members, residents and family members,<br />
administrative and staff members — for working to<br />
make Jewish Home Assisted Living a special place where<br />
our loved ones can truly say they are “Home.”<br />
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Robert Peckar, President<br />
Jewish Home at Home<br />
Continuing to Meet the Challenges<br />
of Seniors Living at Home<br />
2012 has been an exciting year for Jewish Home at<br />
Home (JH@H). In this second year of our existence, we<br />
developed our core concept into a reality. The concept<br />
was that among our elder community members are a<br />
significant number who wish to remain in their homes<br />
even though they may have physical, medical, mental<br />
or other challenges that make it very difficult for them<br />
to do so. So, too, was the concept that the families of<br />
these elder citizens often find themselves caught in<br />
a true dilemma of wanting to keep their parents at<br />
home safe and sound but not having the knowledge<br />
or expertise to do so. JH@H was founded to provide<br />
professionally certified Geriatric Care Management<br />
services that can create a safe and medically sound<br />
environment in which many of our elder citizens can<br />
indeed remain in their homes.<br />
The steady increase in our client inquiries in 2012 is<br />
evidence of a startling success for such a new venture.<br />
Many organizations that have been in the geriatric care<br />
management business for years do not have many more<br />
clients than JH@H. However, the Board believes that<br />
there are many, many more elderly members of our<br />
community who would benefit from a geriatric care<br />
management assessment conducted by our professionally<br />
certified staff. With the benefit of that assessment, JH@H<br />
is able to work with the client or their family to provide,<br />
under JH@H auspices, oversight home aides, physical<br />
therapy at home, doctor visits at home if necessary,<br />
alterations to the home to allow safe mobility, access to<br />
emergency alert systems and automated medication<br />
dispensers, volunteer visits, access to mental health<br />
professionals from within the organized Jewish community,<br />
food delivery, enrollment in adult day care at our<br />
Gallen Adult Day Health Care Center for those in need<br />
of special day care or at the JCC for those able to enjoy<br />
their programs, transportation for everyday needs — the<br />
list goes on and on.<br />
The Board believes that its challenges for the upcoming<br />
year are the following:<br />
1. To continue to bring awareness of JH@H to our entire<br />
community, starting with the Jewish community and<br />
broadening it to the greater community.<br />
2. To bring the highest level of quality Geriatric Care<br />
Management to our clients.<br />
3. To operate in a financially self-supporting manner<br />
through our charges to clients and contributions from<br />
our vendors.<br />
4. To build upon the generous contributions of The<br />
Russell Berrie Foundation, The Henry and MarilynTaub<br />
Foundation and Jewish Federation of Northern NJ and<br />
raise additional contributions so that JH@H is able to<br />
provide basic services to those unable to afford them.<br />
5. To increase the population of elder citizens who use<br />
our outstanding Gallen Adult Day Health Care Center.<br />
6. To continue to provide Kosher Meals on Wheels to<br />
those who require that service in coordination with<br />
other Jewish community agencies.<br />
We look forward to meeting all these challenges.<br />
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Susan Lilly, LSW, C-ASWCM, Director of Geriatric Care Management<br />
Jewish Home at Home<br />
The Jewish Home at Home in Action<br />
Fulfilling Its Mission<br />
The Jewish Home at Home (JH@H) is designed to help<br />
the elderly and their families meet the challenges of<br />
aging in one’s own home. It allows members of the<br />
community to gain peace of mind knowing that their<br />
loved one’s care is based upon professional advice, by a<br />
certified geriatric care manager, tailored to his or her<br />
specific needs and delivered in a dignified, respectful<br />
and compassionate manner. JH@H offers a geriatric assessment<br />
which identifies the unique care needs of the<br />
senior and provides a list of recommendations (plan of<br />
care) that addresses those needs. We can implement,<br />
coordinate and monitor the services and provide<br />
education and emotional support to both the senior and<br />
the family members. JH@H, with its network of service<br />
providers, can offer whatever is needed to allow the<br />
senior to remain at home: home health care, medication<br />
management, nursing care, personal emergency<br />
response system (medical alert), home modification,<br />
adult day programming, rehabilitation services, counseling,<br />
escort and transportation to appointments. We also<br />
offer volunteers who are carefully matched with JH@H<br />
seniors. Volunteers make home visits, escort seniors to<br />
appointments or to shop, take walks, play scrabble,<br />
make friendly telephone calls and much more.<br />
Volunteers build relationships that reconnect seniors to<br />
the community and reduce a sense of isolation that is<br />
often experienced by older adults.<br />
Since January 2011, the number of people contacting the<br />
JH@H and the number of clients we have worked with<br />
has steadily increased. By the second quarter of 2012 we<br />
exceeded our annual census for 2011!<br />
A major factor contributing to this growth is our<br />
outreach efforts. We worked with our Board and<br />
community leaders to publicize the JH@H. We met with<br />
JFNNJ, Jewish communal agency staff, synagogue lay<br />
leaders, Hadassah and the National Council of Jewish<br />
Women, Women’s Philanthropy, sisterhood groups and<br />
directly with seniors at their clubs and centers. We<br />
educated community groups about the needs of seniors<br />
who wish to age at home and provided encouragement<br />
that services are available to make this possible. JH@H<br />
began an advertising campaign that ran in the Jewish<br />
Standard and the local newspapers during the winter<br />
and spring.<br />
Under the leadership of Chuck<br />
Berkowitz, President and CEO of<br />
the Jewish Home Family and<br />
Bob Peckar, Board President,<br />
JH@H will build on this success<br />
in the coming year.<br />
JH@H is a fee for service program. However, in keeping<br />
with the Jewish Home’s 97-year tradition of caring<br />
for seniors with less means, the Jewish Home Family<br />
Board authorized that revenue is set aside so 20% of the<br />
client base meeting defined eligibility criteria can receive<br />
subsidized services. In addition, the subsidy program has<br />
been supported by grants from Jewish Federation of<br />
Northern NJ, the Russell Berrie Foundation and the<br />
Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation.<br />
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Joan DiPaola, RN, Director<br />
Gallen Adult Day Health Care<br />
Shelley Steiner, LSW, Social Worker<br />
Gallen Adult Day Health Care<br />
Milestones: A Big Part of the Gallen Adult Day<br />
Health Care Program<br />
Milestones are a continuous part of the fabric of the<br />
Gallen Adult Day Health Care program. Not only are we<br />
thrilled to be celebrating our Tenth Anniversary along<br />
with the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, but we seize the<br />
opportunity to celebrate significant milestones in the<br />
lives of our participants. In the last year, we celebrated<br />
the 100th birthday of two of our participants and just<br />
recently, a couple chose the Center as a venue to<br />
celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with family<br />
and friends because the day program has become a<br />
focal point in their life.<br />
The Gallen Adult Day Health Care Center provides<br />
physical, emotional, cognitive and social support to its<br />
participants in a safe, structured setting through a team<br />
of skilled professionals. The Center offers the opportunity<br />
for seniors to remain in their home, while providing<br />
them support on a number of different fronts. The services<br />
provided include: transportation, medical monitoring,<br />
social services, dietary evaluations and recreational<br />
programming meeting everyone’s level of cognitive<br />
functioning.<br />
Another grant from NJ Transit will provide us with two<br />
new buses to transport seniors to and from our program<br />
as well as enhance the Bergen County Assisted<br />
Transportation Program. To add an exciting new dimension<br />
to our programming, we are exploring funding<br />
opportunities to defray the costs of iPads to foster alternative<br />
methods of communication with our participants.<br />
The Gallen Adult Day Health Care Center thanks the<br />
Jewish Home Board and Administrators for their continued<br />
commitment and support. We want to especially<br />
congratulate this year’s honoree, Ary Freilich, who has<br />
been a most devoted cheerleader of all our efforts.<br />
His commitment to the Jewish Home and Jewish community<br />
is only surpassed by his caring, compassionate<br />
nature. The Jewish Home Family and all its entities,<br />
including the Gallen Adult Day Health Care Center, truly<br />
