2020 Annual REPORT
PETER SEIDEMAN
MICHAEL N. ROSENBLUT
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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Mission Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation strives to provide, with compassion and dedication, superior quality health care and rehabilitation for adults. Through continual improvement of Parker’s programs and services, we will be a leader in health care delivery and education.
Fighting COVID-19 on the Front Lines The year 2020 was particularly challenging for everyone, especially within the health care community. At Parker Jewish Institute, our front-line workers stood strong, demonstrating their resiliency each and every day, even as COVID-19 struck the New York region. Our doctors, nurses and nursing assistants, along with our entire support staff, are our health care heroes. They remained committed to fulfilling Parker’s mission, by providing high quality, personalized and compassionate care to all of our patients and residents. Lifting Parker’s health care heroes up were our community supporters whose contributions will be long-remembered. These supporters contributed when and where it mattered most. They provided meals so that our staff was nourished. They delivered - and some even manufactured - personal protective equipment so that our staff was safeguarded from coronavirus. They donated funds so that Parker can continue to serve the community. They sent letters and drawings, putting a smile on the faces of our residents and employees. The first responders among them took part in a sound-off, paying tribute to James Tully, the first Parker patient to be released after fighting COVID, as well as to our tireless front-line employees. Since the public release of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Parker immediately began distributing it to patients, residents and staff members. Parker will continue administering the vaccine, in our ongoing efforts to protect our patients, residents, staff, and community.
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MICHAEL N. ROSENBLUT PARKER JEWISH INSTITUTE |
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A Comprehensive Network of Programs & Services INPATIENT • Short Term Rehabilitation
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS • Home Health Care • Hospice (Community & Inpatient)
• Sub-Acute Care
• Medical House Calls (Parker At Your Door)
• Long Term Care
• Palliative Care
Promoting Good Health Serving more than 8,000 older adults each day. 995 nursing home admissions. 1,375 sub-acute care and short term rehabilitation patients. 241 home health care patients. 12,777 hospice care days. Provided support and guidance for more than 5,430 family caregivers. Enabled 13,673 chronically ill, disabled and frail adults to live at home. Provided 257 caregiver support groups and 220 memory cafes. Provided respite scholarships to more than 217 caregivers, resulting in 11,116 hours of caregiver relief. Provided 5 caregiver ambassador programs, 12 caregiver webinars, 300 volunteers, and 48 education and training programs. Distributed 700 caregiver comfort kits. Provided 1,255 caregiver consults and 18,097 hours of free volunteer caregiver respite.
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AFFILIATES • Queens-Long
Island
CENTER FOR RESEARCH & GRANTS
Renal Institute, Inc.
ON-SITE PHARMACY
• AgeWell New York, LLC
ON-SITE PHYSICIAN SERVICES
• The Nerken Center for Research & Grants
Research & Grants • Published and presented major academic and professional research papers • Behavior Management Training for CNAs • Grants included: Willing Hearts, Helpful Hands - Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers Initiative, End-of-Life Doula, Spanish for Health Care Workers, Health Care Workers Trained as Registered Nurses, Telemedicine, Transition of Care
Teaching Center Teaching in Administration, Art Therapy, Audiology, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy, Pastoral Services, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Podiatry, Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work, Speech Pathology and Therapeutic Recreation. Teaching affiliate of Adelphi University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Brooklyn College, Dominican College, Hofstra University, Hunter College, Jewish Theological Seminary, LaGuardia Community College, Lehman College, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long Island University, Mercy College, Molloy College, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, New York Medical College, New York University, North Shore University Hospital, Nova South Eastern, Queens College, Queens Transitions Center, Queensborough Community College, Sanford-Brown Institute, St. John’s University, Stony Brook University, SUNY Downstate, Touro College, University at Buffalo, University of St. Augustine, Winthrop University Hospital.
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OTHER OPERATING REVENUE 12% PRIVATE PAY 5%
MEDICAID/MEDICARE/ MANAGED CARE 83%
Employed a diverse group of more than 1,100. Purchased $25 MILLION of goods and services.
