July 2017
Featured Member
Louis Brier Home and Hospital
(Vancouver, BC)
We are very proud to announce that our Featured Member for the month of July is: Louis Brier Home and Hospital.

To read the featured story,
Visit their website here.

Featured AJAS Business Partner
The Green House Project
(Linthicum, MD)
The Green House Project has received a two-year, $650,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to continue its mission of redefining-and humanizing-long-term care.
 
The new RWJF grant enables The Green House Project to continue its transformative work in long term care. Collaboration with visionary organizations, including many AJAS members, has demonstrated what is possible in long term care, and this grant marks a new chapter of evolution. With full acquisition of the trademark and intellectual property, The Green House Project is poised to make an even greater impact on the field, with ongoing innovation of the model like Best Life memory care, short term rehab and PACE.   

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Upcoming Events
2017 Philanthropy and Fundraising Regional Meeting
Where: Daughters of Sarah Senior Community (Albany, NY)
When: July 25th - 26th, 2017

Click here for more information and to register
Hebrew SeniorLife Names Gary Epstein-Lubow, M.D. to Lead Organization's Clinical Programs in  Alzheimer's 
Disease and Memory Care
Hebrew SeniorLife
(Boston, MA)
Lou Woolf, President and CEO of Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston has announced the director for their new center of excellence for Alzheimer's disease and memory care. Dr. Gary Epstein-Lubow comes from Butler Hospital and Brown University in Providence, and will be joining Hebrew SeniorLife in September. He'll be working with current leadership to build a comprehensive center of research, teaching, and care for individuals and family members affected by Alzheimer's disease-both at HSL and in the broader community. We look forward to sharing more about this initiative with the AJAS membership. 
 

Nursing Care Workers Protest Threat to Medicaid Funding
Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(Commack, NY)
Employees at Gurwin Jewish Nursing Center in Commack signed petitions urging local congressional representatives, including Rep. Lee Zeldin and Rep. Peter King, to reconsider their stance on such measures. Both supported the House health care bill known as the American Health Care Act. 
 


Health Care Rally Hopes to Send Right Rx to Congress
Menorah Park Center for Senior Living
(Beachwood, OH)
About 200 senior citizens and health care workers came out to Menorah Park in Beachwood the morning of June 20 to voice their opinions regarding proposed changes to the health care system by Congress.  
 
                
 
15th Annual HJ Sims Conference
HJ Sims
The 2018 Sims Conference will be held at the stunning four-diamond Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate. Resort amenities and facilities include a 10,000 square foot European style spa and fitness facilities, formal pool with private cabanas, heated family pool with waterslide and an 850-foot lazy river.

February 28th - March 2, 2018