The Robison Jewish Health Center is its official name, but almost everybody still calls it “The Home.”They probably don’t mean “home, sweet home,” but rather “the old folks’ home.” Though highly regarded by health care professionals, grateful families and dedicated donors, very few people are likely to say, “Goody! I get to go to The…
Artist Sheila Lynn Lawton spent three weeks interacting with, and creating art personifying the hopes and interests of, residents of Kehillah Housing, a new Portland affordable housing project for adults with special needs. Kehillah, which means community, welcomed 14 residents with developmental disabilities last September to the new apartment building on the southwest Portland campus…
Kehillah Housing, a two-story, 14-apartment building for adults with developmental disabilities, will offer residents affordable housing near public transportation and access to an array of social services. The board of Cedar Sinai Park, where Kehillah Housing is being built, expanded its historic mission of serving seniors to include adults with special needs. Major funding for…
