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Jewish Geriatric Services
780 Converse Street, Longmeadow, MA, 01106
Community Information
Jewish Geriatric Services is an assisted living facility in Longmeadow, MA. Jewish Geriatric Services offers activities at their location for residents. These activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.
Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples' lives and Jewish Geriatric Services offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so Jewish Geriatric Services provides meals for residents.
Staff is awake and available 24 hours a day so if any emergencies occur no matter the time, there will be someone ready to help. If a resident needs assistance moving from a bed to a wheelchair, this facility has staff who can help.
Unique Features
* Excellent food and overall reputation for care
* All faiths welcome
* Jewish services Friday and every morning
* All Jewish holidays observed
* 2 Geriatricians, Nurse Practitioners and other healthcare staff in community
* A lot of services available
* Visiting Dog Therapy and Music therapist
* Pets allowed
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Residents
MaleFemaleThe minimum age that a resident may be is 55 years old.
Staffing
Nurses on StaffDoctor on Call24-Hour Awake StaffHomecare OnsiteVisiting PodiatristVisiting DentistVisiting Physical TherapistVisiting Occupational TherapistVisiting Speech Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level Percentage Light Care % Medium Care % Heavy Care % Jewish Geriatric Services prefers that residents need: medium care
Additional Services
Diabetic Care
Diabetic residents must be able to manage their own care, including blood sugar tests and insulin injections.
Memory Care Offered
The memory care area of this community is secured to protect the safety of residents who wander.
Incontinence Care
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community can provide standby assistance for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Care
This community provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
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Transportation
Resident Parking AvailableComplimentary TransportationTransportation at CostProperty Convenient to BuslineSmoking
Allowed OutdoorsAdditional Amenities
Activities OnsiteActivities OffsiteDevotional Services OnsiteOutdoor Common AreasIndoor Common AreasBeautician OnsiteOther Services
Wheelchair Accessible ShowersHospice AvailableRespite OfferedAging in PlaceMeals
Meals ProvidedKosherVegetarianAdditional info: May bring non Kosher food into patients's/residents' rooms, a designated common room and the outside patio
Activities Provided
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Average Room Pricing at Jewish Geriatric Services
Room Type Assisted Living Studio 4314.18 Monthly 1 Bedroom 4980.69 Monthly Semi-Private 3059.70 Monthly 2 Bedrooms Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Estimated Fees at Jewish Geriatric Services
Fee Type Assisted Living Community Fee 4314.18 One-time Respite Fee 150.00 Daily Buy-In Fee High Care Needs Fee Medium Care Needs Fee Low Care Needs Fee 2nd Person Fee 1244.96 Monthly Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Paying for care
Commercial InsurancePrivate paySocial SecuritySeparate pricing structure for careVeteran's benefits
Nearby Communities
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Nearby Cities
| City | Distance | Number of Facilities | Average CostAverage Cost for 1 Bedroom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longmeadow | 0 miles | 2 | $5,160 |
| East Longmeadow | 1 miles | 2 | $4,930 |
| Springfield | 4 miles | 2 | $3,680 |
| Wilbraham | 8 miles | 1 | $5,820 |
| Ludlow | 9 miles | 1 | $5,050 |
| Holyoke | 11 miles | 1 | N/A |
General Pricing Information for Longmeadow Assisted Living
| Room Type | Minimum Cost | Average Cost | Maximum Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bedroom | $4,980 | $5,160 | $5,435 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $6,595 | $6,595 | $6,595 |
| Semi-Private | $3,060 | $3,060 | $3,060 |
| Studio | $4,315 | $4,315 | $4,315 |
Community Reviews
Initial impression
reviewed on: 05/26/2015 by E sampsonMy mom has only been her a very short time, so my rating may not be totally fair. Cleanliness of the whole floor is good, but mom's unit smells like urine, and I had to ask to get her very dirty floor vacuumed. I don't feel I should have to ask this. Also, I oftentimes find clean( i hope) clothes laying around. Almost Everyone appears very friendly, but one aide was sorely lacking in approach and initiative... Maybe just a miserable person, in general? The Nurse is wonderful, and I think most of the aides seem genuine... But it's only been a short time. But so far, they appear "real". Value is ok, but ill reserve my true judgement on that for a bit later because care services are somewhat lacking in some areas. I've had to ask numerous times and leave notes as well, for a few things on mom's rx plan that were not being adhered to. This gets frustrating and one thing is/was quite impt. There are a few other care concerns that I have had to address, and hopefully, they will be attended to. Oh, and food is complained about by almost everyone. I'm not sure if it really is bad most of the time, or if it's just the residents' perceptions!! My mom seems to really enjoy all of the activities she decides to engage in. She loves the activity people, and they seem to try to get the residents involved. I guess they can only offer activities and urge people to partake of them. Overall I gave the facility a 3.5. But this is only based on a short time frame, so I'm not sure if it is accurate. It's the best I can do with what we have experienced up to this point. I think I need to give it more time before an accurate gauge of measurement is given.
Initially wonderful until...
reviewed on: 03/23/2014 by AnonymousBeautiful facility; the Alzheimer's Unit (Ruth's Garden) has very good activities and staff interaction. The nursing group is top rate. The food is delicious, although as in most places, some days are better than others. Good healthy choices are available to residents. The reason there are fewer than five stars is the experience of having a relative briefly in the Garden Unit and with assistance needed after a hospital staff, we had to add outside aides to help. This led to recommendations to have this relative placed in the Long Term Care unit. Once there, the resident was in the Alzheimer's LTC unit and sat all day at a table in the dining area with people moaning and screaming around her. Was unable to get her out of that unit and into the lovely LTC there. She is now in a beautiful ALF (!), has activities, the facility ALWAYS smells clean and fresh. It was the transitional "push" that became problematic and made me wonder if the Garden is just the entree to LTC.
Nice Tour of This Facility
reviewed on: 05/31/2017 by AnonymousWe had a nice tour of this community. Everything went well, and everyone was very kind. The community looked great, and everything went well overall.
Very homey feel. Loved the activitie...
reviewed on: 12/15/2012 by A Place For Mom CustomerVery homey feel. Loved the activities, size of facility. Loved philosophy.
Very Small Shared Room
reviewed on: 11/18/2013 by DaughterRuth's House is a part of the Jewish community center. The place is beautiful but the deal breaker there is the size of the room my mother would have. She would have to share a room and it's about the same size as the room she has now but it's for two people instead of one. There is one little common area that was very tiny. That was the problem with that place.