benefits from his support.<br />
Along with the milestones we celebrate, the Center is<br />
pleased to have been awarded several grants which has<br />
allowed us to achieve the goals of providing quality<br />
health care services to individuals.<br />
Two grants through the generosity of<br />
Jewish Federation of Northern NJ and<br />
the Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation<br />
have enabled us to defray the cost of<br />
the program to participants who otherwise<br />
could not afford to attend.<br />
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Community Outreach Programs<br />
Kosher Meals-on-Wheels<br />
The Jewish Home Family has been providing homebound<br />
frail and the elderly with nourishing, nutritious,<br />
hot meals — first in Hudson County since 1973 — and<br />
by the late 70’s in Bergen County at the request of UJC<br />
of Bergen County. The program delivers hot meals to our<br />
sister Jewish agencies throughout Hudson, Bergen and<br />
Passaic Counties aided by specialized food vans. The<br />
meals — prepared at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh —<br />
are under kashruth supervision of the Rabbinical Council<br />
of Bergen County.<br />
Begun in the fall of 2011, The Jewish Home Family<br />
launched a Holiday Kosher-Meals-On-Wheels program.<br />
This program delivers, with the use of Jewish Home<br />
volunteers, to individuals in the community who<br />
respond to notices for holiday meals for Rosh Hashanah,<br />
Hanukkah and Passover. 197 hot Kosher holiday meals<br />
were delivered in the inaugural year.<br />
Kosher Nutrition Sites<br />
This wonderful program invites seniors to share a<br />
well-prepared kosher lunch in the company of their<br />
contemporaries at eight sites throughout Bergen,<br />
Hudson and Passaic Counties.<br />
In Hudson County, the locations include the JCC<br />
Bayonne under the auspices of Jewish Family Service of<br />
Jersey City, Bayonne and Hoboken. In Bergen County,<br />
the sites are located at the Y-JCC of Bergen County in<br />
Washington Township, and the Teaneck Jewish Center.<br />
We also supply meals to the Passaic County Department<br />
of Human Services, and the Jewish Children’s and Family<br />
Services of North Jersey.<br />
Transportation<br />
Program<br />
In conjunction with<br />
the Bergen County Division of Senior Services, Department<br />
of Human Services, a door-to-door transportation<br />
service provides the elderly or disabled transportation<br />
with the assistance of an aide to medical appointments<br />
and services at the Adler Aphasia Center, Gimbel Center<br />
for MS at Holy Name Hospital, and the Medical Suites<br />
at JHR.<br />
Education Seminars for the Community<br />
Community and professional seminars are offered on a<br />
variety of subjects, ranging from financial planning for<br />
women, Jewish medical ethics, planning for families with<br />
elder care needs, understanding memory loss as well as<br />
family care support groups.<br />
Shabbat Worship and Meal Assistance<br />
The Shabbat Worship program is aimed at those in the<br />
community who would like to attend religious services<br />
but are unable to get to services on their own, and the<br />
meal assistance provides a home delivered kosher meal<br />
for those who do not have the ability to prepare their<br />
own Shabbat meal.<br />
The elderly who would benefit from these programs are<br />
identified by Rabbis and community agencies.<br />
Geriatric Care Management<br />
Launched in 2009, Jewish Home at Home helps families<br />
and loved ones age in place at home (Please see pages<br />
22 and 23.)<br />
The kashruth at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh is under<br />
the supervision of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen<br />
County.<br />
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Harvey Gross, MD, Medical Director<br />
Jewish Home Family<br />
Environments that Nurture and Promote Well-Being<br />
Celebrating facility milestones of ten and five years, our<br />
goal remains constant — to establish an environment<br />
which nurtures and promotes well being. Residentoriented<br />
care and home-like amenities is the model<br />
of care at Rockleigh, including sub-acute care for those<br />
residents who have been recently hospitalized and<br />
are planning to return to the community, long-term<br />
residents who view Rockleigh as their home and<br />
residents who are at the end of their lives and who may<br />
receive palliative care or hospice.<br />
Quality medical care is always the primary concern.<br />
Interdisciplinary teams meet regularly to evaluate and<br />
assess the needs of all the residents. The teams include<br />
attending physicians, physiatrists, nurses, physical,<br />
speech and occupational therapists, social workers and<br />
dieticians. They communicate on a regular basis about<br />
the individualized care program. Of course, patient and<br />
family input is very important. We are now working<br />
toward introducing computerized medical records<br />
which will aid the communication process.<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living is an active and vibrant<br />
community. The medical personnel including physicians,<br />
therapists, administrative and nursing staff provide<br />
on-site care in addition to a consulting staff which<br />
includes podiatry, psychiatry and physiatry. The environment<br />
at JHAL follows the model of living at home.<br />
Jewish Home at Home has grown with more referrals<br />
from the community as we attempt to keep the elderly<br />
in their own homes for as long as possible providing the<br />
entire spectrum of care including nursing and psychological<br />
services, physical, speech and occupational<br />
therapy and physician home visits.<br />
Excellent care is provided at the Gallen Adult Day Health<br />
Care Center for those who live at home and require<br />
additional support.<br />
Quality assurance is our means to continually evaluate<br />
ongoing care. We investigate all issues ranging from<br />
response time to call bells to food temperatures. Medical<br />
concerns include the etiology and prevention and treatment<br />
of congestive heart failure, with the increase of<br />
more residents with post cardiac conditions. There are<br />
ongoing educational lectures for our staff members<br />
including discussions about different types of infections,<br />
such as C. Diff. Colitis and their treatment.<br />
This past year we have embarked upon some research<br />
projects. One, in particular, involves the use of iPods and<br />
music to improve the quality of life of our patients with<br />
Dementia.<br />
Our ethics committee meets on a quarterly basis. Case<br />
presentations followed by a full discussion of the ethical<br />
issues such as living wills and do not resuscitate orders<br />
as well as education regarding definitions and principles<br />
fill the agenda. These meetings are well attended by<br />
nurses, social workers, administration, physicians, board<br />
members, a medical and legal ethicist and our religious<br />
leader, Rabbi Feld.<br />
We remain steadfast in our focus being the quality of<br />
life of our residents. We can certainly feel proud of<br />
the medical care we provide in a supportive emotional<br />
environment in all of our facilities as we continue to<br />
strive to improve the lives of our elderly.<br />
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Sarah Pilato-Wolfe, PT, DPT, Director of Rehabilitation Services<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
For the Love of Rehab<br />
Select Medical Rehabilitation Services is proud to provide<br />
rehabilitative services for the Jewish Home residents at<br />
Rockleigh, at the Gallen Adult Day Health Care Center,<br />
and at Jewish Home Assisted Living.<br />
The members of our team include Physical Therapists,<br />
Occupational Therapists, and a Speech Therapist, as well<br />
as Rehabilitation Techs, all who take their role to rehab our<br />
residents to their greatest functional level very seriously.<br />
The pride felt working for the Jewish Home Family is<br />
exemplified in all that we do to help our residents —<br />
from the feedback we receive, our residents can tell.<br />
Residents with a scheduled discharge from our facilities<br />
are asked to complete a satisfaction survey to qualify<br />
their perception of their rehab. Many of the comments<br />
we receive fill our hearts with joy: “Best therapy I ever<br />
encountered. Every therapist was giving 100%,” “Your<br />
therapy department is far above average, and will work<br />
as hard as you let them. Responsive to sincere interests,”<br />
“Scored a 15 on a scale of 0–10,” and “The therapists<br />
have been wonderful. So kind, caring, and helpful.”<br />
Receiving praise from our residents touches us and<br />
reaffirms our decision to work in this field as well as for<br />
the Jewish Home. Additionally, from our perspective,<br />
there’s no greater feeling of delight than to see a<br />
resident walk out of<br />
the doors independently,<br />
knowing that<br />
we played a vital role<br />
in their regaining that<br />
independence.<br />
for our residents, we constantly research new treatment<br />
ideas, technology, and modalities. Most notably, this past<br />
year, we began incorporating the use of an iPad, primarily<br />
in Speech Therapy, as well as in Occupational and<br />
