ay the New Year bring to all our
Respite Care
New Brown Memo?), Care Pavilion offers
friends and family health, joy, prosper!
and everything good in life.
Maxine & Sid Kort
Boyton Beach, Flori a
residential units for fill-time support.
BILL CARROLL
Special to the Jewish News
R
espite or a short interval of
rest and relief, is just what
many caregivers often need
when taking care of elderly relatives.
Jewish Home & Aging Services has
come up with a plan to meet this need
for Jewish older adults and their care-
givers — and it's especially appropri-
ate as the High Holidays approach.
The JHAS recently opened the
Dorothy and Peter D. Brown Memory
Care Pavilion at the Fleischman
Residence in West Bloomfield, a state-
of-the art, self-contained, residential
"They may want to take a short
vacation, or they may become ill and
be unable to fulfill their duties, or
they may just want temporary relief as
a caregiver," she said. "Also, elderly
people could use respite for a month
to recover and get stronger after a hos-
pital stay. Or, they may come here to
get acquainted and comfortable with
our staff for an eventual permanent
move into the pavilion."
Respite care at the Brown pavilion
provides 24-hour nursing, bathing,
exercising, medication administration,
three kosher meals daily, religious
services with a rabbi and cantor, recre-
ational activities and other cultural,
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May the coming year be filled
with health and happiness for
all our family & friends.
VSHANAH TOVAH!
Mark and Judy Fink
e wish our friends & family a very healthy,
happy and prosperous New Year.
Charlotte and Al Rosen
Rebecca Goldberg, right, visiting one of the new respite rooms with Mary
Williams, director of Resident Health Services.
unit to provide full-time support for
people with memory impairments or
other dementia-related disorders, such
as Alzheimer's disease.
Under the respite care program,
other Jewish adults now can stay there
— from three days to a month —
while their caregivers attend synagogue
or take care of other family needs dur-
ing the holidays. Also, people who use
the Brown Jewish Community Adult .
Day Care program in a building near
Fleischman can move into the pavilion
for the holidays.
"The holiday period is a major rea-
son why caregivers would want to take
advantage of our respite care program,
but there are many other uses for
respite," said Carol Rosenberg, JHAS
associate director.
spiritual and social supports. Cost is
$150 per day.
"Age 80 and over is the fastest-grow-
ing segment in our population, so the
need for our services is greater than
ever," Rosenberg continued. "Of
course, the basic premise of aging care
is to keep people at home as long as
possible. But when they're ready for a
residential care unit, we're here for
them."
The Brown Memory Care Pavilion,
on the third floor of the Fleischman
Residence, was funded by a $1 million
gift from Dorothy Brown of
Bloomfield Hills. Her husband, Peter
D. Brown, died three years ago.
To obtain respite care costs and
other information, call administrator
Barbra Giles at (248) 661-2999. 0
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