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November 24, 2020

Remembering David Dinkins, 1927–2020, Our 2018 Eight Over 80 Honoree

The New Jewish Home mourns the passing of David Dinkins.

We were grateful to be able to honor David Dinkins in 2018 at our Eight over Eighty Gala. Please watch this wonderful short video from the 2018 gala where he talks about his passion for tennis and his run for mayor.

November 20, 2020

Dr. Ruth Spinner, Senior Medical Director on the Second Wave, Staying Safe During the Holidays and the Flu Shot

Text transcript of the interview with Dr. Spinner –

Hi, my name is Dr. Ruth Spinner, and I’m a geriatrician and Senior Medical Director at The New Jewish Home. As Senior Medical Director, I oversee the medical staff at our nursing homes, and I also put policies and procedures in place to care for and protect the older adults under our care. I was also appointed in the spring as director of our COVID-19 task force.

November 19, 2020

Yiddish Folksbiene Musicians Bring the Music of “Fiddler” to Tenants of The New Jewish Home’s Kittay Senior Apartments

A special event on Thursday, November 12, brought together two groups of people who have been especially affected by the global pandemic: vulnerable older adults and performing artists.

November 14, 2020

Get to Know Sonya Choudhury, a Long-term Care Nurse Practitioner at our Manhattan Campus

Get to know Sonya Choudhury, a long-term care nurse practitioner at our Manhattan campus, as she reflects on The New Jewish Home’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how building meaningful relationships with residents leads to better clinical outcomes.

November 3, 2020

A Help Line and a Lifeline: Adult Day Care Services via Telehealth

The Jewish Home’s Telehealth program is providing much-needed companionship, health assessment and evaluation, and social services for Adult Day Health Care clients unable to attend the program in person during the pandemic.

October 22, 2020

Helping Frail Cardiac Patients Get Well, Go Home and Stay Home

Marlene Konopolsky, who runs the Social Work Transitions program on our Westchester campus, provides expert care from the moment patients arrive for heart rehabilitation to three months after they are discharged home. “I’m essentially their care navigator for the next 12 weeks.”

October 19, 2020

Geriatrics Career Development Featured on CBS 2 News

CBS 2 News featured Francisca Fadairo, a remarkable high school senior in our Geriatrics Career Development Program (GCD). For the past 15 years, The New Jewish Home’s groundbreaking workforce development program has provided underserved high school students with allied health care certifications, college preparation and invaluable experience caring for older adults. Instead of closing GCD when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we actually hired our GCD participants so they could continue to receive hands-on training and gain firsthand experience working on the front lines as health care heroes.

October 5, 2020

Musician and WWII Veteran Celebrates his 100th Birthday

Harold Schachner, a resident in The New Jewish Home, Manhattan, celebrates his 100th birthday by seeing his family for the first time since COVID-19.

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September 30, 2020

News 12: Mount Vernon woman reunited after 6 months with mom in nursing home

After a six-month wait, Sarah Neuman resident, Dorothy was able to reunite with her daughter during a garden visit. News12 Westchester visited for this special moment.

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