Physical Therapy. The iPad has enabled us to have more<br />
interactive treatment regimens for aphasia and dysphagia<br />
in ST, and we’ve integrated many available aps into<br />
PT and OT to assess posture, create exercise programs,<br />
create customizable ADL routines, and measure range<br />
of motion. Additionally, we recently purchased a highend<br />
ultrasound and electric stimulation machine that<br />
we use for pain relief, edema reduction, wound healing,<br />
muscle strengthening, etc. We also continue to use the<br />
Nintendo Wii for upper and lower extremity exercise,<br />
standing balance, and muscle coordination.<br />
At our Assisted Living, our full time therapy team<br />
provides individualized therapy aimed at improving<br />
each resident’s functional mobility and ability to live as<br />
independently as possible. Recently, we added a small<br />
set of parallel bars, which has enabled us to expand our<br />
balance and strengthen programs. We also provide<br />
training and inservicing to the staff to assist the residents<br />
with maintaining their mobility beyond their therapy<br />
programs.<br />
We are very lucky to work with a fantastic organization,<br />
as well as to know that every day, the work<br />
that we do influences the quality of the lives of<br />
our residents, as<br />
well as their families<br />
and friends.<br />
Driven by our compassion<br />
and desire to<br />
do the best we can<br />
Cutting edge Rehab modalities such<br />
as Nintendo Wii and Apple iPad<br />
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Making Shabbat<br />
Meaningful<br />
Rabbi Simon H. Feld<br />
Director of Rabbinic Services<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
In the Jewish tradition, no holiday takes on greater<br />
significance than Shabbat. In the words of our Talmudic<br />
Sages “This world is the anteroom which leads to the<br />
main ballroom in the world to come.” If that is the case,<br />
then the Shabbat that we engage in on earth is but a<br />
prelude to the greatest joy yet to come.<br />
So how do we at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh make<br />
Shabbat meaningful for our residents? Two significant<br />
programs create a wonderful Shabbat ambience and<br />
impact the spiritual well being of our residents. The first<br />
began almost six years ago when a small group of<br />
volunteers from Temple Emanu-El of Closter began to<br />
join us once a month for Shabbat services. Their numbers<br />
have more than tripled and the residents delight in<br />
having them join us in prayer with their beautiful<br />
melodies and voices. Not only do they help make the<br />
Minyan (quorum), they energize the residents and create<br />
a warm, cohesive environment.<br />
The second, initiated this past year, are monthly<br />
Shabbatons run by the National Council of Synagogue<br />
Youth. They eat, dance, sing, discuss Torah<br />
topics and sleep in the building. The<br />
residents are electrified by this dynamic<br />
interaction between the generations.<br />
When a resident sees a child, it brings back<br />
their own youth and they reminisce about<br />
their childhood synagogues, affiliations,<br />
families and neighborhoods.<br />
These are just two examples<br />
of how the Jewish Home at<br />
Rockleigh impacts the spiritual<br />
welfare of our beloved residents.<br />
In doing so, we underscore the<br />
importance of quality of life and<br />
provide dignity for those who<br />
live in this warm and engaging<br />
environment.<br />
Our volunteers help us<br />
help others<br />
Charlene Vannucci, MA, ADC,<br />
Director of Volunteer Services<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
Connections, Collaborations<br />
and Milestones<br />
It’s been a privilege to represent the Jewish Home Family<br />
this year and celebrate a first anniversary as the Director<br />
of Volunteer Services. Over 100 new volunteers joined<br />
our family this year. The Jewish Home at Home, Gallen<br />
Adult Day Health Center, Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
and Jewish Home at Rockleigh are all benefiting from this<br />
pool of new talent.<br />
Milestones this year include the new Jewish Home at<br />
Home Holiday Meals on Wheels Program. More than 30<br />
volunteers, ages 5 to 85, stepped up to the “plate” to<br />
deliver 197 hot, home-style, holiday meals to home-bound<br />
seniors in the community. We received countless calls<br />
and letters from recipients thanking us for the “delicious”<br />
meals and for the “wonderful” volunteers who visited.<br />
Another success this year is our collaboration with the<br />
faculty of Long Island University. Together we created an<br />
innovative internship program — the very first of its kind<br />
— providing a comprehensive education in the continuum<br />
of senior care. Students rotate through the Jewish<br />
Home at Home, Gallen Adult Day Health Care Program,<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living and Jewish Home at<br />
Rockleigh. This program not only benefits the interns,<br />
it benefits our entire Jewish Home Family as<br />
well. A new connection worth mentioning is our<br />
collaboration with volunteers from NCSY. Together<br />
we created a blueprint for the Shabbatons now<br />
being held at JHR.<br />
It’s been a joy to<br />
reach out, make connections<br />
and build<br />
friendships this year.<br />
Thanks to the board<br />
members who helped<br />
open doors for our outreach programs and helped<br />
recruit volunteers from their circle of friends. Special<br />
thanks to our honoree, Ary Freilich, for his excellent leadership<br />
and his on-going support of our entire Family.<br />
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Annette Myers<br />
Director of Admissions/Marketing<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
Marketing Efforts Remain<br />
Strong to Serve Community<br />
The year 2012 has been one of change in the Marketing<br />
and Admissions Department. One of our beloved and<br />
long-time team members left her position with us after<br />
an extended medical leave. Our search for a new nurse<br />
case manager to step in at area hospitals led us to a very<br />
capable and compassionate nurse, JoAnne Herzog, who<br />
has already been a wonderful asset to the department.<br />
Mary Jane Dale, our nurse case manager of the past<br />
nine years, stays in all of our hearts and prayers as she<br />
continues to strengthen and heal. Beside the major<br />
change in our very well honed team, the Admissions and<br />
Marketing Department also made a physical change this<br />
past year and now calls a suite shared with the Social<br />
Work Department its new home. The joining of the<br />
two departments has only helped to better serve our<br />
residents and their families.<br />
The strong census at the Jewish Home is one thing that<br />
has remained unchanged over the past year with an<br />
average 98.7% monthly occupancy. Admissions over<br />
the past year have included five residents coming<br />
directly from the community with NJ Medicaid as payor<br />
source. An average 53 admissions per month included<br />
those requiring long term care, short term rehabilitation,<br />
respite and re-admissions from hospital stays. The<br />
appropriate balance of private paying, Medicare, private<br />
insurance and NJ Medicaid recipients has been carefully<br />
maintained.<br />
Two of the most notable marketing endeavors of the<br />
past year have been the representation of the Jewish<br />
Home Family in our sister community, Nahariya, Israel,<br />
during a Jewish Federation of Northern NJ’s Partnership<br />
2gether sponsored trip in February, and the celebration<br />
of the Jewish Home at Rockleigh’s ten year anniversary<br />
in November 2011. As has always been the case, the<br />
very best marketing is the combined efforts of the<br />
extraordinary team which creates positive experiences<br />
for our residents and their families.<br />
John Albanese<br />
Director of Sales and Marketing<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
Continued Growth and<br />
Accomplishments<br />
Since 2007, we've watched JHAL grow, develop and<br />
enjoy accomplishments in marketing events, census<br />
growth — and perhaps our best achievement — building<br />
a solid reputation in the community for providing<br />
excellent care, and setting the bar for assisted living in<br />
and around Bergen County.<br />
Care and food are two important factors when deciding<br />
on an assisted living facility, and residents and their<br />
families provide positive feedback that we excel in both.<br />
Although we experience loss due to natural aging, JHAL<br />
maintains a higher census than that of other local<br />
assisted living facilities. The majority of our new inquiries<br />
continue to be referrals from our resident families — a<br />
testimony to how happy families are with the quality of<br />
care and attention their loved ones receive.<br />
Memory Lane, our specialized dementia unit, one of the<br />
only mild to moderate dementia units of its kind in the<br />
area, continues to have a healthy waiting list. This unique<br />
feature allows our high functioning dementia residents<br />
to participate in regular lunch outings and bowling trips.<br />
By maintaining a high functioning dementia unit, we<br />
further our ability to keep our regular assisted living population<br />
