HomeSpun | Winter 2015

A newsletter from the Jewish Home and Care Center, Chai Point Senior Living, the Sarah Chudnow Community and the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation.

Winter 2015

Dr. Christine Kovach: Researching The Future of Long Term Care

W President/CEO.................. Michael I. Sattell Mktng/Comm Director........ Marlene Heller

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Jewish Home and Care Center Chairman of the Board......Joshua L. Gimbel Administrator........................... Elaine Dyer

Hand in Hand Chairman of the Board......Mary Anne Selby Volunteer Coordinator............. Beth Draper

Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation Chairman of the Board............... Arleen Peltz Development Director...........Jonathan Mann

Chai Point Senior Living Chairman of the Board........... Howard Loeb Director.............. Deborah Rosenthal Zemel

hat makes an organization great? And then, what brings it from great to superior?

According to Elaine Dyer, administrator of the Jewish Home and Care Center, “We’re not just your typical nursing home. There are expectations here that exceed those of any in the state. Staff are here for a calling versus a paycheck. They always say ‘be good to your children because they will pick out your nursing home,’ but many of us have already chosen our rooms here.”

She stressed that “the importance of striving for betterment and superior care leads us to continuing education,” which is one reason the Jewish Home

organization has engaged the services of Dr. Christine Kovach, director of research for all of our entities.

Dr. Kovach’s research centers on outcomes that will improve quality of life, comfort, human dignity and healthcare outcomes for the people who live in our residences, as well as for older adults in general.

“I want the projects I am involved in to be disseminated to improve the quality of long-term care beyond the Jewish Home, and if we can contribute knowledge to improve the quality of care nationally and internationally, it’s a contribution the Jewish Home organization has made.”

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Sarah Chudnow Community Chairman of the Board.......... Lynne Bomzer Administrator.......................Paul J. Schultz

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Highlights In this Issue: Dr. Christine Kovach............................1 Sit Back, Relax......................................1 JHCC Activities....................................3 Music Makes Memories........................4 Chai Point & UWM Creative Trust........5 SCC - Memory Care..............................6 Volunteer & Adult Day Programs.........7 Campaign for the Brain.......................10 Annual Dinner....................................12 New Intergenerational Program..........14 Thank You to Donors..........................15

Sit Back, Relax, and Enjoy the Ride!

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oss of driving privileges can be a life-changing event and a major blow to one’s independence while severely limiting one’s ability to perform tasks they have routinely handled for years. Working, shopping, medical appointments, volunteering, and maintaining social connections are just some of the tasks taken away when one is unable to drive. Maybe you’re a caregiver in need of help, support and transportation for a loved one and your work schedule and financial situation

don’t allow for you to receive the services your loved one needs.

Through the generosity of the Peck Foundation, Milwaukee, a transportation program is now available for the purpose of alleviating the stress and anxiety Adult Day Center participants feel while relying on subsidized transport service. It is important for those who have memory loss to have a consistent driver. Our van driver, Alecia Rucker, knows each Cont. on Page 9

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Dr. Kovach is a professor in the college of nursing at UW-Milwaukee. Her main role is as a researcher, focusing on improving care delivery in long-term care, and most specifically for people with memory problems. She began her career working at the Jewish Home in Rochester, NY, while working towards her PhD. While there, she realized that a lot of people with dementia exhibit what were called behavior problems, but eventually she realized they were actually in pain or had other unmet needs. When treated with a simple acetaminophen, instead of restraints and psychotropic drugs, difficult behaviors ceased. Dr. Kovach and her co-workers realized that people with dementia who can’t communicate will display agitated behaviors just to say “something is wrong here.” She explains, “We developed a 5-step protocol to look at when a person has a behavior change, to honor that behavior and assign meaning to it. We go through the protocol and see if there is any meaning in the behaviors.”

They conducted a physical assessment and looked at three fundamental psycho-social indicators: • Is there too much environmental stress?

• Is there a balance between sensory stimulation and sensory calming activity?

• Is this person getting meaningful human interaction every day?

If the physical and psycho-social indicators didn’t reveal anything, then they would try a non-pharmacological comforting intervention. If ineffective, they would then try an analgesic.

The team was funded by the National Institutes of Health for a study, and found the protocol was highly effective and able to decrease comorbidities (more than one chronic disease or condition in a patient at the same time).

It was this study where Christine Kovach made her name. With support from the Helen Bader Foundation, she has become well-known as a researcher, and, when the Jewish Home and Care Center first developed the Helen Bader Center, it was Dr. Christine Kovach who headed up the research department. Her focus then was on how both residents and staff changed their behaviors in this new and better environment. The findings were that it was better for residents and staff alike to be in smaller, more homelike environments.

“One of the things we found in our research,” Dr. Kovach said, “is that people continue to give the same ineffective treatments, even though they don’t work, drug and non-drug. We studied it in depth.”

One of the principles of geriatrics, she explained, is that you do a lot of assessments over time. You don’t want to treat as aggressively as time goes on, as there is a decreased tolerance for physiological and psycho-social stressors as we age.

“We developed the T3 protocol (track and trigger), whereby the nursemanager has to look at the resident over time and ask four questions [of the treatment]: Is it ineffective? Is it no longer needed? Are there some side effects that should be questioned? Is the problem resolved? That triggers them to notify the prescriber.”

Dr. Kovach spends 25 percent of her time working with the Jewish Home and Care Center, Sarah Chudnow Community and Chai Point, working on various research studies. One study involves the Xenex germ-eliminating robot that was purchased this past summer. “We are doing a study looking at if it decreases infection rates, the amount of germs on environmental surfaces, and the comorbidity rates associated with infection such as

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hospitalizations and antibiotic rates,” Dr. Kovach says. “The Jewish Home wants to be the most infection-free facility in the state. We are the first longterm facility in the country to test this.”

On working with the Jewish Home organization, Dr. Kovach says, “One of the reasons I like being here is because you’re about excellence and you are about a community caring for older adults and the wholeness about being alive. My background is medical, but it would be wrong to provide wonderful medical care at the expense of not understanding the wholeness of a person.” She further explains, “We don’t want residents to come and be shown their beds, because then they are told to be sick. We want them to be shown activities and see where the weddings are held and be about the business of living. The challenge in long-term care is to be about the business of living and be about the wholeness of living while taking exquisite care.”

Her research, she says, should result in something that is going to improving the quality of life, human dignity, and healthcare outcomes for people who live here. “I also want, externally, the projects I am involved in to be disseminated to improve the quality of long-term care nationally and internationally as a contribution from the Jewish Home and Care Center. My research is funded by the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation, the Helen Bader Foundation and the Retirement Research Foundation.”

Dr. Kovach, who teaches PhD students, is also editor of the journal, Research and Gerontological Nursing. “It gives me an opportunity to say how the science of gerontological nursing is moving forward. In my field of research, we cross boundaries and look at trying to think in new ways about how to have quality of life in our older years.”

The Science Behind JHCC Activities

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ver wonder how the activities department at the Jewish Home and Care Center comes up with all the programs for its residents?

There is a method behind the program planning, all with a specific focus on brain health.

