,Family Volunteer Support Group for Jewish Aged in Senior Housing

Family Volunteer Support Group for Jewish Aged in Senior Housing


 

Publication Date: December 1984

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Elaine K. Hollander; Hedy Peyser

Research Area: Health; Social conditions

Keywords: Elderly; Volunteerism; Community Building

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

How can relatives, friends and tenants, working together, make a good senior adult apartment building become a functioning, viable community? This paper will describe the formation of an innovative family member volunteer organization, Friends of Revitz House (FORH), which offers support and services for the aged residents of Revitz House. The purpose of the FORH group is to enhance the tenants' quality of life and encourage independent living. FORH serves as liaison and facilitator in this process.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.61 no.2, Winter 1984.