september 2016 av-elul 5776 volume 16 No 12

The Olive Pressby rhoda GoldmaN plaza

Fall Prevention 1Upcoming Events 2Resident of the Month 3President’s Message 4

Book Signing 5September Activities 6September Activities, cont. 7Open House 8

Thursday, September 22nd is the first day of fall—also Falls Prevention Awareness Day. The National Council on Aging initiated this program in 2008. This

year’s theme is “Ready, Steady, Balance”. We will be celebrating this important day with a variety of special programs. Please check the calendar for a list of events. Dining Services has joined in and will have a special “first day of fall” menu to make the day memorable.

Falls are a major risk for older adults; many RGP residents can attest to how difficult it is to recover from a fall which can result in lasting pain, difficulty ambulating, and loss of independence. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics show that one out of five falls causes a serious injury (such as broken bones or head injuries) and that each year 2.5 million older adults are treated in emergency rooms for fall injuries. Rather than treat the damage caused by a fall, we want to prevent falls. Like Benjamin Franklin said: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

RGP is providing a pound of prevention by regularly offering a variety of exercises and special classes to prevent falls. Every Monday and Wednesday, during Open Gym, trainers provide specific exercises to prevent falls. In addition, we are bringing in a new Tai Chi Instructor (see article inside) since Tai Chi is exceptionally effective in promoting balance.

Because fall prevention is an ongoing effort of awareness and exercise, we would like to make fall prevention a year-round topic of conversation. To this end, we are encouraging input from residents on how to prevent falls. A Suggestion Box, by the mailboxes, has been created to receive residents’ suggestions, ideas, and advice to preventing falls. Some of advice we are soliciting:

What is your advice for preventing falls?

What types of exercise do you like best?

What do you do to improve balance?

How do you keep your balance in your room?

What do you do when feeling dizzy?

Your suggestions and input with Health Services can help make 2016 a fall-free year.

Preventing Falls this Fall at Rhoda Goldman Plaza

Marketing 9Dining 10Health Notes 11

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Staff

Adrienne Fair, Assistant Executive Director 415-345-5077Ira Kurtz, Executive Director 415-345-5080Van Ly, Business Office Manager 415-345-5073Ron Martinez, Director of Facilities 415-345-5088 Candiece Milford, Managing Director of Marketing 415-345-5072Peggy O'Brien, Director of Resident Services 415-345-5082Nicki Pun, Controller 415-345-5083Emily Steen, Director of Programming 415-345-5084Corey Weiner, Director of Food and Beverage 415-345-5069

2180 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94115

415.345.5060 415.345.5061 (fax) www.RGPlaza.org RCFE #385600125

Rhoda goldman plaza

Karen Aidem Carla BuchananDavid DossetterNancy GoldbergDr. Carl GrunfeldJoan Levison David Melnick Raquel Newman Paul SiegelVera SteinRonna StoneDr. Anita FriedmanKaren Staller

Board of Directors

Upcoming EventsResident Art Space Opening Freda Reider will open the new Resident Art Space with her show The Royal Family of Ancient Babylonia on Thursday, September 8th at 4:00. The Resident Art Space is located across from the Activity Room on the second floor.

Family ForumRGP is starting up an RGP Family Forum. Family members, both biological and chosen, are invited to our first meeting on Tuesday, September 20th, at 6:00pm, in the Olive Room. The group’s purpose will be to discuss the daily life at RGP, and how to improve the RGP community; to meet RGP directors and hear about upcoming changes; and to share resources, ideas, and tips. Refreshments will be served.Please RSVP by September 13th to EmilyS@rgplaza.org.

Creative Writing ClassThe RGP Creative Writing group offers support and encouragement to experienced and neophyte writers. As writers are often anxious about sharing their writing, the group is designed to provide a safe place to bring one’s writing to “public”. Residents interested in attending the Creative Writing Group, may contact Meghan Humlie in Activities.

More Upcoming Events on Pages 5 and 8

RGP Resident Council officers meet with management. Left to right: Executive Director Ira Kurtz, Resident Council alternative Len Sperry, president Hal Auerbach, treasurer Bea Robin, secretary Stephanie DiGiorgio, and Peggy O’Brien, Director of Resident Services.

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Resident of the Month—Blossom Levin“I did a lot of things in my life and I was able to pursue the things that interested me,” related Blossom Levin. I was a red-headed child, had enormous energy, and was left-handed, so had to adjust to a right-handed world. I think it has made me more flexible.”

