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Brown Program Lauded
For Work With Dementia
The Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program
(Brown Program), operated by JVS in
Southfield and Jewish Senior Life (JSL)
in West Bloomfield, was recognized as
a Gold Award winner of the Innovative
& Exemplary Respite Care Programs
Serving Persons with Dementia.
The 2012 Gold Award, the high-
est honor in both the Innovative
and Exemplary categories, was
presented at the Oct. 16 meeting of
the Michigan Dementia Coalition in
Howell.
The Brown Program services include
a Memory Club for individuals at the
early stages of mild memory impair-
ment and the Club in the Plaza for
older adults with mild dementia. It also
serves as a respite program that offers
support groups for the caregiver.
"It has been demonstrated that an
array of caregiver support services,
including respite care, can ease the

stress of care giving, reduce burden
and delay the need for higher levels of
care,' said Peter Ostrow, director of the
Brown Program.
"While attending our program, the
participant with dementia is engaged
in worthwhile activities such as
reminiscence and the arts. It makes the
world of difference to the caregiver to
see a loved one fully engaged with life-
enriching experiences."
JSL CEO Rochelle Upfal, said. "It
is especially gratifying for the Brown
Program to receive this prestigious
award from the Michigan Dementia
Coalition."
JVS CEO Barbara Nurenberg said,
"The art therapy session allows the
participants to create the art and then
sell it at the JVS and the JSL gift shops.
It means they are still productive and
can enjoy the self-fulfillment of being
creative."
For information on the Brown
Program or on additional services to
seniors, call (248) 661-1836.

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logue program known as Dream
Dialogue is in full swing. On
Oct. 24, the student group toured the
Holocaust Memorial Center in
Farmington Hills where docents Steve
Frank and Jerry Gerger led the students
through the museum and explained the
history and exhibits.
ADCs Dream Dialogue was founded
by Michael Serling and former ADL
Director Dick Lobenthal.
`As a former teacher and practicing
attorney since 1970 involved in social
justice, I wanted to be involved in teen
dialogue between students of multi-
ethnic backgrounds," Serling said.
As a facilitator with the original
Dream Dialogue program, Serling part-
nered with teachers Chuck Domstein
of Oak Park High and Jack Rajkovich of
Southfield-Lathrup High. The program
ran successfully from 1994-2001.
"My wife, Elaine, and I strongly
believed that Dream Dialogue needed to
be renewed and decided last year to help

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financially to make it happen:' Serling
said. The program consists of students
from West Bloomfield and Berkley High
Schools and promotes understanding
amongst a diverse group of students —
African-American, Jewish, Chaldean,
Muslim, Asian and Hispanic.
After their tour of the HMC, stu-
dents heard from Holocaust survivor
Irene Miller, whose presentation rein-
forced the students' work in breaking
down stereotypes, bigotry, racism and
anti-Semitism.
The current program is headed by
ADL facilitators Harry Weaver and Ron
Fritz. Weaver, who led the group all
last year, was a victim of a robbery last
month. He was shot and is paralyzed
from the waist down.
"The students love Harry and have
demonstrated an outpouring of support
to him during this difficult time Serling
said. "All of us are praying for Harry to
be back leading Dream Dialogue, one of
his great passions, very soon."

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