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improve the quality of care
for the residents at the facil-
ity," she said. "I am 70 per-
cent hopeful that Borman
Hall will pull through. The
30 percent threat is that we
won't have achieved enough
understanding on the staff
level in the specific time
frame the state gives us."
Home administrators
forecast a cost for correc-
tions at Borman Hall, but
they have not projected a
specific dollar amount.
Members of the executive

committee of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit met Wednesday, in
part to discuss the Home.
Executive Vice President
Robert Aronson said
Federation will have no
plan of action until some-
time after executive com-
mittee members review the
written report next week.
Plans for moving the
Borman Hall facility to a
location, possibly in West
Bloomfield, are on hold for
at least a year. ❑

Residents Hope
Home Won't Close

RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER

Home's survival. Her father,
Henry Wiener, 86, had a
stroke and needs constant
care. Ms. Tendler doesn't
know what she'll do if the

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Home shuts its doors.
"My dad has been here for

Borman Hall resident Henry
Schwartz and volunteer Sol Wainer.

I

wo weeks ago, the
Michigan Department
of Public Health
charged Borman Hall
Jewish Home for Aged with
serious violations of state
codes, but many residents of
the 212-bed facility say
they're grateful to be living
there.
Etta Morris is an elderly,
two-year resident of
Borman Hall. In 1947, she
served as head nurse for the
Jewish Home for Aged,
which now includes
Borman, Fleischman
Residence and Prentis
Manor. Today, Ms.. Morris
says she enjoys living at
Borman Hall, just as she
enjoyed working for JHA
decades ago.
"It's very comfortable
here," she said.
"I have no complaints
about the Home at all," said
her daughter, Anne Isner.
"My mother receives excel-
lent care. Her medication is
given on time. When I reach
my mother's age, I would
come here and I would trust
them implicitly. If it closes
down, I'll have a screaming
fit."
Dorothy Tendler also
feels strongly about the

almost six years. If he
hadn't been here, I don't
know if he'd be around."
Ms. Tendler visits her
father about four times a
week. That's more attention
than most residents receive
from their relatives, said
resident Harry Weinsaft,
70. He says the biggest
problem with the Home is
rampant loneliness.

"I am very
thankful I'm
here."

Harry Weinsaft

"People come over here
for one purpose," he said.
"This is a layaway place. It's
almost like a hospice. The
doctors and nurses give me
as much treatment as I pos-
sibly can get. The people
here on staff do the best
they can...
"I have seen hundreds of
people die, but not from old
age or mistreatment. They
die from loneliness. They've
got nobody," he said.
While living at the Home,
Mr. Weinsaft has passed the
time by painting, a love he
credits Borman Hall with
encouraging him to pursue.
"When I paint, I forget
about the things that are
going on around me. If this
Home hadn't given me the
opportunity to be creative, I
would've been dead a long
time ago," Mr. Weinsaft
said. "I am very thankful
that I'm here. It's given me
a reason to live." ❑