“The JHCC activity department provides diverse programming to cover all needs of our residents including physical exercise, mental exercise, and socialization,” said Carol Lukaszewicz, activity director. “We do it all day, every day. There are always cognitive things happening on every floor.”

Some of the special programs designed by staff specifically for cognition include Pieces of History Dayroom Discovery. The Pieces of History program focuses on Milwaukeebased photos and readings, while the Dayroom Discovery program involves picking items from customized bins (i.e. Chanukah, Russia). Both activities are designed to help residents trigger and recall past memories, and encourage residents to reminisce with their peers. Another component in eliciting memories is the Russian Room in Helen Bader Center. The room, designed to emulate grandma’s house from the 1930s, is complete with Russian posters, music and even nesting dolls. “The residents envelop themselves by talking, laughing and dancing,” said Lukaszewicz. “It’s great to see them engaged and alert all while exercising their cognitive function.”

group effort. The “At Knit’s End” knitting and crocheting group also helps residents retain their memory along with a social component.

“In knitting, you need to think about what you’re doing, from measuring yarn to counting stitches to using your eyes and fine motor skills,” explains Kimberly Rosenau, activity coordinator. “It encourages them to use the skill set they already have.”

Elements in the Russian Room at the Helen Bader Center are designed to emulate grandma’s house from the 1930s.

Even participating in therapy and exercise classes has cognitive benefits for the residents. “It is important for the residents to stay active and maintain their physical strength,” said Kari Knox, wellness coordinator.

To that end, there are a variety of exercise classes held throughout the week, as well as a daily open gym for post-therapy residents. Post-therapy open gym is also a social event for the participants. “Seeing their peers, having conversations and exercising influences residents to come on a consistent basis,” continues Knox.

“Anything physical is always good for the mind.”

Resident Sidnee Nerad shows off her latest knitting project.

“People forget that it takes your brain to do things fun and creative,” concludes Lukaszewicz. “The activity department strives to keep residents engaged and alert to keep their brains functioning while stimulating the brain in a fun and social way.”

However, there are other activities such as Letters on the Lawn (a lifesize take on the game Scrabble) that encourages mental stimulation as well as social interaction as the game is a

–Becca Loss

Letters on the Lawn

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Music Makes Memories Come Alive at JHCC

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s it possible that listening to one’s favorite playlist could improve memory and mood for those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia?

with rave reviews from residents, staff and families, and became the prototype for Music & Memory, which was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2010. Since then, hundreds of nursing homes across the US and Canada have participated in the program.

accelerometer (like a pedometer) that measures their physical activity in detail. As a part of the study, researchers then track what kind of music results in what kind of reaction, while investigating the effects and benefits the individualized music has on the residents. Some of the possible effects and benefits include, but are not limited to: a reduced dependence on antipsychotic and anti-anxiety medications; reduced agitation and sun-downing; and enhanced engagement and socialization, fostering a calmer social environment.3

According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), music has been proven to be transformative One of the most observable benefits of when brought into the lives of the program is that residents are able those challenged by dementia and to recall memories that haven’t been Alzheimer’s. By playing favorite songs lost to Alzheimer’s and other forms of from each patient’s past, music therapy dementia. “Music can trigger happy awakens long-lost emotions and shows that their minds, while damaged, are still very much alive inside.

However, the short-term impact In 2013, DHS launched the Music & Memory has had on Wisconsin Music & MemorySM Initiative, enabling 100 nursing select JHCC residents has been homes throughout the state evident. “This program has to bring personalized playlists changed behavior of some of for up to 15 residents. “The our residents immensely. They Music & Memory program had been fidgety and agitated, is a statewide initiative that but once they put on their looks at how individualized iPods, they sit still and become playlists can decrease agitation relaxed,” said Carol Lukaszewicz, and encourage stimulation for director of activities. “It’s Bridget Shanhan on Today’s TMJ4 “Live at 5” interviewed persons with dementia,” explains amazing how music can calm Kimberly Rosenau about the Music and Memory program at the Jewish Home.

Kimberly Rosenau, activity someone down within a couple coordinator. “JHCC is one of ten of minutes.” memories – from childhood, youth, small nursing homes across Wisconsin and young adulthood, said Jung Kwak, The Music & Memory Initiative hopes participating in this initiative.”

PhD, Associate Professor, University to expand to 200 Wisconsin nursing of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Helen Bader The Music & Memory program is based homes in the next year, as well as School of Social Welfare and coupon the works of Dan Cohen, MSW. pilot the program in assisted living principal investigator of the Music & Cohen founded Music & Memory facilities. “It’s a great opportunity Memory initiative. “These memories with a simple idea: if he ended up in to be involved with this landmark evoke positive emotions, which shift a nursing home, he wanted to be able study to help enhance the quality of a person’s thinking away from the to listen to his favorite ‘60s music. He life for our residents,” said Rosenau. stressful stimuli of the nursing home.”2 thought, “Why not bring iPods into “We look forward to continuing the nursing homes to provide personalized process and using music as a wonderful The UWM study is following six music for residents?”1 In 2006, Cohen intervention.” discovered that none of the long-term residents for 14 weeks. Each resident care facilities in the U.S. used iPods is given an iPod Touch with an –Becca Loss for their residents. He volunteered at individualized playlist along with an 1 https://musicandmemory.org/about/mission-and-vision/ a local nursing home in Greater New app that tracks every single song being 2 http://wuwm.com/post/if-you-had-dementia-what-songswould-be-your-playlist York, creating personalized playlists played, and the genre and tempo of the 3 http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/music-memory/ for residents. The program was met songs. Residents also wear a wristband

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Chai Point & UWM Creative Trust: A Perfect Partnership

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n 2012, activity and life enrichment specialists, volunteer coordinators, UWM faculty and staff, and educators from cultural institutions gathered around a table at Saint John’s on the Lake to brainstorm about an initiative to create and collaborate on innovative intergenerational programming.

Student views of aging are transformed by this positive, playful service-learning experience. Older adults and staff see new potential in creative expression.

“I love watching the residents become part of the workshop and seeing their reactions and see how they light up to a new experience; it warms me up inside,” said Cohn. “Participation, not observation, is the goal.”

As a result, the UWM Creative Trust was born. The Creative Trust is an alliance committed to a common purpose: “to foster life-long learning through the arts” – and transforming aging in the process.

In addition to ongoing programs like Timeslips, the Trust provided a variety of creative, innovative offerings for residents. In fall of 2014, residents had the opportunity to collaborate with “I love networking with the university UWM students in the exploration of and all the communities along Prospect Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Avenue and UWM Women through a staff. It builds two-part series of camaraderie and workshops, which gives us access delved into the to resources to changing roles of provide state-ofwomen throughout the-art, innovative American history. programming.” said The first of the Trish Cohn, director two “Beyond Little of activities at Chai Women” workshops Point. “We’re so asked the questions: proud to be a part of “What does it this initiative.” mean to be a lady or gentleman?”

