History

In 1945, visionary community leaders formed a not-for-profit home for frail and aged members of the Jewish community. To meet growing and changing needs, the Jewish Rehabilitation Center of the North Shore opened its doors in Swampscott on March 15, 1972. In 1982, the adjoining Shapiro-Rudolph Adult Day Center welcomed 18 participants.

Today, the JRC is the finest not-for-profit skilled nursing center on Boston's North Shore. Home to 180 residents and patients, it also serves 40 to 50 clients daily in the Shapiro-Rudolph Adult Day Center. In 1997, the JRC continued to expand with the addition of Woodbridge, an 82-apartment assisted living community on 19 wooded acres in Peabody.

The JRC's latest expansion is a new special care addition to Woodbridge Assisted Living in Peabody. The new addition, which opened in the fall of 2006, offers 32 apartments for individuals living with memory loss, as well as 16 traditional units.

The JRC has evolved over the years into the multi-faceted organization it is today through careful planning and attention to community needs, demographics and changes in health care. Ongoing strategic planning keeps the JRC responsive to the ever changing needs of the aging population.

The JRC's long history as a leader in the field of elder care is a tribute to our community's strong commitment to providing high quality, dignified care to its eldest citizens.