Development of a Community Program for Serving the Jewish Aged


 

Publication Date: March 1959

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Herman L. Kaplow

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Elderly; Social Services; Health; Community Development

Type: Report

Coverage: Missouri

Abstract:

The author describes a community plan for services to the elderly undertaken by the Jewish community of St Louis, in order to take a coordinated approach in serving all of the elderly's needs, including casework services, medical care, institutional care, recreation, religious services and companionship. The author describes which specific responsibilities for planning and execution were taken by each agency involved, and the shared principles under which all agencies operated in this endeavor.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. By Sanford Sherman, v.35, no.3, March 1959, p.301-308