There are many options for those who are in their senior years in today’s world. Whether you’re exploring help with everyday tasks or other senior living services for yourself or a family member, The American Israelite invites you to explore the following organizations which can help meet these special needs in the Cincinnati area.
Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati
Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati (JCGC) serves the burial needs of the Greater Cincinnati Jewish community with care and dignity and honors the resting places of the community.
JCGC serves and engages the entire Jewish community and preserves the history and memory of the community, while maintaining financial stability.
Services offered by JCGC include monuments and markers, pre-arrangements, visitation and cleaning services, and assistance with genealogical research. They have made a tradition of marking the graves of veterans with flags in preparation for Memorial Day.
JCGC maintains the twenty-five Jewish cemeteries in the Greater Cincinnati area and provides access to 35,000 burial records.
Jewish Family Service
Jewish Family Service strengthens lives and enhances our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services.
JFS is guided by Jewish values, we strive for a community where everyone lives with dignity, security, and hope.
JFS helps enrich the Cincinnati community every day by providing high-quality services to individuals and families who need them. Guided by our values of compassion, integrity, and excellence — we help people from all walks of life move through the challenges and complexities of modern life in a way that feels comfortable, safe, and familiar.
It is a nonprofit social service agency that serves all individuals without regard to religion, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, or economic status. .
Growing older is just another part of the total life process. But the later years can become lonely and difficult for many older adults and a stressful time for their families. The Aging and Caregiver Services program at Jewish Family Services was created to help older adults maintain their independence and enhance their involvement with their family and their community.
Along with aging, they offer counseling services to youth, young adults, older adults and caregivers.
A year ago JFS opened an Adult Day Services program for people that are dealing with cognitive issues such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. It also gives caregivers more time to themselves while knowing their loved one is being cared for in an educational and safe environment.
Jewish Family Service also offers support through the Barbash Family Vital Support Center, the Heldman Family Food Pantry, emergency food assistance, homelessness support, case management, delivery of Passover food for those unable to afford to celebrate the holiday, and help with food stamps.
Mayerson JCC: 60 & Better Center
The 60 & Better Center at the Mayerson JCC serves active older adults in the community, allowing them to fully participate in life at the J, including art, wellness and technology classes; socialization programs; kosher lunches; and transportation.
Its Senior Meals program offers both dine-in and carryout selections, all prepared kosher by the JCC kitchen and J Café. They also offer a meal delivery service for homebound senior adults through the Meals on Wheels program. Between the two programs, they served nearly 100,000 meals last year.
To keep seniors healthy, active, and engaged in community life, the 60 & Better Center offers almost 1,200 in-person and virtual programs each year. Socialization programs include exciting day trips to local attractions, ongoing groups and classes that encourage adults to learn new skills and fitness classes geared toward staying active and strong.
The J’s Transportation Services allow senior adults to move freely around the community, giving them more independence and greater access to activities that contribute to a better quality of life. The fleet of vehicles provide comfortable and accessible transportation to and from the J for activities, to community events, and for non-medical appointments.
In addition to services provided by the 60 & Better Center, the Mayerson JCC offers a wide variety of arts, ideas, and Jewish life programming for adults of all ages, including those sixty and over.
StarPoint Home Care
StarPoint Home Care, LLC is a local Cincinnati private-pay agency. As a non-profit, StarPoint is dedicated to first meeting the needs of our clients who trust us to help them with daily living activities. Caregivers are available 24/7 to help older adults with daily living activities, so they feel comfortable, secure, and independent while remaining in familiar surroundings.
StarPoint Home Care is steeped in Jewish culture and traditions. Caregivers can prepare meals following kosher dietary laws, and they are provided special training to help serve the unique needs of Holocaust survivors.
Caregivers assist with bathing, grooming, dressing, shopping, light housekeeping, meal preparation, transportation and much more.
StarPoint was originally founded by the Jewish Home of Cincinnati in 2008 to ease the life of senior adults and their family members by connecting them with trusted, experienced home care aides. We are proud to now be under the umbrella of Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati area, which has been recognized locally and nationally for its devotion to helping older adults maintain independence since 1943.
Weil-Kahn Funeral Home
For more than four generations Weil-Kahn Funeral Home has been dedicated to providing efficient and compassionate service at a time of great distress and anxiety.
Long-time owner Bob Weil recently sold the funeral home to Bill Kahn, who has worked at Weil-Kahn Funeral Home for more than 30 years. Bill’s father Sylvan was also a long-time employee at the funeral home.
This means that, after more than 100 years of practice in Cincinnati, that Weil-Kahn Funeral Home will continue to serve the community in a caring and professional manner. Attention to all details is their proud hallmark.
Weil-Kahn Funeral Home offers services ranging from the most traditional Orthodox Jewish to a less traditional or even non-religious ceremony. Attention to all details is our proud hallmark.
Services include the use of their chapel, which is wheelchair accessible and able to comfortably hold more than 350 people. This allows them to handle large public funerals or small private ceremonies, whichever the family desires. Also provided are all-necessary materials for Jewish practices, including all-wood orthodox caskets, burial vaults, traditional burial garments, kriah ribbons, shiva candles, acknowledgement cards, registry books, folding chairs, shiva stools, prayer books and other requested items.
Weil-Kahn Funeral Home is nothing if not accommodating. Services can be arranged at the cemetery, at temples or synagogues or various other locations in the area.
