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The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is pleased to bring you up
to date on developments in eldercare services. These developments are
the result of years of planning and hard work by hundreds of volunteers
and professionals representing Federation and its agencies.

We take great pride in the many programs now provided to the elderly;
these new efforts will improve the delivery of services to older adults in
our community.

Commission on Jewish
Eldercare Services (COJES)

Marvin and Betty Danto Family
Health Care Center

This new Federation commission will
work with Federation agencies and the
community to plan and coordinate
services to older adults. It will focus on
the many agency programs and services
currently provided for older adults, plus
new services that will enhance the lives
of our senior citizens.

Construction is on target, and the
dedication of the facility on the
Maple/ Drake campus is scheduled for
mid-December. Residents will start
moving in sometime in December.
There are 165 beds, 40 of them for
Medicaid residents.

COJES has hired a director, Linda
Blumberg, who brings to our community
nearly 20 years of experience in a
variety of acute and long-term care
settings for older adults.

Among the programs being developed
at this time is a community chaplaincy
which will include the employment of a
professional to design a system of
pastoral care to the elderly living in
nursing homes, assisted living facilities
and private residences throughout the
metropolitan area.

Jewish Community Trust
for the Elderly

Federation and the United Jewish
Foundation are proud to announce the
creation of the Jewish Community Trust
for the Elderly — a funding program
that will strengthen community services
to older adults.

The $7 million campaign undertaken
by the Jewish Federation and United
Jewish Foundation will fund programs
coordinated by the Commission on
Jewish Eldercare Services and delivered
by Federation agencies.

Thirty Prentis Manor residents will be
moving to the Danto Center, which is
operated by Health Care and Retirement
Corporation (HCR), a preferred provider
of the Jewish Federation. In addition to
inpatient skilled nursing care, the Danto
Center offers specialized services for
people with Alzheimer's disease and
others in need of rehabilitation services.
Jewish programs are an important part
of the kosher facility.

A wall of honor at the Danto Center
will perpetuate the names of donors to
the Jewish Community Trust for the
Elderly.

Menorah House

This centrally located, 211-bed South-
field facility provides inpatient skilled
nursing care and specialized services
for people in need of rehabilitation. A
preferred provider of Federation, Men-
orah House also offers a full range of
Jewish programming with the assis-
tance of volunteers from the Jewish
Home for Aged and the community.
According to a recent state survey, this
kosher facility has shown continued
improvement in quality of care.

SETTING THE measumum
RECORD STRAIGHT

Medicaid Access

The combined number of Medicaid
beds provided at the Danto Center and
Menorah House — approximately 200
— is equal to the number that were in
use at Borman Hall and Prentis Manor.
During normal operations of Borman
Hall and Prentis Manor, only 65 percent
of the facilities' beds (approximately
200) were utilized by Medicaid recipi-
ents. The other 35 percent were used
by private pay and Medicare residents.
The same number of beds, approxi-
mately 200, will be provided on a com-
bined basis between Menorah House and
HCR.

Thus, the actual number of Medicaid
beds used has remained unchanged.

Additionally, the total number of beds
under the Menorah House/Danto Center
preferred provider arrangements (376)
will exceed the total number of beds
that were available at Borman Hall and
Prentis Manor (312).

Our Community Responsibility

Creation of the Commission on Jewish
Eldercare Services and the Jewish
Community Trust for the Elderly will
allow us to provide and enhance many
vital community programs which will
improve the quality of life for our older
adults, both those living at home and
those requiring skilled care.

At the same time, establishing arrange-
ments with independent skilled nursing
providers will enable Federation to
direct resources toward serving the
larger older adult Jewish community.

With the completion of the Jewish
Home for Aged transition, no Allied
Jewish Campaign dollars should be
needed to subsidize losses; they will fund
other important programs for the eld-
erly, as well as other groups in the
community.

We hope this has answered some of
the questions you may have about ser-
vices to older adults. If you would like
more information, please contact Linda
Blumberg, director of the Commission on
Jewish Eldercare Services, Jewish Fed-
eration of Metropolitan Detroit, PO Box
2030, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-2030,
(810) 642-4260

Robert H. Naftaly

Michael W. Maddin

Michael B. Perlman

President
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit

President
United Jewish Foundation

Chairman
Commission on Jewish Eldercare Services

