A newsletter for the employees of the Jewish Home and Care Center, Chai Point and Sarah Chudnow Community
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Changes in the Department of Traditions and Spiritual Life
July 2015 WELCOME New Team Members SCC Aba Baffoe-Ashun, Nursing Kimberly Corrigan, Nursing Andreal Johson, Nursing Elaine Campbell, Dietary Carrina Hoffman, Nursing Kayla Laudani, Dietary Donna Milbauer, Nursing Brandon Nikolai, Nursing Danesha Roper, Nursing Rhonda Smith, Nursing Brittanni Tillman, Nursing Victoria Thompson, Hospitality Cicel Young, Nursing JHCC Yolanda Baldwin, Nursing Sherita Blackmon, Nursing Crystal Brown, Nursing Marshaund Carter, Dining Shameka Chapman, Nursing Chiqweeta Coleman, Nursing Iaisha Davis, Nursing Markisha Jones, Nursing Shakerah Lewis, Nursing Samantha Mosley, Dining Tahirrah Taylor, Nursing Davina Wilson, Dining
As previously announced, with family and starting on July 1, community members. 2015, Rabbi Steven The Jewish community has Adams will assume chosen to make residential the role of Director of eldercare services a high Pastoral Care within our priority. organization, providing spiritual leadership “As the population ages and Michael Sattell to our residents, their continues to diversify, the President & CEO families and all of us at pressure to improve Jewish the Jewish Home and senior residences will grow, raising Care Center, Sarah Chudnow, and key issues that include the best Chai Point. He will provide pastoral and most feasible ways to maintain care for our residents and families, Jewish identity and cultural services, administrative coordination of our assure maintenance and growth ritual traditions, outreach to the in Jewish consumer demand, and community, and education and provide meaningful and culturally programming for all of us. congruent high-quality care.” Rabbi Levi Emmer will remain involved in Jewish enrichment and traditions and more actively involved in Kashrus. And Joseph Hunt will continue to serve our organization as a Mashgiach. We are truly blessed by their continued service to our residents, families, volunteers and all of us. Our Mission is very clear. We strive to provide outstanding care to our residents and community’s seniors based on the Jewish faith. As Christine Kovach, our Director of Research, has observed: “Where people live in their senior years shapes the last chapter of their lives -- how they live, whom they see, what they do, and their relationships
Our spiritual & ritual traditions underlie the fulfillment of our mission, and the role of our Pastoral Director is critical to our success in addressing our residents’ and participants’ needs. But it goes well beyond that: The Pastoral Director also provides for all of us, too, the leadership, guidance and framework to help us understand and appreciate the blessings of our work. He also helps us to see the incredible responsibility we have and the spiritual meaning that drives each of us to honor our community’s Mothers and Fathers.
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