The Los Angeles Jewish Home announced earlier this month that it is accepting applications for new residents, as well as participants in its community-based programs, after an extended pause in admissions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dale Surowitz, CEO-president of the Jewish Home, said welcoming new seniors will enable the organization to continue its century-long tradition of providing for the region’s frail elderly. “Seniors in Los Angeles depend on us for care,” Surowitz said. “During COVID, ensuring their continued health and safety meant refraining from bringing people in. But now that 99% of our residents (as well as the large majority of our staff) have been fully vaccinated, we’re relaunching the admissions process so we can serve even more members of the community.”

The home has immediate openings for seniors who need hands-on skilled nursing assistance. “The Jewish Home typically has wait lists for available spaces in our skilled nursing facility; it’s uncommon to have availability as we currently do,” Surowitz said. “This represents a rare opportunity for people to get into the home now, before we reach capacity, which will happen quickly.”

With the easing of the pandemic, the Jewish Home is also welcoming seniors to its Brandman Centers for Senior Care, a Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE. Through the program, residents and seniors who live on their own receive medical services, physical therapy, social services and nutritional counseling, as well as exceptional adult day health care that engages them intellectually, physically and socially.

Applicants to the Jewish Home have access to a broad range of programs and services beyond PACE and skilled nursing. From short-term rehab to hospice, independent living, home health and memory care, the Jewish Home provides support to residents at their varying levels of need. Through the Jewish Home, seniors are also eligible for the organization’s new Brandman Health Plan. Designed for the chronic patient with special needs, the plan offers benefits to anyone in Los Angeles County who is Medicare-eligible and has diabetes, chronic heart failure, cardiovascular disorders or dementia.

Seniors and their families can reach out to the Jewish Home for more information about current openings and availability.

“We’re here for new applicants, whoever they are and whatever their needs,” Surowitz said. “We look forward to learning how we can help.”

For information, visit lajh.org or call (855)227-3745.