Categories for News & Events
March 18, 2020
Family Letter
To Our Dear Residents and Families, Especially during this difficult time, the health and safety of our residents remain our top priority. We want to assure you that JGS Lifecare…
March 13, 2020
JGS No Visitor Protocol
To our Residents, Families, and Community: In an effort to further protect our residents, who are most vulnerable to the effects of COVID‐19, our facility will be implementing a strict…
March 9, 2020
Statement about Coronavirus
To our Residents and Family Members: In light of recent developments regarding the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID 19) in the United States, we would like to take this opportunity…
March 5, 2020
Free Lunch and Learn at Ruth’s House: Spirituality and Aging – Finding Meaning and Purpose as we Age on April 1
Download Event Flyer Wednesday, April 1st, Spirituality and Aging – Finding Meaning and Purpose as we Age Presented by Rabbi Devorah Jacobson, Chaplain and Director of Spiritual Life at JGS…
February 26, 2020
Easy Does It: Heart Friendly Low Impact Exercises
Physical exercise is beneficial at any age, but it’s a particularly important component in aging healthy. It can be difficult to fit exercise into our lives on a daily basis…
February 19, 2020
“Bubbies Catering” at JGS Lifecare to offer Passover Take-Out
Due to COVID-19 this event has been cancelled. Bubbies does the cooking…so you don’t have to! Download Order Form Longmeadow, MA – In what has become an annual tradition, the…
February 13, 2020
Free Lunch and Learn at Ruth’s House: Beyond the Blues – Aging & Depression on March 13th
Download Event Flyer Friday, March 13th, 2020: Beyond the Blues – Aging & Depression. Presenter Dr. Stuart Anfang, Medical Director of the Memory Disorder Program at Baystate Medical Center …
January 6, 2020
Volunteers support JGS Lifecare residents and staff on Christmas day Continuing the ‘Honorable Menschen Day’ tradition
View Story on WWLP Website LONGMEADOW, Mass. – On Christmas Day, December 25, 20 community volunteers continued the annual tradition of supporting residents and staff of the Julian J. Leavitt…
November 26, 2019
Assessing Elderly Need For Assistance Around The Holidays
The holidays provide opportunities to assess the need for assistance. LONGMEADOW, Mass. – Sometimes the changes that come with aging happen so slowly, they are hard to notice. Other times,…
October 30, 2019
Ruth’s House Assisted Living Residence to offer Free Lunch and Learn with Dr. Neil Epstein, SHINE Counselor
LONGMEADOW, Mass. – Ruth’s House, an assisted living residence at JGS Lifecare, is kicking off a new monthly Lunch and Learn program on November 15th, by hosting Dr. Neil Epstein,…