comfortable. This is very evident with the ability<br />
of our assisted living population to keep their minds and<br />
bodies strong as they take advantage of the new 92nd<br />
Street Y programs and our LifeTrail Fitness System.<br />
Keeping current has been a key focus of our marketing<br />
in 2012. The year began with the redesign of all of our<br />
print materials shared with potential families and professionals<br />
interested in learning about JHAL. Along with the<br />
other entities of the Jewish Home Family, JHAL introduced<br />
a new, redesigned, user-friendly website.<br />
The pride felt for our community, services, amenities, and<br />
the success of our residents is obvious to anyone who<br />
steps into our wonderful facility.<br />
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Eric Riguerra, RN<br />
Director of Nursing<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
Quality Nursing,<br />
Compassionate Care<br />
Since the opening of the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, our<br />
goal in the Nursing Department has remained the same.<br />
The promise to provide the highest quality of care in a<br />
compassionate manner is truly important and at the core<br />
of our mission.<br />
Quality nursing care is always our concern. This year,<br />
Nursing is focusing on various quality indicators including<br />
the prevalence of falls, nosocomial pressure ulcers, urinary<br />
tract infections, and decline in resident’s function. Quality<br />
assurance is our means of ensuring that we meet the<br />
health needs in our setting and develop interventions in<br />
our resident population based on evidence review.<br />
Navigating the way to effective care transitions is also<br />
a focus of the Nursing team this year. This area not only<br />
impacts the long term care setting but also hospitals,<br />
assisted living facilities and residents’ homes. The goal of<br />
this program is to create strategies and interventions to<br />
decrease frequent readmission to hospitals, decrease<br />
unplanned and avoidable transfers and provide resident<br />
centered care planning. Unplanned transitions greatly<br />
impact our residents, family and caregivers both<br />
physically and emotionally, and are very costly.<br />
Electronic medical records are an integral element of<br />
good care transition. The system enables the facility<br />
to have a standardization and accurate communication<br />
between facility settings, doctors, practitioners and<br />
nurses. This will promote effective handovers, medication<br />
reconciliation and safe medication practices. This year<br />
we are excited about working toward introducing<br />
computerized medical records in our facility.<br />
With changes in our medical trends and increased<br />
resident acuities, it is the responsibility of the Nursing<br />
Department to assure optimum care and to continually<br />
improve our services.<br />
Risa Kory, RN, BSN<br />
Director of Health Care Services<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
Dedication and Compassion<br />
Each and Every Day<br />
As we take the opportunity to reflect upon the past year<br />
at Jewish Home Assisted Living, we have seen our<br />
community grow in many ways. We have welcomed<br />
many new residents, experienced the loss of some, and<br />
seen a large number of our residents age in place. Our<br />
committed staff of nurses and care associates, many of<br />
whom celebrated their five year anniversary at the Jewish<br />
Home Assisted Living, continue to strive to deliver the<br />
highest quality of care each and every day.<br />
We are truly blessed to<br />
have had the opportunity<br />
to love and care for<br />
so many wonderful<br />
residents and families<br />
over the past five years.<br />
We continue to be<br />
privileged with the<br />
ability to care for eight<br />
of our original residents of JHAL which reflects our true<br />
commitment to individuality, dignity, respect, quality<br />
of care and of course, trust. Trust has been the key to<br />
the success of the Wellness Department at JHAL.<br />
Families truly trust that their loved ones are in the hands<br />
of dedicated, loving nurses and care givers. Their dedication<br />
and compassion to the residents is made obvious<br />
each and every day!<br />
Not one department is responsible for making JHAL<br />
the outstanding community it is, but the whole interdisciplinary<br />
team, from our executive director, marketing,<br />
housekeeping, maintenance, nursing, social work and<br />
dietary. Each of us, as a member of the team, brings a<br />
very important piece to the JHAL family and our continued<br />
commitment to the best quality of care for each of<br />
our residents. This team of highly dedicated and caring<br />
professionals strives each and every day to make JHAL<br />
the absolute best community.<br />
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Tracey Couliboly<br />
Director of Recreation<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
Always Introducing<br />
New Programming<br />
Julie Cochrane, ADC<br />
Director of Activities/Volunteer Services<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
Programming Helps Residents<br />
Enjoy Each Day<br />
Music is often described as the universal language. It<br />
facilitates movement and responses. Regardless of<br />
cognitive ability, it is a powerful modality for individuals<br />
who are unable to express themselves. In order to greater<br />
enhance the residents’ quality of life, music has become<br />
the bridge between our traditional programs and new<br />
innovative ones.<br />
Last fall, residents began rehearsing weekly for our first<br />
musical production “Broadway Melodies”. A drumming<br />
facilitator has helped start a monthly drumming circle. The<br />
power of expression through the use of percussion instruments<br />
has been extremely beneficial to all participants.<br />
Inspired by a You Tube video on the use of iPods with<br />
dementia patients, our interdisciplinary team tailored<br />
music on iPods based on residents’ preferences. Six<br />
residents were initially chosen to participate and the<br />
results were overwhelming — with passive residents<br />
noticeably reacting to the music with a higher measure<br />
of satisfaction and enjoyment. The program was<br />
immediately expanded and continues to grow.<br />
Last fall we also launched Jewish Home University,<br />
discussing a variety of educational topics — from<br />
learning Yiddish with Roberta Books to discussing<br />
“The Building of the Total Jewish Community” with<br />
George Hantgan. The program ended with an elaborate<br />
graduation, and residents received hand written<br />
diplomas and citations from State Senator Weinberg and<br />
Assemblywoman Huttle.<br />
In our efforts to embrace technology, we began a new<br />
relationship with the students of Yavneh Academy. What<br />
started as bi-weekly computer lessons became an<br />
extended relationship between old and young. Our<br />
residents expressed their fondest memories with<br />
newfound friends and shared the experience in a video<br />
archive titled “Days of Our Lives…Who We Are”.<br />
Our goal is to continue to provide a variety of unique<br />
programs that matter.<br />
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As we celebrate five years of excellence at JHAL, we are<br />
thrilled to announce some exciting new additions to our<br />
recreational program.<br />
We kicked off the early part of the year with the installation<br />
of a hearing enhancement system that enables many<br />
residents to have a more enjoyable auditory experience.<br />
Our Memory Lane residents continue to go out for lunch,<br />
compete in bowling tournaments at local bowling alleys,<br />
skype with loved ones and enjoy an increased number of<br />
new entertainment and horticulture programs.<br />
We introduced the satellite programming of the 92nd<br />
Street Y into our theatre with the first live broadcast of Israeli<br />
President Shimon Peres. Our resident committee is busy<br />
selecting an exciting lineup of the upcoming programs.<br />
Arts & Crafts has elevated to a new level with professional<br />
style projects led by our new arts & crafts coordinator.<br />
Residents are thrilled and the turnout is fabulous!<br />
Our back patio was standing room only in late June as residents<br />
tapped their feet to the Glen Rock Pops! JHAL represented<br />
Team Israel in the Senior Olympics, competing<br />
against another assisted living facility with closing ceremonies<br />
at our building. National Assisted Living Week saw<br />
residents enjoying staff competing in volleyball and tug of<br />
war as well as our annual Grandparents Day Celebration!<br />
JHAL enjoys a high number of male residents, so we<br />
started a Men’s Group that meets weekly, discusses topics<br />
of interest and ventures out for lunch regularly. We have<br />
introduced a Personal Shopper Service to help busy<br />
families unable to run errands for loved ones, or to help<br />
residents who are unable to leave the facility.<br />
With the help of Charlene Vannucci, Jewish Home Family<br />
Director of Volunteers, we have seen a jump in the<br />
number of volunteers. These dedicated individuals give<br />
their time freely to help run lectures, play cards, call bingo<br />
or just bring smiles to the faces of our residents.
