Nicole Hopper, CTRS, Director of Therapeutic Recreation and Volunteer Services at Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; Patrick Classen and Ira Sumkin of Durablis/The Besser Company; Bert E. Brodsky, Chairman of the Board of Gurwin Healthcare System; Stuart B. Almer, President and CEO of Gurwin Healthcare System; Josie DiChiara, Grants Administration of Alzheimer’s Foundation of America; and Kathleen Biggs, CTRS, Assistant Director of Therapeutic Recreation and Volunteer Services at Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Photo by Rob Cuni
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Gurwin Healthcare System Holds Ribbon Cutting for New Immersion Room in Rehab Facility
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America awarded Gurwin Healthcare System a grant to implement the immersion room at the Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Ira Sumkin is the inventor of the idea for the room, and Pat Classen is the developer. Kat Biggs runs therapeutic recreation on Gurwin’s memory care unit, so she will be implementing the use of the room with the residents.
Officials celebrated the opening of the immersion room at a recent ribbon cutting event.
Bert E. Brodsky, Chairman of the Board, Gurwin Healthcare SystemPhoto by Rob CuniStuart B. Almer, President and CEO, Gurwin Healthcare SystemPhoto by Rob Cuni