Queens-Long Island Renal Institute, Inc. Provided 15,023 treatments for Parker’s residents and patients, as well as residents of Long Island and New York City
6+1+388
Revenue
Stimulating the Local Economy
Expenses
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY 91%
HOME HEALTH CARE 6%
HOSPICE 3%
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2020 Highlights In April, due
to the overwhelming outpouring of community support through food donations, Parker created its Meal Train program to ensure that all community food donations are efficiently distributed to staff who need it. These donations are very much appreciated by the nurses, doctors, and entire staff, who are working on the front-line of defense amidst the COVID-19 situation. From April to the end of December, there have been approximately 4,682 meals donated to our Parker team.
In March, t o keep families informed through the COVID-19 crisis, Parker established a Family Call Center. This enabled families to stay in touch with their loved ones, including virtual visits through online platforms such as FaceTime. Now, Family Call Center staff members remain at the ready to communicate regularly with family members, connecting them to additional information and resources as needed.
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2020 Highlights In addition to the community’s support through meals, many donated essential Personal Protective Equipment. Countless charitable organizations and individuals reached out to Parker to donate face shields, gowns, KN95 Masks, sanitizers, and other needed PPE to protect staff and residents from COVID-19.
In May, Parker installed some of the most advanced COVID-19 safety measures available. This includes Parker’s nonstop testing operation, comprising an entire team that tests all staff weekly. The staff is armed with personal protective equipment to stay safe. And with Parker’s upgraded generator system, the Institute ensures that the power is always on, which is especially critical during COVID-19.
Parker also began building and installing new ultraviolet lighting into its heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) units to help fight against COVID-19. The UV-lighting system installed into the HVAC air ducts of the Institute’s 340,000-square-foot building, will kill or stop the spread of COVID-19 and a range of other dangerous bacteria and viruses, from MRSA to E. coli. Manufactured by Larson Electronics, the new UV-lighting system enhances Parker’s already robust protocol in infection control.
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2020 Highlights In June, Parker Jewish Institute established the Infection Control Patrol Committee to ensure that staff throughout the facility maintain the highest standards in fighting the spread of disease and viruses.
The Infection Control Patrol Committee is made up of interdisciplinary volunteers from Parker’s Infection Prevention Committee. The unit adheres to the strictest infection-prevention standards set forth by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New York State Department of Health. The standards are fostered by staff commitment, collaboration and teamwork.
Patrol members make the rounds throughout Parker care areas, ensuring that staff are complying with the institute’s rigorous standards. This includes ensuring that all housekeeping, hygiene and infection control measures are properly carried out and responding to questions from residents and staff.
These moments also provide opportunity for feedback, commending staff for good practices, as well as mentoring and educating employees along the way. This approach fosters growth and team-building, with Patrol members available for questions and guidance. Patrol members welcome suggestions from staff, bringing ideas back to the Infection Prevention Committee for consideration.
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2020 Highlights In August, Parker held its annual Ice Cream Social. By providing individually packaged ice cream and obeying social distance practices, Parker staff were able to enjoy a sweet snack break. We are grateful to our generous Past Chairman of the Board, Jerry Landsberg, and his wife, Gloria Landsberg, for making this event possible each year.
In October, Parker added digital turnstiles to its entrance, automatically scanning staff IDs and measuring temperatures, enabling the Institute to maintain physical and health security via contactless technology for the skilled nursing facility’s residents and staff.
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2020 Highlights On October 20, 2020 Parker held a virtual Gala. Hosted by WCBS 880 reporter, Marla Diamond, the virtual Gala honored our health care heroes. The event was an enormous success, and we were proud to honor our selfless heroes who have stepped up in unimaginable ways. It was a night to acknowledge their hard work in comforting families from afar, soothing patients through unprecedented circumstances, and taking time away from their own families for the greater good.
