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indy Citron never wanted her parents Harriet and Alfred to have to move
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“I wouldn’t go in a nursing home,” Harriet concurred unequivocally. “We
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The Citrons aren’t alone: Nursing home care continues to cost three times
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they would choose a nursing home over in-home care, according
to a 2007 survey by the Henry J. Kaiser Foundation.

One organization that helps families like the Citrons deal with
this life-changing issue is JEVS at Home (JAH), one of the state’s
largest providers of non-medical home care support services to dis-
abled and aging clients.

If Medicaid qualifications are met, families can receive home
care support, which, in many cases, can come directly from family
members themselves — who can now be paid for the care they were
already giving for free. JEVS at Home provides the necessary training
and assists in the process of becoming an official caregiver.

The Citron family of the Northeast can attest to the work JAH does.

JEVS at Home provides 24-hour care to Harriet and Alfred Citron.

“It would kill him to be in a nursing home,” Harriet reiterated,
referring to her husband.

When Alfred was diagnosed with Parkinson’s a few years ago,
Harriet started to care for him. From bathing, grooming and dressing
assistance to a myriad of other daily activities, Harriet was there for
her husband.

When Harriet broke her arm three years ago, the couple’s daugh-
ter, Cindy, who works full-time as the principal of the Neziner He-
brew School at Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Center City, asked
JEVS at Home to provide a caregiver.

Ellen Shimberg, a client care manager for JEVS at Home who
arranged for a caregiver named Janice to help the Citrons, explained
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