Jaclyn Froman<br />
Director of Social Services<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
Making Resident Quality<br />
of Life Our Top Priority<br />
The Jewish Home at Rockleigh’s fully staffed Social Work<br />
Department makes resident quality of life our top priority.<br />
This includes ensuring smooth admission and discharge<br />
transitions, as well as opportunities for growth and<br />
learning while here. Our male residents enjoy Men’s<br />
Group, a thriving group with men in long term and sub<br />
acute care, meeting weekly to discuss life milestones,<br />
politics, history and sports. Our Women’s Group meets<br />
weekly on the Rubin unit, helping provide companionship<br />
and encouragement to our female residents. And,<br />
Doll therapy has begun on the Seiden unit, aimed at<br />
soothing Seiden residents by providing a life like doll to<br />
hold, if interested, which can arouse positive memories<br />
and feelings of calm, in a relaxed environment.<br />
Our newly revised and updated Resident handbook is<br />
greeting and guiding new residents and families when<br />
they arrive at the Jewish Home. Our new social work<br />
suite, on the Kaplen 1 unit, provides quick and direct<br />
access to a social worker by residents and families on<br />
our sub acute care unit. And, residents are enjoying<br />
the friendship and assistance of social work and<br />
counseling student interns from New York University,<br />
Touro College, Long Island University and the Rutgers<br />
School of Social Work.<br />
Jewish Home social workers will continue to assist<br />
families around end of life issues as well as help their<br />
loved ones adjust to long term and sub acute care, as we<br />
move forward with the<br />
common goal of providing<br />
a safe and comfortable<br />
home to our residents,<br />
with continued opportunities<br />
for personal growth<br />
and learning.<br />
Nancy Ames, BSW<br />
Director of Social Services<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
Providing Emotional<br />
Well-Being<br />
The Social Service Department at Jewish Home Assisted<br />
Living (JHAL) continues to strive to provide an atmosphere<br />
of emotional well-being to each resident in a<br />
warm, home-like environment which preserves and<br />
enhances independence, choice, individuality and<br />
dignity on a daily basis. The social workers meet with the<br />
interdisciplinary team regularly to identify and address<br />
any needs a resident may have.<br />
Our internal groups continue to grow and offer ongoing<br />
support for residents and family members. Our Welcome<br />
Wagon Program and Transitions Group offer a “Meet and<br />
Greet” upon admission and continued ongoing internal<br />
support group sessions regarding adjustment to<br />
community lifestyle. The Ritual Committee meets to<br />
discuss the religious needs of our residents and creates<br />
a spiritual and social atmosphere where residents feel<br />
they are a part of a community. Our Men’s Group offers<br />
a forum where men in our community can interact with<br />
one another and foster friendships. A support group<br />
relating to various concerns with dementia is offered to<br />
the families of Memory Lane on a regular basis, as well as<br />
ongoing support sessions for family members who are<br />
struggling with the age related issues of their loved one.<br />
The Social Service Department is available six days a week<br />
to help families and residents transition into JHAL and<br />
help deal with the day to day issues they may encounter.<br />
The Social Work Department is privileged to be part<br />
of an internship program with an area University. JHAL<br />
provides a wonderful environment for students studying<br />
geriatric care to experience the continuum of care and<br />
services provided in assisted living.<br />
As residents age in place, we as a community share<br />
many life cycle events with our residents. We celebrate<br />
holidays, recognize birthdays and anniversaries, mourn<br />
our losses and together we strive to meet the emotional<br />
needs of all the residents we are privileged to serve.<br />
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Lisa Segelbacher<br />
Director of Food Services<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
Love Added to Each<br />
and Every Bite<br />
2012 represents the first year that the Dietary Services<br />
team has been led and managed entirely by the Jewish<br />
Home at Rockleigh staff — totally committed to continually<br />
enhance the dining experience for residents, staff,<br />
volunteers, and visitors each and every day.<br />
Through intelligent and careful purchases, our management<br />
team has improved the quality and variety of<br />
meals, preparing and serving the finest and freshest<br />
kosher foods available. The “new and improved” features<br />
we implemented this year include: monthly resident<br />
Culinary Club meetings with demonstrations of “how to<br />
make” items such as kugel, hamantashen, fish cakes and<br />
a variety of different salads, along with some store<br />
bought items for residents to sample. Menu changes on<br />
Friday evenings include a variety of new kugel recipes as<br />
well as a wide variety of soups, and “home baked”<br />
desserts like baked cinnamon apples, chocolate chip and<br />
sugar cookies, apple cake and brownies.<br />
We provide extra special dining delights during Shabbaton<br />
weekends when young adults come and stay with us<br />
for Shabbat. They engage and delight our residents<br />
with their knowledge and enthusiasm, as seen on the<br />
residents’ faces as they interact during mealtime.<br />
The weekly summer resident BBQ’s have proven to be a<br />
big hit as we offer hot dogs, hamburgers and watermelon<br />
with all the fixings.<br />
Visitors and staff at “Carl’s Place” enjoy new daily breakfast<br />
and lunch specials. Cruise week was exciting this year,<br />
with foods that enhanced the African Safari theme.<br />
There is one very important ingredient that is included<br />
with each and every meal we serve. Each Dietary team<br />
member performs his or her tasks with love and adds this<br />
love into every bite taken by our residents. We truly enjoy<br />
serving all of you!<br />
Jean Duroseau<br />
Director of Food Services<br />
Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
The Heart of Every Home<br />
is the Kitchen<br />
The residents at Jewish Home Assisted Living are<br />
enjoying a country club dining experience. Food is an<br />
important part in everyone’s life… At JHAL it’s become<br />
the most important part of the day!<br />
Recently JHAL celebrated five years since opening its<br />
doors. Residents, family members, staff and volunteers<br />
were treated to a delectable tasting of desserts as we<br />
celebrated the residents we serve and the employees<br />
who have been with us since the facility opened. The<br />
display was breathtaking. Those attending could see for<br />
themselves why JHAL has developed a wonderful reputation<br />
for dining enjoyment.<br />
When asking the residents why they are so happy, many<br />
reply it is due to the menu options and the combination<br />
of variety and traditional cuisine. Some of our more<br />
traditional meals are offered for Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah,<br />
Yom Kippur, and other holidays which, of course,<br />
includes Passover and two wonderful Seders. Year after<br />
year more and more family members come to JHAL to<br />
share the holiday with their parents or grandparents and<br />
enjoy the true Jewish flavor of JHAL’s cuisine.<br />
The Food Service Department also offers favorite dishes<br />
from France, Italy, Israel and Latin America, just to name<br />
a few. Two of our residents this past year celebrated<br />
milestone birthdays as they turned 101 and 103. It was<br />
no surprise that food was a big part of the celebration.<br />
The residents at JHAL also assist in creating meals. It has<br />
become a tradition for some of our female residents to<br />
assist in preparing dinner for the holidays as they share<br />
their secrets with all who dine at the assisted living.<br />
The heart of every home is the kitchen — at JHAL we<br />
always keep that in mind!<br />
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Planting the Seeds<br />
for the Future<br />
Philanthropic giving during one’s lifetime is a path<br />
firmly rooted in our Jewish tradition. The word itself,<br />
tzedakah, comes from the root word, tzedech, or<br />
righteous. To provide a gift to an organization, and be<br />
able to see the benefits of that gift, is most gratifying.<br />
However, to assure that these benefits continue to be<br />
available beyond one’s lifetime is certainly a special<br />
mitzvah. Such a deed demonstrates foresight and<br />
generosity. It also shows an understanding of how<br />
bequests help the Jewish Home to guarantee the<br />
delivery of many vital services and programs to the frail<br />
and elderly.<br />
The most effective form of bequest is an unrestricted<br />
one for the benefit of the Jewish Home Foundation.<br />
This allows the Foundation to use the funds at its<br />
own discretion, as needs change. Bequests may also be<br />
designated for capital purposes, operations or for a special<br />
purpose or program by creating an endowment.<br />
An endowment provides that the income be used by<br />
the Jewish Homes in perpetuity, with the principal<br />
remaining intact. All bequests carry the name of the<br />
benefactor or others as directed in the will.<br />
While through your generosity we continue to provide<br />
required funding for both capital and operating needs<br />
of our facilities, building an endowment based on<br />
planned legacy gifts is the means to secure our future.<br />
Many members of our community have used their<br />
foresight and beneficence and taken the initiative to<br />
name the Jewish Home Foundation in their will. Please<br />
join us as we plant the seeds for future generations by<br />
making a bequest to the Jewish Home Foundation.<br />
Please contact Melanie Cohen, Executive Director.<br />
Bequests<br />
2011– 2012*<br />
Estate of Melvin Boyarsky<br />
Estate of Ada Denichilo<br />
Estate of William S. Guttenberg<br />
Estate of Jacob and<br />
Lisbeth Hirshberger<br />
Estate of Lily Hochron<br />
Estate of Tilly Mayer<br />
Estate of David Mironov<br />
Estate of James Solomon Reiner<br />
Estate of Carrie Stern<br />
Estate of Henry Taub<br />
* Reflects bequests received between<br />
8/1/11 and 8/15/12<br />
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Endowment for the<br />
Coming Generations<br />
The Endowment Fund Programs of the Jewish Home<br />
were initiated in 1992. In the 20 years since its inception,<br />
a total of nearly $2.896 million has been committed to<br />
33 funds to further enhance the daily lives of our<br />
elderly. This past year one new fund was initiated.<br />
Unrestricted endowments can be created for the<br />
general benefit of the residents of the Jewish Home, to<br />
be utilized at the discretion of the administration of the<br />
Home. Alternatively, a donor may earmark a prospective<br />
endowment for a specifically dedicated purpose. The<br />
principal investment of these endowments is never<br />
touched, but continues to grow through additional<br />
commitments, contributions and interest. A perpetual<br />
legacy of unbroken financial support for a special<br />
activity is thus provided, which would be unavailable<br />
otherwise. The endowment also carries the donor’s<br />
name for all time.<br />
Endowments, so generously established, enrich the<br />
quality of the lives of our residents at the Jewish Home<br />
at Rockleigh, and Jewish Home Assisted Living, as well<br />
as those we serve through Jewish Home at Home and<br />
our Adult Day Health Care and outreach programs —<br />
permanently.<br />
Friends of the Jewish Home are invited to select or<br />
design a program and, in the Jewish tradition of<br />
tzedakah, establish an endowment that will benefit our<br />
