Alzheimer’s and Dementia Community Services

JFCS is a leader in the community response to Alzheimer’s and dementia-related diseases. We offer dementia education and early-identification memory screening, and connect caregivers to services and resources. We provide services directly to people living with the disease and also provide extensive coaching and assistance to the care partners. We facilitate Dementia Friends training sessions to the broad community as well, including clergy, local businesses, police and fire departments. Services are available on a sliding fee scale, call for more information.
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Case Management/Care Coordination

Care coordinators are matched with clients and become the primary coordinator for the delivery of services, individualizing and adjusting services when needed and connecting to family members, friends, clergy, outside agencies, community professionals and other programs at JFCS. Care Coordinators are culturally sensitive, and Russian-speaking coordinators are available. Services are available on a sliding fee scale, call for more information.
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Holocaust Survivor Support Services

Many services, including housecleaning, transportation, kosher Meals on Wheels, shopping, bathing assistance, care coordination and more, are available to Jewish survivors of Nazi persecution as they encounter the challenges of aging, thanks to funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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JFCS Memory Café

JFCS Memory Café is a gathering for people with memory loss and their caregivers. Café members meet twice per month at the JFCS office in Golden Valley for activities and conversations in a comfortable, supportive environment. Café is open to people from the Jewish and broader community.
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Powerful Tools for Caregivers

This six-week class is designed to provide participants with a wealth of self-care tools that will help them take care of themselves while taking care of others. Participants will learn to reduce stress, improve self-confidence, bring more balance to their lives, better communicate their feelings, and increase their ability to make tough decisions. Class is open to people from the Jewish and broader community.
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Jacob Garber Transportation Services

Garber Transportation provides rides for clients who reside within a defined service area in Hennepin County. It’s a convenient, reliable way for ambulatory adults to get to a doctor’s appointment, friend’s house, grocery store and more. Services are available on a sliding fee scale, call for more information.
> Transportation Services Inquiry Form
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Accompanied Transportation

Accompanied Transportation services offer clients assistance getting to and from medical appointments. We will pick you up at home, drive you to your appointment, wait for you at the appointment and then drive you back home. Services are available on a sliding-fee scale.
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Kosher Meals on Wheels

JFCS provides kosher Meals On Wheels to clients within our service area. Kosher meals are delivered directly to the clients’ homes. Services are available on a sliding fee scale.
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Care Planning Consultation

Care Planning Consultation helps when families notice changes in parents and/or spouses, including increased forgetfulness; withdrawal from social activities; decreased confidence or ability in driving; becoming overwhelmed by normal tasks; or other changes. Before a crisis arises, Care Planning Consultation helps families articulate issues and challenges, learn about available resources, create a plan for maximizing independence and more. Services are available on a sliding fee scale, call for more information.
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Shopping Services

Senior Companions establish an ongoing relationship with clients through activities such as shopping, running errands, sightseeing, going for a walk and other social activities.

Grocery shopping services provide clients with a personal escort for shopping and other errands. The shopper provides transportation, and clients have the opportunity to make three stops in each two-hour session, such as the grocery store, bank and post office. Services are available on a sliding fee scale, call for more information.
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Contact: 952-546-0616