HUD Grant To Fund Service Coordinator for Local Seniors

January 17, 2005

Heritage Tower, 1145 College Ave., has received a grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide for a service coordinator to serve the older adult population at the independent living facility. The grant allows for nearly $180,000 over a three-year term. This allows current staff, already providing services, to join a national effort to provide service coordination that follows a high standard of practices regulated through defined quality assurance standards. Heritage Tower, along with 124 other grant recipients across the nation, will work to recognize the needs of the elderly residents and coordinate necessary services and interventions.

The Heritage Tower service coordination program will be managed by Heritage at Home, a program within the Wexner Heritage Village family of services that aims to help older adults continue to live independently in the community. At the end of the initial term, Heritage at Home may apply for renewal to continue the program.

Wexner Heritage Village is a not-for-profit provider of health, housing, social and spiritual services in the central Ohio community, primarily serving older adults and persons with disabilities. Its mission, guided by Jewish values and traditions, is to assist those it serves in pursuing their fullest human potential. The campus serves the entire community and includes: Wexner Heritage House, a 200-bed nursing facility, Heritage Tower and Bexley Heritage Apartments, HUD-sponsored independent living, Creekside at the Village, premier independent apartments, Victor Weinstein Shalom House and Shalom House South, two MRDD group homes, Village Shalom Apartments, Heritage at Home, and the Larry & Leonore Zusman Jewish Community Hospice.