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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
Lorraine Gerson (87) to speak at ORANJ Plenary
“Lorraine Gerson, the stylish and eloquent grand matron of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey, stood before her colleagues on Thursday and said
2016 Spring Newsletter now online
The 2016 spring issue of The ORANJ Tree has been uploaded to the publications page. In addition to info on the April 20 Plenary speakers
NY Times Articles about CCRCs
In February The New York Times had two articles about CCRCs. An issue of ORANJ Leaf was prepared to summarize the articles. The February 4