Measures implemented by the jewish community with the support of the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah

The Fonds Social Juif Unifié

The Fonds Social Juif Unifié (FSJU, Unified Jewish Social Fund) has put in place:

• The “Passerelles” service (toll-free number: 0011 33 800 39 45 00)

This national helpline is a starting and relaying point. Survivors and their families can talk to a counselor who evaluates their situation and directs them to the associations that are more able to answer their needs with the following information:
- information on rights
- assistance to build administrative files or compensation applications
- helpline and psychological support
- assistance in case of social and financial hardship
- orientation to social workers and domestic help

The “Passerelles” service has offices in provincial regions: Lyon, Marseilles, Nice, Toulouse and Strasbourg. They welcome the public, organize friendly activities and meetings and they can make home visits if the persons have lost their mobility.

•The Emergency Fund

The emergency fund of the FSJU can be contacted to get help when facing unexpected financial expenses destabilizing a limited budget (expulsion, accident, hospitalization, fire, excessive debts, house accommodation, house moving, rent debt, burial costs...).
Website: www.prevenance.org
This general website for elderly people and their families gives useful information: practical information, phone directories, files, Q&A section... You can also chat online with geriatricians and experts.

The Casip-Cojasor Foundation

It was created in 2000 with the merger of the Casip Association (Comité d’Action Sociale Israëlite de Paris – Jewish Social Action Committee of Paris founded - in 1809) and Cojasor Association (Comité Juif d’Action Sociale et de Reconstruction – Jewish Committee of Social Action and Reconstruction - founded in 1945). This foundation gathers the missions of the two associations, especially the social assistance to families and elderly people and actions in favor of Shoah survivors. The service of Shoah survivors and their heirs welcomes the survivors and their families and answers their different needs, in relation with the services of the foundation as a whole.

Casip-Cojasor

Service for Shoah survivors
47, bd de Belleville / 75011 Paris
Tel. 01 49 23 71 46 / Fax 01 49 23 85 74
Email : surv.shoah@casip-cojasor.fr
Website : www.casip-cojasor.fr

Services for survivors :

- Psychological and social support by appointment, home visits
- Memory testimonies: commemorations, group talks, collection of written works
- Socio-cultural activities: lectures, Jewish holidays, tea parties, shows, films
- Occasional financial assistance for home support services: IHCEIC Claims Fund, AHSEAP (Austrian Fund)
- Complimentary health insurance, home insurance
- Supervision and care services for vulnerable adults
- SEPIA (Help service for elderly or unwell isolated persons)
- Helpline ( 011 33 800 50 50)
- Orientation and social assistance
- Assistance for home support or placement
- Delivery of kosher meals
- Housing and retirement homes

Specialized programs for Shoah survivors are also implemented in Casip-Cojasor’s facilities (Paris, Créteil, Nice and Aix-les-Bains).
Casip-Cojasor committed to give Shoah survivors priority when seeking space in its facility “Ignace Fink” in Nice.

The Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE-Children Rescue Charity)

Since 1912, OSE has been devoted to medical and social work for the Jewish population. This assistance today focuses on five areas: children, health, elderly people, handicap and remembrance. Since the creation of the Shoah Memorial, OSE has strengthened the services it offers to Shoah survivors.

OSE France
117, rue du Faubourg du Temple / 75010 Paris
Tel. 01 53 38 20 20 / Fax 01 53 38 20 10
Email : ose@ose-france.fr
Website : www.ose-france.fr

• Medical and social action

OSE provides different support services for Shoah survivors: a program to fight isolation (Entre amis- Between friends), vacation trips for elderly people etc... Additionally, OSE manages the Elio Habib center, a leading gerontology unit, which provides for instance in: care, gerontology home evaluation, checkup of memory problems for elderly people and assistance for institutionalization.

Center de Santé Elio Habib
25, boulevard de Picpus / 75012 Paris
Tel. 01 48 87 87 85 / Fax 01 48 87 76 13
Email : cms@ose-france.org

• Alzheimer and related diseases

Alzheimer-like neuro-degenerative diseases require a global support for the patient and his/her family. Through different services provided by day centers and OSE (reception, therapeutic stays, assistance to caregivers), families get access to medical assistance designed specifically for the patients, considering both the evolution of their health and their autonomy level.

