Jewish Home
Files For Bankruptcy

I wonder if 200 employees for 226 beds was overkill and partly led to the home's demise. Medicaid payments are measly while union pay and benefits are overly generous. Too bad about this.

Joe, Before you make such assumptions I would urge you to do some research. I can guarantee you that the workers and nurses aides are not being over paid or under worked. The aides at The JHA have been spread very thin for years and have done an amazing job of making do with the amount of staff they do have. I have visited JHA on many occasions. Lastly to suggest that union benefits or pay are overly generous across the board is ridiculous.

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An 'over kill of employees' far from it. Those numbers demonstrate under staffing, being over worked and under paid with patients lacking care they need. If salaries were inflated it was in administration NOT direct care providers. Bear in mind there are multiple units of approx. 30 patients each. Each unit requires a licensed person plus CNAs for 3 shifts 24X7. Many other departments also needed to keep facility operational are dietary, housekeeping, laundry, maintenance etc. I doubt if they passed JACO with flying colors. May have had fines and deficiencies. This home has had problems for years, vendors not delivering due to non payment, checks bouncing,utilizing pool nurses etc. Care and staffing in original site was excellent. It seemed to have gone south in opening new facility and changing admission policies. The care for some time leave a lot to be desired.

To say that 200 employees is overkill, Joe, you fail to see that the number includes all shifts over 24 hours, as Snoopy said. There are currently 6 units open and that 200 includes not only direct care staff such as nurses, certified nursing assistants, social workers, dietitians, recreation therapists (all REQUIRED by state regulations) but also physical & occupational therapists, cooks and kitchen staff, housekeeping, laundry, maintenance, security... the list goes on. I'm not saying there aren't unnecessary people. There may be, but if so they are in the higher up of the place, NOT the people ensuring residents are cared for, clothed and fed around the clock.

We should talk about the possibility of the administration being over paid, not the union staff who fail to have insurance on the first of every month for more than a year now because the home can't pay the premium on time. And ALL employees have failed to be paid on time on a regular basis recently, including in the past several weeks when they did not receive their paychecks on payday and often do not find out until payday that direct deposit was not made on time.

The facility has not been JCAHO accredited in a few years. That is something they pay extra for. As far as the CT DOH, you can look that up, but last year's survey was surprisingly fine.

I don't know what exactly Snoopy refers to in 'opening the new facility' since JHA has been at this location for a century, but there have definitely been issues since this administration came in a few years ago.

Lastly, if the administration could at least own up to what is going on so that employees don't live in such a state of uncertainty and rumor. This article is the first 'official' word that the general staff heard on this subject.

The Jewish Home was originally in corner brick building. To my knowledge it was or still used for administrative purposes. This building was still there a few years ago my last time in area. I believe they made a connector to the two buildings too. In original facility ALL admissions were Jewish, received life time care upon meeting requirements. At this site the census was lower, care rendered was excellent, and the home served only kosher diets. Food was left for night shift, and all shifts had restrictions as to what foods brought in, use of items in dietary etc. The staff was professional, happy employees, productive, with job longevity and little turn over. Most of the employees had 5-20 years service. Nothing new Re: pay checks bouncing or not being directly deposited, vendors not providing, and health care not paid. This has been going on for years per many, many of their employees. A most devastating punch to employees, and their families not getting paid after rendering services. Some of which were the head of household. Only at times has these occurrences been intermittent at current site per employees. I must reiterate, it seemed to have been going south since moving into this current new building and changes in the admission process.

Glad to hear there might be a buyer who will keep this important community asset open. We need high quality care for elderly and disabled people to be available in New Haven, and close to the Medical Area.

What a shame after 90+ years. It was a facility with a waiting list to get in just 5 years ago.
It has been through recessions and war and always survived to provide superior care.
I don't believe at all this slowdown was the major cause of its failure as it has survived much worse.
I do believe upper mismanagement of recent times is the cause for collapse. Too much spending,lack of controls and general negligence on many fronts. They have taken their toll as they would any other enterprise except patients care and employee lives may have to suffer.

Surprised it was not shut down before. Care is deplorable. Will be interesting to see what happens with union contract renewal coming up soon for many homes.