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KING DAVID drawing local yeshiva students to help
BALTIMORE’S NEWEST make an Orthodox minyan every
KOSHER NURSING AND Shabbos,” notes Yitzy. “It will give resi-
REHABILITATION CENTER dents, Orthodox or not, a sense of
belonging to a community, and add to
Aby Margie Pensak Milford Manor was sold to a New its present number of visitors.”
s I enter the parking lot of Jersey–based company and renamed
King David Nursing and King David Nursing and Rehabilitation King David is also making changes
Rehabilitation Center, memo- Center. As of June 1, King David will to improve its quality of care and the
ries of visiting residents of the become a STAR-K-certified facility, residents’ quality of life.
former Milford Manor Nursing offering our community members excit-
and Rehabilitation Center ing new long-term and short-term nurs- As Yitzy says, “We like to take some-
decades ago come flooding ing and rehab care service options. thing good and make it better. We have
back. Although the location is support to implement better systems,
the same, snuggled in a lightly wooded “In New York, these types of facilities such as our new, wonderful rehab
area, close enough but far enough away are everywhere; if people in our com- team, Ultimate Therapy. Our goal is to
from the hubbub of Pikesville’s munity need to go to a nursing home, get our residents as strong as possible
Reisterstown Road, the exterior has they should be able to have kosher so they can return home, rather than
been modernized. After stepping food, a minyan, and a staff that is sen- stay in the facility for months on end.”
through the gazebo-like entranceway sitive to a frum person,” opines Yitzy.
into the impressive lobby and taking a As he points out the sun room, Yitzy
tour of King David with Yitzy Tendler, Although the former Milford Manor explains, “Nowadays, because of insur-
its new administrator, it is hard to imag- has passed down its strong Jewish and ance concerns, patients are getting dis-
ine the facility as I remembered it. Russian presence to King David, the charged from the hospital in as soon as
administration is making a concerted a few days; they require a higher level of
“When I’m in the facility, I’m walking effort to make the facility frum-friendly. care when they leave. With our compa-
around, speaking to patients and resi- ny’s support nurses and educators, our
dents, checking on rooms, making sure “We’re in the planning stages of goal is to increase the medical cases we
that everything is up to par,” says Yitzy making renovations to a house on the can handle, filling a void that exists in
as we tour the facility, interrupting our facility’s property that will turn into a Baltimore for the observant patient.”
conversation periodically to say hello to bikur cholim house,” adds Yitzy.
the congenial employees and patients. “Although we’re within the eruv and King David also plans on teaming
“Most importantly, if family members, walkable on Shabbos and Yom Tov, this up with doctors in our community to
patients, or residents have concerns, house will be able to host family mem- improve its quality of care. Usually,
they can come to my office, approach bers of residents who live on the other when people go into a nursing home or
me in the hallway, email me, or call me side of town, or out of town, over rehab center, they are assigned a doc-
on my cell phone. That’s the plus of Shabbos and Yom Tov.” tor from the facility, since their person-
being in a smaller facility.” al primary-care physician often cannot
The facility also boasts Jewish- can see them at the facility, simply
In March, after over 37 years of themed activities, as well as a quaint because they aren’t credentialed.
being family-owned and operated, shul, adorned with colorful stained-
glass windows. “King David works with the local
doctors that our frum community uses,
“We hope to revitalize the shul by so should community members move
into our facility, short-term or long-
term, their own doctors can see them
here,” says Yitzy. “They’re already com-
fortable with their doctor and it pro-
vides a continuum of care.
