Jacob Perlow Hospice, dedicated to serving the needs of New Yorkers facing a life-limiting illness since 1988, is now part of Metropolitan Jewish Health System (MJHS), a charitable not-for-profit organization founded more than a century ago, On a combined basis, Jacob Perlow and MJHS Hospice is the largest Hospice and Palliative Care program in New York State and the largest Jewish Hospice in the region.
The joining of two groundbreaking organizations will have an immediate effect on end-of-life care for all New Yorkers, especially for pediatric and clinically complex patients, as well as Jewish and Chinese patients who benefit from our truly unique, culturally specific, end-of-life programs.
Multidisciplinary teams offer state-of-the-art, individualized, end-of-life and palliative care services to patients and family members who reside at home or in assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities and hospitals. Metropolitan Jewish Hospice is currently the only New York-based organization that requires all of its physicians and nurses to be board certified in hospice and palliative care within the first year of hire. In addition, all staff, regardless of level or title, must complete cultural sensitivity training.
Last year, two independent surveys conducted by the Department of Health and Joint Commission awarded Metropolitan Jewish Hospice the highest possible rating, with no recommendations for improvement—a rare distinction.
Jacob Perlow and MJHS Hospice are both highly respected, innovative not-for-profit organizations with strong Jewish roots and a shared mission to provide compassionate end-of-life care to those who need it the very most, regardless of age, ethnicity, religion or ability to pay.
