Amber is only moving about 15
miles northwest to Fleischman
Apartments, it is enough to bring
out most of the Teitel residents to
take their turn at the microphone as
they, Amber, and building adminis-
trator Penny Feldman fight back
tears.
Irving Adelman, the resident
council president, holds off crying
long enough to announce that
Amber will be honored with a leaf
on Teitel's Tree of Life, a gift from
the residents.
"It was a long, hard decision to
make," Amber says, as she takes a
freshly cut piece of cake made for
the party.
Amber, who
worked
at the
Top:
building
since it
Sylvia Zaks gets
opened
in
1989,
her blood pres-
is
moving
on
to
sure checked.
become the head
of the guardian-
Below:
Elma Hochman ship program at
Fleischman,
sings a song for
where she will
Karen Amber.
become an advo-
cate for the elder-
ly.

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Monday,
March 9

Blood Pressure
Check, Prentis,
1:55 p. m.

Left: Morrison Catering's Scott Young
gives the instructions on how to bake
the hamantashen.

gether, including recruiting volun-
teers.
It's immediately apparent who,
in the 13-woman crew, are the
experienced bakers. With a shortage
of rolling pins (only two available)
they are the ones who refuse to use
the makeshift rollers. They also are
the ones who become the most

vocal when a ball of dough is rolled
too large, and it is Magar's
responsibility to let the volunteers
know when too much filling is
used.
With 24 pounds of filling avail-
able, and 50 pounds of flour used
to make the dough, a shortage is
the least of their worries.

A Sad Farewell,
Teitel, 1:40 p.m.

Gifts and a box of Kleenex tissues
sit on a table in the front of the
cafeteria, a sign of things to come:
This is the last day of work for a
long-time member of the Teitel fam-
ily.
Although social worker Karen

There are 18
Prentis residents
whose blood pres-
sures are rising by
about 1:30 p.m,
Diane Michael
was scheduled to
come in to take
the blood pressure
of interested
apartment resi-
dents, but a con-
flict in schedule has delayed her
arrival.
The service is provided as part
of J-Care, a program that serves only
JFA residents. Michael makes the
rounds to each building once a
month.
J-Care is a year-and--half-old
program that provides reminders to
take medication, takes residents to
and from activities and prepares
individual's meals.
"I've had it done a couple of
times, and I think it's a wonderful
service," says Sylvia Zaks.

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3/27
1998

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