“I was born in Chicago and I truly love that city. I lived near Lake Michigan with my family and the thing that I love about San Francisco is that the water is very present.

My parents saw to it that I hade every kind of lesson available— piano and ballet. My mother took me to the Art Institute of Chicago for children’s art classes every Saturday morning. I was also taken to the symphony children’s programs, children’s theater, and so forth.

World War II was a big deal in Chicago even before we entered the War, and I did volunteer work for the war effort by knitting helmets for the Royal Air Force. I worked for the Red Cross as a Gray Lady, served at many hospitals doing occupational therapy. Because I wanted to participate more fully in the war effort, and with my parents’s approval, I joined the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). I served as an officer for three years and was discharged as a lieutenant. I was sent to midshipman’s school at Smith College and served in Trenton New Jersey (which is on the Delaware River).

When I graduated from high school in 1938, I went to Stephen’s College in Colombia Missouri which had a wonderful humanities program. I was a drama major and studied under Maud Adams, the English actress and the head of the drama department. I also wrote radio dramas which were produced at radio station KFRU in Colombia Missouri. I learned to sew, did fashion work, all of which stood me in good stead later. By the time I graduated, I had decided on my career; I wanted to be a fine arts museum curator. After graduating, I attended the University of Chicago and continued my studies in art. I took classes in architecture, studied art history, and archeology. I was fascinated with ancient history and loved to participate in archeological digs. I was very lucky to go to Israel and volunteer at a dig in Arad. In the States, I worked on Native American archeological sites. For many years afterwards, even after I was married, I was a docent at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, at the Art Institute of Chicago, and was an architectural guide at the Architectural Foundation in Chicago.

When I returned home after my Navy service, I didn’t become a curator, but I did trim windows in a department store. After I married, I moved to Michigan City where my

husband lived. We had four wonderful children and were active in the community, and synagogue. I continued volunteering and was able to assist my husband in the family business—Society Lingerie. I designed the new lines of sleepwear, and travelled to New York City to buy fabrics and laces. We introduced polyester and Dacron, and I incorporated Middle Eastern designs in the fashion lines we produced.

I travelled a great deal. After I was widowed, I returned to Chicago and continued volunteering at the Art Institute and did river tours for the Architectural Foundation.

About ten years ago, my children, all of whom live on the West Coast, strongly encouraged me to come live in San Francisco, and I did. I enjoy living at Rhoda Goldman because it is a pleasant place to live. I have a wonderful companion, Arthur Inerfield and we enjoy life together. San Francisco is a cosmopolitan city and I can continue my interests here.

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President's MessageShe sits there all alone, open-mouthed and unfulfilled, ignored by those who pass her by. If she could speak she would plead: “Share these with me: your hopes and fears, your loves and hates, your questions and your doubts. I exist for you, do not uncaring turn away!” “She” is the Suggestion Box

and she sits on the shelf in the card room near the residents’ boxes.A new council president is given two things: the gavel and a key to the suggestion box. In my case, the key couldn’t be found and a new one had to be made. Apparently the box had not been opened for some time. Eagerly rushing to discover what would be in there that might need the council’s attention, I found one lonely item, a misplaced monthly resident’s bill! (On a second visit, I did find one more thing - a brief note regarding a menu item. I passed it on to Corey).The Residents’ Council is here for one main purpose: to discuss with management, on your behalf, questions, concerns, complaints and, of course, suggestions. To do that, we need to hear from you what those are. The best way you can communicate that to us is by leaving a note in the suggestion box. We WILL read every note. We WILL consider its contents. We WILL discuss with management every concern you raise and every suggestion that you make. The rest is up to you.She is waiting…….

Hal AuerbachPresident, RGP Resident Council

September BirthdaysMilka Rols 1 Lillian Finkel 7Maxene Greenspan 22 Muriel Price 27Bob Erickson 29Jack Leibman 29Estelle Eisendrath 30

Employee of the MonthMarites, a Personal Care Assistant has worked at RGP for four years. At first, she worked on the Terrace, served at a “floater” on other floors, and was permanently assigned to assisted living.

She is highly qualified, graduating from the Lyceum-Northwestern University (L-NU), a medical college located in Dagupan City, Philippines with a registered nurse degree and passed the Board exam. After graduating she worked in the local hospital for six months. Because her family needed assistance managing their agricultural holdings, Marites began a business on the family property which she ran for about three years. Since most of her family was already in the US, Marites immigrated and began working in home health care. A friend told her about RGP, so she applied for a job and has been here since 2012.