Trish Cohn, center, watches as a Chai Point residents and “How has this resident paints during the En Plein have benefitted from changed over the Aire event. this programming years?” The second since the Trust’s inception. Timeslips, workshop focused on the March developed by UWM theater professor sisters emergence from childhood to and Creative Trust founder Anne adulthood. Participants wrote their Basting, is its flagship initiative. UWM own short stories capturing their own students are trained in this nationally “dreams of becoming.” recognized improvisational storytelling technique and facilitate storytelling “The programs use the past and with groups of older adults, many with incorporate them into future creative symptoms of memory loss. According to projects,” explained Cohn. “It Bastings, “Anyone can gain growth and bridges the gap between students and strength through the imagination.” residents.” The creative efforts from the “Beyond Little Women” workshops will

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A UWM student gathers information for the Timeslips project.

yield an original play, Slightly Bigger Women, set for an April 2015 debut.

Another program sponsored by the Creative Trust, Flourish Festival, celebrated its inaugural year in 2014. The festival aimed to invite all to experience arts programming in Milwaukee and celebrate creativity as one ages. “The festival is designed to promote life-long learning through the arts, and share the artists’ accomplishments,” said Bastings. Chai Point played host to two programs: “Spread Your Wings,” A Birding Afternoon, and “En Plein Air Extraordinaire.” For the 2015 Festival, the Trust and Chai Point hope to expand on last year’s “En Plein Air” program, including a collaborative effort with residents and UWM art and music students.

“Our programming really is a jewel along the east side; I’m proud that we’ve fostered a community with creative, innovative programming,” said Cohn.

“Play and creativity are some of the most important things people can do.

Without creative play, there’s less joy in the world. Being in a fantasy world is a good thing for the mind.”

–Becca Loss

Memory Care Makes a Positive Impact at SCC

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emory care is a long-term option for patients who have been diagnosed with an illness, such as Alzheimer’s or related dementias, that affects memory.

The level of impairment might mean that living can pose safety concerns, but they do not meet the standards for a skilled nursing facility either. With this practice, persons are able to maintain some independence while staying safe and living in an environment that allows them some personal freedom.

Most memory care centers exist as cluster settings on a floor or designated area within a larger residential care facility.

While Sarah Chudnow Community has had a memory care unit since opening in 2005, the program has evolved and thrived with the addition of Malia Fischer, memory care activities director, in December 2013.

According to Fischer, “Paul (Schultz, SCC administrator) was looking for a full-time person to work with memory care, and I have more than eight years experience working with the memory care and Alzheimer’s population.”

In most communities, including SCC, residents in the memory care center have common areas, indoor activities

and events that allow them to socialize, walk and take part in hobbies that interest them. Staff create programs that are specifically designed to enhance

Malia cooking with Memory Care residents.

memory, include sensory stimulation, cognitive therapies, art and music therapies, physical and occupational therapies, while helping to alleviate symptoms of agitation or aggression.

“About 75 percent of our activities have a music component, as it’s been shown it stimulates memory and brain function,” said Fischer. “We also are constantly creating new activity plans to help enhance their cognitive functions, while still centering on routine.”

The structured environment provides techniques that help residents perform daily tasks even if they don’t always remember how to do them. “We try

Left; Outing to Milwaukee County Zoo. Right: Residents got to get up close and feed the animals at Cedar Creek Farms.

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to simulate what residents would be doing in their own home,” explains Fischer. “We provide a home-like atmosphere with routine tasks and activities.” Routine activities – all with a focus on stimulating and enhancing brain function – including morning exercise, coupon clipping and yarn rolling. A majority of the activities are performed in group settings to allow for socialization. Another way socialization is offered is through speakers and musical performances at SCC. This inclusivity has provided the opportunity for conversation with other residents at these special events. There have also been field trips for memory care residents.

Most importantly, there has been an increase in cognitive skills and memory with many of the residents. “I love my job and coming to work, especially when the residents notice a familiar face coming through the doors and seeing them smile,” said Fischer. “I get to enjoy the experience of how they became who they are. When their long-term memory is triggered, it’s great to see how those memories help to enhance their lives.”

–Becca Loss

Volunteers and the Adult Day Programs: A Brain-Healthy Combination

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olunteers play an integral role as they assist in our Adult Day Center and the ReCharge! programs. They allow our staff the space and time to provide quality individualized care for the participants while bringing their own talents, interests, and passions to the programs.

The programs also offer a window for volunteers of family member participants to hear the information that their loved ones are given and the opportunity to learn techniques and exercises that they can do at home with family to help reinforce the new skills learned. All of the Adult Day Center and ReCharge! program volunteers gain valuable knowledge about brain health and what they can do as they age to stay as vital and energetic as possible.

Fran Goldner, a ReCharge! volunteer, got involved in the program after her family saw an ad in the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. The family felt that it would be a great program for her father-in-law. Fran accompanied him for a few sessions to see how he took to the program and after they saw that it was a good fit, Fran spoke with Dawn Adler, the program director, about coming to help out. “My reasons for wanting to help with the program were two-fold; I wanted to see how my father-in-law was doing. I love Dawn and the class members in the program, and this also give me a great brain work out.”

Fran assists by passing out worksheets, serving lunch to the class members, and helping them find their way to and from the bathrooms. She can pinch hit in the program if Dawn needs to briefly speak with a participant’s family member. She also works one-onone assisting class members who are struggling with an exercise and may

of different parts of the brain. “I find that I use some of the memory retention techniques, and I do some of the worksheets at home with family members,” she says.

Fran Goldner and a ReCharge! student work together on an assignment.

Donna Howe, center, with her grandchild and an ADC participant

need more individualized guidance to complete the work.

“I think this program is great! There are so many wonderful components. The program incorporates so much variety.

There are activities to improve memory; it is an awesome socializing outlet for the participants, and I especially enjoy the educational component. The program also addresses the importance of good nutrition and physical exercise.

This is such a supportive environment.”

Fran feels that the program has done wonderful things for her own memory.

She has learned a lot about how the brain works and about the functions

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Fran became a volunteer specifically to help out with the ReCharge! program.

She has also volunteered to help with special events. Her time is limited but she offers to help out where she can.

“I would love to see more people from the community participate in this program. There are many people in our community who would benefit from this.”

Dawn Adler, the program director, is very thankful for the volunteers who dedicate themselves to helping out with her programs. “It is very important to have consistent volunteers. The basis of our programs is getting to know the people on a very deep level and offering engagement that is meaningful to them.” In the Adult Day Center, having choices of engagement and how people want to spend their day is important. “Volunteers enable us to offer a multitude of choices from learning a new card game, enjoying the beautiful veranda, assisting with art or cooking experiences to learning new technologies such as the Kindle. Some activities are enhanced by one-onone time. We believe in small group interactions to develop relationships among those who attend the program.

For example, Margaret loves to play Chinese checkers, but that would not be possible to play with 15 people.”

Donna Howe is a volunteer with the Adult Day Center and the ReCharge! program. She started out working as a caregiver for someone in the community who is Jewish. Donna is not Jewish, but

she has always been very interested in Jewish holidays and customs. Donna decided to volunteer at the Jewish Home and Care Center. Donna had worked in an Adult Day Center in college and decided that she would be most comfortable volunteering there.

In the Adult Day Center, Donna spends her time greeting participants as they come in for the day. She helps them get coffee and a snack in the Coffee Café, and then assists with various activities throughout the day. She helps participants who might like some individual conversation, and she gives one-on-one assistance for those who need help with an activity.

individualized, and the participants are treated with warmth and gentleness. In the Adult Day Center the participants are offered many choices, they have a say in what they do. The people are respected and treated like adults.

