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FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1989
Home For Aged
Continued from Page 1
catastrophic illness law
enabled eligible elderly to
stay in skilled nursing homes
at the government's expense
for 150 days, compared with
the previous limit of 100 days.
Despite the apparent finan-
cial improvements, a long-
term planning committee,
formed in April, will recom-
mend one of three cost-
cutting options for the Home
at its quarterly board
meeting in September.
Options include across the
board cuts at Borman Hall
and Prentis Manor, phasing
out Prentis Manor through
attrition and converting
Prentis into a private-pay
facility. Prentis Manor, with
100 beds, accounts for 60 per-
cent of the Home's deficit.
Any option will be tern-
porary for three to four years
until the facility moves to a
new location. A proposed
West Bloomfield facility
would replace Borman Hall
in Detroit and Prentis Manor
in Southfield.
But those plans to build a
new facility on the campus of
the Maple/Drake Jewish
Community Center have
been put on hold because of
an ongoing legal battle with
private competitors.
Just a week after the state
Department of Public Health
issued a certificate of need in
March for the proposed facili-
ty, private competitors filed a
lawsuit in Ingham County
Circuit Court challenging the
state's authority to issue the
certificate.
Ingham County Circuit
Court Judge Carolyn Steil
heard the case in April, but
has not rendered a deci-
sion.
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JPM Schedules
Events For Seniors
The Senior Adult Depart-
ment of the Jewish Corn-
munity Center, through a
donation from the Charles
and Frances Driker Fund for
Yiddish Culture, will make
audio tapes of the weekly,
90-minute Yiddish Reading
Circle. These tapes will be
made available to future
generations of Yiddishists.
Yiddish literature is discuss-
ed from 10:15 a.m. to 12 noon
in Room 3 on Fridays. Sol
Granadier is the facilitator.
The erev Shabbat program
featuring Cantor Max
Shimansky will take place
12:30 p.m. Friday in Jaffe
Hall.
Alicia — My Story by Alicia
Appleman-Jurman will be
reviewed by Frances
Weinberg 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Sinai Hospital's Finance
Department will provide a
representative to discuss long
term health insurance 1 p.m.
Tuesday. The first part of the
movie Rhapsody in Blue will
follow.
A trip to Altermatt's Pro-
duce Farm is scheduled for
Wednesday. Seniors should
bring a lunch.
Jack Ballin, Sam and Mary
Gorlick and Itzhak Percupitz
will entertain the Yiddish
culture group 12:30 p.m.
Thursday.
Irving Herman will facili-
tate the press review, a cur-
rent events group 12:30 p.m.
Thursday.
A busload of seniors will at-
tend South Pacific Thursday.
The transportation and per-
formance at the West Bloom-
field High School is provided
through Tam-O-Shanter
Country Club. The bus leaves
from Jimmy Prentis Morris
Building at 5:30 p.m. The per-
formance starts at 6:30 p.m.
On Aug. 25, Friday
Features will present the last
in this month's New York Ci-
ty Video Film Series. Broad-
way Melody of 1938 will be
shown at 10 a.m.
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percentage of whom have
never been married. I unders-
tand the concept of trying to
keep Jewish singles involved
in Judaism, but I do not
believe they should have a
monopoly on planning social,
athletic and cultural events
for single people.
In the three years that I
have been a single parent, I
have seen groups form and
disband. These groups were
all geared for the single per-
son age 25-40.
I believe that it is time for
the Conservative and the
Reform synagogues to look to
the needs of the singles over
40. We have raised children
and have just as many needs
as the younger singles.
By omitting the single per-
son over 40 who has no
religious affiliation, you are
making it very difficult for us
to meet other Jewish people
and forcing us to go to other
single events that are mixed.
I appeal to the Conservative
and religious leaders to take
another look at the Jewish
singles over 40 and realize
that we, too, have strong
needs to be recognized in the
Jewish community.
Sharon Stein
South field