Grotta Today

Grotta has awarded $2.7 million dollars in grants to 45 agencies from 2003-present in the MetroWest New Jersey area. Our Spring 2010, Fall 2009 and Spring 2009 and other past grants provide direct service in areas such as health and social service enhancements, home modifications, chore services, socialization, economic issues and transportation. We encourage agencies and funders to learn about our grant projects and to partner with our efforts to benefit seniors and their families.

Grotta's great funded programs have become national models, addressed emergency situations, replicated state and national evidence-based program's improved care and safety in the home, and supported public/private partnerships.

Present Grantees

• FOCUS Hispanic Center for Community Development, Inc. — Wellness, Independence and Nutrition (WIN) Program
• Jewish Community Center of MetroWest — Volunteer Opportunities Program
• Jewish Family Service of MetroWest — Enhancing the Elderlink Website
• Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties — Seniors in Communities
• Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest — Offering Employment Assistance for Seniors
• Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties — Seniors in Communities
• Montclair Arts Council — Enhancing the Silver Scribes Arts Program for Montclair Seniors
• National Council of Jewish Women — Telephone Reassurance Program
• Overlook Hospital — Atlantic Neuroscience Institute Comprehensive Wellness Pilot Study
  
• SAGE Eldercare — Eldercare Planning and Guidance — Year 2.

Featured Grants

Dover NJ program aims to help Hispanic seniors live better

Orfilia Ruberte enjoys being independent but sometmes gets lonely. The 68-year-old Dover resident lives alone. Her daughter lives in Honduras. Though her twin sons live in the United States, she said, they visit only once in a while. That's why she attends Live Your Better Life, a new free weekly program for Hispanic seniors created by a grant from the Grotta Fund for Senior Care and developed and run by the Zufall Health Center in Dover. more

Overlook Researchers To Study Tai Chi As A Way To Help Parkinson’s Patients

Experts at the Atlantic Neuroscience Institute at Overlook Hospital plan to study the effects of Tai Chi on patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, in the hopes that the martial art can help them return to a better quality of life. Starting in September, Roger Kurlan, MD, Medical Director of the Movement Disorders Program at Overlook, the principal investigator for the study, will examine whether practicing Tai Chi improves mobility, reduces falls, and lessens depression among Parkinson’s patients. The study is sponsored by the Grotta Fund for Senior Care of the Jewish Community Fund of Metro West NJ. more

For more information about this study, contact the Atlantic Neuroscience Institute at Overlook Hospital, Roye Evans, Rn, MS, LAC or email roye.evans@atlantichealth.org.