And I love the focus on the Jewish calendar. The ReCharge! program helps to focus on thinking skills and the homework helps to carry over what is learned throughout the week.

When I first began to volunteer here I was not expecting the programs to be so good. The programs offered here have so much substance; they are not babysitting services. I never realized that I would learn so much.”

“I love how open, warm, and comfortable the program feels, and that it is so person-centered and individualized. I have really enjoyed getting to know each participant.”

Donna has volunteered to help with other programs both at the Jewish Home and Care Center and at the Sarah Chudnow Community. “I love my experiences here. I always feel welcomed warmly. I have made some wonderful friendships with the program participants and I have learned so much about their life experiences. I feel that I am an integral part of the group, a valued member of the team. I am learning so much and having so much fun here. I am very thankful for this experience.”

Donna also helps out with the ReCharge! program. “This is a great program, everyone is given a chance to speak, the activities are stimulating and challenging, and they really make your brain work in new and different ways.” Donna says that the program has helped her own memory. She has learned so much about the difference between long- and short-term memory and she has found that the technique for remembering names has been a great benefit. “I would give both of these programs a 5-star rating.”

Dawn depends upon our ReCharge! volunteers. “For ReCharge! it is especially important to have consistent volunteers. It takes time to get to know what approach will work with each person. Some need more visual cues and less language while others need a stronger auditory component.

The volunteers enable everyone to be successful.”

Donna has very positive feelings about both programs. “They are both so

Chuck Marks was brought up in a very close-knit family. He and his sister were very thankful for the wonderful upbringing that they had, and wanted to insure that their aging parents would be able to have the highest quality of life possible, for as long as they live. Chuck’s mother was always the caregiver in the family and always saw to everyone’s needs. “In their later years we knew that my father’s memory was beginning to slip a bit but my mother always took care of things, so we did not worry about my father’s health.

About eight years ago my mother had a severe stroke and my sister and I knew we needed to get care for our father. We took him to see a neurologist and then put him in a memory program on the

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Chuck Marks, right, greets Larry in the ADC.

west side of town where we met Dawn Adler. We loved that program because Dawn was in charge of it. When Dawn moved to direct the Adult Day Center at the Jewish Home and Care Center and start the ReCharge! program, we moved our father there. Right away we fell in love with the program at the Jewish Home and Care Center. It feels like home. The Jewish programming was so comfortable. We felt an immediate sense of belonging.”

Chuck’s father loves the ReCharge! program. He can walk in and find people from the (Jewish) community that he already knows. He loves the Jewishness of the program and the familiarity of the surroundings. Chuck sees a wealth of activity here. The Jewish content of the program is one of his favorite parts. “I love coming in on Friday mornings when the Rabbi stops by.” Chuck decided to pay an unannounced visit to the program. “I always love spending time with my family and I wanted to know what my father is doing while he is here.” Chuck was immediately greeted by the staff, and he found the program to be very well maintained. He decided to become a volunteer so that he could see his father in action. As a volunteer in the program Chuck is able to see the quality of the staff here. “Staff can make or break a place,” he says. Chuck decided to attend the program with his father

as often as he can. He feels that he has his own talents to share with the class members in the program. “I have a good sense of humor, I am very enthusiastic, and I find it very easy to make friends. I have always dealt with people of varying levels of ability and I know that I can share these gifts with all of the class members in the program.”

Chuck helps to greet participants as they come in each morning. He enjoys helping to serve the lunch, and is willing to help out wherever staff needs it. He loves current events and reading through each section of the newspaper with class members, or playing games with them. “I especially love sitting with the Rabbi on Friday mornings.”

Chuck loves that the staff is so handson, “they are genuinely interested in each class member and they truly care about affecting the quality of life for each person in the program. The ratio of staff to class member is wonderful; everyone can have quality interactions with staff.” Chuck also loves that the ReCharge! program is not just for people in the Jewish community; he loves the diversity of the class members.

“I have always lived in a racially diverse area of the city and it is wonderful to see a racial mix in the ReCharge! population at the Jewish Home.” Chuck also loves the fact that his father, who never really ate a great lunch, will eat a warm and nutritious meal as a part of the ReCharge! program.

During his time volunteering in the ReCharge! program Chuck has become acutely aware of the signs of aging and memory problems. He is spending more time researching and finding programs and articles dealing with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Chuck’s father continues to visit the neurologist for periodic check-ups and the neurologist says that his dad has held his own and has maintained a steady level of brain health due to his participation in the program and the stability of his routines. “Dawn has taught us memory card games that we play at home with our own children.” He says that his mother’s caregiver will do the class worksheets with his mother and his father during the week. “We are so thankful that we found this program,”

Chuck says. “We are so happy to be here. When my parents are not living anymore I want to be able to say that, as a son, I did everything I could to help them lead the best life possible.”

Dawn notes that the volunteers often state that they benefit more from the connections and friendships that they make with the participants and class members, than the participants receive from them. “It is gratifying to see the relationships that form between our program participants and our volunteers. We are so fortunate to have the quality of the volunteers who help with our programs. We have actually hired a ReCharge! volunteer to help with the Adult Day Center.”

–Beth Draper For information on becoming a volunteer, call Beth Draper at 414.277.8848 or bdraper@ jewishseniorliving.org. For information on the Adult Day Center or ReCharge!, contact Dawn Adler at 414.277.8838 or dadler@jewishseniorliving.org.

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resident on an individual basis and is trained in working with older adults who have memory loss. Chai Point residents are also able to use the van to transport back and forth to a variety of appointments.

benefit from our programs.

“Riding with Alecia is so much fun!

The ride is much more efficient; I am not waiting around for hours to be dropped off or picked up. I make all my appointments and events. I would love just to go riding around the city with Alecia; she is great!” said Barbara Franczyk, Chai Point resident.

The Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation is grateful to the Peck Foundation, Milwaukee for the continued charitable support. Our residents, participants, and family members are truly sitting back, relaxing, and enjoying the ride!

The new transport van is offered to those who desire a transportation service that is trustworthy, familiar, and provides a more personal experience.

The Adult Day Center and ReCharge! Brain Health Class continue to grow and adults outside Milwaukee County are interested in attending. However, this can present quite a challenge as transport services will not cross county borders.

Our new transportation van is able and willing to drive those extra miles to the North Shore area to help those who could

– Liza Holle

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Second Annual Campaign for the Brain

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hile the rest of the country was concerned with political campaigns, the Jewish Home and Care Center, Chai Point Senior Living and Sarah Chudnow Community were running the second annual Campaign for the Brain. Held on two campuses in November, the Campaign featured speakers on topics related to healthy living, featuring, of course, the brain, and a health fair with brain health as the main focus.

Events kicked off at the Sarah Chudnow Community with Dr. Zorba Paster, a

popular talk radio host on WPR 90.7 FM. He shared his 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 plan for living a healthy life. It is: eating five (5) servings of fruits and vegetables daily following the four pillars of financial health (have a financial plan, give tzedakah, control debt, and save for retirement), having three close friends, limiting screen time to two hours daily, participating in one hour of exercise each day.

