Gregory Poole-Dayan Will Lead Jewish Home Lifecare's Bronx Division
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NEW YORK, NY: September 19, 2014—Jewish Home Lifecare, one of the nation’s largest and most diversified not-for-profit geriatric health and rehabilitation institutions, has named Gregory Poole-Dayan Administrator of its Bronx Division, known as the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Campus, one of the borough’s largest employers. In his new position, Mr. Poole-Dayan will be responsible for the daily care of more than 2,500 residents, patients and out-patient clients as well as a clinical, medical and professional staff of 1,100.
Mr. Poole-Dayan, whose last name is pronounced “POOL-die-YON,” replaces Rita Morgan, who retired after 25 years at Jewish Home. During her tenure, the Bronx campus was awarded a 5-Star Quality Rating from Medicare and was named one of the country’s best nursing homes of 2014 by US News & World Report.
As head of Jewish Home Lifecare’s Bronx campus, Mr. Poole-Dayan will oversee a 744-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation center; two senior residences, Kittay House, an independent living residence, and University Avenue, an assisted-living residence; three HUD 202s, i.e. federally-supported residences for older adults of limited means; and an adult day program.
Mr. Poole-Dayan has been with Jewish Home for almost a decade, most recently as Associate Administrator of the Bronx Division. From 2005 to 2011, he worked at Jewish Home’s Westchester Division, also known as the Sarah Neuman Center, in Mamaroneck, first as Assistant Administrator for Clinical Services & Director of Nursing and later as Associate Administrator of the entire campus.
Before joining Jewish Home, Mr. Poole-Dayan held nursing management positions at the Schervier Nursing Care Center and at what is now known as the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, both in the Bronx. Mr. Poole-Dayan began his career as a nurse at, first, Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital and, later, New York City’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Mr. Poole-Dayan, who earned both a master’s degree in nursing and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from McGill University, is a champion of palliative care and environmentally sustainable practices. He has presented papers on both topics at the annual meetings of LeadingAge, the American Society on Aging and The National Council on Aging.
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Serving New Yorkers of all faiths and ethnicities for 166 years, Jewish Home Lifecare is transforming eldercare as we know it. As one of the nation’s largest and most diversified not-for-profit geriatric health and rehabilitation institutions, it serves 12,000 older adults each year in their own homes, and in post-acute and long-term residences on three campuses in the Bronx, Manhattan and Westchester. Jewish Home believes that high-quality care and personal dignity are everyone’s right, regardless of background or economic circumstance. Technology, innovation, applied research and new models of care put Jewish Home Lifecare at the vanguard of eldercare providers across the country. For more information, visit www.jewishhome.org.
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