elders today, and will be there for generations to come.<br />
Fritzi and Alton Adler Fund for support of athletic activities<br />
Bea Bendheim Fund for general support of operations<br />
Angelica and Russ Berrie Anniversary Fund for general support of operations<br />
George Clott Fund for library at Rockleigh<br />
Myrna and Alan Cohen Fund<br />
for support of the Myrna and Alan Cohen Annual Spring Concert<br />
Marion and Curt de Jonge Fund for computer and Internet service for residents<br />
Harriet and Marvin Eiseman Fund for general support of operations<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gallen Fund<br />
for the Gallen Adult Day Health Care Center and<br />
the Gallen Adult Day Health Care Transportation Program<br />
Marilyn Harwood Memorial Chopped Liver Fund<br />
for resident kiddishes at JHR<br />
Marion and Albert Hess Fund<br />
for support of aging at home services in memory of Rebe and Jack Hyman<br />
Bella and Martin Himmelfarb Memorial Fund<br />
for JHR Employee of the Month Award<br />
Henie and Roy Horton Memorial Fund<br />
for JHR resident therapeutic art program<br />
David Lapin Memorial Fund for general support of operations<br />
Maurice Levy Memorial Fund for benefit of nursing education<br />
Doris and William Lippman Fund for resident entertainment<br />
Bernice and Milton Luxemburg Fund<br />
for Jewish festival celebrations in memory of Dora and Louis Adler<br />
Ethel and Irving Plutzer Fund for dental care<br />
Pauline and Jerome Rose Fund for support of a social service intern<br />
Syril and Leonard Rubin Fund for general support of operations<br />
Hildegard and Sidney Schonfeld Fund for general support of operations<br />
Louise and Leonard Schwartz Fund<br />
for general support of operations<br />
Herb Seid Memorial Fund for support of staff fitness<br />
Barbara and Norman Seiden Fund<br />
for support of services designated by Jewish Home’s President<br />
Charlotte Simon Scholarship Fund<br />
Sylvia and Stanley Shirvan Fund<br />
for rehabilitation services for the neurologically impaired<br />
Karen and Gary Singer Fund<br />
for benefit of resident programs and services<br />
Jeanette and Seymour Spira Fund for library large print papers, books, and tapes<br />
Swire Family Fund for enhancement of interior design<br />
Marilyn and Henry Taub Fund<br />
for support of in-patient and out-patient Alzheimer’s services<br />
Dorothy Tuder Fund<br />
for Alzheimer’s care in memory of Bertha and William Tuder<br />
Beate and Henry Voremberg Fund for general support of operations<br />
Inge and Paul Wolff Fund for recreational activities<br />
Leane Woller Memorial Library Fund for support of JHR library<br />
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The Capital Campaigns for the<br />
$5,000,000<br />
Russ* and Angelica Berrie<br />
$4,000,000 – $4,999,999<br />
The Kaplen Foundation •<br />
$1,000,000 – $2,999,999<br />
The Herbert and Betty<br />
Gallen* Foundation<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Milton Gralla<br />
Mrs. Ruth Horowitz* •<br />
Barbara and Norman Seiden •<br />
$500,000 – $999,999<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Adler<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Erich Holzer •<br />
Estate of Betty Leichter<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Leonard Rubin<br />
Henry* and Marilyn Taub Foundation<br />
$200,000 – $499,999<br />
Mr. Mel Brenner*<br />
Care One, LLC<br />
Alan and Myrna Cohen<br />
Family Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Drapkin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Goldner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Greenblatt •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hess<br />
Jewish Home Foundation of<br />
North Jersey, Inc.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kaufman •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klatskin •<br />
Mr. Richard Kurtz<br />
Lapin Family Foundation<br />
Beth and Mark Metzger<br />
Foundation, Inc.<br />
Werner and Ruth Nartel Foundation<br />
Rockland County Jewish Home<br />
for the Aged •<br />
Shirvan Family Foundation<br />
Jeanette and Seymour Spira<br />
Philanthropic Fund<br />
$100,000 – $199,999<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Amster<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Beer •<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Marvin Eiseman •<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Carl Epstein •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Epstein •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kel,<br />
Moshe and Rami Evar<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ary Freilich •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Gerstein •<br />
Dr. Irwin and Marjorie Hirshberg<br />
Herman Kaye Charitable Foundation •<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* William Lippman •<br />
Estate of Ruth Lipschitz<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Leonard Marcus<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Harold May •<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Al Orlian<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Abe Oster<br />
Peckar and Abramson<br />
JoAnn Hassan and Martin Perlman •<br />
Mrs. Martha Richman*<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William, Russell and<br />
Douglas Rothman and Families •<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. John Saril<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Rudolph Thal<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Henry Voremberg<br />
$50,000 – $99,999<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Abrams<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bernstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Bober •<br />
Bogen Family Charitable Trust •<br />
Nancy and Peter Brown<br />
Sara Chait Memorial Foundation, Inc.<br />
–Lawrence E. May, President<br />
–Sandra Divack Moss, Secretary<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Barry Croland and<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shapiro<br />
Marion and Curt de Jonge<br />
Charitable Gift Fund •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Epstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Epstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Epstein<br />
Feldman Charitable Foundation •<br />
–Esther and Warren Feldman<br />
–Sol Feldman*<br />
–Drs. Terri and Lawrence Katz<br />
Hon. and Mrs.* David B. Follender<br />
Drs. Sylvia and Seymour* Fried •<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Abe Ginsburg<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Greditor •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Grossmann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Guttenberg*<br />
Haar Family Foundation<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Werner Hausmann •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Henschel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ilan Kaufthal •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald LeBoff •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lemelson •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leventhal •<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Bernard Levere<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Max Marco •<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Lester Miller<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moser<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Deane Penn<br />
Marvel S. Platoff Foundation •<br />
Lena and Selly Pressburger*<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Schlussel •<br />
Pearl Seiden •<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Harris Shapiro<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Strauss<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Struhl<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Irving Swire •<br />
Estate of Carrie Stern •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Tekel •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomases*<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Michael Trachtenberg<br />
Weiss Family Foundation •<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* John Weiss •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Weksel<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Dolph Wettreich<br />
Mr. Siggi B. Wilzig*<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wolfer<br />
Capital Campaign I—1997–2005<br />
†Capital Campaign II — 2005 to present<br />
•Particpated in both Capital Campaign I and Capital Campaign II<br />
*Deceased<br />
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The Capital Campaigns for the<br />
$25,000 – $49,999<br />
Estate of Alton Adler<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Robert Berkley<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Berliner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blatt •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Yale Block •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Boker<br />
Estates of Ethel and<br />
Benjamin Chodash •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Cooper †<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Emanuel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Epstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Erenburg •<br />
Dr. Matty and Mrs. Shirley Feldman<br />
Dr. Matis Fermaglich •<br />
Eva Lynn and Leo Gans<br />
Arnold and Sandra Gold Family<br />
Philanthropic Fund •<br />
Sam Gorovoy Foundation, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hermann<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Leonard Hetson<br />
Mrs. Lily Hochron*<br />
Estate of Ceil Israel<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Arthur Joseph •<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* J. Gordon Kalt •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Kugler †<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. William Landau<br />
Estate of Doris Lippman †<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lippman •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mactas<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Miller •<br />
The Edward* and Florence<br />
Paley Foundation •<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Irving Plutzer •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rachesky<br />
Realvest Capital Corporation<br />
–Gil Sandler, President<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Saul Rogers<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Benjamin Rosen<br />
Charles I. Rosen Foundation<br />
Mr. Daniel Rubin<br />
David and Eleanore Rukin<br />
Philanthropic Foundation<br />
Estate of Frieda Saidel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goldstein †<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Newton Scherl<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gordon<br />
Laura and Morton Schneider Fund • Mr. Nason Gordon<br />
Schoenheimer Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Gordon †<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Schonfeld* Estate of Louis Green<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schwartz Mr. Marvin Greenberg †<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Seiden •<br />
Mr. Steven Morey Greenberg •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Silna<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Greenwald<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Straus<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brett Harwood<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Moshael Straus<br />
Estate of Francis Heller<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Weinberg<br />
Family of Murray Hermann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Weiss •<br />
