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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Toronto’s Reena agency turns 50 facing middle-aged challenges of caring for older residents with disabilities
Description: Reena was born in 1973 because a handful of Jewish parents in Toronto wanted to keep their disabled children in the community—rather than putting them in an institution.
Fifty years later, it’s the largest Jewish organization in Canada offering supportive housing for people with disabilities.
But as we begin Jewish Disability, Awareness and Inclusion Month, held annually each February, officials at Reena are worried about finding enough housing and support for an aging clientele who are living longer.
The CJN Daily attended the Jan. 18 anniversary party held at the new Lou Fruitman Reena Residence in Vaughan, Ont.
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