Supported Independent Living
clhs@jevs.org Allows adults with intellectual disabilities or behavioral health diagnosis
to live stable lives in the comfort of their homes. With the support
of helpers, the participants maintain their independence and are
encouraged to make their own choices, develop new abilities,
and cultivate their special talents.
Supports Coordination
2770 Red Lion Road • Philadelphia, PA 19114
215-728-4435 • Fax: 267-298-1301 • supportscoordination@jevs.org
Adults 18+ years of age who are mentally alert and have a physical
disability lasting for more than a year can benefit from Supports
Coordination to stay in their own homes, go to work, attend school and
participate fully in the community. Assists individuals who participate
in the Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) programs in gaining access
to needed services and other state Medicaid plan services, other medical
and social services regardless of the funding source. Services are free to
those who qualify.
Jewish Family and Children’s Service
of Philadelphia-People Living with Disabilities
10125 Verree Road • Philadelphia, PA 19116 • 1-866-532-7669
and: The Barbara & Harvey Brodsky Enrichment Center
345 Montgomery Avenue • Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 • 267-314-0909
info@jfcsphilly.org • jfcsphilly.org
Takes a holistic approach in supporting individuals with disabilities, along with
their families and caregivers, in the process to achieving stability, the highest
level of independence, a sense of community and an enhanced quality of life.
Staffed by a team of master’s prepared care managers and social workers, the
Center supports children, teens and adults with developmental or intellectual
disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Asperger’s Syndrome, learning
disabilities, social phobias, anxiety disorders, attention deficit disorders, etc.
Offers a network of services and programs providing care management services
and long-term care planning, including connections to community-based
resources, financial assistance, budgeting guidance, planning for the transition
from childhood to adulthood, life skills coaching, assistance in locating mean-
ingful employment and/or volunteer opportunities, and respite. In addition,
the program provides socialization outings, skill-building workshops, holiday
celebrations, community service activities, as well as counseling services.
Judith Creed Homes for Adult Independence (JCHAI)
JCHAI At Home Program
Federation Hall • 274 S. Bryn Mawr Ave. • Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
610-667-7875 • Fax: 610-520-4705 • questions@jchai.org • jchai.org
Provides group homes and supportive apartment programs for individuals
with developmental disabilities. Although JCHAI is nonsectarian, all houses
are kosher, and Jewish programming is provided for those residents who wish
to partake in Jewish activities. Also provides an independent living program
providing support in daily living activities to individuals living in their own
apartments or homes.
Tikvah/AJMI (Advocates for the Jewish Mentally Ill)
2100 Arch St. • Philadelphia, PA 19103 • PO Box 52730
215-832-0671 or 267-241-4487 • TikvahAJMI@jewishphilly.org • tivahajmi.com
Provides support and advocacy for individuals and families who are affected
by mental illness. Builds a sense of community by socializing and celebrating
Jewish holidays. Educates the Jewish community about mental illness
(biological brain disorders) and improves the quality of life for persons with
mental illness by providing psychosocial rehabilitation via social experiences
and life-skills education, and some transitional employment.
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Abramson Center for Jewish Life
1425 Horsham Road • North Wales, PA 19454
215-371-3400 or 1-888-340-0080 • Fax: 215-371-3030
info@abramsoncenter.org • abramsoncenter.org
Birnhak Transitional Care
Comprehensive rehabilitative care focused on safely returning patients
to their homes after a hospital stay. Services include: therapy available
up to seven days a week; post-orthopedic surgery care; physical, occu-
pational and speech therapy; pain management; wound care, advanced
intravenous therapy; nutrition management; head or spinal cord injury
care; respiratory care; frequent assessments and treatment reviews;
recreational and therapeutic activities; patient and family education;
case management; discharge planning. Amenities include: therapy gym,
private rooms, TVs, wireless internet access, etc.
Abramson Senior Care
The Healthy Brain and Memory Center, Suite 110
135 South Bryn Mawr Avenue • Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
844-897-2099 •610-525-0383
info@abramsoncenter.org•abramsonseniorcare.org Offers a full primary care practice as well as memory support for patients
facing cognitive challenges. The center is an outpatient memory pro-
gram, managing the disease beyond diagnosis, customizing services to
meet the needs and partnering with the family to adjust interventions
over time. Intensive care management, wraparound medical and social
services, support groups and educational programs are also provided.
Einstein Healthcare Network
5501 Old York Road • Philadelphia, PA 19141 • 1-800-EINSTEIN • einstein.edu
Major health care system offering services through the sites listed below. The
network also includes outpatient care centers and a network primary care
physicians and specialists throughout the region.
See ad on page 5
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
5501 Old York Road • Philadelphia, PA 19141 • 1-800-EINSTEIN
A tertiary care hospital specializing in women’s services, organ disease
and transplantation, heart care, orthopedics, neurology, neurosurgery
and geriatric medicine. Einstein Medical Center is an independent
academic medical center which trains health professional students and
residents in several accredited programs.
Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park
60 Township Line Rd • Elkins Park, PA 19027 • 215-663-6000
Full service medical and surgical specialty hospital. Robotic surgery
for urologic and gynecologic procedures and minimally invasive
spine and joint replacement surgery. Services include:
Einstein Bariatrics ® , radiology, cardiology, neurology,
ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology, etc.
Einstein at Germantown
One Penn Blvd. • Philadelphia, PA 19144 • 215-951-8000
Offers primary, cardiology, cardiac rehab and OB/GYN services; and
a Crisis Response Center (emergency psychiatric care) for children,
adolescents and adults.