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2020 Highlights In December, Parker partnered with PRINE Health & Vascular Center to offer vascular outpatient services in a new 1,900-square-foot state-of-the-art facility located at 172-11 76th Avenue in New Hyde Park. The Center offers the most advanced services in peripheral arterial disease treatment, varicose and spider vein treatment, dialysis access management, kyphoplasty, uterine fibroid embolization and comprehensive vascular evaluation.
Dr. Dan Simon, a nationally renowned Vascular Specialist, is leading the Center. With extensive experience in both the outpatient and hospital settings, Dr. Simon brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in treating complex vascular cases involving Peripheral Arterial Disease and Critical Limb Ischemia.
Also in December, The Parker League’s Online Gift Shop, went live. The online Gift Shop (https://www.parkerleaguegiftshop.com/) provides Parker friends and families the ability to purchase a gift for their loved one currently residing at Parker. It offers shoppers a wide variety of products such as clothing, costume jewelry, handbags, and holiday or birthday gift baskets. Once an order is placed, a Parker Jewish Institute employee will hand deliver the gift within 72 hours to the loved one’s room.
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2020 Highlights On December 21, 2020, Parker received and administered Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for patients, residents and staff. Parker is partnering with Walgreens, one of the approved pharmacies, to administer the vaccine. This process requires two doses that are provided a minimum of 21 days apart. Parker is confident that the vaccine, with its 95 percent efficacy rate, will mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and ensure the safety and well-being of our patients, residents, and staff. With the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, there is a new ray of hope that our patients and residents may finally reunite safely with their families in person.
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Board of Trustees CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Peter Seideman
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN Lenny Tanzer
PRESIDENT AND CEO Michael N. Rosenblut
VICE CHAIRMEN Nina Koppelman (Finance) Jerry Landsberg Sheryl Silverstein, DMD
SECRETARY Gary C. Granoff
ASSISTANT SECRETARY Frances R. Katz
TREASURER Philip Kaplan
ASSISTANT TREASURERS Mike L. Denhoff Robert Sterling
TRUSTEES William A. Ackerman Howard L. Boris Lee D. Charles Barbara Kurshan Coleman Alvin Murstein Taryn Tanzer
HONORARY TRUSTEES Daniel N. Davis Alan B. Katz James P. Levin Norma Parker
Emanuel Seideman* Henry T. (Pat) Schwaeber* Daniel S. Sterling* Steven R. Wagner
PAST CHAIRMEN Henry T. (Pat) Schwaeber* Jerry Landsberg Barbara Kurshan Coleman David S. Taub* George N. Fishman* Raymond Kurshan* Harvey Granat Gerald Walpin* George A. Katz* Solomon Heiferman* Abraham L. Malamut* Jack Parker* Charles Gross* *In Blessed Memory
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Ways of Giving There are a variety of ways you can help, many of which will provide you with an opportunity to perpetually link your name, or that of a loved one, with Parker Jewish Institute’s mission. For additional information about making a gift to the Institute, please call the Department of Development at 718-289-2143.
General Contributions General Contributions are an important source of unrestricted gifts that help meet critical operating needs where we need it most and allow Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
to continue its mission. Consider making a tribute gift as a way to honor or remember someone in a very special way.
Morris and Jeanette Kessel Living Legacy Society Generous residents, patients and friends who have included Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation in their estate plans are recognized with membership in the Morris and Jeanette Kessel Living Legacy Society. Giving through your estate plan enables you to make a gift that may not be possible now, yet may
give you a great deal of satisfaction to know your future gift will live on. You can name Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation as the beneficiary of a portion of your estate in your will, or as a beneficiary designation on your retirement plan, life insurance, etc.
Special Events Each year Parker Jewish Institute holds annual, exciting events to bring the community together while raising much-needed funds for our residents. We honor and recognize some of the most notable members of our community and supporters of Parker Jewish Institute.
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ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC: Save the Date: August 2, 2021, Parker will host its Annual Golf Classic at the Glen Oaks Golf Club. ANNUAL GALA: Save the Date: October 2021, Parker will host its Annual Gala.
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