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OUR HISTORY
Founded in 1906, the Jewish Orthodox Old Home opened its doors on Orange Avenue. It quickly outgrew its space and moved twice before making the move to its current location on Cedar Road in 1968.
Our first community service is now the longest standing adult day care center in existence, King David's Adult Day Center offering daytime care and social opportunities with free transportation. The reach of our services in the community has since broadened as needs have changed.
While developing important programs that enable adults as they age to remain where they choose to live in the community, we also developed additional residential options to provide a variety of additional choices that meet individual needs.
Our legacy of excellence, creative expertise, and commitment to Jewish values are traditions that we proudly continue today.
Mission + Values
Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of our residents by creating a lively, safe, and inclusive community that promotes independence, wellness, and continuous learning.
TIMELINE
1906
A group of concerned Jews establish the Hebrew Orthodox Old Age Home, Bet Moshav Zekenim, in a frame house on Cleveland’s east side. For five years, the Home sheltered elderly Jews who had arrived in the “new country” from shtetls and ghettos of eastern Europe without resources or family with whom to live. The Home was supported by membership dues of 10 cents a month, solicited house-to-house, street-by-street, in the old Woodland-East 556th Street neighborhood.
1911
The Home moved to a new 46-bed building on Scovill Avenue in the heart of the Jewish community, where it served the immigrant elderly until 1921, when a new building for 80 residents was constructed on Lakeview Road. The new facility included an 800-seat synagogue to serve the entire neighborhood. By 1948, 135 additional beds were added.
1968
Following a year of extensive study and major new construction, the Home developed a long-range plan that set the stage for the move in 1968 to the present Menorah Park site in Beachwood.
1978
Consistent with new concepts of care for the elderly, the center constructed an independent housing facility on the same campus.
1984
A major facility and program expansion is undertaken in response to the dramatically increasing number of elderly and their changing needs. This expansion increases the capacity of of the campus by 20 percent, with the addition of new non-institutional services as well. At the same time a Research Institute is established.
1994
The Community and Professional Services Building and a day care center were built.
1997
The Independent Living Apartments opens, the first additional residential building on its campus for persons wanting independence while appreciating a campus connection.
2001
The Aquatic & Therapy Center begins serving therapy and rehabilitation needs in the community. It remains one of the only Centers that offers aquatic therapy in addition to land-based therapies.
2003
The DriveWise program is founded, to meet the needs of aging drivers. Medical Transportation Service provides non-emergency ambulance services to and from the hospital and doctors’ appointments.
2004
Deer Creek Lodge Assisted Living opens!
2013
Helen's Place opens, providing award-wining services to residents with memory loss.
2015
Center 4 Brain Health begins, and is already making a difference at the local, national and international levels by helping community members and professionals with proactive approaches for enhancing memory and solutions for persons with memory challenges.