Can We Help? Jewish Family Service provides assistance in more areas than you may be aware of. Do you need help? Have questions? We are here to help you. Call 559-1500 Clinical Counseling Individual, marital, family and group therapy. Licensed Out-Patient Psychiatric Clinic. Family Abuse Prevention Program. Senior Services* Counseling for the aged and their families. Assessment, evaluations, information and referral. Group Apartment for the Elderly Program, In-Home Respite Care, Homecare, Meals-On-Wheels (in cooperation with N.C.JW.) and Federation Apart- ments), Volunteer programs: transportation, friendly visitors and grocery shoppers. Emergency Assistance Financial Assistance, Kosher Food Certificates, Emergency Aid. Services to homeless and transients. Children's Services Adoption and child placement. Volunteer programs: Special Friends and Tutoring. Jewish Family Life Education The agency will sponsor or co-sponsor a series of workshops and support groups on a variety of current family and community issues as requested by organizations and the community. Fees are based on ability to pay. Licensed and Certified for Major Insurance Plans. *Licensed Medicare Provider Jewish Family Service Hosts 23rd Annual Volunteer Institute Jewish Family Service will. host the 23rd Annual Volunteer Institute on Monday, October 14, 1991. The keynote speaker, Representative Max- ine Berman, will discuss Living Wills and Medicaid Benefits. Sandra Hyman, M.SW., Director of Resettlement Ser- vice, will also speak on volunteer op- portunities at the agency. A continental breakfast will be serv- ed at 9:30 a.m. and the program will run from 10-11:30 a.m. Volunteers of Jewish Family Service and Resettle- ment Service and their friends are in- vited to attend. This event will be held at the Agen- cy for Jewish Education (formerly United Hebrew Schools) on 21550 W. 12 Mile Road in Southfield. For more information or to R.S.V.P., please call Marcy Pantelic, Program Manager, Volunteer Services Depart- ment, at 559-4046. ■ In-Home Respite Care Program... offering help where help is needed. As the costs of institional care have escalated, nursing homes have become oriented toward the more seriously ill and minimally functional elderly and hospitals try to release patients as early as possible. These factors, in combina- tion with the existence of strong family attachments which make caregivers reticent or unable to place family members in care, have created an in- creased need for the Respite Program. With the primary purpose of main- taining independence among its clients, the Homemaker Program pro- vides household management and sup- portive services to persons experienc- ing illness, disability, or temporary in- capacity who need assistance to main- tain their independant living status. Although the program is offered to everyone, the elderly comprise the ma- jority of our clients. The Homemaker Program serves over 300 individuals. Funding for these programs is pro- vided by the Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit, the United Way, the Area Agency on Aging 1-B and client fees. The Family Preservation Program is directed toward families in crisis who need help with maintaining a secure and nurturing home environment. Children or family members in these "My husband recently retired and is driving me crazy (but it wasn't much better before). Under no cir- cumstance do I want him to know I am asking for counseling. He would be furious." “1-1-7 , vv ere not out of love but we're fighting all the time and we have to do something about it." My son is very stubborn and won't listen (he's eight years old). Sometimes we have to punish him. My husband has a bad temper and physically punishes him." "I really don't know what to do. I am not trained sufficiently to be financially independent." J.F.S. HANDLES CALLS FOR HELP When a person in need of help calls Jewish Family Service in Southfield, the first contact is with Helen Samberg, Intake Referral Social Worker. Ms. Samberg has worked in Intake for the past 29 years. Calls for help are generally handl- ed through the provision of either clinical or concrete services. Re- quests for clinical services include counseling for individuals, married couples, children, seniors, families and/or group therapy. Requests for concrete services include financial assistance for food, rent, utilities or requests for J.F.S. support services such as in-home respite care, homecare or volunteer services. After the initial call in which Ms. Samberg assesses the request, the caller is assigned to a specific social worker who will handle the case. All general counseling clinical assignments are made by Arlene Goldberg, Director of Clinical Ser- vices who supervises Intake. Assign- ment of cases in the Senior Services Department are handled by Phyllis Schwartz, Director of Senior Services. Requests for specialized services like the family preservation program, or for financial assistance or other con- crete services are referred directly to program staff. Over the past year there has been a large increase in requests for finan- cial assistance due to the economic recession and the cutbacks in govern- ment assistance to low-income peo- ple. Jewish Family Service helps peo- ple to cope with food coupons, money to prevent utility cut offs and evictions, information on government and local resources and referrals to other agencies. Each month, Intake handles ap- proximately 200 new requests for assistance. In total, the agency sees approximately 550 clinical cases and 1000 concrete service cases in a month-long period. Calls to the agency's West Bloom- field office are handled by Yvonne Bernstein, Director, who makes the initial assessment and assigns the case to one of the social workers at this location. Jewish Family Service offers high quality services for people of all ages. For additional information, please call Helen Samberg at 559-1500 or Yvonne Bernstein at 737-5055. ■ ANSWER KEY Below is the answer key to the Spring 1991 JFS INSIDER crossword puzzle by Margaret Weiner, Associate Executive Director of Jewish Family Service. '0 k Dimon N Jewish Family Service's Homecare Program offers a vital resource to families and individuals in need of extra help. The program, managed by Linda Syszko, provides a number of important services, including respite, homemak- ing and family preservation services. The Respite Program relieves the primary caregiver from the constant responsibility of helping a family member who may suffer from a physical disability or serious illness. It enables the caregiver to leave the house to run errands or to escape the ongoing pressure at home. "Our program is really for the per- said Annette son that's well, not Pines, RN, B.SW., who provides assess- ment and ongoing supportive services. The program reduces the physical demands and emotional stress and anxiety levels of caregivers. Without such relief, the caregivers would not have the ability to care both for herself/himself and the ill family member. 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In the fall, the Homecare Program is planning to train the staff on how to work with Aids patients. For more information about the Homecare program, please contact Linda Syszko, Homecare Program Manager, at 559-1500. ■