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Staff and patients at The New Jewish Home benefit from assistance by the National Guard.
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The New Jewish Home is closely and continuously monitoring all matters related to COVID-19 and is taking important precautions to ensure the health and safety of our clients and our staff. Since we serve a frail and vulnerable population of older adults, we are stepping up our infection control precautions and are closely monitoring and adhering to guidelines set forth by NYS Department of Health and the CDC.
Please be assured that our team continues to update our care and procedures in response to this evolving situation.
We are currently administering the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to our staff and residents. We strongly encourage everyone to get vaccinated.
As a health care system proudly serving our community since 1848, it is our duty to do everything in our power to protect those in our care. The New Jewish Home is implementing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all staff as a condition of employment. By October 8, 2021 all current Jewish Home staff must have received a complete series of a COVID-19 vaccine (subject to certain limited legal exemptions). We believe that our staff vaccine requirement is an important step we must take to safeguard our clients, our community and our entire Jewish Home team.
Additionally, please find below our pandemic plans for our Manhattan and Westchester facilities.
Led by our Medical Director and Infection Preventionist, our interdisciplinary team (administrators, senior leadership, clinical leads, communications, and IT departments) meet daily to discuss updates and plan for the next steps.
We are in constant communication with the New York State Department of Health (DOH) to receive, evaluate and implement the latest guidance.
Our clinicians are vigilantly monitoring patient health. We are following strict DOH guidelines for the management of all respiratory infections, including when to test for viruses and when to consider testing for COVID-19.
Our staff has been trained to identify any patients or residents who might be at risk of COVID-19 and are well-prepared to institute precautions for these patients or residents if the need arises.
We have increased the frequency of cleaning on high-touch surfaces and high trafficked public areas with hospital-grade bleach disinfectant. This is done daily, and in many areas, multiple times a day.
In order to limit the chance of exposing our patients and residents to potential COVID-19 in the community, we have updated the following policies.
Manhattan Skilled Nursing Facility
(updated March 18, 2022)
While mask mandates have been lifted in certain settings, please note that masking is still required at our facility. Please carefully read the following guidelines for in-person visitation:
Westchester Skilled Nursing Facility
(updated March 18, 2022)
We remain open for in-person visitation. Please carefully read the following guidelines.
While mask mandates have been lifted in certain settings, please note that masking is still required at our facility. Please carefully read the following guidelines for in-person visitation:
University Avenue Assisted Living (ALP)
(updated March 18, 2022)
Visitors are no longer required to schedule visits in advance.
All residents and visitors should wear face coverings or masks and physically distance, particularly if either is at increased risk for severe disease or are unvaccinated.
If the resident (or family member or other individual associated with the resident) reports a possible close contact to an individual with COVID-19 while outside of the ALP, and the resident is unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated, the resident will be placed on quarantine. If the resident becomes symptomatic for COVID-19, the resident will be placed on transmission-based precautions regardless of vaccination status.
Residents who leave the ALP for 24 hours must be tested twice for COVID-19 upon their return: our nurse will provide rapid COVID-19 tests on the day they return and again after five days.
The health and safety of our residents, patients, and staff remain our priority. We are following the guidance provided by the NYS Department of Health and the CDC.
If you have questions, please contact our designated “WeCare” line at (212) 870-7570 or email us at wecare@jewishhome.org. We will respond to your inquiry between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. and we encourage you to reach out during these hours unless there is an emergent need.
The health and safety of our residents, patients and staff remain our priority. We are following the guidance provided by the NYS Department of Health and the CDC.
If you have questions, please contact our designated “WeCare” line at (646) 293-3344 or email us at wecareSRN@jewishhome.org or (646) 293-3344
We are open for in-person visitation. All visitors will be asked to complete a screening questionnaire as well as a temperature check.
Should you have any questions, please contact us at 718-410-1415.
Our Adult Day Health Care Program in Manhattan is OPEN! Please contact Annette Candelaria, Community Relations/Patient Care Liaison at (646) 276-5910 to learn more. You can also reach us at AdultDayHealthCare@jewishhome.org.
If you are not receiving email updates from The New Jewish Home and would like to, please contact your Director of Social Work. For Manhattan, please contact Meg Bondy: 212-870-4939; mbondy@jewishhome.org. For Westchester, please contact Cristina Giarratano: 914-864-5660; cgiarratano@jewishhome.org.
We encourage everyone to practice general flu prevention measures as recommended by the CDC which are the exact same measures that will help us prevent COVID-19 illness:
Stay home if you’re feeling sick; call your doctor immediately to report your symptoms and travel history;
Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue or sleeve; throw the tissue away immediately;
Wash your hands regularly;
Avoid touching your face;
Avoid close contact with people who are sick; and
Get your flu shot, if you haven’t already received it.
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