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Geriatricians: Planning Residents become Will there be for our “senior rangers” one for you? 100th birthday Page 2 Page 3 Page 4-5 June 2008/No.9 York Times and her lively books exploring photographic technique were invaluable to aspiring photographers. Lida Moser’s remarkable artistry, spanning a 60-year period during which she worked as a free- lance photographer based in New York “Judy and the Boys” by Lida Moser, 1961 City, was highlighted this spring in a retro- spective at the Moser’s World Lida Moser, today, in her Revitz House Fraser Gallery in By Emily Tipermas apartment and in 1979 Bethesda. To mark the occasion, Through the lens of a camera, “Waiting for the Queen, Edinburgh, Scotland” Revitz House resident Lida Moser by Lida Moser, 1949 >> continued on page 3 captured eminent Scottish poets and authors; rural Quebec’s farmers, fisher- men and families; New York models and skyscrapers; national politicians, and so much more. Universally respected as one of the world’s most distinguished photographers, Moser’s images splashed onto the pages of Vogue, Look, Harper’s Bazaar and other magazines, decorated book covers, and appeared internationally in important museum exhibitions. Her articles about photography were featured in the New HEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON • SMITH-KOGOD & WASSERMAN RESIDENCES • LANDOW HOUSE RING HOUSE • REVITZ HOUSE • HIRSH HEALTH CENTER • RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON AGING Generation to Generation Geriatrician shortage on the horizon Statistically, we Americans are on track to live very long lives. That’s the good news. The bad news is that although the current number of seniors is expected to nearly double by 2030, experts consider our national healthcare system unprepared to meet the specific medical needs of an aging population. We’re not talking about the fierce debate surrounding healthcare insurance Incentives coverage. We’re shining the spotlight on the looming shortage of Charles E. Smith Life Communities is exceedingly geriatric specialists trained to recognize and treat co-existing proud of its Hirsh Health Center, which is devoted chronic illnesses in ways appropriate to older patients. to providing the finest outpatient geriatric care to The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies published residents on its campus and to the surrounding their assessment of the problem this spring. Titled “Retooling for community as well. Services include: an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce,” the report • Primary care appointments with three geriatric concludes that “the nation needs to move quickly and efficiently to physicians make certain that the health care workforce increases in size and • Medical receptionists and licensed nurses to has the proper education and training.” Sounds straightforward, but assist in care the challenges are complex. Let’s take a look at them. • Physical and occupational therapy services • After-hours and weekend coverage for medical The numbers Hats off to Damien Doyle, M.D.(above), director The American Geriatric Society states of the Hirsh Health Center and assistant medical emergencies for established patients that currently there is one geriatrician for director of Charles E. Smith Life Communities. • Medicare and most major insurance plans every 2,546 Americans 75 or older; by Washingtonian Magazine included Dr. Doyle accepted. 2030, that figure is projected to drop to on their 2008 Top Doctor list under gerontology To learn more about the Hirsh Health Center one geriatrician for every 4,254 seniors. physicians. or to schedule an initial appointment, please call Why? They point to two glaring fac- 301.816.5004, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to tors that offer some explanation: geriatri- psychiatry fellowships. If there are fewer 4:30 p.m. cians “earn significantly less and have students choosing geriatrics, there will less predictable work schedules than ultimately be fewer experts available to Perspectives those in other medical and surgical spe- treat or teach the next generation. “Trained geriatricians can be more effective primary care providers for frail older per- cialties.” A New York Times reporter adds Coordinated care that geriatrics lacks the allure of “high- sons with functional and chronic health care To “stave off the predicted deficit in tech medicine.” problems. For these patients, geriatricians the field’s number of practitioners,” says are often able to manage their care in the Passing on knowledge Washington Post writer Howard Kim, geri- least resource-intensive settings such as in Only nine US medical schools have atricians have “pushed hard to encourage a patient’s house, obviating the need for departments of geriatrics. Very few of the family doctors to get extra training in more costly hospitalizations and nursing rest even require geriatric courses. In caring for the elderly.” Unfortunately, home placements.” 