Donations to Alzheimer's patients

The donor’s name will be commemorated on the building.

Breakdown of the areas

• ►Basement – 650 m²
• ►Ground floor – 800 m²
• ►First floor – 300 m² (including a delivery area)
• ►Second floor – 1,100 m²
• ►Third floor – 1,100 m² (ward with 24 beds)
• ►Fourth floor – 1,460 m² (ward with 36 beds)
• ►Fifth floor – 1,460 m² (ward with 36 beds)
• ►Sixth floor – 1,000 m² (community services area)

These areas total approximately 7,850 m².

Wards that can accommodate 30-36 inpatients, where each ward is suited to patients at different degrees of functioning according to their physical condition and the stage of the disease.

Each ward is an independent unit that includes the following areas:

• ►A large and spacious dining room in the middle of the ward
• ►Common lobby
• ►Occupational Therapy rooms
• ►Day room
• ►Hospital rooms for all the patients
• Staff rooms, a physician’s room, and a nurse’s room►

  Each ward is approximately 1,400 m² in size, and each has an adjacent garden or balcony.

Different activities and therapies are conducted in all of the wards throughout the day, such as lectures, music therapy, animal-assisted therapy, shows, occupational therapy, art, gardening, and more.

Wards that can accommodate 20-34 inpatients, where each ward is suited to patients at different degrees of functioning according to their physical condition and the stage of the disease.

Each ward is an independent unit that includes the following areas:

• ►A large and spacious dining room in the middle of the ward
• ►Common lobby
• ►Occupational Therapy rooms
• ►Day room
• ►Hospital rooms for all the patients
• Staff rooms, a physician’s room, and a nurse’s room►

  Each ward is approximately 1,000 m² in size, and each has an adjacent garden or balcony.

Different activities and therapies are conducted in all of the wards throughout the day, such as lectures, music therapy, animal-assisted therapy, shows, occupational therapy, art, gardening, and more.

The hall is for professional conferences, lectures, interest days, musical performances and other shows, as well as for activities involving the residents and their families.

The conference hall will have rows of seating like in a theater or auditorium, as well as seating around tables.

The hall will be approx. 150 m² in size and can be divided into three smaller spaces.

There will be a large 50 m² foyer for receptions at the entrance to the hall.

An activity room in each ward where therapeutic activities in small groups can be conducted, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy assessments, and more.

The snoezelen rooms are multisensory stimulation rooms that are designed to provide the residents and their relatives with a pleasant and calming space.

Snoezelen is a term used to describe an interventional environment designed to stimulate the main sensory system (touch, hearing, sight, smell, and taste). The word snoezelen is based on two Dutch words: “snuffelen”(to seek out, to explore); “doezelen” (to doze, to snooze). The intention is to strike a balance between a sense of comfort (dozing, a passive activity) and a stimulation of the senses (exploring, an active activity).

The snoezelen room is meant to cause controlled sensory stimulation. The environment is adapted to the patients’ needs and environmental changes are made to enable it to function within its limitations (compensation). There are several stimulants in the room that enable communication conditions and they can be activated in a controlled manner with regards to the amount and intensity of stimulation (stimulation from afar – hearing and sight; stimulation from up close – touch, taste, and smell).

The resident is given the opportunity to choose an activity and claim “control” of it in the snoezelen room.

Various different interventions are possible in this pleasant and more accommodating room, including administering medication, physiotherapy, and potentially painful treatments.

A 100 m² petting zoo is planned on the first floor of the Cognitively Incapacitated Ward in the yard shared with the other wards.

The petting zoo will have large cages that patients can enter to interact with the animals. It will also be possible to take some of the animals out and pass them around among the patients. The petting zoo requires the purchase of suitable animals and ensuring their ongoing care.

Animals have a proven ability to improve the quality of life of people in general and the elderly in particular, and various studies have found that elderly people with pets had fewer incidences of cancer, and that petting animals helps lower heart rate and blood pressure. People have reported that they feel safer and happier in the presence of their pet, and it has been found that people recovered better from depression if they were also treated with animals.

 A 150 m² therapeutic greenhouse is planned for the Ward A yard (Cognitively Incapacitated Ward), complete with a climate control and irrigation system.

We would also like to build a sensory garden with wide pathways, a variety of plants, and abundant colors and sensory stimulation for the residents.

Studies have shown that therapeutic gardening is very effective in soothing restlessness among Alzheimer’s patients and also help preserve their functioning capabilities.

The 60 m² synagogue is intended for all residents in general and observant residents in particular. The synagogue will be an important religious center, with services during the holidays, Torah and heritage lessons, and welcoming the Sabbath every Friday evening for all the residents and their families.

The synagogue will also conduct various life cycle ceremonies, such as Bar Mitzvahs, brit mila [circumcision ceremony], and more, enabling residents whose medical condition no longer enables them to leave the center, to participate in family events.

The synagogue will be adapted to patients at all stages of the disease, so that even wheelchair-bound patients or those that use walkers can partake in the activities and religious ceremonies conducted at the synagogue.

Due to the positive effects of various aspects of music, we would like to offer more in-depth and extensive music therapy at the center. We are planning to build another music therapy room, 40 m² in size, which meets the highest professional standards. The room will be equipped with instruments required for music therapy (piano, percussion instruments suitable for Alzheimer’s patients, a sound system, and recording capabilities), and will serve all the patients at the center for both group and individual sessions.

Moreover, building the room will make it possible to continue researching the field of music therapy, and to develop an instruction program for music therapy students completing their practicum at the center.

Music is an important component of working with Alzheimer’s patients since the patients’ musical capabilities remain intact. Research has demonstrated that Alzheimer’s patients continue to respond positively to music on cognitive, behavioral, physical, and social levels, even during the advanced stages of the disease, and that they are capable of participating in musical activities for longer than any other activity.

To improve the Quality of Life of Alzheimer’s Patients

In order to explore and improve the efficacy of treatment given to the residents, we research our clinical work on site in the various therapeutic domains (nutrition, physiotherapy, nursing, occupational therapy, and music therapy), and develop treatment plans and new ways of working.

Conducting research studies requires the allocation of resources to train and pay the research staff, purchase the required research equipment, and pay the research assistants for their work.