A proposal to build an 11-story $2,000,000 apartment house exclusively for the aged on grounds adjacent to the Home for the Jewish Aged here has been approved by the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia. The project, designed to attract healthy elders and leave the 303 bed capacity of the Homs increasingly for the chronically ill, will cost the Federation only the land grant.
It will be financed under the terms of a Federal Housing Act which provides for mort-gates to non-profit agencies with experience in care for the aged. Once constructed, the apartment house will be self-supporting.
The 206 apartments, each with its own kitchenette, will be equipped with the latest in safety and convenience for older tenants. The building is being placed next to the home so as to be able to draw on the latter’s facilities for medical and recreational services, housekeeping and two meals a day.
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