THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 6 Friday; August 4, 1918 Sinai Staff Has "House Calls' at Borman Hall NEW CADILLAC? BUY OR LEASE FROM Who says doctors don't make house calls any more? Certainly not the resi- dents of Jewish Home for Aged. In fact, many of them are seeing Sinai Hospital specialists — eye doctors, dentists and physical ANDY BLAU in BIRMINGHAM at WILSON-CRISSMAN CADILLAC CALL BUS. MI 4-1930 RES. 642-6836 1350 N. WOODWARD, BIRMINGHAM Re-Elect .. OAK PARK . .Royal Oak Twp. AARON !ler, County Commissioner Democrat Paid for by Comm. to Re-Elect Demi. M Aaron 10150 Dartmouth. Oak Park. M. DENNIS M. AARON therapists on a regular basis. The "house calls" are part of an effort by the home and the hospital, both agencies of the Jewish Welfare Fed- eration, to provide ancillary care for the elderly. A low- vision screening clinic was conducted at Borman Hall beginning in October, the dental program is in prog- ress, and Sinai Hospital physical therapists are au- gmenting the services al- ready provided at the Home for Aged. While excellent full-time medical care has always been available at the home, some specialized medical services were provided only on an intermittent or RE-elect JIM CLARKSON 46th District Judge emergency basis. Now, Sinai specialists visit the Home weekly. And for many of the elderly, con- fined to wheel chairs or for whom leaving the home on a continuing basis was ex- tremely difficult, the "house calls" have been a boon. The changes came about through the efforts of the home, under the direction of Charles Wolfe, Sinai Hospi- tal administration, and the Federation's Medical Coor- dinating Committee, chaired by Dr. Hyman Mel- len, and associate chairmen Dr. Milton Goldrath and Dr. Peter Shifrin. The commit- tee seeks to expand the cooperation between Sinai Hospital and other Federa- tion agencies. "The low-vision screening program is part of our basic rehabilitative concept," explains Dr. Ernest Gaynes, who along with Dr. Morris Mintz and Dr. Arnold Gor- don ran the clinic at Bor- man Hall. "We want the people living in the home to remain as much in touch with their environment as possible. If people are hav- ing difficulty with their vis- ion, they have difficulty with their environment." The three doctors saw nearly all the residents of Borman Hall, providing services ranging from pre- scription changes to medi- cal treatment. . When the low-vision screening clinic came to JHA, Dr. Gaynes says he was not aware it would be a forerunner of the ex- panded physical therapy and dental programs. "All we were really do- ing," he says, "was aug- menting the fine care al- ready available." OUR CHOICE FOR 46th DISTRICT JUDGE (non-partisan) is Judge James Clarkson The low-vision screening program will visit the JHA's Prentis Manor within the near future. For the dental program, the Borman Hall facilities had to be modified slightly to accommodate the in- creased number of patients. "It was already 75 percent complete for our needs," said Dr. John Helfrick, of dentistry and oral surgery at Sinai. "We wanted to do three things with the dental prog- ram," Dr. Helfrick added. "First, we wantrA to provide our dentists with a strong introduction to geriatric dentistry. Secondly, we wanted to provide care on an on-going basis for resi- dents of the home. And thirdly, we wanted to see if this type of service could be expanded to others in Jewish institutions." The response of the el- derly to the program was "overwhelming," accord- ing to the dentists, who lost no time in making friends. "At first, the residents were slightly apprehen- sive," said Esther Salamon, a medical records assistant at the home. "But once they found out the price was right, some of them have wanted to go all the time." While for many, the den- tal and low-vision screening programs have provided an opportunity to alleviate problems not necessitating emergency treatment, the dental program has had some problems with fund- ing, and some services orig- inally proposed had to be curtailed. "We aren't doing this to make money," Dr. Helfrick says of the dental program. "But we did want to break even and not lose any funds." A small "seed money" grant is expected from the United Jewish Charities, but much of the funding for the dental program, especially lab work, was supposed to come from third-party reimbursements like Medicaid. Restrictions from the state, however, have put some of that reimbursement in doubt. While the number of vis- its by Sinai medical person- nel may be reduced once the current program is com- pleted, plans are to repeat the screening processes when a number of new resi- chairman of the department dents enter the home. • •• Because: • he is experienced in law and government — former practicing attorney for 23 years; in 1959-60 a member of the Michigan Legislature; Mayor of Southfield for four terms; for eight years a member of the Oakland County Board of Supervisors and presently Chief Judge of the 46th District Court, in his 10th year of service. • he is a family man with personal and professional roots in tree community — age 53; he and wife Betty are parents of four sons — the eldest recently graduated as a Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine from Michigan State University. • he has national as well as local understanding of the people, their problems, their government and the law. He was recently elected to the Board of Governors of the prestigious American Judges' Association where he has served for the past nine years, and has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the American Red Magen David Adom, Michigan Region. • he is a member of the American, Michigan and Southfield Bar Associations and is known for his innovative ideas on law enforcement in prevention of crime. • he is endorsed by business, labor, Veterans' Citizens League and has the highest rating of the Oakland Citizens League. PLEASE MAKE Jim Clarkson YOUR CHOICE, TOO! Pd. for by Clarkson for District Judge Committee, 22340 Maplewood Dr., Slid., Mich. 48034 ospital In a cooperative program between and the Jewish Home for Aged, a Sinai dental specialist examines the teeth of a Borman Hall resi; dent.