The health fair with its interactive stations focusing on brain health kicked off the next day. Stations included a

drum circle, Nia exercise, Chinese Pulse diagnosis, massage therapy, blood pressure screening, memory screening, and tastings of brain-healthy foods.

A week later, the Campaign for the Brain health fair with interactive stations took place on the Weinberg Campus in Milwaukee in the Rubenstein Pavilion.

At the same time, three programs on subjects regarding brain health were presented: Virginia Zerpa, Community Outreach Coordinator at Alzheimer’s Association of SE Wisconsin, talked about lifestyle factors that impact brain

Blood pressure was one of the screenings available. Deb Johnson, RN at SCC, shares helpful information with a guest.

Thank you to our sponsors!

Bagel and Lox, interactive FUR friends were a very popular display.

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health. Dr. Bernard Warren led a short Qigong class during his discussion of Qigong and Tai Chi, and how they benefit people with dementia, and Dr. Raul Mateo discussed Blue Zones: countries that have the commonalities of the healthiest lifestyles and what makes them so healthy.

The Campaign for the Brain is grateful for the sponsorship of the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation, the Alzheimer’s Association of Southeastern WI, and the Helen Bader Foundation.

We also thank Stowell Associates Gentiva Hospice for their support.

Nia with Kate Mann

Dr. Zorba Paster kicked off all of the Campaign for the Brain events.

Dark chocolate is delicious AND good for you.

Ahhh, massage has so many benefits.

The Rubenstein is abuzz with activity.

The Alzheimer’s Association of SE WI was one of our sponsors.

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Annual Dinner Salutes Adult Day Programs

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e had no idea,” said one guest at the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation’s Annual Dinner, “we never realized what they were doing there. It’s just wonderful!”

the people who create and run the programs discussed the philosophy and science of the programs. The video is available for viewing on our YouTube channel at http://goo.gl/sMwzHl. Dawn Adler, director of the Adult Day Programs and ReCharge!, took the podium to talk about the importance of building “a capable and compassionate tomorrow.”

What she was referring to are the programs that were highlighted and honored at this year’s Annual Dinner. With the theme Plugging into Possibilities, the program focused on the future vision and continued expansion of the ReCharge! program and the Adult Day Center.

Governor Schreiber, whose wife attends the Adult Day Center, closed the evening with another video presentation in which he shared what being a caregiver meant for him. He empathized with those who would not have his personal and financial resources to cope with the road ahead of them, and stressed the necessity for our lawmakers to prepare for “the tsunami” of people with dementia in the years ahead. The governor credited the Adult Day Programs with giving the caregiver a respite and the knowledge that their loved one was getting, “care, affection, variety of opportunity, given the best that there could ever be.”

Former Governor Martin Schreiber kicked off the festivities with a video introduction to the evening. While guests enjoyed a delicious dinner of crispy chicken confit, the main video played.

Using video interviews, the Adult Day Center and ReCharge! program participants and families, in their own words, talked about how important these programs are to their lives, while

Dawn Adler, director of Adult Day Programs and ReCharge! introduces the ReCharge! and Adult Day Center staffs.

Judy Margolis

Deborah Zemel, director of Chai Point

Sydelle Shulkin and Lisa Sattell

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Josh L. Gimbel, chairman of the Jewish Home and Care Center board Max Taglin and Mike Sattell

Deb Zarne, filmmaker, with Mike Sattell. Deb created the video that premiered at the dinner.

Shari Weingrod

Howard Loeb, chairman of the Chai Point board

Arleen Peltz, chairman of the board of the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation

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Making Magical Memories: A New Intergenerational Program at Sarah Chudnow Community

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a new, exciting Intergenerational Program was initiated this past summer at Sarah Chudnow Community in the Memory Care Center.

The program, Making Magical Memories, matched area high school-aged young adults with residents for the purpose of building relationships and helping residents recall important people and events in their lives. Information obtained by each teen memory care assistant was then used to create a memory board. The boards, which are displayed prominently in the residents’ rooms, are being used to stimulate conversation with family, friends, and staff. According to Malia Fischer, activities coordinator in the Memory Care Center, there are nine residents in memory care with a wide range of care needs. Some residents are in the early stages of dementia, others are middle stage Alzheimer’s patients.

The idea behind Making Magical Memories came from 16-year-old Sara Rubovits who is a junior at Torah Academy of Milwaukee. In the spring of 2013, Sara was talking to family friend Sarah Cohen, a social worker at the Jewish Home and Care Center’s Helen Bader Center, who was looking to expand the programming available to residents in memory care. The two of them discussed the possibility of creating a program in which young people could get involved with residents.

When school was out for the summer, Sara visited the residents in memory care almost every morning, getting to know them and helping with activities. Sara became very close to one resident. As the weeks passed, the resident slowly began to tell Sara about her past. At the end of the summer Sara took her notes from the conversations she had with her resident and created a memory board.

Sara says, “My vision was to make it something simple that could be used as a springboard to help her find the memories she shared with me and talk about them with others.” Then in the spring of 2014 another friend of Sara’s family contacted Julie Shlensky, Posner Chair for Intergenerational Programming, to tell her about Sara’s idea.

Sara Rubovits, center, interacting with residents at Julie asked Sara to mentor other SCC during Chanukah. young adults and discussed the idea of bringing Sara’s program to the Sarah Chudnow Community. “I getting to know their resident and was excited about the chance to get this working on their memory board. It off the ground. My memory board was a was a memorable summer for everyone success. I heard great feedback from my involved in the program and has been resident’s family and was eager to see described as extremely rewarding, how the program could be expanded instructive, fun, and worthwhile. Sara and improved by getting other people adds, “You are doing something that involved,” Sara recalls. Sara believed is giving the gifts of friendship and that if more young adults could be connection, which are priceless. Being involved in Making Magical Memories, part of Making Magical Memories is a more people would benefit. Residents one-of-a-kind experience.” had memories to share and were just If you know a teen who may be interested waiting for someone to listen. in getting involved in this very special program, please contact Julie Shlensky, In June 2014, a group of memory care Posner Chair for Intergenerational assistants ranging in age from 15 to 17 Programming, at 414-721-9253 or by began training under the direction of email at jshlensky@jewishseniorliving.org.

Sara and Julie. Each spent the summer

Residents proudly display their memory boards.

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We Thank Our Friends and Supporters We are pleased to recognize our donors whose gifts help sustain our mission.

Donors are listed for contributions received between July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.

We strive to be accurate and complete. Please inform us of any errors and accept our apologies for any oversight.