“I am so glad I am part of RGP. I enjoy working with residents who are very nice and treat us like family. Luckily, we have a lot of teamwork, so co-workers help each other. I love the building which is neat and elegant and appreciate management for being kind, considerate, and understanding of their employees.” Marites said, “I have also learned a lot since life in America is so different than in the Philippines—here people are expected to be more independent, and do all the jobs themselves.”

Adrienne Fair, Assistant Executive Director, writes that “Marites has great rapport with residents, takes on new responsibilities, easily learns new skills, and has a great attitude. She is a fantastic team player!”

Mommy, What’s that Number on Your Arm? A-6374

Our very own resident, Gloria Lyon, has just published a memoir recounting her Holocaust experience and survival at seven concentration camps.

Please join our “Rhoda Goldman Family” on Sunday, September 25 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the Olive Room for a short reading and book signing. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served; there will be musical accompaniment.

The book spans Gloria’s life from an idyllic childhood in the Czech countryside, through the horror of the camps, to her rescue and life in the loving home of a Swedish family, and finally to her immigration to America.

Gloria will give us a brief overview, talk about the lifelong impact of her Holocaust experiences, and how she found the strength to speak about it. Most of all, she believes it her sacred duty to bear witness in hopes that each person who hears and reads about her life will remember so that these atrocities never happen again.

Please RSVP by September 19 to Candiece Milford at 415.345.5072 or e-mail her at CandieceM@rgplaza.org.

Same Van, New “Do!”

It’s taken quite a bit of coordination, but the smaller Rhoda Goldman Plaza van has been officially “wrapped” with our new graphic identification that follows our overall revised branding. Our goal was to stand out from the crowd and be distinct from our competitors. Most vans in our industry either have an enormous logo and name of the community on the side, or pictures of happy people plastered all over them. We took a different approach which could be considered a bit “edgy,” but, you must admit, quite elegant in black with our large logo mark. There’s no mistaking this van in a parking lot!

What is a van wrap? It is simply a large, vinyl graphic or decal applied directly over the original paint that allows for quick removal if we want to go back to the original look. They last from 1-5 years and generally do not damage the factory paint.

How is it done? First, very precise measurements of the vehicle are made to assure the design will fit all the curves and crannies of the vehicle. Then the graphic is printed and laminated to protect the vinyl from abrasions and UV rays that can cause fading over time. Finally, it is installed. Our vehicle took several hours for this process to be completed.

Can we see through vinyl on the windows? You can see through window graphics printed on perforated window film that has very tiny holes that allow you to see out. From inside the vehicle, visibility is similar to regular window tinting, yet from the outside, the graphic is fully visible.

Now, to tackle the big bus!

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Special Events 1 Thurs 2:00 RGP Pickling Club 3 Sat 10:30 Nail Painting with Julia 7 Wed 2:00 Hospitality Committee 7 Wed 3:30 Activities Committee 8 Thurs 4:00 Resident Art Opening 13 Tues 10:15 Tigges Jewelry Repair 14 Wed 10:30 Gardening Club with Elizabeth 15 Thurs 4:15 RGP Happy Hour 16,30 Fri 10:00 Bread Baking 21 Wed Photo Shoot 22 Thurs 10:00 Dining Committee 22 Thurs 10:30, 1:30 Fall Risk Lecture and Assessments 25 Sun 1:00 Gloria Lyon Book Signing and Presentation 26 Mon 6:00 Presidential Debate Viewing 28 Wed 2:00 Resident Council Meeting

Outings 1 Thurs 1:30 Outing—Target 6 Tues 2:00 Outing—Asian Art Museum 8 Thurs 2:30 Jewish Community Library- Exhibit 13 Tues 1:30 Outing—Palace of the Fine Arts 15 Thurs 1:30 Outing—Kabuki Movie Theatre 17 Sat 1:20 Outing—Legacy Film Festival 20 Tues 1:30 Outing—Fort Mason Community Gardens 27 Tues 10:00 Outing—Museum of Vision 29 Thurs 10:00 Outing—Scenic Drive to Ross, Lunch at Farmshop

