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Prepared to Meet You Where You Are Annual Report 2019 Annual Message We Are Delighted to Present Our 2019 Annual Report Prepared to Meet You Where You Are Annual Report 2019 Annual Message We are delighted to present our 2019 Annual Report. We must be prepared to meet people where they Finally, our heartfelt thanks go out to our entire Board, Every year, as we “look back,” we are amazed at how are and we’re doing just that. Our short list includes our volunteers and our 500-plus staff members— much CJE offers to the community. It is often hard a focus on the emerging field of digital health and social workers, nurses, care managers, bus drivers, to choose which programs and services to highlight. assistive technology, the highly-anticipated opening cooks, resident care assistants, therapists and a Very few organizations nationwide offer the breadth of of Tamarisk NorthShore, the thoughtful elevation of whole host of hardworking individuals—who provide programs and services that we do to enhance the lives educational programming for the Sandwich Generation services to more than 20,000 older adults and their of older adults in the Jewish and larger community. and the expansion of supportive services to seniors family members each year. With your continued who want to stay in their own homes safely and with support, we can keep moving forward with creativity In this report, we illustrate how CJE’s Continuum dignity. and intention to “meet people” wherever they are on of Care stands without walls—prepared to “meet” CJE’s Continuum of Care. people wherever they might be in life, utilizing any As we move closer to our 50-year milestone, CJE has of our 35-plus programs to address their individual a strong foundation on which to build for the future. With best regards needs. And while CJE already goes above and beyond, Our efforts and successes are due to the support we we can’t stand still because the eldercare sphere receive from so many partners, the most important of is changing. Today, how, when and where seniors which is the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation receive supportive services differs greatly from just of Metropolitan Chicago. We are also indebted to Kalman Wenig Dan Fagin a few years ago, as trends in aging in place, medical the many organizations, foundations, families and Board Chair President & CEO advances and consumer tastes impact almost every individuals who support our Mission—we are honored choice. to have earned your trust. 2 The CJE Advantage: Our Continuum of Care A continuum can be described as a whole: while Park. Nearly five decades later, the needs of our clients have another solution when a new need arises. As made up of many parts, the total continuum is and residents have evolved dramatically … and we one of Chicagoland’s “best kept secrets,” we’re often always present. When we consider CJE’s Continuum are still here … always seeking creative solutions to compared to that enduring, trusted and knowledgeable of Care, it’s remarkable how apt this description help the next generation of older adults. friend that you can turn to for advice, support, is. For CJE is comprised of many programs and information and help. services—community-based and residential—that are Today, we welcome clients and residents into our CJE intentionally developed to help people as they grow family whenever and wherever we can enrich and Most importantly, we meet people of all faiths, ages older. enhance their lives throughout the aging process. and income levels—who depend on us for emotional, That’s because CJE’s Continuum of Care is fluid and physical, psychological and spiritual support—across CJE’s Continuum of Care has grown from very modest organic. Once people have embraced us for a specific our Continuum of Care. Presented here are selected beginnings when trained staff approached older adults purpose—whether it’s to receive rehab or assisted instances of several intersections where CJE may on park benches along the beachfront near Rogers living or counseling—they often find that we will meet you and your loved ones! We met you here … “I took my mom, a Gidwitz resident, to the mall and she slipped at the food court and broke her hip. She was taken right to Lieberman Center after the hospital, was provided great physical therapy and was back at Gidwitz in no time.” —Chicago Realtor 3 We Meet at The Memory Café We Meet at My Go-To Place™ We Meet at Weinberg Community The Memory Café at The Friend Center for Memory A nearby suburb needed a program for their older Along our Continuum of Care, Gidwitz Place for Care at Weinberg Community is an opportunity for residents (aged 65 plus) to get together, socialize, Assisted Living is a welcoming place to live where people with early Alzheimer’s, a related dementia or be enriched, learn some health tips, exercise and residents are provided with about a hundred vibrant, mild cognitive impairment, to connect with others in have some fun. Our Community Engagement team exciting activities. a