Adult Day Center Fund Mr. John Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Mark Goldner Beatrice Miller Beauty Shop Fund Ms. Gerrie Boym Mrs. Audrey Laufman In Memory of Robin Gerlach Mrs. Audrey Laufman In Honor of Ken & Barb Willenson’s 50th anniversary Mrs. Audrey Laufman In Memory of Sheldon Dorf Mrs. Audrey Laufman In Honor of Estelle Felber and Lil Silverberg Mrs. Audrey Laufman In Memory of Dorothy Brecher Mrs. Audrey Laufman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shavzin Chai Point Fund Anonymous In Memory of Boris Talesnik Mrs. M. Robert Breslauer Ms. Tricia Cohn In Honor of Sari & David Kramer’s daughter’s wedding and Donna Selig’s granddaughter’s wedding Ms. Tricia Cohn In Memory of Mr. James Lurie’s father Ms. Tricia Cohn In Honor of Emily and Conrad Lee Schernecker’s marriage Ms. Tricia Cohn In Honor of Jodi Lurie’s birthday Ms. Tricia Cohn In Honor of Dana Winkleman’s son’s bar mitzvah, In Honor of Dean and Debbie’s new granddaughter, and In Memory of Marion Chesick Mr. and Mrs. Gary Edelstein In Honor of Emily’s Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Eglash Mr. Andrew Feiring & Ms. Florence Steinberger In Memory of Lia Steinberger

Mr. Jay Frank Mrs. Thelma W. Friedman Mrs. Rosalie Gellman In Honor of Dean and Debbie Zemel’s new granddaughter Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Gendelman Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Gorelick In Honor of Marvin and Alice Greenfield Dr. Franklin and Renee Handel In Honor of Mandel Katz’s birthday Mrs. Rachel Heimovics Mr. and Mrs. Gary Heller In Honor of Trish Cohn Mrs. Lisa Irvings Ms. Ruth J. Irvings In Memory of Irene and Leo Irvings Edith Kohlenberg Mrs. Shirley L. Langer In Honor of Trish Cohn Mrs. Shirley L. Langer In Memory of Selma Mechanic and in appreciation of Rabbi Emmer Mrs. Elaine Liberman In Memory of Raphael B. Kianovsky Mrs. Betty Rae Litow Mr. and Mrs. Howard Loeb Ms. Frances Mesken Mr. Gertrude Mollick In Memory of Selma Mechanic Mrs. Sydelle Shulkin Mrs. Marilyn Simons for a speedy recovery to Dr. Alan Corré Mrs. Shirley Sweet In Memory of Selma Mechanic Mr. and Mrs. Dean Zemel In Memory of Sherburn Wynn Dor L’ Dor Corridor Fund Mr. John Burstein In Memory of Victor and Margery Burstein Dr. and Mrs. P. Burstein In Memory of Victor and Margery Burstein Mr. Stephen Burstein In Memory of Victor and Margery Burstein

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Education Fund Ms. Djoly Sim Wipfli LLP Frances and Ezra Berman Activity Fund Mr. Joseph Berman Friends of the Jewish Home Rabbi and Mrs. Steven Adams Mrs. Freda G. Adashek Mr. and Mrs. Henry Albert Mr. and Mrs. William Appel Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Appel Mrs. Susan G. Atlas In Memory of Jean and Alex Atlas Dr. Alfred Bader Dr. and Mrs. Steven Baruch Mrs. Margery Becker Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beder Dr. Paul and Dr. Susan Bernstein Ms. Nancee B. Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Berson Mrs. Anne Borkowf Lorraine Borsuk Dr. and Mrs. Steven Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dickman Merzy and Russ Eisenberg Mrs. Bernice Fagan In Memory of Ben Fagan Mrs. Bernice Fagan Mr. Jeffrey Goldberg Mr. Bret Goodman Mrs. Seema Gorens Dr. and Mrs. Philip Himmelfarb Ms. Gail Hora Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Howards Mr. and Mrs. Dale Jacobs Dr. and Mrs. Harold Jacobsohn Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kleiner Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Koren Dr. Christine Kovach Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lauwasser Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lisberg Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luber Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Margolis Mrs. Emma Lee Merar

Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Palay Mr. and Mrs. B. Andrew Palec Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Parker Mrs. Tania Parzen Dr. and Mrs. Larry Polacheck Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Poll Mrs. Enid Powell In Memory of Bert Powell Mrs. Rosalie Rellin In Memory of Ethel Rochwerger Mr. Norman Rosenfeld Mrs. Merilyn R. Ross Mrs. Barbara Sable Dr. Robert Saichek Dr. and Mrs. David Sandock Mrs. Mildred E. Schapiro Mr. Michael Schlesinger Mr. and Mrs. William Schuckit Mrs. Marcia Schuster Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Neil Shafer Rabbi Ron Shapiro Mr. Gary Shovers Mr. and Mrs. Martin Slater Mr. and Mrs. Mort Swerdlow Gilbert Meisel Music Fund Ms. Fanchon Lessing In Memory of Max M. Meisel Golden Alliance Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bass Dr. and Mrs. Charles Bomzer Dr. and Mrs. Alan Corré Mrs. Suzy Ettinger Mrs. Linda C. Freeman In Memory Richard L. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Josh Gimbel Ms. Gail Hora Mr. and Mrs. Robin Irwin Claire Komisar Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lee Mr. and Mrs. Michael Likterev Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Mann Dr. and Mrs. Bud Margolis Mr. and Mrs. William Mayer Mr. John Moulder & Mrs. Joan Dimow Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD Mr. and Mrs. Michael Polsky Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Sand Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sattell Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Selby

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stein Stier Construction, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Strait Mr. and Mrs. David Weber Mr. and Mrs. Leo Weinshel Hand In Hand Fund Mrs. Bernice Fagan In Honor of Della Bornstein’s birthday Thomas Haberman Mrs. Miriam Orenstein In Honor of Renee Weinshel’s birthday Mary Anne Selby In Honor of Della Bornstein’s birthday Mary Anne Selby In Memory of Marion Chesick Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Wasserman Helen Bader Fund Mrs. Janice Gratch In Honor of Lucille Shovers Mr. and Mrs. Sam Leib Herschel Gellerman Memorial Fund Dr. and Mrs. Avi Pandey In Memory of Herchel Gellerman Hyman Kastrul Synagogue Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beiler In Memory of Leon Beiler Mr. and Mrs. Armin Blischke In Memory of Elizabeth Wenzel and In Honor of Edie Shafer’s book Mr. David Bordow In Memory of Milton R. Bordow Mrs. Della Bornstein In Memory of David Frumerman Mr. and Mrs. Arkady Brodsky In Memory of Borukh Tsirlin Mr. John Burstein In Memory of Victor and Margery Burstein Dr. and Mrs. P. Burstein In Memory of Victor and Margery Burstein Mr. Stephen Burstein In Memory of Victor and Margery Burstein Mrs. Beverly Colton In Memory of Ida Zilberbrand Ms. Renee Swerin Coppel In Memory of Miriam Swerin Dr. and Mrs. Alan Corré