2007, barely half of all geriatric medicine these days fewer physicians are attracted — John R. Burton, M.D., first-year fellowship slots were filled. ■ to primary care. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine A similar percentage holds for geriatric Page 2 | June 2008 www.smithlifecommunities.org LifeTimes 2008 honors at Annual Meeting At the 98th Annual Meeting, Chair Hanita Screiber spoke of the Home becoming a regional eldercare organization and introduced its centennial logo. Ralph H. Deckelbaum, 2008 Hymen Goldman Award recipient Ralph Deckelbaum became President of the Hebrew Home in 1985, our 75th anniversary year. An attorney who became involved in the development, ownership and management of hotels, Ralph became active with the Hebrew Home in 1970. Under his tenure as Honoree Ralph Deckelbaum with Phyllis Margolius, the granddaughter of President/CEO Warren R. Slavin President, the Congressional School project began; this Hymen Goldman, presents the Hymen Goldman culminated in the opening of Ring House in 1989. A Humanitarian Award to Ralph Deckelbaum. native Washingtonian, he and his wife Vera continue to actively support the Home – and root for the Redskins. Dr. Harold Hirsh, 2008 Chair’s Award recipient Physician and attorney Harold Hirsh began visiting the Hebrew Home at the age of 8, when he would read tehillim to the residents, leaving 25 cents in the tzedakah box on his way out. He has been a valued friend and supporter now for three-quarters of a century. In the 1950s, Dr. Hirsh was instrumental in organizing a medical panel of physicians who Annual Meeting Chair Alan M. Freeman with came to the Home on a rotating basis. He Board Chair Hanita Schreiber chaired this panel for 19 years. Under the Above - Dr. Harold stewardship of Charles E. Smith and Aaron Hirsh, left, presents Goldman, Dr. Hirsh conceived of an outpatient a certificate to Dr. service for our campus, and the Hirsh Health Benjamin Newhouse in 1954. Center opened in 1991. Harold and Jane Hirsh’s most recent pledges bring their total giving to the Home to over $1 million. The Left -Irving P. Cohen Hirshs and their daughter Evelyn Auerbach presents the Chair's Award to have all received the Home’s top awards, and Dr. Harold Hirsh we congratulate him on this latest honor. ■ Moser’s World<< continued from page 1 Catriona Fraser, owner of the gallery, 70 galleries from the U.S., Europe, Asia, graphic masterpieces, still widely sought, welcomed a large group of Revitz residents Canada, and South America. At last year’s are nestled in permanent collections in who came to see the magic and beauty of fair, Moser’s presence drew the attention famed museums and institutions in Great their neighbor’s creative output. of long-time admirers and serious Britain, Canada, New York City, and locally Fraser plans to show Moser’s work collectors alike. at Washington’s Phillips and Corcoran from June 12 to 15, 2008 at New York Today, Lida’s portrait, painted by galleries, the National Archives and even City’s Affordable Art Fair at the Metro- American artist Alice Neel, hangs in New the Library of Congress. ■ politan Pavilion, which will host over York’s Metropolitan Museum. Her photo- LifeTimes www.smithlifecommunities.org June 2008 | Page 3 Hebrew Home Landow House Residents of Landow House and Ring House are engaged in a Senior Rangers Pilot Program with the Montgomery County Parks Department. With the guidance of park naturalist Geri Drymalski, our resi- dents have enjoyed amazing outings. Through this program, residents have learned how to make maple sugar and press apple cider. They've gone boating on Little Seneca Lake at Black Hills and they enjoyed vegetarian chili made by the rangers as they birdwatched from the visitors center in the winter. They’ve visited Sugar Loaf Mountain and its nearby winery, and traveled to Brookside Gardens to enjoy chrysanthemum and poinsettia displays. Other programs included “tea with the birds” at Locust Grove Nature Center, a visit to the National Capital Kids and seniors team up Trolley Museum, a tram ride through the in an intergenerational Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, and activity to plant spring flowers at the Hebrew lectures on local “birds of prey” and Home. Rosie Kemp helps “mammals of the night.” ■ resident Dena Mann fill a planter. As part of Nursing Recognition Week in May, nurses paid homage to the founders of their profession by wearing their traditional “whites.” Of the 1,174 employees at Charles E. Smith Life Communities, 476 are in Nursing. Landow residents enjoy a boat ride on Little Seneca Lake. Who wants to be inside on a gorgeous spring day? “That was our Certainly not our Russian favorite song when residents. Thanks to Russian we got married.” program coordinator Sophia Musician John Oliver Presman, Elia Miranski and beams when he his wife Zila enjoy the fine hears this at Landow weather -- and each other’s House, where he News from company -- on the Smith- comes each month to Kogod patio. perform Broadway show tunes. “Landow residents are among my best audiences,” explains Oliver.