Our Stories We're a Certified Age Friendly Employer! Age Friendly Certified employers want age 50+ candidates to know they are valued for their knowledge, experience, maturity, reliability and productivity. Read more Why 24-Hour Coverage Is Important When Choosing Senior Housing April 3, 2013 When giving tours at Shillman House, one of the six JCHE independent living communities for seniors, we are always asked about coverage for emergencies. Read more “Whatever It Takes to Get Residents to Move...” September 15, 2017 We recently published the fall issue of Thriving in Community, JCHE's newsletter featuring timely stories and information. One of the stories is reproduced below. Read more Volunteers Mobilize to Combat Loneliness September 15, 2017 We recently published the fall issue of Thriving in Community, JCHE's newsletter featuring timely stories and information. One of the stories is reproduced below. Read more Therapy Dog Chester Visits Seniors with Memory Loss January 27, 2017 Great Days for Seniors (The Club), which provides a home-like environment where people who have medical needs receive one-on-one attention from the professional staff, got a special visit from Chester--a dog registered by Therapy Dogs International. Read more Wowed by Visit to JCHE March 28, 2016 Students from Northeastern and Boston Architectural College to Help Design New Site Read more Shillman House Makes Special Delivery to Potter Road School! December 8, 2016 Our Shillman House knitters made the annual trip to the Potter Road School in Framingham to deliver handmade hats and scarves to a kindergarten and first-grade class. Read more Resident's Granddaughter Performs Piano Concert November 30, 2016 Rachel Li, the 16-year-old granddaughter of Leventhal resident Xuan Zhi Li performed a piano concert to the delight of her proud grandmother and her JCHE friends. Read more Putting Our Residents’ Needs First, Always! March 1, 2018 Above all else, JCHE strives to put our residents' needs first. Read more Posture Pop is JCHE’s Latest Fitness Sensation March 1, 2018 “There is no excuse for not having good posture,” says Cynthia Thomas who teaches JCHE’s newest fitness sensation, “Posture Pop”—a class designed to improve posture through unique movements performed to pop music. Read more Postcard Project Taps into Resident Memories June 1, 2016 "I have always felt that art has the ability to lift us out of one place and take us to another," says artist Evelyn Berde. “The Postcard Project at JCHE was a perfect example of this.” Read more Op-Ed on Loneliness by JCHE President Amy Schectman January 24, 2018 Two recent articles in the Boston Globe point to the devastating effects of loneliness. Read more Sheriff's Office Stops by Golda to Educate Seniors on Scam Prevention December 7, 2016 While none of us are immune to scams, older adults tend to be more vulnerable—especially seniors with memory loss. Read more First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next Last
We're a Certified Age Friendly Employer! Age Friendly Certified employers want age 50+ candidates to know they are valued for their knowledge, experience, maturity, reliability and productivity. Read more
Why 24-Hour Coverage Is Important When Choosing Senior Housing April 3, 2013 When giving tours at Shillman House, one of the six JCHE independent living communities for seniors, we are always asked about coverage for emergencies. Read more
“Whatever It Takes to Get Residents to Move...” September 15, 2017 We recently published the fall issue of Thriving in Community, JCHE's newsletter featuring timely stories and information. One of the stories is reproduced below. Read more
Volunteers Mobilize to Combat Loneliness September 15, 2017 We recently published the fall issue of Thriving in Community, JCHE's newsletter featuring timely stories and information. One of the stories is reproduced below. Read more
Therapy Dog Chester Visits Seniors with Memory Loss January 27, 2017 Great Days for Seniors (The Club), which provides a home-like environment where people who have medical needs receive one-on-one attention from the professional staff, got a special visit from Chester--a dog registered by Therapy Dogs International. Read more
Wowed by Visit to JCHE March 28, 2016 Students from Northeastern and Boston Architectural College to Help Design New Site Read more
Shillman House Makes Special Delivery to Potter Road School! December 8, 2016 Our Shillman House knitters made the annual trip to the Potter Road School in Framingham to deliver handmade hats and scarves to a kindergarten and first-grade class. Read more
Resident's Granddaughter Performs Piano Concert November 30, 2016 Rachel Li, the 16-year-old granddaughter of Leventhal resident Xuan Zhi Li performed a piano concert to the delight of her proud grandmother and her JCHE friends. Read more
Putting Our Residents’ Needs First, Always! March 1, 2018 Above all else, JCHE strives to put our residents' needs first. Read more
Posture Pop is JCHE’s Latest Fitness Sensation March 1, 2018 “There is no excuse for not having good posture,” says Cynthia Thomas who teaches JCHE’s newest fitness sensation, “Posture Pop”—a class designed to improve posture through unique movements performed to pop music. Read more
Postcard Project Taps into Resident Memories June 1, 2016 "I have always felt that art has the ability to lift us out of one place and take us to another," says artist Evelyn Berde. “The Postcard Project at JCHE was a perfect example of this.” Read more
Op-Ed on Loneliness by JCHE President Amy Schectman January 24, 2018 Two recent articles in the Boston Globe point to the devastating effects of loneliness. Read more
Sheriff's Office Stops by Golda to Educate Seniors on Scam Prevention December 7, 2016 While none of us are immune to scams, older adults tend to be more vulnerable—especially seniors with memory loss. Read more