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drummond In Memory of Erin Scklore Ms. Maureen Eichenbaum In Honor of Rabbi Emmer Mr. Kenneth Eichenbaum In Memory of Sam Eichenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Ellis In Memory of George Ellis Mr. Joseph Erlich In Memory of Ignoc Narciz Mrs. Reeva Glinternick In Memory of Sewall L. Glinternick Mr. and Mrs. Rick Grossman In Memory of Yetta R. Turick Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Herszenson In Memory of Mendel Herszenson Mr. Andrey Krakhmalnikov Bernis and Larry Kretchmar, MD In Memory of Paul Moskowitz Mr. Rubin Kulkulkin Mr. Allen Kwass In Memory of Melvin Kwass Mrs. Shirley L. Langer Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Levy In Memory of Elaine Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Levy In Memory of Frieda Levy Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Levy In Memory of Sam Levy Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Machi In Memory of Maddalena Busalacchi Mr. and Mrs. David Magar In Memory of Alex Magar Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meyeroff In Honor of Rabbi Emmer Milwaukee Funeral Services, LLC In Memory of Elizabeth Rael Milwaukee Funeral Services, LLC In Memory of Maxine Papermaster and Elaine Magidson Barnett Mr. Gertrude Mollick In Honor of Rabbi Emmer Mr. Gertrude Mollick Ms. Dana Mueller In Memory of Della Urich Ms. Dana Mueller In Memory of Richard Resnick Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pump In Memory of Ellen Herszenson Ms. Shirley Raffe In Honor of Rabbi Levi Emmer Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell Rapkin In Memory of Dorothy Lerner

Mrs. Ida Ricco In Memory of Sara Heller Mrs. Ida Ricco In Memory of Lena Heller Ms. Linda Riskin Rock of Ages Memorials, Inc. In Honor of Rabbi Emmer Dr. Roger and Adrienne (Turick) Rosenberg In Memory of William Turick and Ben W. Turick Dr. Roger and Adrienne (Turick) Rosenberg In Memory of Yetta R. Turick Mrs. Merilyn R. Ross In Memory of Philip Rubenstein Mrs. Barbara Shafton Mrs. Laurel Sherman In Memory of Henry Temkin Mr. Michael Sklyar In Memory of Sara Skylar Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stein In Memory of Rudolph Stein Mr. James A. Sweet In Memory of Abraham Bodner Ms. Yelena Tsirlin In Memory of Borukh Tsirlin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vayner In Memory of Millya Chernetskaya Mr. Norman Wasserman In Memory of Jean Poll Mr. and Ms. Donald Wiesner In Memory of Alex Magar Mrs. Eva Zaret In Memory of Regina Lebovics Jewish Home and Care Center Fund Mr. Andrew Appel Carol Arenberg Ms. Esther Arnold In Memory of Frida Shnayderman Dr. and Mrs. Steven Baruch Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bass Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Becker Mrs. Sharie Berliant Mr. Elliot Berman & Cantor Karen Berman Ms. Ellen Bick In Memory of Abe Weintrob Mr. and Mrs. Armin Blischke In Honor of Romaine Backer’s Birthday and In Honor of Debbie and Dean Zemel’s new granddaughter Mr. and Mrs. Armin Blischke In Memory of Elizabeth Wenzel and in honor of Edie Shafer’s book

Mrs. Harriet Blumberg In Honor of Mrs. Renee Weinshel Mr. Edward Blumberg Ms. Andrea Bootzin In Memory of Sheldon Dorf and Paul Angeles Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Borsuk Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bradbury Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brickman Mr. and Mrs. Jim Caraway Jane Carlin Ms. Betty Chrustowski Ms. Betty Chrustowski In Memory of Gertrude Prochep Mr. David Chudnow Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Chudnow Dr. Norman E. Cohen Ms. Esther Cohen Mrs. Beverly Colton In Memory of Marjorie Jacobson Drs. David and Judy Coran Dr. and Mrs. Alan Corré In Honor of Renee Weinshel’s birthday and In Honor of Rabbi and Mrs. Elliot Katz’s granddaughter’s birth Dr. and Mrs. Alan Corré In Memory of Sheldon Dorf Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cummins Mr. Samuel Denny Mr. and Mrs. Richard DeSmet Ms. Suzanna Deutsch In Memory of Henri Deutsch Ms. Kimberly Dexter In Memory of Gerald Arbiture Mr. and Mrs. David Draper In Honor of Della Bornstein’s birthday Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Dunkleman Mrs. Elaine Durchslag Edith Arnstein Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Hyam Eglash In Honor of Renee Weinshel’s birthday Rabbi and Mrs. David Eisenbach In Memory of Walter Peltz Mr. Mike Faich In Memory of Rosalyn Wolfe Dr. Alan E. Feen In Memory of Sara Feen Mr. Stanley Ferstadt Harriet Fine In Memory of Elaine Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Jack Follick

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Ms. Esther Foreman In Memory of Rosalyn Wolfe David Fork In Memory of Gerald Arbiture Jody Garner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goldberg Mrs. Carol Goldstein Goodman Bensman In Memory of Marjorie Jacobson, Gertrude Prochep, Elizabeth Rael Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grande In Honor of Myra and Royal Taxman’s 60th anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grande In Memory of Grace Lechter Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grande in appreciation of Leonard Goldstein for mentoring his grandson Ms. Kat Grinker In Honor of Marlene Heller and Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Grinker Ms. Kat Grinker In Memory of Elaine Magidson Leslie Grinker In Memory of Elaine Magidson Mr. and Mrs. David Gruber In Honor of Jewish Home and Care Center and Chai Point Assisted Living Staff Ms. Ellen Guiseppi Helen and Morris Zolin Fund Home Instead Inc. Della Bornstein Salute to Senior Service Award money Mr. and Mrs. Martin Infeld Isaac and Eva Hochman Family Foundation In Memory of Issaac and Eva Hochman Mrs. Marilyn Jacobs Mr. William Jennaro John and Mildred Zussman Donor Advised Fund Ms. Gail Jones Mr. Richard L. Kahn In Memory of Lori Hutton Mrs. Mary Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kaminski In Memory of Gerald Arbiture Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Karan Mr. and Mrs. Gary Kastel In Memory of Sheldon Dorf

Mrs. Natalie S. Katz In Memory of Marjorie Jacobson Dr. and Mrs. Morris Klein In Memory of Gertrude Prochep Dr. Cary Kohlenberg Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Komisar Mr. and Mrs. Martin Komisar Mr. Andrew Komisar & Ms. Shannon Corallo Komisar Brady & CO., LLP In Memory of Maxine Papermaster Mr. and Mrs. David Kramer In Memory of Beatrice Philips Mr. and Mrs. Claude Krawczyk In Memory of Gerald Arbiture Bernard and Judy Kristal Mr. Allen Kwass Ms. Janet Kwass In Memory of Maxine Papermaster Mrs. Marian Laev Mrs. Shirley L. Langer In Memory of Ethel Atinsky Mrs. Shirley L. Langer In Memory of Rosalyn Wolfe Mrs. Shirley L. Langer In Appreciation for the service by Rabbi Emmer Mr. Philip Levin Mr. and Mrs. Burton Levine In Memory of David Levine Mr. John Lewenauer In Memory of Marjorie Jacobson Mrs. Elaine Liberman In Memory of Sheldon Dorf Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lieberman Mrs. Anne Lowe In Memory of Getrude Prochep Dr. and Mrs. Sanford Mallin Dr. and Mrs. Bud Margolis Max Branovan Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Mark McQuide In Memory of Sidney Lieberman Ms. Agatha Melamed In Gratitude for caring for your father, Abraham Melamed, and your grandmother, Catherine Goodman Mr. Gary Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Jay Miller Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Minkoff Ms. Nancy Padden Mr. Morris Parzen In Memory of Elvira Rosenblatt

