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    Feb 25: Paul Basham of Wiley Mission will speak at Medford Leas

    Readers of The ORANJ Tree may be familiar with Paul Basham through his articles in our newsletter.   He’ll be speaking at Medford Leas at 11 am on February 25.   You are invited! Paul is a retired minister and motivational speaker…

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    NaCCRA newsletter and ORANJ website

    The latest issue  NaCCRA Lifeline has a nice mention of the ORANJ website.  It’s referred to as the “most comprehensive state website of any in the US, maintained by their gifted Webmaster, Ann Campbell.”  This makes me smile 🙂  Unfortunately the…

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    Philadelphia Inquirer: Lions Gate S-Uber Training

    On November 16 the Philadelphia Inquirer had an article abut the S-Uber training program at Lions Gate and other facilities.  It includes two photographs of Frances Pliskin who took the training at a Jewish Community Center in Cherry Hill.  …

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    Butterflies and Bees

    At least three New Jersey CCRCs have honey bee hives.  This week one CCRC began releasing tagged butterflies.   More about these butterflies and bees in the next issue of The ORANJ Tree.  If your CCRC is doing things you’d like to share, please…

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    Current Bills of Interest to Seniors

    The “Current Bills of Interest to Seniors” section of the ORANJ website has been updated to provide links to LeadingAge articles about the “Community Based Independence for Seniors Act” which is before both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. …

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  • Highlights of the July newsletter

    Highlights of the July newsletter

    The July Issue of The ORANJ Tree has been archived on our Publications page. The direct link is here. The presidents of the residents associations of Cadbury, Franciscan Oaks, and the Fountains of Cedar Parke provided articles about the change…

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    Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act

    On April 18, 2016 the Philadelphia Inquirer had an article “Deductible Care” which started off by describing the various medical-expense deductions available to residents of CCRCs. The last section of the article was brief explanation of the “Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act…

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  • ORANJ Plenary – Celebrating 25 years

    ORANJ Plenary – Celebrating 25 years

    Twenty five years ago the first meeting of ORANJ was held at Applewood with seven CCRCs represented. Last month 120 residents from 20 New Jersey CCRCs were in attendance as ORANJ founder and former president John Cook was recognized. This…

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    Leading Age Presentation at ORANJ Plenary

    Marcia Geenfield, VP Legilsative Affairs for LeadingAge, spoke at the ORANJ Plenary on April 20.  Her talk had three main topics: 1) Social Accountability — What it is, why it matters, and what you can do, 2) Federal Update — What’s happening in…

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