Centre de jour Edith Kremsdorf
16, rue du Pont aux Choux / 75003 Paris
Tél. 01 44 59 92 22 / Fax 01 44 59 90 20
cdjek@ose-france.org

Accueil de jour Joseph Weill
30 bis, rue Santerre / 75012 Paris
France
Tel. 01 55 78 29 70 / Fax 01 55 78 29 71
ajtweill@ose-france.org

The Association d’Aide pour les Israélites Agés et Malades (ADIAM – Association for the Welfare of Elderly and Sick Jews)

ADIAM is a Jewish association providing a multi-purpose service of care and home assistance for elderly people, people affected with incapacitating diseases and handicapped people, living in Paris and its surroundings. ADIAM implemented, with the help of the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah, a specific program for home support devoted to Shoah survivors.

Adiam
42, rue Le Peletier / 75009 Paris
Tel. 01 42 80 34 73 / Fax 01 42 80 35 06
Email : adiam@alfainfo.net
Website : www.adiam.net

• Home support

- Individualized checkup with a district manager to evaluate needs (home assistance, care, life conditions) and resources (identification of potential welfare benefits)
- Home assistance: cleaning, hygiene, grocery shopping, meal cooking, house maintenance, administrative procedures
- Accommodating the life space (to help home support for handicapped persons)
- Counselling and listening space
- Remote alarm service
- Centers of expertise program to optimize the assistance provided by medical and paramedical workers: hospice care, cancer, Alzheimer and related diseases, handicap

Rothschild Foundation

The Rothschild Foundation is a private non-profit organization, classified as being of public interest for the last 150 years. It reaches underprivileged people at any age of life: children, teenagers, adults and elderly people, with or without a handicap, but all in a precarious situation. It manages eleven facilities in the health and social-medical sectors, all recognized as “Social Aid” or “Health Insurance”.

With the help of the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah, it created a specific program, “Tivka”, of caretakers for Shoah survivors at the Picpus retirement and geriatrics home, a program that accommodates self-sufficient or dependent elderly people.

Fondation de Rothschild
Maison de retraite et de gériatrie
80, rue de Picpus / 75012 Paris
France
Tel. 01 44 68 72 98 / Fax 01 53 44 68 71 39
Website : www.fondation-de-rothschild.fr

Fédération des Sociétés Juives de France (FSJF - Federation of French Jewish Societies)

FSJF is a Jewish association created in 1928 with a primarily social mission: assistance to elderly people, sick or poor. It recently opened a new retirement home at Boissie-la-Bertrand (Seine et Marne). This EHPAD (Etablissements d’hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes - Housing facility for dependant elderly people), can accommodate Shoah survivors who would apply.

Fédération des Sociétés Juives de France (FSJF)
70, rue de Turbigo / 75003 Paris
France
Tel. 01 44 61 29 15 / Fax 01 44 61 29 16
Email : f.s.j.f@wanadoo.fr

Comité d’action sociale israélite de Marseille (CASIM – Committee of Jewish social assistance of Marseille)

CASIM accommodates and supports the most underprivileged members of the community, mainly in the Bouches-du-Rhône region. It provides social assistance for families, elderly and isolated people and Shoah survivors. With the help of the Foundation of the Memory of the Shoah, CASIM implemented a orientation and assistance helpline and home services. CASIM also keeps some places for Shoah survivors in its retirement home of Les Oliviers and allows them to enjoy the service of dedicated caretakers.

Comité d’Action Sociale Israélite de Marseille
109, rue de Breteuil / 13006 Marseille
France
Tel. 04 96 10 06 70 / Fax 04 96 10 06 89
Email : casimgu@voila.fr

Le Home israelite de Metz – Metz’s Jewish home

This retirement home has committed to designate priority spaces for Shoah survivors.

Home israélite de Metz
41, rue du Rabbin Elie Bloch / 57000 Metz
France
Tel. 03 87 75 14 36 / Fax 03 87 75 94 48
Email : home-israelite@wanadoo.fr