Center for Holocaust Survivors
A COMMON BOND OF PRIVATE MEMORIES & RESILIENCE
Jewish Family Service provides Holocaust survivors with care management; home visits; restitution assistance; counseling and referral; social therapeutic activities; free hearing tests; and safety/adaptive equipment.
A recent review of the Center for Holocaust Survivors determined that survivors who took advantage of its array of programs and care management services enjoyed a better quality of life. Benefits include but are not limited to — timely attention to healthcare needs, emotional support, encouragement to engage in "life review" therapy, and additional counseling methodologies to help survivors deal with loss and traumatic memories.
Being Active:
We offer Holocaust survivors a wide variety of activities — such as art projects, musical enrichment, lectures, or exercise — that are known to reduce depression, lower blood pressure, and increase joy.
Creating Memories:
Join other Holocaust survivors at our monthly Friendship Club socialization gatherings to create memory books, celebrate a holiday, or just chat and enjoy the company.
Virtual Programming:
Technology can dramatically reduce isolation, increase exposure to our CHS programming, allow for international connections—including with other Holocaust survivors, invite engagement and collaboration with interesting guest speakers, and so much more.
A Host of Free Services Available:
Holocaust survivors may be eligible to receive some or all of these life-enhancing services for free:
- Care management
- Hearing tests and hearing aids
- Medical adaptive equipment
- Financial assistance for medical care and prescription drugs
- Social therapeutic activities
- Restitution assistance
- Non-medical home care: help with meal preparation (including kosher), light housekeeping, and laundry
- Dental care
- Transportation assistance
- Navigating complex, bureaucratic benefit systems
- Help with understanding / filling out various forms
- Home visits to check in, and more.
Social services for Nazi victims have been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
The Conference recognizes a Holocaust survivor as an individual who was persecuted as a Jew in Germany, Austria, or any other country occupied by the Nazis or their Axis allies between the years of 1933-1945, including Jews who emigrated from those countries after the persecution began and before liberation of that specific country, in addition to suffering recognized persecution. (Please contact Jewish Family Service or the Claims Conference for further details).
Our services are available for all Jewish Holocaust survivors, but receiving some of the services for free may be limited to financially and/or physically vulnerable Jewish Nazi victims.
Jewish Family Service programs and services for older adults, including Holocaust survivors, receive funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, The Jewish Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio, The Bahmann Foundation, and Jewish Federations of North America. JFS is a member agency of the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies.