Literature and Writing 6,20 Tues 4:00 Creative Writing Group 7,14 Wed 1:30 Script Reading with Emma 20 Tues 10:30 Poetry on the Patio with Elizabeth 28 Wed 3:30 Short Story Discussion Lectures/Discussion 3, 10 Sat 3:00 Tech Support Sessions 4, 11 Sun 4:15 Current Events with Jim 6 Tues 2:30 Men’s Club 7 Wed 10:30 Bonnie Weiss “Dazzling Dames” 7, 28 Wed 6:30 TED Talk with Meghan 8 Thurs 10:30 John Rothman Lecture 9, 23 Fri 3:15 Political Discussion with David Spencer 10, 24 Sat 1:00 Joke Telling with Jeevun 12,19 Mon 2:30 Radio Hour with Emily 16 Fri 2:30 That Mystery in History 18 Sun 1:30 Jewish Genealogical Society 18 Sun 2:00 Current Events with Jim 21 Wed 10:30 Astronomy with George 22 Thurs 3:30 Ken Blady Exotic Jewish Cultures Lecture 24 Sat 3:00 Current Events with Jim 27 Tues 2:30 Men’s Club 29 Thurs 10:30 Yiddish Club with Ken Blady

September Activities

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Art Classes Mondays 10:15 Ceramics with Jeannie Tuesdays 3:30 Painting with Kimberley Wednesdays 3:00 Max’s Knitting 7 Wed 4:30 Flower Arranging 10, 24 Sat 1:30 Figure Drawing with Corey 15 Thurs 10:30 Silk Dying with Melanie 21 Wed 2:00 Flower Arranging 23 Fri 10:15 Essential Oils with Melanie 28 Wed 10:30 Card Making 29 Thurs 3:15 Wire Working with Melanie

Music 2 Fri 10:30 Kathy Quain Interactive Music 4 Sun 3:00 Presidio Jazz Duo 11 Sun 2:00 Yakov Stanislavsky 12 Sun 7:00 Patriotic Sing-a-long 18 Sun 3:00 Starlight Strings Concert 25 Sun 3:30 Frank Cefalu Concert 27 Tues 7:00 Gail Edwards Flute Music

Games 3, 17 Sat 11:00 Dominos 6,13,27 Tues 10:15 Blackjack 9 Fri 10:30 Apples to Apples 14, 21 Wed 4:00 Trivia Fridays 2:00 Bingo Mondays 4:15 Crossword Tuesdays 1:00 RummiKub Wednesday 7:00 RummiKub Saturdays 1:30 RummiKub

Exercise Classes Sundays 10:00 Exercises with Phil Mondays 9:00 Exercises with Rowena Mondays 3:00 Supervised Open Gym Tuesdays 9:15 Tai Chi and Balance with Janet Wednesdays 9:00 Exercises with Rowena Wednesdays 1:00 Open Gym with Trainer Thursdays 10:00 Chair Yoga with Ilya 22 Thur 9:15 Walking Club with Emily Fridays 9:00 Exercises with Phil 3,17 Sat 10:00 Yoga with Ilya

Shabbat Services Fridays 4:00

September Activities

We are thrilled to now offer Tai Chi at RGP. Tai Chi is recommended by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) to prevent falls, and is being acknowledged in improving the health of older adults.

Janet Gee is a Tai Chi instructor who also has expertise in a variety of movement

techniques. She will be offering a class in Tai Chi at Rhoda Goldman Plaza starting Tuesdays in September. She writes, “I am a certified Alexander Technique teacher since 1993. I am also a Feldenkrais practitioner (2008) and a self defense instructor teaching violence prevention with personal safety and education. Additionally, I have been doing martial arts since 1971 and I am a Tai Chi instructor. I am best working with seniors and adults.”

Janet works with students privately, leads classes in Assisted Living communities, and teaches at City College of San Francisco, and SF State University. Janet focuses on Tai Chi and Qi Gong, but also incorporates her experience and knowledge of other movement modalities into her classes.

I can personally attest to Janet’s amazing work with older adults—I have seen remarkable improvements in balance, flexibility, and ambulation. Everyone is welcome to attend Tai Chi—seated or standing, wheelchair or walker—come take advantage of Janet’s years of expertise to help boost your energy, improve your balance, and feel great.

Adrienne Fair

Improving BalanceNew Tai Chi Classes with Janet Gee

Please invite your family, friends, and anyone who might be considering (or should be considering) a move to assisted living to our Open House. There will be an art show opening with our sensational RGP hors d’oeuvres.and wine.