Dr.* and Mrs. Saul Hoffman •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Wiener and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holzer •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Wiener<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Jaffin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wolff •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Katzman †<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Youngman • Dr. and Mrs. Martin Levitt and<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zaikov •<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Carl Levitt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Zaikov<br />
Mr. Harry Low †<br />
Mrs. Fran Ziegelheim<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Low<br />
$10,000 – $24,999<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Max Milians<br />
Gloria and Wilson Aboudi<br />
The Neisloss Family Foundation, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Adelson • Dr. and Mrs.* Michael Nevins<br />
Estate of Elaine Ames<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Petak •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Aronson<br />
Gene and Caren Pillet Charity Fund •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Shepard Bartnoff* Mr. and Mrs.* Manny Portnoy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bercow •<br />
Mrs. Alberta Poskanzer* •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berkowitz • Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rose<br />
Mrs. Gail Billig •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rothman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Blumenthal Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Schlisser •<br />
Dr. Stephen Brenner<br />
Mr. George Schrenzel<br />
Estate of Mildred Burg<br />
Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher<br />
Foundation, Inc.<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. George Clott<br />
Mr. Jack Schwartz*<br />
Estate of Gertrude Cohen<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Cohen • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Siegel<br />
Mr.* and Mrs. Ralph Silberthau<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Feldman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Simon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Fish<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sokol<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Foster<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sternlieb<br />
Estate of Freida Frank<br />
Drs. Sharon and Kenny Fried •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Weinberg •<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Weinstein<br />
Gadsby and Hannah LLP<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Stephen Wormser<br />
Karen and Eric Ginsburg<br />
†<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Goodman • Mr. and Mrs. Sam Zaro<br />
Mr. and Mrs.* Lyonel Zunz<br />
Capital Campaign I—1997–2005<br />
†Capital Campaign II — 2005 to present<br />
•Particpated in both Capital Campaign I and Capital Campaign II<br />
*Deceased<br />
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As of 8/15/12
Annual Gala October 16, 2011<br />
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Capital Campaigns Donors*<br />
$3,000,000 and above<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Kaplen<br />
$1,000,000 – $2,999,999<br />
Anonymous<br />
Estate of Ruth Horowitz<br />
$500,000 – $999,000<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Adler<br />
The Russell Berrie Foundation<br />
The Norman and Barbara Seiden<br />
Foundation<br />
$250,000 – $499,999<br />
The David Brown Foundation<br />
Beth and Mark Metzger Foundation<br />
Henry † and Marilyn Taub Foundation<br />
$100,000 – $249,999<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brown<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hess<br />
Interchange Bank<br />
The Charles and Lynne Klatskin<br />
Family Charitable Trust<br />
Perlman Family Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Silna<br />
$50,000 – $99,999<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Adelson<br />
Mr. † and Mrs. Milton Gralla<br />
Mrs. Eva Holzer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leventhal<br />
Mr. William Lippman<br />
Mr. † and Mrs. Leonard Rubin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Shirvan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. † John Weiss<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Yegen<br />
$25,000 – $49,999<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Aboudi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Braverman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Beer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brown<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Epstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Epstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ary Freilich<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gans<br />
Mr. Sidney Schonfeld †<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sokol<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Spira<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Strauss<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Tekel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wolfer<br />
$15,000 – $24,999<br />
Mr. † and Mrs. Werner Hausmann<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Irwin Hirshberg<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kronfeld<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Levetown<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Merians<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Rose &<br />
Mr. Jerome Rose<br />
$2,500 – $14,999<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bernstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blatt<br />
Mr. Larry Cole<br />
Ms. Rose Dessau<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Epstein<br />
Mr. Carl Epstein<br />
Drs. Arnold and Sandra Gold<br />
Mr. Steven Morey Greenberg<br />
Mr. † and Mrs. Arthur Joseph<br />
Mr. Nathan Lehrer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Levine<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Levy<br />
Bella Pesin Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Robinson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Schwartz<br />
*As of 8/15/12<br />
† Deceased<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Behrens<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bercow<br />
Mr. David Bernstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Berkowitz<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bernstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Blecher<br />
Cassell Family Trust<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Chazen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Curt de Jonge<br />
Mr. Howard Dessau<br />
Ms. Rose Dessau<br />
Jewish Home Foundation<br />
of North Jersey, Inc<br />
Mrs. Theresa Hahn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hain<br />
Mr. † and Mrs. Werner Hausmann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hirschberg<br />
Mrs. Eva Holzer<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kaufman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klatskin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kurtz<br />
Mr. Jack Langer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lemelson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Levy<br />
Mr. Avi Lewinson and Ms. Susan Shlanger<br />
Kaplen Matching Challenge*<br />
Lewis Family Trust<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lippman<br />
Mr. William Lippman<br />
Estate of Tilly Mayer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Merians<br />
Estate of David Mironov<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Ohren<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Orenstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Perlman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Price<br />
Mr. Herman Rosenstein<br />
Ms. Ilene Russano<br />
Ms. Betty Salzman<br />
Sisterhood of Temple Emanuel<br />
of the Pascack Valley<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Youngman<br />
Philip Wishner Family Trust<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Witt<br />
The Wolfer Family<br />
Our Goal<br />
$3,000,000<br />
Currently<br />
$2,860,487<br />
$2,000,000<br />
$1,000,000<br />
0<br />
The Kaplen<br />
Foundation<br />
$953,496<br />
From the<br />
Community<br />
$1,906,991<br />
The Kaplen Challenge Match*<br />
Thanks to the many who have stepped forward with a gift toward the 1:2 Kaplen Challenge Match. These<br />
funds are utilized to offset operational costs during the fill-up period at the Jewish Home Assisted Living<br />
facility. The community is invited to help us meet our $3 million goal!<br />
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*As of 8/15/12– gifts of $5000 or more<br />
† Deceased
Friends of the Jewish Home Family<br />
Friends of the Jewish Home was established to publicly recognize the generosity of donors who, with annual gifts to the<br />
Jewish Home Foundation totaling $1,000 or more, fulfill the critical and ongoing importance of private philanthropy to the<br />
advancement of care for our elders.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Aboudi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Abrams and<br />
Mr. Lew Paer and<br />
Ms. Roberta Abrams Paer<br />
Acorn Healthcare Services, Inc.<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. David Dubin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Adler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Adler<br />
Aero Ambulance Service<br />
A. L. Levine Family Foundation, Inc.<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Joel J. Steiger<br />
Mrs. Lucille J. Amster<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Aroesty<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Aronson<br />
Associated Realty Co.<br />
Barnett Design, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George Bean<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Murray L. Beer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bercow<br />
Ms. Carol M. Berg<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Berger<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Berkowitz<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bernstein<br />
The Russell Berrie Foundation<br />
– Mrs. Angelica Berrie<br />
S. Bertram Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bettman<br />
Billig Foundation – Ms. Gail Billig<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Birnant<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Blatt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Yale E. Block<br />
Mr. Louis S. Blumberg<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard R. Bober<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Bogen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gene J. Bokor<br />
Bray Orthotics and Prosthetics<br />
Mrs. Susanne Brunell<br />
BSYD Corporation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Norman Schmutter<br />
Mr. Howard Buxbaum and<br />
Ms. Paula Barber<br />
Caring People, Inc.<br />
Ms. Jill Carus-Bier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Chalfin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Chernin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Cohen<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Cohen<br />
Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A.<br />
Construction Technology Corporation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marc S. Cooper<br />
Cornell Surgical Supply<br />
Cushman & Wakefield of NJ, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Dauber<br />
Dr. Roy Davidovitch and<br />
Ms. Rena Rosenberg<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Curt de Jonge<br />
Mr. Chad DeMartino<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. DeNike<br />
Mr. Howard Dessau<br />
Ms. Rose Dessau<br />
Discover Rx<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Dorf<br />
Eden Memorial Chapels<br />
– Mr. Frank Patti<br />
– Mr. Barry Wien<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Eichenbaum<br />
Mr. Marvin Eiseman<br />
Mrs. Helen Eisenberg<br />
Dr. Mitchell S. Engler and<br />
Ms. Wendy Ezor Engler<br />
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Epstein<br />
