Sephardic Home for the Aged

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Sephardic Home for the Aged[1][2] (also known as Sephardic Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation and Sephardic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center[3])[4] was a long-term nursing home and short-term medical rehabilitation facility. Its Brooklyn location now houses King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation,[5] and, like the prior operators, services both Ashkenazic and Sephardic patients and residents.[6]

History[edit]

Sephardic opened in 1951,[7][8] with their initial focus on those elderly whose primary language and food preferences reflected that of the Sephardic community.[9][10]

Decades later they renamed, under different management, to King David.[11] The facility continued operating during the Coronavirus period.[12][5]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Se habla Ladino". The New York Daily News. July 11, 2007.
  2. ^ Rachel L. Swarns (April 20, 1997). "Confused By Law, Nursing Homes Bar Legal Immigrants". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Lewis Camhi". The New York Times. November 2, 2009.
  4. ^ "Ellis, Moish". The New York Times. November 20, 2007.
  5. ^ a b Paula Span (February 5, 2021). "In Line for Vaccination, and Not Getting Younger". The New York Times.
  6. ^ not limited to Jews John Leland (April 17, 2020). "At Least 14 N.Y. Nursing Homes Have Had More Than 25 Virus Deaths". The New York Times. Dominic Gar......o, a resident in King David
  7. ^ "SEPHARDIC JEWS PROVIDE FOR AGED; Community Here Founds Home That Considers Language, Diet and Social Customs". The New York Times. May 6, 1951.
  8. ^ Jeffrey S. Gurock (2013). American Jewish Life, 1920-1990: American Jewish History. p. 110. The Home, founded in August 1951 ... the only institution of its type
  9. ^ "Sephardic home (collection)". Brooklyn Public Library archive/microfilm collection. Brooklyn Eagle, 1951 (May 21), Mrs .... hands key to
  10. ^ including https://sfoa.org/our-history, which tells of their 1939-1951 fundraising for what became Sephardic "Collection: Sephardic Home for the Aged Records". Center for Jewish History.
  11. ^ "Links Emerge to DeBlasio's Connection with Allure Group". The Jewish Voice. April 6, 2016. formerly known as the Sephardic ...
  12. ^ Jack Healy; Matt Richtel; Mike Baker (March 10, 2020). "Nursing Homes Becoming Islands of Isolation Amid 'Shocking' Mortality Rate". The New York Times.


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