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he Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit and
the United Jewish Foun-
dation are soliciting bids
from private companies interest-
ed in building and operating a
skilled nursing home on the Jew-
ish Community Center's West
Bloomfield campus.
The Michigan Department of
Public Health in the early 1990s
granted the Jewish Federation a
"certificate of need" for 312 skilled
nursing beds. The certificate will
expire this April unless Federa-
tion signs a contract with a com-
pany willing to begin work on the
project.
Federation Chief Financial Of-
ficer Mark Davidoff said there
has been no final decision to build
the home, but discussions have
been ongoing for years.
"We're in the process of ana-
lyzing whether we want to do it
and if we want to do it, how we
want to do it," he says. "The
process continues."
Legal and financial matters
make it "premature" to discuss
plans further, Mr. Davidoff says.
"When we know what our plans
are, we will make them public."
The Elder Care Options Com-
mittee, led by Mark Schlussel, is
expected to come to a decision in
four to six weeks.
The home, if built, likely will
contain between 133 and 165 li-
censed beds. It will ultimately re-
place Prentis Manor, the Jewish
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"When we know
what our plans are,
we will make them
public."
— Mark Davidoff
The Federation and Founda-
tion continue to take bids from
private nursing home companies,
including Medilodge, owned by
Frank Wronski. Mr. Wronski, op-
erator of the new Menorah House
nursing home in Southfield, gets
the "right of first refusal," which
means he will be given the first
opportunity to match the lowest
bid from other purveyors.
Last week, Mr. Wronski said
he is interested in the project.
Among other respondents to
Federation's request for propos-
als is the Health Care and Re-
tirement Corporation, based in
Toledo, Ohio. El
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he Council of Orthodox
Rabbis has decided not to
supervise the kitchens at
Heartland Community
Care Center, site of the old Bor-
than Hall in Detroit.
Members of the Vaad say it
wouldn't be a realistic goal be-
cause Heartland is not a Jewish
home. Currently, its census is 80.
There are 42 Jewish residents.
The Vaad's concern, says Rab-
bi Joseph Krupnik, is that fami-
ly members will bring in
unkosher food and use Heart-
land's dishes to serve it.
He acknowledges that this
might have occurred when the
facility was operated by the Jew-
ish Home for Aged; however, un-
der JHA's auspices, there was a
full-time mashgiach who could
more thoroughly oversee the
premises.
"Many of the facility's utensils
and dishes are used in the pri-
vate rooms," Rabbi Krupnik says.
"If (unkosher) foods are in con-
"That could create a
problem."
— Rabbi Joseph Krupnik
tact with the dishes and utensils,
that could create a problem. (Un-
der JHA's auspices), there was
more control. There was a steady
staff of workers who had been
there for a long time and were
trained in that."