Older Adult Services · January 16, 2026

Niki Eschen, at 86, has had an abundantly rich work and family life. Yet it is the story of her inner Jewish journey that is most striking. Niki’s apartment boils over with the colorful gifts of her children, her grand- and great-grandchildren...

Older Adult Services · May 20, 2025

Jewish Family Service (JFS) is on a roll. After recently becoming the only program in Ohio to win a grant from the national Alzheimer’s Foundation for its new Adult Day Services, JFS just won another honor. On March 20, its K’vod Connect program won the Tristate Association for Professionals in Aging’s Outstanding Project in the Field of Aging Award.

Older Adult Services · August 22, 2023

As Fay May was thinking ahead to her upcoming 92nd birthday, she eagerly shared how she was planning for a special ‘Birthday Shabbat’ at Rockdale Temple. “I’ll have to take my walker, of course,” Fay said. “And I have an eye problem, so I can't strike a match. Rabbi Meredith Kahan will have to light the candles on the bimah—so I don't burn the temple down,” she added with a mischievous grin. “And then, I will say the barucha (blessing), and they’ll bring the wine and the challah to my seat."

Older Adult Services · November 25, 2019

Jewish Family Service is now providing personal caregiving services through the acquisition of Cedar Village Home Care. Renamed “StarPoint Home Care,” 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. Cedar Village Home Care was not included in the sale of Cedar Village to its new owner. Bringing it to Jewish Family Service as “StarPoint Home Care” is an example of...