Beth Abraham Center
{{short description|Nursing home in the Bronx, New York City}}
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{{Infobox hospital
| name = Beth Abraham Center
| org/group = Centers Healthcare
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| caption = The facility as seen from across Bronx Park East.
| coordinates = {{coord|40.8649|-73.8700|type:landmark|display=title,inline}}
| location = 612 Allerton Ave, Bronx
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| state = New York
| country = US
| healthcare = Private
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| type = Specialist
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| network = Centers Healthcare
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| beds = 450
| speciality = Rehabilitation, residential care
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| former-names = Beth Abraham Hospital
Beth Abraham Home
Beth Abraham Home for Incurables
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| opened = {{Start date and age|March 21, 1920}}
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| website = {{URL|https://beth-abraham-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org/}}
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Beth Abraham Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing{{Cite news|last=Forgeron|first=Harry|date=May 12, 1968|title=Bronx Hospital to Be Modernized|page=251|work=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/05/12/88947163.pdf|access-date={{today}}}} 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.
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 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=115000|start_year=1920|fmt=eq}}),{{Cite news|date=January 28, 1920|title=Bronx Estate Sold|page=30|work=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/01/28/103199403.pdf|access-date={{today}}}} and the new hospital opened on March 21, 1920.{{Cite news|date=March 22, 1920|title=Open Beth Abraham Home|page=14|work=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/03/22/97744418.pdf|access-date={{today}}}} On its fifth anniversary, the hospital celebrated the opening of a new building costing $500,000 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=500000|start_year=1920|fmt=eq}}) which increased its total capacity to 225 patients.{{Cite news|date=March 22, 1926|title=Beth Abraham Home Fete|page=11|work=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1926/03/22/98466512.pdf|access-date={{today}}}}
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."{{Cite news|date=January 11, 1952|title=Home for Incurables Drops 'Incurables' From Its Name|page=18|work=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/01/11/84234546.pdf|access-date={{today}}}}
In 1963, Beth Abraham began "an active affiliation with a neighboring teaching institution, Montefiore Hospital".{{cite journal
|journal=Journal of Chronic Diseases
|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-9681%2863%2990045-6
|title=The affiliation of an institution for the care of the long-term sick
|first1=Bernard N. |last1=Brodoff |first2=Martin |last2=Cherkasky |first3=William |last3=Adelman
|date=October 1963|volume=16
|issue=10
|pages=1115–1121
|doi=10.1016/0021-9681(63)90045-6
|pmid=14068922
|url-access=subscription}}
In 1996, The New York Times wrote that "the 520-bed Bronx hospital" was opening new facilities in Westchester County and in Manhattan. 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."{{cite web
|accessdate=April 22, 2021
|title=Google: "Beth Abraham" "Montefiore"
|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=%22beth+abraham%22+%22montefiore}}
References
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External links
- [http://beth-abraham-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org Official Facilities website]
- [https://bethabrahamhealthservices.org/about-us Services website]
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