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Comment on Bad News: Dancing with our Contract With God…. by Rhona

Rhona — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:53:04 +0000

Remembering what we all went through with Harris way back then and now hearing about Kenny G… it occurs to me that it’s such a powerful force for holding friendships together through time and distance… we hang on to each other and face the inevitable together.

Comment on How Mom’s Death Changed My Thinking About End-of-Life Care by Matt Davidson

Matt Davidson — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:10:46 +0000

Charles,
Thank you for sharing your incredibly hard and painful decision process. By telling your story and thought process, it will help many people as they grapple with similar end-of-life decisions for a parent or loved one. Y’Shar Koach, May you go from strength to strength. Matt

Comment on Baby Boomers, Children and Jewish Disability Awareness Month by Jennifer Lewin

Jennifer Lewin — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:59:01 +0000

We are thrilled that JHAP was mentioned in this beautifully written article by Shelly Christensen, and we were so please to be able to recently present at Adath Jeshurun in honor of Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month. While the JHAP model is still evolving during the planning process, our vision is to create a warm, welcoming, safe and secure place to live for all residents with opportunities for residents to engage in a full, enriching life filled with a variety of social, educational, vocational and recreational choices. In addition to the buidling being physically accessible to all, we will be financially accessible as well through a variety of individual and government funding scenarios. Each financial situation will be unique, as each resident is unique in their skills, desires, hopes and dreams.

Comment on Baby Boomers, Children and Jewish Disability Awareness Month by Linda Burger

Linda Burger — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:09:32 +0000

Shelley, I continue to be amazed by your ability to articulate what many feel and struggle to overcome. Thank you for being such a wonderful spokesperson for these issues. Linda

Comment on Baby Boomers, Children and Jewish Disability Awareness Month by Rollie Troup

Rollie Troup — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:47:38 +0000

Shelley, you write beautifully and you make J-HAP sound so wonderful, but the truth is J-HAP is developing an apartment building for a very select group. Unless the building is 100% Section 8 housing no disabled adult will be able to afford to live there. The “Kosher” food will be cooked elsewhere and delivered to individual apartments — that is the last I heard. So many in the disabled community would benefit so much more if there was a dining room with at least a communal dinner each night. That is the kind of socializing these people need. And, for those whose “kids” still live at home, you might be in for a rude awakening when you discover how many PCA hours and government services will be available.

Comment on What Happens? by Connie Wiener

Connie Wiener — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:38:47 +0000

Well put. I went into shock and came close to death last year (Jan 2012). I remember feeling a strong will to live before I passed out and being very relieved when I came around.

Comment on Down the Slide by Gloria Lieberstein

Gloria Lieberstein — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:17:17 +0000

I have family members and friends who had to care for close relatives with dementia and the stories are heart breaking. I now try to have a conversation with a friend who played a “mean” game of ping pong but who now has difficulty putting words together. Mark, thank you for bringing up this issue that touches all of us in a loving manner.

Comment on Down the Slide by Roselyn Altman

Roselyn Altman — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:09 +0000

Mark,
That was a beautifully written piece about your mother. Yes, it’s difficult to accept the changes in our loved ones when they experience memory loss. I still visit a dear friend from RTBI with memory loss and it saddens me that I can’t have the same conversations we used to have.

Comment on Down the Slide by Irene Whiteman

Irene Whiteman — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:25:37 +0000

Mark, this was very well-written about changes we see in those around us. While I did see the effects of aging in my parents, it is my greatest relief that they died while they were still the people I knew and loved all my life.

Comment on Down the Slide by Jerri Chaplin

Jerri Chaplin — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:12:03 +0000

What a sensitively, beautifully written commentary.. I experienced this with both my parents;especially hard to witness in my Dad. Let us always have compassion and the education to enable us to make good
decisions when we must. Thank you for your thoughts and best to you and Jonathan. Jerri