Jewish Home For The Aged (Detroit, Michigan)

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Established in 1907, the Jewish Old Folks Homes founded a home at Brush and Edmund Streets in the then heart of the Jewish community. With the expansion of the Jewish population and its migration to the north-west in the 1920s, it was decided to erect a new facility for the elderly.

In 1931 the Jewish Old Folks Home affiliated with the Jewish Welfare Federation and in 1933 the group changed its name to the Jewish Home for the Aged. In 1937 a state of the
art facility was built on Petoskey Avenue with Ira Sonneblick, a nationally known gerontologist, as director. Services expanded to include sophisticated physical and occupational therapy and recreational opportunities. When medical needs increased, the Home developed an infirmary and ambulatory services.