Mrs. Arleen Peltz In Honor of a speedy recovery for Bonnie Kofsky Mrs. Arleen Peltz In Honor of Donna Selig’s granddaughter’s wedding Mrs. Arleen Peltz In Honor of Dr. Alan Corré’s recovery Mrs. Arleen Peltz In Memory of Carl Millman Mrs. Arleen Peltz In Memory of Marie Gaulke Mrs. Arleen Peltz In Memory of Sheldon Dorf Mrs. Arleen Peltz In Memory of Sherburn Wynn Mrs. Rebecca Peltz Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Resnick Mrs. Beverly Rice In Memory of Ethel Atinksy Mr. Leonard Riskin In Honor of Lillie Riskin Mr. and Mrs. Merton Rotter Rottman Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rubin Alecia Rucker Samuel and Sara Bornstein Alzheimer’s Education Endowment Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sattell Mrs. Geraldine Schmidman In Memory of Marjorie Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Scott Bonnie J. Shafrin Mr. Herschel Shlensky Mr. and Mrs. Neil Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Al Simon Mr. and Mrs. David Smulyan Mrs. Bernadine Socol In Memory of Rosalyn Wolfe Mrs. Thelma Sogol Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Spector Mrs. Barbara A. Stein In Memory of Sheldon Dorf Ms. Harriet Steinberg In Memory of Elaine Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Steren In Memory of Rosalyn Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stern Ms. Rachel Stern Mr. and Mrs. Roger Sundell In Honor of Bobbie and Sandy Fedderly Mr. David Schwartz In Memory of Elaine Barnett

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Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Tarachow Robert and Marilyn Teper Tonkens Memorial Endowment Fund Sophie Wagner* In Honor of Sara Cagen’s Birthday Mrs. Stephanie Wagner Ms. Rose Waldman Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Weber In Memory of Marjorie Jacobson Mrs. Marian M. Weinberg Mrs. Marian M. Weinberg In Memory of Elaine Barnett Alan Weinstein In Memory of Gerald Arbiture Mrs. Betty Weitzen In Memory of Gerald Bass Ms. Ellen Whitnack Mrs. Nina Widell In Honor of Nita Corré Sonia Willenson In Memory of Gertrude Prochep Sonia Willenson William H. Wasweyler Fund Laura Wojciechowski Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Wynn XTO Energy Inc. Zimmerman Architectural Studios, Inc. Mrs. Clarice Zucker Jewish Home and Care Center Fund In Memory of Marion Chesick Ms. Joelle Clark Barabara DeSmet Mr. and Mrs. William Komisar Dr. and Mrs. Raul Mateo Mrs. Peggy Maurice Mrs. Arleen Peltz Mr. Thomas Whelan Jewish Home and Care Center Remodeling Fund Mr. Bradden Backer & Rabbi Dena Feingold Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Cornfield Rose Derzon* Mr. Franklyn M. Gimbel Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grande Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Peckerman Helen and Bernard Soref Memorial Endowment Fund

*Deceased

Martin F. Stein Intergenerational Fund Mrs. Heather Adkins Ms. Julie Bandalin Mr. and Mrs. John Clemmer Mr. and Mrs. David Fantle Ms. Annette Fortunato-Jennaro Mr. and Mrs. Yale Freiman Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gordy Mr. Bill Kerns Mr. and Mrs. Martin Komisar Mr. Nicholas Laird Ms. Kristin Mathisen In Honor of Mr. Roger Carp Medline Industries, Inc. Mr. Gertrude Mollick Orkin Pest Control Mr. and Mrs. Mark Pittleman Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Rivkin Dr. Ed Rosenthal Ms. Donna Selig Mr. and Mrs. Leonid Soroka Susan Stickles Minnie K. Friedman Rehabilitation Center Fund Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Brafman Nita Corré Educational Fund Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bass In Memory of Abraham Weintrob Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bass In Memory of Rosalyn Wolf Mrs. Suzi Derzon Mrs. Suzi Derzon In Honor of Nita Corré Mr. Isaac Hallegua for a speedy recovery for Dr. Alan Corré Mrs. Marilyn Simons In Honor of Harold Biller’s birthday RUACH Fund Helen Bader Foundation Ruth Coleman Educational Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jim Caraway In Memory of Gertrude Prochep David and Ruth S. Coleman Foundation Sanford J. Ettinger Chai Point Library Fund Mrs. Suzy Ettinger In Memory of Marjorie Jacobson

Sarah Chudnow Community Fund Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bass In Memory of Rosalyn Wolfe Dr. Paul and Dr. Susan Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chudnow In Memory of Joseph and Mimi Chudnow Albert & Ann Deshur Donor Advised Fund Mr. and Mrs. James Deshur Mr. Irving D. Gaines Dr. John Gerlach In Memory of Alice Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henken In Memory of Sheldon Dorf Mary Jensen In Honor of Betty Maistelman’s birthday Mr. and Mrs. Mike Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lerner In Honor of Betty Maistelman’s Birthday Munsey Mandel In Honor of Betty Maistelman’s Birthday Mrs. Edith Meldman In Honor of Betty Maistelman’s Birthday Mrs. Esther Paler In Honor of Cantor Jeffrey Conn’s retirement Mr. Theodore Pittelman Mrs. Mary and Mr. Nathan Relles In Honor of Sophie Chudnow Mrs. Mary and Mr. Nathan Relles In Honor of Valerie Chudnow Mrs. Barbara Sable Mrs. Lee Singer In Honor of Betty Maistelman’s Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Albert Solochek In Memory of Beatrice Phillips Mr. James A. Sweet Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Wasserman In Honor of Cantor Jeffrey Conn; In Appreciation for Shabbat and Yom Tov Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Wasserman In Memory of Helen Chamoy Mr. and Mrs. Fredric Wein Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Yamahiro In Honor of Cantor Jeffrey Conn

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Sarah Chudnow Community Fund In Memory of Gertrude Prochep Ms. Julianne Bussiere County Line Sunshine Fund Mrs. Diane Gralinski Dr. Allan and Shari Luck Mrs. Susan Nowak Mr. and Mrs. Rick Paler Mrs. Virginia Taylor Wisconsin Antique Dealers Association Sarah Chudnow Community Fund In Memory of Grace Lechter Mr. and Mrs. Al Goodwin Mr. Herbert M. Hillman Mrs. Shirley L. Langer Mrs. Ruth L. Peterman Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pump Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Revenson Mrs. Mildred E. Schapiro Mr. Roger Suckow Thorson Elementary-Social Committee William L. Komisar Fund Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kleiner In Honor of Bill Komisar Mr. and Mrs. William Komisar Komisar Brady & CO., LLP Yaker and Sara Rakita Fund Mrs. Lillian Rakita In Honor of Shirley Sweet’s birthday Mrs. Lillian Rakita In Memory of Foster Jacobson Mrs. Lillian Rakita In Honor of Corrine Dropkin’s birthday Mrs. Lillian Rakita wishing a speedy recovery for Jack Rosen Mrs. Lillian Rakita In Honor of Maureen Eichenbaum’s Birthday Mr. Richard and Mrs. Gayle Weber-Rakita Mr. Stuart Wilk

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Wednesday, February 18 Milwaukee Jewish Community Chorale brings together singers from Milwaukee’s Jewish community to present a variety of traditional and contemporary Jewish choral music.

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