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What:
AJAS Northeast Regional Meeting
When:
November 15th
Hosted by:
Jewish Home Family
Rockleigh, NJ
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| World Elder Abuse Awareness Day | |
People throughout a community can play a role in preventing and detecting elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. This was the message of this year's World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (June 15th) in several communities. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day began in 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse to promote awareness of this largely under-recognized public health and human rights concern.
Cedar Village (Mason, OH)
The Shalom Center for Elder Abuse Prevention of Cedar Village held a symposium June 14th for about 80 Greater Cincinnati professionals, including law enforcement officials, social workers and health care professionals. Experts in elder abuse shared the message that people throughout a community are in a position to detect elder abuse. For example, a banker might notice that a senior is regularly withdrawing larger amounts of cash than usual or a pharmacist might detect that someone is more often refilling pain medication prescriptions for their parent. Community members need to be constantly aware to detect and prevent this threat to the most vulnerable.
The Jewish Home of Fairfield County (Fairfield, CT)
In Connecticut, a film titled "Imagine a World without Elder Abuse: We All Play a Role" premiered on June 14th as a tribute to World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The video was produced by local advocates for older adults in Fairfield County, part of the Coalition for Abuse Prevention of the Elderly (CAPE), sponsored by The Jewish Home of Fairfield County and The Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging. Following the premiere, attendees discussed local elder abuse experiences, resources, and prevention methods.
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| CJE Senior Life Program Showcased as Top Practice | |
Previously featured in AJAS publications.
The non-profit leadership organization Partners for Livable Communities, funded by the MetLife Foundation, showcased CJE SeniorLife's Culture Bus, as one of the top practices in the nation in their latest publication, Stories for Change: Leadership Examples of Expanding the Arts to New Audiences. Partners for Livable Communities worked with the MetLife Foundation to create a compendium of nearly 50 arts and cultural best practices from organizations across the country that demonstrate leadership and innovation in developing programs that meet the needs of older adults and/or immigrants.
One of only a handful of programs like it in the country, CJE SeniorLife's award-winning Culture Bus offers older adults with early Alzheimer's or other forms of early-state dementia a unique opportunity for stimulation, education and recreation through art, drama, history, music, dance, architecture and more.
"It came as a delightful surprise to be called by Partners for Livable Communities to be invited to share more about our Culture Bus program. It was an honor to be included in this compendium, listed alongside so many other inspiring, innovative, needed programs that make life better for our beloved seniors," said Judy Holstein, Director of Adult Day Services.
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| Senior-Senior Prom at the LA Jewish Home |
Los Angeles Jewish Home residents recently enjoyed a Senior-Senior Prom with students from New Community Jewish High School (NCJHS). As part of the Home's year-long Centennial celebration, the prom was a wonderful opportunity to honor residents, who are the heart and soul of the Home. The intergenerational event, whose theme was A Moment in Time, featured music from across the decades, giving everyone a chance to hear music they love and music that is new to them.
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Hebrew Health Care's Homecoming Week
| A Groovy Success
Hebrew Health Care, located in West Hartford, CT, held a successful "Homecoming Week" in early June. Homecoming week is a national event of Leading Age with this year's theme of "Inspire Serve, Advocate. The sixties themed week included a mock game show of "The Price is Right," a traveling musician, and various sing-a-longs.
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| Jewish Home Assisted Living Celebrates 5 Years | 
The Jewish Home Assisted Living in River Vale, N.J. celebrated its fifth anniversary on Sunday, June 24th with a program honoring employees who have worked at the facility for five years and expressing appreciation to the volunteers who regularly assist at programs for residents.
Maggie Kaplen, JHAL's past president and member of the Board, noted that 10 years ago, this facility was a dream. "Some 267 people have lived here over five years...We're here primarily to enrich the lives of our residents."
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