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BORMAN page 1
"We are hopeful and we have
reason to believe that there are
third parties out there who
would be interested in one or
both of these options, but we are
not certain we will be success-
ful in these endeavors," Mr.
Page said.
If unsuccessful, the third op-
tion is for Borman Hall to shut
its doors. It likely would be sold
as a different type of facility.
Were Borman to close com-
pletely, the process would be
gradual, officials say. To mini-
mize the trauma associated
with moving elderly people,
JHA directors would embark on
a comprehensive placement
program between late spring
and fall of 1994.
"If we are successful (with
these options), we think that we
will end up in a better position
than we are in today and that
we have been in during the past
several years," Mr. Page said.
The Elder Care Options
Committee, chaired by Mark
Schlussel, has been looking into
ways of better providing for the
frail elderly. Its efforts will con-
tinue, Mr. Schlussel said.
Borman Hall has operated on
shaky ground for a long time. It
was designed as a Jewish home
for aged. Most of its early resi-
dents were healthy. But as the
Jewish population grew older,
Borman turned into a home for
frail aged — a nursing home
that required more intensive,
expensive care.
Unfortunately, the facility's
sprawling, bi-level floor plan is
not conducive to this kind of
care, officials say. When the fed-
eral government passed stricter
nursing home regulations in the
late 1980s, Borman Hall was
hit hard for non-compliance.
During the past year and a half,
the Home was cited for top-lev-
el health deficiencies after three
separate inspections by the
Michigan Department of Pub-
lic Health.
Ironically, the Home passed
its latest inspection earlier this
fall. Inspectors were impressed
with improvements to quality
of care and administration.
Nevertheless, community lead-
ers say long-term wisdom com-
pels them to seek other
avenues.
`The painful experience of re-
peated failures is not something
we want to see happen again,
but we're not sure we can avoid
it in a facility configured like
Borman and located where it
is," Mr. Page said. Borman
Hall's urban setting deters the
younger generation from bring-
ing parents there, many people
say, but plans for constructing
another facility in West Bloom-
field have been put on hold.
Federation still has a "certifi-
cate of need," a legal document
enabling it to transfer beds to a
different facility, however lead-
ers say any action toward
breaking ground for a new
nursing home will require many
more months of study.
For now, the 212-bed nurs-
ing home's census is at an all-
time low: 164. Lower
Medicare/Medicaid funding has
put a financial strain on the
Jewish community.
Officials estimate that $15
million in community dollars
have been spent on the Jewish
Home for Aged over the past
five years. The bulk of these
monies have gone to support
Borman Hall.
"Approximately 85 percent of
the current JHA budget deficit
is attributable to Borman Hall.
Projections indicate that the
agency in total will lose $2 mil-
lion this year," said Mark
Davidoff, Federation's chief fi-
nancial officer.
Earlier this year, the UJF al-
lotted $2.95 million for a special
fast-track cleanup that suc-
cessfully saved Borman from
failing consecutive inspections.
In addition to its 1993 Federa-
tion allocation, the Home need-
The changes will
begin in late
spring.
ed about $70,000 more from
Federation to correct deficien-
cies cited after the failed in-
spection last summer.
Though relocating residents
and/or closing Borman Hall will
cost millions and millions of dol-
lars, these optionS -will prove
cost-effective in the long run, of-
ficials say.
In the short term, the Home
for Aged's Executive Director
Denise Bortolani-Rabidoux will
meet with residents, their fam-
ily members and staff.
"We've already been working
on a letter that will be put out
to the families in preparation
for what we knew was going to
occur, and we have a Family Fo-
rum meeting scheduled for Sun-
day. I will be meeting with staff
in small groups so that the staff
maintains the sense of what
this decision is. This isn't a to-
morrow closure," she said.
Officials stress that Borman
Hall will not be sold or shut
down immediately.
"We know the emotionalism
of this issue," Mr. Page said.
"We know that there are people
who are going to read into this
and say that we're abandoning
their parents or the population
in general. That is not our in-
tention.
"We can serve more people in
the same population with the
same dollars if we just do it dif-
ferently."
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