Einstein Center One
9880 Bustleton Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19115 • 215-827-1600
Ambulatory care center offers a wide array of outpatient services using
the latest minimally invasive surgical techniques for breast surgery,
gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology and orthopedics. Medical
services include primary care, oncology, diagnostic radiology, cardiology,
gastroenterology, obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedics and psychiatry.
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
559 W. Germantown Pike • East Norriton, PA 19403
484-622-1000 • einsteinmontgomery.com
A technologically-advanced, tertiary care medical center which offers a
range of medical and surgical care. Services include: a full service mater-
nity unit with the Level III, Arthur and Lea Powell Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit; 24-hour emergency medicine at the Leonard and Madlyn
Abramson Family Emergency Department; heart care, including cardiac
catheterization, open heart surgery, and electrophysiology intervention;
cancer care; orthopedics and bariatric surgery. Primary care services are
provided by Einstein Physicians, a network of physicians, nurses and
health care specialists.
MossRehab 60 Township Line Road • Elkins Park, PA 19027
1-800-CALL-MOSS or 215-663-6000 • mossrehab.com
Provides inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation for stroke and neuro-
logical disorders, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, amputation,
orthopedic and other conditions. Treatment is personalized and can
include physical, occupational, and speech therapy, as well as mainte-
nance and support programs to re-establish independence. MossRehab
offers rehabilitation robotics, helping patients to rehabilitate and transi-
tion through inpatient and outpatient care. MossRehab operates six
inpatient units and 14 outpatient locations in Philadelphia, Montgomery,
and lower Bucks counties, as well as in New Jersey and Delaware.
Willowcrest Einstein Healthcare Network
5501 Old York Road • Philadelphia, PA 19141
1-800-EINSTEIN • 215-456-8637 or 215-456-8638
Short-term sub-acute facility provides skilled nursing and comprehensive
rehabilitation to assist patients in returning to independence following
hospitalization for joint replacement, surgery, pre-prosthetic training
for amputation, illness or injury.
Philadelphia Hatzolah
P.O. Box 18182 • Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-677-6700 (emergency hotline)
info@PhiladelphiaHatzolah.org • philadelphiahatzolah.org.
Provides immediate emergency medical care until local mandated EMS
resources can arrive on the scene. Offers state certified volunteers available
around the clock. The majority of Hatzolah team members are fluently multi-
lingualm especially in Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish, Ukrainian, and English.
J EWISH G ENETIC D ISEASES
Jewish genetic diseases are a group of diseases for which screening is
recommended in the Ashkenazi population. One in five Ashkenazi Jews is
a carrier for at least one of the current 19 preventable and life-threatening
diseases. Tay-Sachs is an inherited genetic disorder — invariably fatal —
that mainly affects Jewish infants. It is inherited from two healthy parents
who both carry the gene, and there is a one-in-four chance that a baby will
develop the disease if both parents are carriers. A simple blood test can
determine whether an individual carries the Tay-Sachs gene. All Jewish
people considering having children should arrange for Tay-Sachs testing.
Late onset Tay-Sachs disease is a degenerative genetic disorder that causes
debilitating physical and/or mental symptoms.
Gaucher Treatment Center
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Metabolic Diseases
Wood Center • 3615 Civil Center Blvd., 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104 •215-590-3376 • Fax: 215-590-4297
hartj@email.chop.edu • chop.edu
Offers diagnostic testing and patient evaluation for qualified persons in
collaboration with the National Gaucher Foundation. Two-thirds of
Gaucher patients are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases
Association of the Delaware Valley
Post Office Box 441 • Jenkintown, PA 19046
215-887-0877 • Fax: 215-887-1931 • info@tay-sachs.org • tay-sachs.org
Nonprofit voluntary health organization devoted to eliminating Tay-Sachs,
Canavan disease and other fatal degenerative disorders through programs
of prevention, education, research and carrier screenings.
Victor Center for the Prevention
of Jewish Genetic Diseases
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
5501 Old York Road, Levy 2 West • Philadelphia, PA 19141
877-401-1093 • victorcenter@einstein.edu • victorcenter.org
Provides preconception genetic education, screening and counseling to couples
and individuals at risk for being carriers for certain genetic diseases. Advocates
to expand access to these services and promotes them to be standard practice
among health care providers and Jews of childbearing age.
The Shabbat Suite at Lankenau Medical Center
100 E. Lancaster Ave. • Wynnewood, PA • 484-476-2020 • mainlinehealth.org
Offers a space for families to observe Shabbat and religious holidays while a
loved one is hospitalized. Provides sleeping accommodations for the loved ones
of hospitalized patients who wish to stay at Lankenau during the Sabbath and
religious holidays. Families also have 24-hour access to a private kitchen, pantry
and a lounge for their comfort seven days a week.
Temple University Health Services at KleinLife
KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia • 10100 Jamison Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19116
Dental Center
215-464-1704 • DLKleinLife@temple.edu
kleinlife.org/health-wellness/dental-center/ A fully licensed general dentist is on-site. The clinic offers referrals to its
main clinics for patients who require specialized care. Many forms of
dental insurance and Medicaid are accepted. All current patient records
remain with the clinic, ensuring that patients will receive continuity of
care under the clinic’s new management.
Wellness Center
215-969-1404 Services include internal medicine, geriatric medicine, diagnosis and
treatment of a full range of illnesses and injuiries, hospice and palliative
medicine, preventitive care, and immediate appointments.
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