The theme is the Harvest Moon, since there will be one in October. Musical accompaniment is provided by Keenan Webster who will perform on the kora, a West African harp played by Mandinkan people who live in Senegal, Gambia, and Sierra Leone. Unusual and beautiful music!

Mark Your Calendars!

Invite your friends!

RSVP to Candiece by October 7 at 415.345.5072 or CandieceM@rgplaza.org

RGP Open House and Art ShowSunday, October 16 2:00 – 5:00 P.M

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RGP Quilters Complete the Starburst Quilt Project

left to right: Barbara Goldman, Hedy

Krasnobrod, Muriel Price, and Bertha

Siegel with quilting instructor Max

Gonzales

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Candiece Milford,Managing Director of Marketing

“When I Am Old, I Will Wear Purple”One of the most inspiring lessons I’ve learned through working with older adults is how to age well. A lifetime of living, making decisions, and responding to inevitable problems that life presents to us allows us to either “roll with the punches” and live life with zest, or give in and give up.

Far from being uninteresting, or passé, older adults can be a feisty bunch, and should not be taken for granted or labeled negatively through ageism. I’ve met so many vividly-alive older adults who continue to reinvent themselves and that serve as a personal role models for how I envision myself being at eighty, ninety, or one hundred plus.

Longevity planning is now part of the dialogue of aging and includes the question “just what ARE we going to do with those twenty to thirty post-retirement years?” No rocking chairs for my role models—they are visualizing new products, services and businesses, volunteering, mentoring, creating art, learning musical instruments . . . limited only by their imagination.

Ageism is sadly an attitude that is so silently ingrained in our society, that it is often unconscious. It diminishes the intellectual capital and the depth of creativity that has been earned over a lifetime. One of our most outspoken local reformers of ageism is Barbara Rose Booker who lives the motto that “everything is possible at any age.” Now a young eighty, Barbara elegantly sums it up by saying, “I am tired of age segregation, and dream of a generation where spirit and experience count,

not age. Aging well isn’t about Botox. It’s a time to move forward, to realize dormant dreams; to re-invent yourself, write a book, make a movie, or find true love!” Barbara’s life proves first hand that “anything is possible at any age.”

One of our goals here at Rhoda Goldman Plaza, is to provide a rich variety of opportunities for intellectual growth, socialization, and exercise to combat any ageist profiling of our residents. Sure, physical aging can’t be ignored, but it doesn’t mean we can’t have a rich life experience all the way to the finish line!

Plan to join RGP at the “Age March” on Sunday, December 4 at noon down Union Street and “Help End Age Discrimination!” The City of San Francisco is clearing the streets for us once we prove we have at least 250 people. To register (for FREE) and learn more, visit www.age-march-sf-2016.eventbrite.com. See you there!

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Corey Weiner,Director of Food and Beverage

Dining—Eat to your heart’s content

Leaving and Arriving

My first draft of this article was rejected, as not being funny enough. Fall, it’s bittersweet, not funny. Cherries, gone, peaches and nectarines gone, tender greens going.

Not funny. Heading into the depths of winter despair. A produce desert with naught but winter squash to sweeten our disposition. We have the second round of figs (sweet!). We still have corn and tomatoes, we have melons, but not for long. You know what’s coming, root vegetables, winter squash (yum!) and the beloved hearty winter greens. NOT FUNNY. We will settle into a winter of Fujis, Golden Delicious, Bosc Pears and the ever present pineapple. This is my annual savor what’s left article. We are not amused.

Where does it say comedian in my job description? Shouldn’t I be waxing poetic about local, sustainable and trendy foods? Pickle butts for example; they are funny and there is a whole new trend in fine dining for the use of industry leftovers. What to do with all those pickle ends? Kumquats, George Carlin says those are funny. Can’t eat them, too busy laughing. He also says Guacamole is too funny to eat, “sounds like something you yell when you are on fire!”

New residents, not funny perhaps, but how do we introduce them to the little quirks of our dining room? Rules, apparently they are funny especially when disregarded. Some of you know the ropes, you’ve been here awhile, and we have to help them acclimate. You remember what it was like those first few weeks, a little scary? A lot to learn.

Remember that letter I recently sent out? Despite the letter, there seems to be some confusion about the hours the dining room and kitchen are open.

• Breakfast is from 7:30 to 9:00 A.M. This means it would be best to get to the dining room by 8:45 so that your order can be in the kitchen before it closes at 9:00. At 9:00 the kitchen is closed.

