Beth Abraham Center

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Beth Abraham Center
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The facility as seen from across Bronx Park East.
Beth Abraham Center
Geography
Location612 Allerton Ave, Bronx, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°51′54″N73°52′12″W / 40.8649°N 73.8700°W / 40.8649; -73.8700
Organization
Care system Private
Type Specialist
Network Centers Healthcare
Services
Beds450
Speciality Rehabilitation, residential care
History
Former name(s)Beth Abraham Hospital
Beth Abraham Home
Beth Abraham Home for Incurables
OpenedMarch 21, 1920;103 years ago (March 21, 1920)
Links
Website beth-abraham-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org
Lists Hospitals in New York

Beth Abraham Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing [1] is a medical facility in Bronx, New York, which was founded as the Beth Abraham Home for Incurables. It was originally a long-term residential care facility, but was later expanded to include rehabilitation services.

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History

Bertha Alperstein founded Beth Abraham in memory of her late husband Avraham Eliezer Alperstein. The property was acquired in January 1920 for $115,000 (equivalent to $1,679,917in 2022), [2] and the new hospital opened on March 21, 1920. [3] On its fifth anniversary, the hospital celebrated the opening of a new building costing $500,000 (equivalent to $7,303,987in 2022) which increased its total capacity to 225 patients. [4]

In January 1952, the hospital's name was shortened to Beth Abraham Home, owing to developments in "rehabilitative physical and psychological techniques [which gave] patients a chance to advance medically and socially far beyond former concepts of mere custodial care." [5]

In 1963, Beth Abraham began "an active affiliation with a neighboring teaching institution, Montefiore Hospital". [6]

In 1996, The New York Times wrote that "the 520-bed Bronx hospital" was opening new facilities in Westchester County and in Manhattan. [1] Although they also use the name Beth Abraham - Centers Health Care Nursing and Rehabilitation, as of 2021 Montefiore's "Find a Doctor" still lists "Beth Abraham Hospital. 612 Allerton Avenue. Bronx, NY." [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Forgeron, Harry (May 12, 1968). "Bronx Hospital to Be Modernized" (PDF). The New York Times . p. 251. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  2. "Bronx Estate Sold" (PDF). The New York Times . January 28, 1920. p. 30. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  3. "Open Beth Abraham Home" (PDF). The New York Times . March 22, 1920. p. 14. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  4. "Beth Abraham Home Fete" (PDF). The New York Times . March 22, 1926. p. 11. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  5. "Home for Incurables Drops 'Incurables' From Its Name" (PDF). The New York Times . January 11, 1952. p. 18. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  6. Brodoff, Bernard N.; Cherkasky, Martin; Adelman, William (October 1963). "The affiliation of an institution for the care of the long-term sick" . Journal of Chronic Diseases . 16 (10): 1115–1121. doi:10.1016/0021-9681(63)90045-6. PMID   14068922.
  7. "Google: "Beth Abraham" "Montefiore"" . Retrieved April 22, 2021.