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

Alleged arsonist who tried to burn down Jewish nursing home indicted

Rathburns lawyers took the chance to note that the alleged arsonist is not connected to any white supremacist groups in any fashion.

JUNE 25, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The atrium at the Beth Shalom nursing home in Amsterdam, which has been Dutch Jewry’s hardest-hit institution from the coronavirus.

Retired surgeon spread COVID-19 on flight, LA nursing home and no one knew

The county health department wasn't notified for 11 days. The airline, passengers, crew and even the CDC were never notified at all.

JUNE 16, 2020ByAARON REICH
An illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Jewish nursing home has highest coronavirus death toll in Massachusetts

While the highest number of deaths reportedly came from the Leavitt Family Jewish Home in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, other nursing homes in the state had a similar number of deaths.

MAY 29, 2020ByCELIA JEAN
An elderly woman walks through a corridor of a retirement home as visits have been restricted due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) concerns, in Grevenbroich

New coronavirus case emerges at Beersheba nursing home

As the number of active cases continues to decline overall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is set to reopen on Sunday.

MAY 24, 2020ByIDAN ZONSHINE, ROSSELLA TERCATIN
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.

New York nursing homes to test staff twice a week for coronavirus

Nursing homes around the country have restricted or banned visitors to try to keep their residents safe as the number of recorded coronavirus infections in the United States rises past 1.3 million.

MAY 11, 2020ByREUTERS
An illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

A strategy for senior citizens during the coronavirus crisis

The Health Ministry has recommended that senior citizens stay in their homes, in seclusion, for their own protection. It was not an order; it was a recommendation.

MAY 10, 2020BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
BUT WHO will help the senior citizens?

Nursing students work at nursing homes to help combat coronavirus spread

Several students for nursing from the Jerusalem College of Technology have been performing coronavirus testing for the elderly and the employees at nursing homes.

MAY 1, 2020ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Nursing Home for Anusi Mashhad, Herzliya

Dutch Jewish nursing home lost 20% of residents to coronavirus

Some are now claiming that the home should have taken more precautions and could have stemmed the virus’ effect.

APRIL 29, 2020ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
The atrium at the Beth Shalom nursing home in Amsterdam, which has been Dutch Jewry’s hardest-hit institution from the coronavirus.

Coronavirus-stricken nursing homes received hygiene warnings beforehand

Family advocates say that the combination of the homes with hygiene infractions being send more residents is creating a perfect storm for the virus to spread.

APRIL 26, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Elderly Israelis sit in a designated protected space in a senior citizens home in Jerusalem, June 2, 2009, as a siren is sounded during a nationwide civil defense drill simulating a rocket attack.

Dutch Jewish nursing home lifts visitors by cranes to see loved ones

To minimize the crane’s footprint on the street outside Beth Shalom, Riwal sent out one of its smallest units, which can only lift one person at a time.

APRIL 25, 2020ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Relatives of Fiet Aussen get ready to meet her from a crane outside the window of her Jewish nursing home in Amsterdam, April 15, 2020