Nursing home

The woman behind Melabev: Leah Abramowitz, powerhouse Israeli who transformed eldercare

The Magazine recently met with Leah Abramowitz at her home to talk about her life since retiring from Melabev in 2008.

|ByLEAH HAKIMIAN
LEAH ABRAMOWITZ – born Lotte Froelich in Germany in 1935 – was recognized as a 2008 Yakir Yerushalayim.
Hacker attack

Nursing homes hit by cyberattacks, National Cyber Directorate confirms

Computer services that nursing homes utilize, as well as several other private companies, were targeted in an ongoing cyberattack

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cleaning a part of the mosaic showing birds drinking from a wine goblet.

Mosaic reveals the earliest Christian nursing home by the Sea of Galilee

Researchers from the University of Haifa say the late fourth or early fifth century CE inscription is the earliest physical proof of organized elder care in Byzantine Israel.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An ancient Byzantine-era mosaic in Hippos-Sussita, Israel, which reads "Peace on the elders." It is believed to be a sign of an ancient institution that cared for the elderly.

Archaeologists uncover ‘oldest nursing home' in Israel

While historical texts from the fifth and sixth centuries mention nursing homes, this is the first time a clear, physical artifact has been found that can be directly linked to them.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

White House: Probe into Cuomo allegations should be quick, thorough

"New developments seem to happen every day. We find them troubling. The president finds them troubling, hard to read," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

MARCH 16, 2021ByREUTERS
NEW YORK GOV. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a COVID-19 vaccination site in New York City on Monday.

Nursing Home: Are you ready for your parent transitions to the next phase of their life

MARCH 7, 2021ByMEYTAL URIM

Advisers of New York's Cuomo altered report on nursing home deaths

The Health Department's data put the death toll about 50% higher than the figure then being cited publicly by the Cuomo administration.

MARCH 6, 2021ByREUTERS
A nursing home worker and a medic put on personal protective equipment while preparing to transport a patient into an ambulance at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, in Kirkland, Washington, US.

Nursing home outbreak after residents receive vaccine, no serious symptoms

They received their final doses of the Pfizer vaccine by January 25.

FEBRUARY 8, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Los Olmos nursing home resident Araceli, 96, receives the first injection nationwide, with a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Guadalajara, Spain, December 27, 2020.

98-year-old Holocaust survivor is first to receive vaccine in Greek city

The city's vaccine campaign only began on Tuesday.

JANUARY 7, 2021ByABIGAIL ADLER
Los Olmos nursing home resident Araceli, 96, receives the first injection nationwide, with a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Guadalajara, Spain, December 27, 2020.

Elderly lives 'sacrificed': Nursing home COVID testing falters

In none of the 184 nursing homes where the virus broke out in the past month was a comprehensive testing of the entire population of the institution carried out immediately.

JANUARY 3, 2021ByYUVAL BAGNO/MAARIV
An elderly woman sits in the recreation room of a retirement home as visits have been restricted due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) concerns in Grevenbroich

Assisted living tenants to receive COVID-19 vaccine in next week

Magen David Adom launched a vaccination operation in assisted living facilities on Tuesday.

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Elderly residents receive coronavirus vaccine at Mediterranean Towers assisted living, Dec. 22, 2020

Nursing home for nuns suffers eight deaths from COVID-19 in 10 days

Four of the eight victims died on the same day, with the causes of death being reported as COVID-19 related. Funerals and services for the deceased are being streamed on CCTV for those grieving.

DECEMBER 19, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Catholic nun prays in front of a picture of Pope John Paul II in the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem's Old City

Outbreaks in nursing homes worsened by bureaucratic test bungling

"On every tombstone of an elderly person who died from COVID, will it be written that they died due to the Tender Obligation Law?" Committee chairman Ofer Shelah asked.

DECEMBER 14, 2020ByHANNAH BROWN
THERE IS now a broad social realization that the elderly are the main risk group that needs to be protected.

Montreal Jewish nursing home first in Quebec to get COVID-19 vaccine

The Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre could begin vaccinations as early as Friday night.

DECEMBER 12, 2020ByDAVID LAZARUS/JTA
Patrons return to restaurants as coronavirus restrictions lifted to visit restaurants in Montreal, Quebec