Sephardic Home for the Aged explained

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

Sephardic opened in 1951,^{[7] [8]} with their initial focus on those elderly whose primary language and food preferencesreflected 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]}

See also

• Haym Salomon Nursing Home

External links

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Notes and References

1. News: . Se habla Ladino . July 11, 2007 . August 16, 2021 . August 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210816181104/https://www.nydailynews.com/latino/se-habla-ladino-article-1.265278 . live .
2. News: The New York Times. Confused By Law, Nursing Homes Bar Legal Immigrants. Rachel L. Swarns. April 20, 1997. August 16, 2021. August 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816181104/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/20/nyregion/confused-by-law-nursing-homes-bar-legal-immigrants.html. live.
3. News: . Lewis Camhi . November 2, 2009.
4. News: The New York Times. Ellis, Moish . November 20, 2007.
5. News: The New York Times. In Line for Vaccination, and Not Getting Younger. Paula Span. February 5, 2021. August 16, 2021. August 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210818110231/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/health/coronavirus-vaccination-elderly.html. live.
6. not limited to Jews News: . At Least 14 N.Y. Nursing Homes Have Had More Than 25 Virus Deaths . Dominic Gar......o, a resident in King David . John Leland . April 17, 2020 . August 16, 2021 . August 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210816181106/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/nyregion/new-york-nursing-homes-coronavirus-deaths.html . live .
7. News: . SEPHARDIC JEWS PROVIDE FOR AGED; Community Here Founds Home That Considers Language, Diet and Social Customs . May 6, 1951 . August 16, 2021 . August 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210816181410/https://www.nytimes.com/1951/05/06/archives/sephardic-jews-provide-for-aged-community-here-founds-home-that.html . live .
8. Book: American Jewish Life, 1920-1990: American Jewish History. The Home, founded in August 1951 ... the only institution of its type. Jeffrey S. Gurock . 2013 . 110.
9. Web site: Brooklyn Public Library archive/microfilm collection. Sephardic home (collection). Brooklyn Eagle, 1951 (May 21), Mrs .... hands key to. August 16, 2021. August 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816181116/https://www.bklynlibrary.org/item?b=11285794. live.
10. including https://sfoa.org/our-history, which tells of their 1939-1951 fundraising for what became Sephardic Web site: . Collection: Sephardic Home for the Aged Records . August 16, 2021 . August 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210816181116/https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/4/resources/3624 . live .
11. News: The Jewish Voice. Links Emerge to DeBlasio's Connection with Allure Group. formerly known as the Sephardic .... April 6, 2016. August 16, 2021. August 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816183139/https://thejewishvoice.com/2016/04/links-emerge-to-deblasios-connection-with-allure-group-in-les-nursing-home-flip/. live.
12. News: . Nursing Homes Becoming Islands of Isolation Amid ‘Shocking’ Mortality Rate . Jack Healy . Matt Richtel . Mike Baker . March 10, 2020 . August 16, 2021 . August 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210816181408/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-nursing-homes-washington-seattle.html . live .