to cancer and her son in a medical
mishap years ago. She has been
living in the Jewish Federation
Apartments in Oak Park for the
past seven years.
Ms. Rusyn visits Mrs. Roberts
regularly, takes her to the store
and doctor appointments and
monitors her medications.
'e talk a lot," says the petite
woman. "I wish she was my
"There's still a lot of stigma.
Sometimes seniors are abandoned
by families," she says.
Mental illness builds through-
out a person's life, so by the 60s or
70s, "children feel frustrated, help-
less. Mental illness is very frus-
tr ating, exhausting. It sucks every
bit of energy you have."
Enter Kadima. The social ser-
vice agency "takes over some of
the responsibilities from the fam-
ily, and you can just be families,
have nice-relationships," says Ms.
Shallal.
Ideally. Anne Roberts, 84, has
no living family members, except
a granddaughter, and two nieces
in Toronto.
Mrs. Roberts lost her husband
Above left: Mary Rusyn: A link between depressed seniors and the outside world.
Above: Anne Roberts: Life gets lonely without family.
Left: Janette Shallal: Mental illness is biological.
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For now, she visits them two to
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"I see myself as a link to the
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Three years ago, the Max Fish-
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or six privately paying individ-
uals, says Ms. Shallal.
Although the grant money
runs out at the end of this
month, Kadima has received
a $100,000 endowment from
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Ms. Shallal says Kadima
needs a total of $400,000 to
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