Benjamin Rose Institute

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Benjamin Rose Institute
Celebrating 100 Years of caring for older adults
and those who care for them
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1908

• Cleveland industrialist Benjamin Rose establishes
  in his will the Institute bearing his name.
  Roses wife, Julia, and their two children
  predeceased him.
• With no direct heirs, he left
• a considerable amount of
• his fortune to charity.

Julia Rose
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1909

• The all-female Board of Directors, hand-picked by
  Benjamin Rose himself, begins disbursing stipends
  to the first BRI clients.

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1930

• As BRIs first executive director, Margaret
  Wagner adds social work and medical services to
  the
• Institutes
• responsibilities.

Margaret Wagner (left) and a friend.
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1941

• Belford House opens. It is the first of three BRI
  residential homes for older adults.

A Belford House resident enjoys time with some
young friends.
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1953

• The Benjamin Rose Hospital opens. It is one of
  the first hospitals in the nation devoted to
• rehabilitation
• for older adults.

Benjamin Rose Hospital
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1961

• Margaret Wagner House opens. It replaces the
  three residential homes and is called the most
  modern nursing home by The Plain Dealer.

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1961

• BRI establishes a research center, later named
  the Margaret Blenkner Research Institute after
  its first director. The center is charged with
  measuring the needs
• of older people and their families
• and evaluating the impact
• of services.

Margaret Blenkner
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1969

• In response to a landmark study led by
• Dr. Margaret Blenkner on the effectiveness of
  home health
• services, BRI
• establishes
• a home aide
• department.

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1981

• BRI starts its Senior Companion Program. Part of
  the federal Senior Corps, it is one of the
  largest SCP programs in the country.

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1982

• BRI begins providing adult day care services at
  Margaret Wagner House.

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1986

• BRI teams up with University Hospitals to form
  the Fairhill Center
• for Aging. It is housed in
• a former marine hospital
• and later becomes a
• thriving campus of
• agencies for older people.

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1996

• In collaboration with the Sisters of the Humility
  of Mary, BRI forms a Cleveland PACE (Program for
  All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) site,
  Concordia Care. MetroHealth eventually becomes
  the agencys partner.

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2003

• The fourth and fifth floors of Margaret Wagner
  House are renovated as HUD-subsidized apartment
  units
• for those aged
• 62 and older.

Ribbon cutting ceremony marking the opening of
the Margaret Wagner Apartments
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2007

• The Katz Policy Institute is established in honor
  of Sidney Katz, MD, BRIs Distinguished Scholar.

Dr. Katz is recognized by the U.S. Administration
on Aging in honor of the launch of KPI.
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2007

• BRI partners with MetroHealth, Concordia Care,
  and VNA Hospice to establish the Senior Health
  Wellness Center in the former Deaconess Hospital.

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2008

• The Benjamin Rose Institute celebrates its
  centennial!