• Lunch is from 11:30 to 1:00 P.M. So it would be best to get to the dining room by 12:45. This gives us time to get your order to the kitchen before it closes at 1:00pm.

• Dinner is served from 5:00pm to 6:30pm Again it would be best to get to the dining room by 6:15, so you order can be in the kitchen before it closes at 6:30pm.

We hate turning anyone away, so please help us by being on time.

I never mentioned that after meals, you actually need to leave. After breakfast, we are in a rush to get set up for lunch; there is so little time! Please try and leave the dining room by 9:45am. After lunch, a little less pressure, but please try to exit by 1:45pm. Continue your conversation in the café. After dinner, we start vacuuming at 7:30pm, we prefer you don’t hear it, so please try to exit by 7:30. You can visit in the library. It’s a lovely place to sit! My staff needs to go home.

So, eat to your hearts’ content, and enjoy!

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Adrienne Fair, MSN, RN, Assistant Executive Director

Health Notes

Fall PreventionAs noted on the front page, we are focussing on preventing falls this fall and throughout the year. On Falls Prevention Day, September 22nd, we will be offering exercise opportunities—Yoga and Walking club—and I will be giving a presentation on falls prevention. Health Services will offer fall risk screenings at 10:30 and again at 1:30. Everyone is welcome.

Am I at risk of falling? The short answer is yes. More specifically, the National Institute of Health notes the following facts that increase your risk of falling:

• Muscle weakness, especially in the legs• Difficulty with balance and gait• Postural Hypotension - blood pressure that drops

when you stand up• Slower reflexes than when you were younger• Limited range of motion• Foot problems or improper shoes• Impaired vision• Taking multiple medications, particularly blood

pressure medicationsHow do I prevent falls?

The CDC recommends three easy steps to prevents falls.

1. Begin an exercise program to improve your leg strength and balance

2. Ask your doctor to review your medications

3. Make your apartment safer by removing clutter, using grab bars, and having good lighting. I would also add that you should use your walker or cane, wear comfortable shoes, and avoid walking in socks.

I have assisted many residents as they recover from falls. When they describe the events that led to these falls, I overwhelmingly find two reoccurring causes—residents got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and felt dizzy, or they went to pick up something off the floor.

Both of these events are entirely preventable. Take your time when getting out of bed at night. Get up very slowly and sit for a moment on the edge of the bed. This will allow the blood to circulate up to your head which prevents dizziness. Also, keep a light next to your bed so you can see where you are gong. As far as picking things up off the floor: Just Don’t Do It. You can get an inexpensive grabber device so that you don’t end up on the floor. You can also call for help—RGP staff would be happy to assist

According to Harvard Medical School, Tai Chi can reduce the risk of fall in seniors by 45% and can also reduce your fear of falling. Fear of falling, ironically, can actually increase your risk of fall.

So don’t be afraid to try some new exercise programs and improve your balance, September 22nd and every day of the year.

Sources:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov)National Institutes of Health (nihseniorhealth.gov)TaiChi and Balance (health.harvard.edu).

Rhoda Goldman Plaza

Rhoda goldman plaza 2180 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94115

415.345.5060 415.345.5061 (fax)

www.RGPlaza.org RCFE #385600125

Founded by Jewish Family and Children’s Services and Mount Zion Health Fund

The appeal of Rhoda Goldman Plaza is undeniable. Older adults and their families prefer our unsurpassed assisted living and memory care community enriched by culture and tradition.Residents enjoy superb, “made-from-scratch” cuisine that is always well reviewed by our most vocal critics; our residents! While our dining selections please the appetite, accommodations showcase spacious, private apartments designed to maximize space and comfort. In fact, we’re re-defining your life as Living Well With Assistance — we believe our community is every bit as good as a five-star hotel. And, professionally trained, courteous staff promotes your health and well-being with choices of activity programs both on and off-site.

Our Terrace Memory program provides specialized memory care to residents through therapeutic activities that enhance physical, mental, and emotional health. Both privacy and companionship are afforded on our self-contained Terrace. Living Well With Assistance is more than a promise, but a way of life for our like-minded residents and staff who share the vision of our San Francisco jewel.

Visit Rhoda Goldman Plaza today by calling 415.345.5072.

Founded by Jewish Family and Children’s Services and Mt. Zion Health Fund in 2000, Rhoda Goldman Plaza (RGP) was established as a non-profit assisted living facility to provide a better and more secure life for Jewish older adults in San Francisco.