Mr. Carl Epstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Epstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Epstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Epstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Epstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Epstein<br />
Evercare<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Farber<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Feiler<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Feinberg<br />
– Dermatology Center<br />
Feldman Charitable Foundation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Warren Feldman<br />
– Drs. Lawrence and Terri Katz<br />
Mr. Kenneth and Dr. Sheila Fields<br />
Hon. David B. Follender<br />
B. Foschino & Son Landscape Inc.<br />
Freedom Home Healthcare<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ary Freilich<br />
Drs. Kenneth and Sharon Fried<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Furer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gans<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Gerstein<br />
Mrs. Hermine Gewirtz<br />
Gibbons, P.C.<br />
– Shepard A. Federgreen, Esq.<br />
Dr. Abraham L. Gitlow<br />
Arnold and Sandra Gold Family<br />
Philanthrophic Fund<br />
– Drs. Arnold and Sandra Gold<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Goldsmith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goldstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Goldstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Goldstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Murray J. Golub<br />
Gralla Family Philanthropic Fund<br />
– Mrs. Shirley Gralla<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Gralla<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Todd Galinko<br />
Steven Morey Greenberg, Esq.<br />
The Burton G. and Anne C. Greenblatt<br />
Foundation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Burton G. Greenblatt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Greenblatt<br />
Dr. and Mrs. E. Mitchell Greenstone<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Harvey R. Gross<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grossmann<br />
Gutterman and Musicant Jewish Funeral<br />
Directors / Wien & Wien Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Trevor S. Harris<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brett S. Harwood<br />
Mrs. Helen Hausmann<br />
HealthTrac, Inc. – Mr. Joseph Peixoto<br />
Heller Family Foundation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Heller<br />
Mr. Jack Hendler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. H. Aaron Henschel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Herman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hess<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hess<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart V. Himmelfarb<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Irwin Hirshberg<br />
Holy Name Medical Center<br />
Mrs. Eva Holzer<br />
Richard H. Holzer Memorial Foundation<br />
– Ms. Vivian Holzer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Holzer<br />
HomeWell Senior Care<br />
Inserra Supermarkets, Inc.<br />
Interstate Waste Services<br />
IPPC Pharmacy<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Landa<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Eli Korn<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Jaffin<br />
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Joseph<br />
The Kaplen Foundation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Kaplen<br />
Ms. Miriam Kassel<br />
Kates Nussman Rapone Ellis & Farhi, LLP<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Kates<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Katz<br />
Drs. Lawrence and Terri Katz<br />
Mr. Steve Kauderer and<br />
Ms. Shari Leventhal<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Kaufmann<br />
Mr. H. Peter Kaufmann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ilan Kaufthal<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Keech<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kesselman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klatskin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Klyde<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Kook<br />
Mr. Saul Kravecas and<br />
Ms. Marie Adler-Kravecas<br />
The Kugler Foundation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Sol Kugler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Kushner<br />
Mrs. Lee Langbaum<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Langer<br />
Lapin Family Foundation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lapin<br />
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Friends of the Jewish Home Family<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald LeBoff<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Nate Lebowitz<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lemelson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Levant<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leventhal<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Rafael Levin<br />
Mr. Bernard Levere<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Levetown<br />
Lewis Family Trust – Larry A. Levy, Esq.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Lippman<br />
Mr. William J. Lippman<br />
Lissner & Lissner LLP<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Low<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Mactas<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mactas<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mahler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mandel<br />
Manhattan Energy LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Max Marco<br />
Marlboro Realty – Mr. Ronald Schaffer<br />
Mrs. Reba Martin<br />
MAST Construction Services<br />
McGowan Builders, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mekles<br />
Mercadien, P.C. – Mr. David L. Stafford<br />
Charles I. Rosen Family Foundation<br />
– Mrs. Rita Merendino<br />
Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation Inc.<br />
Matching Gift Program<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Messinger<br />
Beth & Mark Metzger Foundation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Mark Metzger<br />
Mr. Robert Meyer<br />
Ms. Renee Moskowitz<br />
Ms. Irene Muschel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Nadel<br />
National Council of Jewish Women<br />
Network Doctor<br />
NK Architects – Mr. Allen R. Kopelson<br />
North Jersey Media Group<br />
Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, P.A.<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. David Edelberg<br />
Mrs. Ann Oster<br />
Owens Group Inc.<br />
– Mr. Robert Owens and Ms. Eve Klein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Pakett<br />
Palisade Jewelers, Inc.<br />
The Park Medical Group<br />
Partners Healthcare LLC<br />
Peckar & Abramson, P.C.<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peckar<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Deane Penn<br />
Perlman Family Foundation<br />
– Mr. Martin Perlman and<br />
Ms. JoAnn Hassan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Petak<br />
PharmScript<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pillet<br />
Mr. Andrew Pittel and<br />
Ms. Stephanie Goldman<br />
Platkin Family Foundation<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Irving Plutzer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Posnansky<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Kalmon D. Post<br />
Proctor Foundation, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Adi Rabinowitz and<br />
Rabbi and Mrs. Mayer Rabinowitz<br />
Rampart Agency Inc.<br />
Rampart Benefit Planning, Inc.<br />
– Mr. Evan Portnoy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reisman<br />
Resident Council –<br />
Jewish Home at Rockleigh<br />
The River Palm Terrace<br />
Rockland County Jewish Home<br />
For the Aged, Inc.<br />
Rockleigh Medical and Dental Suites<br />
Mrs. Yetta Rosen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mordecai Rosenberg<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rosenstock<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Rosner<br />
The Rubach Family Foundation<br />
Mrs. Syril Rubin<br />
Mr. Barnett and Dr. Donna Rukin<br />
S.A. Bendheim Ltd.<br />
Sadinoff Family Foundation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Sy Sadinoff<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Sandler – Realvest<br />
Mrs. Susan M. Saril<br />
Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Burton A. Scherl<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Schlisser<br />
Ms. Maybelle Schneider and<br />
Stuart L. Schneider, Esq.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Schweid<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Seiden<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Seiden<br />
Ms. Pearl Seiden<br />
Select Medical Rehabilitation Services<br />
Shapiro, Croland, Reiser, Apfel &<br />
DiIorio, LLP<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Shapiro<br />
Mrs. Shirley Shapiro<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Sharp<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sher<br />
Shirvan Family Foundation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Shirvan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Silberman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Silberstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Silna<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Silver<br />
Nathalie & Samuel Stein Foundation<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. David Simpson<br />
Sky Printing Co., Inc.<br />
Sokol, Behot & Fiorenzo<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Leon J. Sokol<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sokoloff<br />
Mr. Michael Sonnenfeldt and<br />
Ms. Katja Goldman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour L. Spira<br />
Starr, Darcy & Starr, P.C., CPAs<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Steinberg<br />
Drs. Abe and Cynthia Steinberger<br />
Michael Sternlieb, Esq.<br />
The Stockbridge Group<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sterling<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sterling<br />
Mrs. Ellen Strahl<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert W. Strauss<br />
Mrs. Roslyn Swire<br />
Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation<br />
– Mrs. Marilyn Taub<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ira S. Taub,<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Taub and<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gold<br />
Team Resources, Inc.<br />
– Mr. and Mrs. David Cantor<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Tekel<br />
Mrs. Lilo Thurnauer<br />
Mr. Michael A. Trachtenberg<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Ungar<br />
Valley National Bank<br />
Vision Express/<br />
Wrag-Time Transportation<br />
Voremberg Family Foundation<br />
Wallerstein Foundation for<br />
Geriatric Life Improvement<br />
– Mr. Melvin Wallerstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Norton D. Waltuch<br />
Ms. Grace E. Weinstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Weinstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Weiss<br />
Weiss Family Foundation<br />
– Mr. John Weiss<br />
Mr. Dolph Wettreich<br />
Mr. Barry Wien –<br />
Liberty Benevolent Association<br />
Mrs. Naomi B. Wilzig<br />
Rubin Cohen Foundation, Ltd.<br />
– Mrs. Bertha Witt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wolff<br />
Mrs. Sydelle Wolfin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wormser<br />
XPEDX – Mr. Michael Berkowitz<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Zaikov<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sam D. Zaro<br />
Mr. Leon Zelazny<br />
The Irwin & Fran Ziegelheim<br />
Charitable Foundation<br />
– Mrs. Fran Ziegelheim<br />
Ms. Arlene Zweifler<br />
This list reflects donations from 9/20/2011 thru 9/19/2012<br />
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