Hebrew Home And Hospital Incorporated history

In 1872, the Society purchased the site at Silver and Mission, constructing a rambling two-story wooden Victorian building.

In 1891, the doors opened to 12 residents.

The origins of Hebrew HealthCare are in the Hebrew Ladies Sick Benefit Association, established in 1898 by a group of Orthodox Jewish women in Hartford.

The first Hebrew Old People's Home opened in Connecticut in 1901 with four residents.

Los Angeles Jewish Health started as an act of kindness in 1912.

The need for such a home predates 1914, when a group of men banded together and established a home for the aged in a rented building at 415 M Street, NW. A year later the home was purchased.

1919 — The United Home for Aged Hebrews was founded by the Krakauer Charity and Aid Society, a group of charitable Austrian Jews, whose president, Solomon J. Manne, proposed sponsorship of a home for the aged.

The need for additional space was quickly felt, and became so pressing by 1921 that the issue was placed before the Jewish community of Washington, which helped raise funds and acquire the land on Spring Road.

Hebrew Hospital Home, which has undergone several name changes over the years, was founded in 1928 as a 50-Bed, Non-Profit Nursing Home.

Its facility on Abrahms Boulevard opened in 1989. It was renamed in 1937 the Hebrew Home for the Aged of Hartford from the Hebrew Ladies' Old Peoples Home of Hartford.

Over the ensuing years, the Spring Road facility gradually became overcrowded, with residents sleeping in hallways and on porches, and in 1953, a new $1 Million addition increased capacity to 165.

The property at 1125 Spring Road was sold to the District of Columbia in advance of the Home’s move in December 1968 for $13 Million.

In 1969, the renamed Hebrew Home of Greater Washington and Jewish Social Service Agency, along with the Jewish Community Center, moved to the new complex on Montrose Road in Rockville.

1976 — The Lola and Saul Kramer Pavilion, a $5.25 million skilled-nursing facility, was built with the assistance of a mortgage loan from the New York State Medical Care Facilities Finance Agency.

1980 — Low-Savin Residence (Soundview Apartments), a nine-story apartment building for independent seniors, opened its doors adjacent to the nursing home.

1983 — United Home launched a Long-Term Home Health Care Program.

The 82-bed Koret Center was opened in 1984 to provide maximum medical and nursing care and rehabilitation.

1986 – A 78-space parking lot was added on part of two acres of land bought from the City of New York

1988 — The name United Hebrew Geriatric Center was adopted to reflect the array of senior care services the organization provided.

Its facility on Abrahms Boulevard opened in 1989.

The Howard A. Friedman Pavilion, a 120-bed state-of-the-art skilled medical and nursing care facility, opened in 1995, providing specialized rehabilitative services, short-term and long-term care in a space defined by its soaring atriums and skylights.

1996 – Hebrew Hospital Home opened the Licensed Home Care Services agency.

In 1997, Dale became the CEO of what was known as Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center.

1998 – Hebrew Hospital Home Continuum of Care opened a Long-Term Managed Health Care Program called Co-op Care.

2002 – Hebrew Hospital Home (Bronx) opened a 4 bed Hospice In-Patient Unit in conjunction with Hospice of New York (HONY).

2003 — The Beverly and Alfred J. Green Pavilion—Willow Towers Assisted Living—opened its doors.

2004 – Hebrew Hospital Home of Westchester and Hospice and Palliative Care of Westchester join to create the first In-Patient Hospice Unit in Westchester

The Barbara & Richard Rosenberg Family Center opened in October 2006.

In 2008, he played an integral role in assuring the Tarzana campus was acquired by Providence Health and Services.

2009 — In our 90th year, United Hebrew Geriatric Center is renamed United Hebrew.

2014– United Hebrew of New Rochelle Certified Home Health Agency was launched to provide skilled nursing and rehabilitation therapy services to those who choose to stay in their own home.

2016 – Willow Gardens Memory Care and Meadow Lane Apartments open their doors, expanding United Hebrew’s campus of comprehensive care with 32 new senior housing apartments and 41 new units devoted to support for individuals with memory impairment.

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Dale Surowitz began his tenure as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Los Angeles Jewish Home (now Los Angeles Jewish Health) in the autumn of 2020.