supportive, affirming and stimulating environment. knew just the solution and designed, packaged and presented a portable, self-contained, free traveling This year they were especially delighted by several Once a month, a variety of stimulating cultural program to be presented weekly to the community “tasty” transformations occurring during meal times in programs is offered to attendees and their care members. the restaurant-style Dining Room. partners. They have been engaged by such topics • Celebrity Chef encourages residents to suggest as: What’s New in Dementia Research; Soaring With Named My Go-To Place, this proprietary CJE program a special family recipe, and then they help to the Birds (about birding); Medical Cannabis; and Sex, provides educational presentations on healthy aging, prepare it with the sous chef. Love and Growing Old. active exercise, immersive creative arts, and hands- on activities or games. Community members also • Chef’s Table invites residents to sit in the kitchen Hosted by certified professionals trained in working are provided with information and presentations on and enjoy dinners all while taking in “behind the with adults with Alzheimer’s and related dementias community resources and benefits. Each weekly scenes” culinary action. and offering ever-changing topics, The Memory Café session is concluded with non-structured time for is a welcoming and beneficial program for both care coffee and camaraderie. There are also occasional reservation-only dinners partners and the cognitively impaired. Because it is with special menus, plus demonstration-style not the usual “drop off and go” place, it is a way to My Go-To Place is currently only available to Niles luncheons with chefs preparing and serving exotic enjoy activities together and to share a break from Township residents, but is expected to be expanded cuisines right at the table. everyday routines. to other communities in the future. All of this gastronomic glory is the brainchild of Weinberg Community’s Dining Services Team that knows “food is where the heart is.” 4 We Meet at Lieberman Center We Meet Through Holocaust Community Services CJE was pleased to welcome Executive Director Scott Holocaust Community Services (HCS) has for years worked with individuals who endured the extreme traumas Hochstadt to lead Lieberman Center for Health and of the Holocaust. This valuable experience made HCS the logical lead for a Person-Centered Trauma Informed Rehabilitation in Skokie. Mr. Hochstadt, only the 5th Care (PCTIC) agency-wide training program. PCTIC is in wide use across the country for older Americans but is a Executive Director in Lieberman’s 40-year history, has relatively new discipline for nursing home communities. extensive experience in the healthcare field. CJE will become a trauma-informed agency to support our patients, residents, staff, community members, Lieberman Center is our short- and long-term skilled clients and families. All staff will be trained to understand the impact, signs and recovery paths of trauma. healthcare community. With 240 private rooms, it Fully integrating this trauma knowledge, they will also be briefed on Person-Centered Care, the concept that all is known for its person-centered care as well as its individuals are unique and react to things differently. success in treating older adults with complex medical issues. HCS has already provided training to staff on a Russian-speaking floor at Lieberman Center. Every level in all departments will be trained in PCTIC, because any interaction with residents, no matter how short or seemingly inconsequential, can be triggering. Understanding is the key. CJE Counseling Services offers therapy for traumatic stress, which refers to the emotional or psychological experiences of persons exposed to events that overwhelm their ability to cope. We met you here … “I am a single mom with two teens and my dad lives alone. I called Your Eldercare Consultants, and, after evaluating my father’s ability to “age in place,” the Care Manager gave me sound counseling, helped me de-stress and referred me to a homecare service that could care for him.”—Buffalo Grove Teacher 5 We Meet Through EDEN We Meet at CJE Academy CJE researchers saw that an intermediary was needed Glenbrook Hospital will now remain in the program CJE reimagined lifelong learning by establishing to help individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and in a partnership, with CJE recruiting and training CJE Academy, a connectional education opportunity. related dementias (ADRD) when they were brought volunteers. CJE Academy offers several unique presentations a to Emergency Departments (EDs). They developed year by well-known experts that address a person’s a program that trained and deployed a special In a new development, CJE has also linked EDEN physical, emotional, social, intellectual or financial corps of CJE volunteers and called it the Emergency with the ED of NorthShore University HealthSystem’s well-being—hopefully before a crisis occurs.
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