“For a long time, Baltimoreans have
found it an attractive option to make
their chasunas [weddings] in
Lakewood; more recently, there has
been a community initiative to offer a
viable option for making chasunas in
Baltimore,” concludes Yitzy. “Similarly,
Baltimoreans have chosen to go to
Lakewood for rehab, rather than get-
ting it here. We wanted to bring a good
option to Baltimore for rehab – it’s a
big enough community.”◆
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BALTIMORE’S NEWEST make an Orthodox minyan every
KOSHER NURSING AND Shabbos,” notes Yitzy. “It will give resi-
REHABILITATION CENTER dents, Orthodox or not, a sense of
belonging to a community, and add to
Aby Margie Pensak Milford Manor was sold to a New its present number of visitors.”
s I enter the parking lot of Jersey–based company and renamed
King David Nursing and King David Nursing and Rehabilitation King David is also making changes
Rehabilitation Center, memo- Center. As of June 1, King David will to improve its quality of care and the
ries of visiting residents of the become a STAR-K-certified facility, residents’ quality of life.
former Milford Manor Nursing offering our community members excit-
and Rehabilitation Center ing new long-term and short-term nurs- As Yitzy says, “We like to take some-
decades ago come flooding ing and rehab care service options. thing good and make it better. We have
back. Although the location is support to implement better systems,
the same, snuggled in a lightly wooded “In New York, these types of facilities such as our new, wonderful rehab
area, close enough but far enough away are everywhere; if people in our com- team, Ultimate Therapy. Our goal is to
from the hubbub of Pikesville’s munity need to go to a nursing home, get our residents as strong as possible
Reisterstown Road, the exterior has they should be able to have kosher so they can return home, rather than
been modernized. After stepping food, a minyan, and a staff that is sen- stay in the facility for months on end.”
through the gazebo-like entranceway sitive to a frum person,” opines Yitzy.
into the impressive lobby and taking a As he points out the sun room, Yitzy
tour of King David with Yitzy Tendler, Although the former Milford Manor explains, “Nowadays, because of insur-
its new administrator, it is hard to imag- has passed down its strong Jewish and ance concerns, patients are getting dis-
ine the facility as I remembered it. Russian presence to King David, the charged from the hospital in as soon as
administration is making a concerted a few days; they require a higher level of
“When I’m in the facility, I’m walking effort to make the facility frum-friendly. care when they leave. With our compa-
around, speaking to patients and resi- ny’s support nurses and educators, our
dents, checking on rooms, making sure “We’re in the planning stages of goal is to increase the medical cases we
that everything is up to par,” says Yitzy making renovations to a house on the can handle, filling a void that exists in
as we tour the facility, interrupting our facility’s property that will turn into a Baltimore for the observant patient.”
conversation periodically to say hello to bikur cholim house,” adds Yitzy.
the congenial employees and patients. “Although we’re within the eruv and King David also plans on teaming
“Most importantly, if family members, walkable on Shabbos and Yom Tov, this up with doctors in our community to
patients, or residents have concerns, house will be able to host family mem- improve its quality of care. Usually,
they can come to my office, approach bers of residents who live on the other when people go into a nursing home or
me in the hallway, email me, or call me side of town, or out of town, over rehab center, they are assigned a doc-
on my cell phone. That’s the plus of Shabbos and Yom Tov.” tor from the facility, since their person-
being in a smaller facility.” al primary-care physician often cannot
The facility also boasts Jewish- can see them at the facility, simply
In March, after over 37 years of themed activities, as well as a quaint because they aren’t credentialed.
being family-owned and operated, shul, adorned with colorful stained-
glass windows. “King David works with the local
doctors that our frum community uses,
“We hope to revitalize the shul by so should community members move
into our facility, short-term or long-
term, their own doctors can see them
here,” says Yitzy. “They’re already com-
fortable with their doctor and it pro-
vides a continuum of care.
“For a long time, Baltimoreans have
found it an attractive option to make
their chasunas [weddings] in
Lakewood; more recently, there has
been a community initiative to offer a
viable option for making chasunas in
Baltimore,” concludes Yitzy. “Similarly,
Baltimoreans have chosen to go to
Lakewood for rehab, rather than get-
ting it here. We wanted to bring a good
option to Baltimore for rehab – it’s a
big enough community.”◆
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