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Butterflies and Bees
At least three New Jersey CCRCs have honey bee hives. This week one CCRC began releasing tagged butterflies. More about these butterflies and bees in the
Current Bills of Interest to Seniors
The “Current Bills of Interest to Seniors” section of the ORANJ website has been updated to provide links to LeadingAge articles about the “Community Based
Highlights of the July newsletter
The July Issue of The ORANJ Tree has been archived on our Publications page. The direct link is here. The presidents of the residents associations
Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act
On April 18, 2016 the Philadelphia Inquirer had an article “Deductible Care” which started off by describing the various medical-expense deductions available to residents of
ORANJ Plenary – Celebrating 25 years
Twenty five years ago the first meeting of ORANJ was held at Applewood with seven CCRCs represented. Last month 120 residents from 20 New Jersey
Leading Age Presentation at ORANJ Plenary
Marcia Geenfield, VP Legilsative Affairs for LeadingAge, spoke at the ORANJ Plenary on April 20. Her talk had three main topics: 1) Social Accountability — What it
NJ Ombudsman seeks Volunteer Advocates
The New Jersey Long Term Care Ombudsman is advertising for volunteer advocates to be placed in Camden, Burlington, Salem and Cumberland county nursing homes and
Veterans Count
ORANJ is once again asking New Jersey CCRCs to provide a count of the number of units occupied by veterans or spouses of deceased veterans.
Stories in the Snow
After the January Blizzard Paul Basham went out on the trails at Wiley Christian Retirement Community to “read the stories in the snow.” There were