Contact: Norman Levitin, executive
director Bette Josephs, educational
director
Phone: (248) 890-2890
(248) 399-6281 Bette Josephs
Email: nelevitin@aol.com
Provides a resource room for children
with learning disabilities. Housed in
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, Beth Jacob,
Darchei Torah and Yeshivat Akiva
Temple Beth El
7400 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, VI 48301
Contact: Elizabeth Bloch, V.A., R.J.E.
Phone: (248) 865-0612
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3126, 3127
Fax: (248) 851-1187
Web Site: www.tbeonline.com
Special needs programs available.
SENIORS/CARE & SUPPORT
Ahavas Chesed Bikur Cholim
15939 Jeanette
Southfield, VI 48075
Contact: Sara Ines Krakauer,
Shirley Jarcaig
Phone: (248) 443-5107; (248) 967-2342
Our volunteers visit Providence and
Beaumont Hospitals, shut-ins and nurs-
ing homes. We provide holiday programs
and special gift packages for Purim and
Chanukah, meals for Pesach and aid for
those in need.
Art of Jewish Caregiving Training
Program
Jewish Home and Aging Services
6710 W. Vaple Road
West Bloomfield, VI 48322
Contact: Vargot Parr, executive director
Phone: (248) 661-2999, ext. 347
Fax: (248) 661-1628
Email: chilf@jhas.org
Web Site: www.jhas.org
Educates health care professionals and
caregivers in Jewish culture, customs,
rituals and traditions. Retreats, work-
shops and in-services provided for staff
of care facilities, hospitals and Jewish
agencies. Video series and a companion
handbook have been developed.
Care Connection
Jewish Family Service
24123 Greenfield Road
Southfield, MI 48075
Contact: Diane Sasson, Phyllis Schwartz
Phone: (248) 559-1500
Fax: (248) 559-9858
Email: disasson@aol.com
Web Site: www.jfsdetroit.org
Customized care management for older
adults who need assistance managing
their daily activities. Assessment and
evaluation result in customized care plan
for needed services by skilled profes-
sionals in geriatric care.
CASA-Adult Legal Guardian
\ational Council of Jewish Women
26400 Lahser Road, Suite 100
Southfield, VI 48034
Contact: Harriet Abramowitz
Phone: (248) 355-3300
Fax: (248) 355-9951
Email: ncjwcjh@speedlink.net
Web Site: www.ncjwgds.org
Placement reviews for adults requiring
legal guardianship.
Club in the Plaza, The
Jewish Home and Aging
Services/Fleischman Residence
6710 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Contact: Myrna Katz
Phone: (248) 661-2999
Fax: (248) 661-1628
An adult day program designed for alert
and ambulatory older Jewish adults.
Members participate in programming
that emphasizes maintaining or improv-
ing wellness. Kosher lunch included.
Transportation available. Fee: $40/day.
Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program
Jewish Home and Aging Services
6720 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, Ml 48322
Contact: Vindi Silver-Weiss, M.S.W.,
associate director
Phone: (248) 661-6390
Fax: (248) 661-6391
Email: msilver-weiss@jhas.org
Web Site: www.jhas.org
Allows older adults with Alzheimer's dis-
ease to reach their highest level of func-
tioning and independence in a safe and
caring Jewish setting. Enables loved ones
to continue living in their own homes.
Elderlink
Jewish Family Service
24123 Greenfield Road
Southfield, N/I 48075
Contact: Jennifer Cranston
Phone: (248) 559-3300; (248) 559-1500
Fax: (248) 559-6140
Email: jcranston@jfsdetroit.org
Web Site: www.jfsdetroit.org
Connects older adults, families and care-
givers to older adult services in the
Jewish and general communities.
Participating Jewish agencies contact
callers directly to determine eligibility
and service need.
Holocaust Survivor Assistance
Jewish Family Service
24123 Greenfield Road
Southfield, VI 48075
Contact: Rachel Yoskowitz
Phone: (248) 559-1500
Fax: (248) 559-9858
Email: ryoskowitz@jfsdetroit.org
Web Site: www.jfsdetroit.org
Assistance filing claims for indemnifica-
tion and restitution. Counseling, emer-
gency financial aid, home care and
escorted transportation.
Home Care Services
Jewish Family Service
24123 Greenfield Road
Southfield, VI 48075
Contact: Jennifer Cranston
Phone: (248) 559-1500
Fax: (248) 559-9858
Email: jcranston@jfsdetroit.org
Web Site: www.jfsdetroit.org
Vaintains independence among the eld-
erly and provides respite to caregivers.
Services include housekeeping, laundry,
personal care/bathing, meal preparation,
companionship.
Jewish Home and Aging Services
6710 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Phone: (248) 661-2999
Fax: (248) 661-1628
Web Site: www.jhas.org
Guardianship Program
Contact: Carol Winter
Email: cwinter@jhas.org
Provides legal representation to older
Jewish adults who have no or inade-
quate family representation or support
and need a legal guardian.
Jewish Community Chaplaincy
Program
Contact: Rabbi Dovid Polter
Coordinates and provides pastoral care,
religious and cultural programs to
Jewish older adults living in non-Jewish
health care facilities throughout the tri-
county area.
LeVine Institute on Aging
Contact: Carol Rosenberg, associate
director
Email: crosenberg@jhas.org
Dedicated to improving the lives of
Jewish older adults through education,
training and research. Created as an
institution of value and meaning to elder-
ly members of our community and those
who care for them.
JVS
Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program
29699 Southfield Road
Southfield, MI 48076
Contact: Peter Ostrow, director
Phone: (248)223-4000 (248) 559-5000
Fax: (248) 559-0773
Email: postrow@jvsdet.org
Web Site: www.jvsdet.org
Allows older adults with Alzheimer's dis-
ease to reach their highest level of func-
tioning and independence in a safe and
caring Jewish setting. Enables loved
ones to continue living in their own
homes.
Senior Adult Workshop
Contact: Aurelia Wiltshire
Phone: (248) 559-5000
Fax: (248) 569-0056
Web Site: www.jvsdet.org
Therapeutic work program enables sen-
iors to remain active and productive
despite age-related challenges. Flexible
scheduling, kosher lunches, medical
monitoring, advocacy and limited trans-
portation.
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