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Geriatric Career Development

Geriatric Career Development

Jewish Home Lifecare has a number of programs that let participants learn valuable new skills while they give back to the community. Read more about our Career Development opportunities here.

 

High Schoolers Gain Mentors and a Head Start

   The Geriatric Career Development Program  Through an innovative program at Jewish Home Lifecare, Bronx high school students are gaining first-hand experience and training in health care care... [Read More]

Elder Mentor Program Fosters Intergenerational Communication

   You learn well, grasshopper.  Watching Francheska and Eugene banter and joke around, you would might think they were family.  But they only just met this past July, when Eugene was assigne... [Read More]

Career Development Program Charts Path for High School Students

 Program Benefits Bronx student, Francis Cruz   Francis Cruz is a junior at Marie Curie High School, and and in her second year of the Jewish Home Lifecare Geriatric Career Development (GCD)... [Read More]

Helping Hands, Young and Old

 Jewish Home Lifecare recently added an Ambassador Volunteer Program through the AARP Foundation as part of our Communities of Caring. In an effort to bring mature, public-spirited individuals with ... [Read More]

Dining Assistants Foster Residents' Health

An important current initiative of Jewish Home Lifecare is “culture change” – a reorientation of nursing facilities and staff, to transform each residential unit into a “community of carin... [Read More]

57 Students Graduate from Geriatric Career Development Program

GCD Director Kia Woods presents keynote speaker, Andrew Morrison, President, Small Business Camp, with the first honorary GCD diploma.   June is a time for graduation and, for Jewish Home Lifecar... [Read More]

Geriatric Career Development Program wins NYCETC Award

Jewish Home Lifecare Named 2011 Opportunity Award Winner by the New York City Employment & Training Coalition Jewish Home Lifecare's Geriatric Career Development Program (GCD) is one of four wor... [Read More]