JEWISH CARE
JEWISH CARE IS the largest health and social care organisation serving the Jewish community in London and the South East.
Jewish Care runs ten care homes, three Retirement Living schemes and many centres and services, touching the lives of 10,000 people every week and provides a wide range of specialist support services for older people, including Holocaust survivors and refugees, people living with physical disabilities and ongoing mental health needs, in London and the South East.
These include residential care homes, Retirement Living schemes, centres for people living with dementia and community centres, the JC Presents online community programme, befriending and meals on wheels services.
The charity supports people living with dementia, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s, together with their families and carers.
With the help of incredible volunteers, Jewish Care has delivered more than 70,000 meals on wheels and made an equal number of befriending calls to older, isolated people in the community since the start of the pandemic.
Now the organisation is carefully and safely reopening its dementia day centres, community centres and Connect@ services and resuming day centre activities.
In addition, Jewish Care’s meals on wheels, telephone befriending, online activities and social work and family carers support services will all still be there to support the community.
Safety is still the priority, and Jewish Care follows enhanced infection control practices and regular Covid-19 testing for staff and volunteers, who wear masks indoors throughout the centres to protect clients, staff and volunteers.
Jewish Care’s JC Presents online programme and events continue alongside in-person programmes, befriending services and meals on wheels.
The online events include speakers, activities and exercise classes to help people stay engaged while combating loneliness.
The Supportive Communities groups invite older members of the community to socialise and share common interests.
The Singing Together and Memory Way Café groups connect older people who are living with dementia, and their carers at home, with the community.
Jewish Care touches the lives of 10,000 people every week’