January 2020
Featured Member
The Oscar and Ella Wilf Campus for Senior Living
(Somerset, NJ)
We are very proud to announce our featured member for January.

To read the featured story,
Visit their website here.

Featured Business Partner
Plante Moran Living Forward
(Chicago, IL)
Hello from Plante Moran Living Forward!  
We'd love to get to know you
   
A new platinum AJAS sponsor, Plante Moran Living Forward wants to introduce its services to the AJAS membership.   
 
How much would it mean to you if your organization was able to complete a renovation, repositioning, or new development project knowing you expertly managed the process?
 
That your project team was aligned with your goals and interests at the forefront of every decision?
 
That your scope, budget, and schedule were all under control - and would remain that way through the end of the project?
 
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Community Tapped for Dementia Care Training  

Sholom Community Alliance
(Minneapolis, MN)
Sholom Receives Project ECHO Dementia Care Training
 
Sholom, Minneapolis and St. Paul, has been awarded participation in Project ECHO by the LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation in a groundbreaking collaboration of assisted care members with the National Alzheimer's Association in patient-centered dementia care training.
 
Sholom's participation in the staff training began January 1, 2020. Project ECHO is a unique distance learning training tool in a proven training format. Tele-ECHO offers winning member teams access to patient-centered dementia care training based on the Alzheimer's Association Dementia Care Practice recommendations. Expert faculty and leading researchers will offer a six-month program in 12 modules.
 
The training program brings staff together in one location for optimal discussion and participation in the tele-ECHO conferences. The inclusive training includes topics such as detection and diagnosis and assessment and care planning, medical management and transitional care.
 


 
AJAS Community Opens OMA Art Exhibit  
Jewish Association on Aging
(Pittsburgh, PA)

The Jewish Association on Aging announces the unveiling of the  Opening Minds Through Art  exhibit. Through this program, residents in JAA's memory care communities are encouraged to create their own artistic masterpieces.
 
The exhibit's grand opening was held December 4 where artists, their families, volunteers from Carlow University and community members were in attendance to view this special art exhibition. Opening Minds Through Art is 
a Scripps intergenerational art program for people living with dementia that promotes social engagement, autonomy and dignity through the experience of creative self-expression.
 
OMA pairs each resident artist with his or her own volunteer, and together they meet weekly to create beautiful works of art. This allows both participants to form an emotional connection that helps break down cognitive and age-related barriers.
 
One research study concluded that compared to other activities, OMA showed the highest well-being scores among people with dementia. In  
another study, it was determined that OMA creates many opportunities for people with dementia to "express behaviors of well-being" such as social interest, engagement and pleasure.
 
The gallery is free to the public and will be open indefinitely.
 

Elders at Local Day Center Volunteer for Good Cause
Jewish Home Family
(Rockleigh, NJ)

Participants in the Jewish Home Family's Gallen Day Center made delicious chocolate candy and handmade cards to send to family, friends and military personnel overseas last month. The food collection for the Bergen County Center for Food Action was a great success and elders proudly delivered cartloads of bags and boxes filled with groceries and gift cards.
 
Participants in the Jewish Home Family's Gallen Day Center below stand alongside one of their buses, which delivered donated groceries to the Center for Food Action. The Gallen Day Center provides daily programs to facilitate family caregiving by providing transportation to the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, a day of stimulating programming and hot meals, and support for both participants and their families.

 
 


Post-Acute Center Named for Slavin
Charles E. Smith Life Communities
(Rockville, MD)

 
On December 18, 2019, Charles E. Smith Life Communities recognized Past President and CEO Emeritus Warren R. Slavin by naming its post-acute care center in his honor.  
 
T he Warren R. Slavin Post-Acute Care Center is located at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington. Slavin established the center in 1995, which now serves more than 1,400 patients each year.

 



Grandparents Network Launches Website 

The new Jewish Grandparents Network website launched last month. Featuring the delightful illustrations of Deborah Zemke, it is designed to be a virtual meeting space for members of our community to learn from each oth er, hear about new programs and initiatives and share their stories, wisdom and questions.
 
 
   

Several new jobs have been posted recently on the AJAS careers page; visit 

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