End of Life Resources - Resources for Jewish Seniors in Greater Boston

End of Life Support Programs

Jewish Family & Children’s Service

Jewish Healing Connections
1430 Main Street
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-647-5327
http://www.jfcsboston.org

The mission of Jewish Healing Connections is to help ensure that people in the Jewish Community feel connected when facing isolation, illness, or loss. A wide range of programs are offered. In particular, end-of-life and bereavement services provide spiritual support and a connection to Jewish tradition for those facing life-limiting illness and their loved ones. Contact Marjorie Sokoll for questions at 781-693-5619 msokoll@jfcsboston.org and click here for more information.

Care Alternatives

181 Cedar Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
Phone: 508 229-8435
Fax: 866 508-8390
http://www.carealt.com

Care Alternatives of Massachusetts offers hospice services in the Metrowest, South Shore, and North Shore region. Care Alternatives has been accredited by the National Institute of Jewish Hospices and has a rabbi as a member of their clergy staff. Therapeutic professionals in areas including, Reike, Reflexology, and Aroma Therapy volunteer their services to hospice clients. Care Alternatives has Medicare and Medicaid certification and has contracts with several managed care health insurance products.

Circle of Caring at Hospice of the Good Shepherd

2042 Beacon Street
Newton, MA 02468
Phone: 617 969-6130
Fax: 617 928-1450
http://www.hospicegoodshepherd.org

Circle of Caring at Hospice of the Good Shepherd is a non-profit, non-sectarian, community based home care hospice agency. The Hospice Spiritual Care program supports people of all faiths and backgrounds and is led by Rabbi Carol Glass.

Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts

1420 Providence Highway
Suite 277
Norwood, MA 02062
Phone: 800-962-2973
http://www.hospicefed.org/

The Federation of Massachusetts has published a useful tool for patients, family members, and friends. Please view these particular areas to learn about Hospice and Palliative Care in Massachusetts: An Overview of Hospice, Questions and Answers, Patient's Perspective, Family's Perspective,  Financing.

Click here to identify the closest hospice to you or your family.

Jewish Family Service of Metrowest

Healing Partners
475 Franklin Street
Framingham, MA 01702
Phone: 508-875-3100
Fax: 508-875-4373
http://www.jfsmw.org

Healing Partners is an interfaith program of Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, which provides Bereavement Support Groups in the Metrowest area, an online directory of spiritual and health resources, and "Caring Visitor Training" program for congregations and churches. Contact Malka Young for questions at myoung@jfsmw.org or 508-875-3100. For more information on Healing Connections, click here.

Life Choice Hospice of Massachusetts

615 Heath Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Phone: 617 232-0445
http://www.lifechoicehospice.com

Life Choice Hospice of Massachusetts offers at home hospice service in and around Eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod. The Life Choice Hospice chaplain is a rabbi. The program has been accredited by the National Institute of Jewish Hospices. 

Mourning Time

MA
Phone: 617-512-7260
http://www.mourning-time.com/

Owned and operated by Claire Weiss, PhD, a licensed psychologist, Mourning Time (Practical Help During Grief and Life After) gives practical help to mourners on the day of the funeral and afterwards. Services include helping ready the home, caring for the primary mourners, making arrangements for out-of-town guests, setting up the funeral luncheon, and helping throughout the shiva. Services are also available following the funeral to help with paperwork, charitable donations, homemaking, decisions about care, estate matters, and the unveiling.  

Parmenter's Wayside Hospice Program

266 Cochituate Road
Wayland, MA 01778
Phone: (508) 358-3000
Fax: (508) 358-3005
http://www.parmenter.org

Parmenter's Wayside Hospice offers services in Middlesex county, including the Acton, Bedford, Carisle region. Wayside offers a residential in-patient setting called Miriam Boyd Pavlin, located on the campus of Traditions of Wayland.  A traditional in-home service and bereavement program are also available for families and clients. Wayside has been accredited by the National Institute of Jewish Hospices, which helps the staff serve their Jewish clients.   

Funeral & Cemetery

American Memorials

2 Harvest Way
Westborough, MA 01581
Phone: 508 229-7778
Fax: 508 229-7705
http://www.amemco.us

American Memorials designs and installs granite, marble, and bronze memorial products for all cemeteries in Massachusetts. Special discounts for pre-need monuments are provided and staff can speak Russian and Hebrew.

Brezniak-Rodman Funeral Directors, Inc.

1251 Washington Street
West Newton, MA 02465
Phone: 617-969-0800
http://www.brezniakrodman.com

Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts

189 Wells Avenue, Third Floor
Newton Centre, MA 02459
Phone: 617-244-6509
Fax: 617-928-1926
http://www.jcam.org

The Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts, JCAM, owns or manages 100 Jewish cemeteries within the Commonwealth. Contact us at 617-244-6509 or info@jcam.org with questions regarding purchase, ownership, care and maintenance of cemetery plots, restoration and preservation of Jewish cemeteries in Massachusetts.

Levine Chapel, Inc.

470 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA 02446
Phone: 617-277-8300
Fax: 617-232-4729
http://www.levinechapels.com

Levine Chapels is the oldest family owned, full service, Jewish funeral home in Greater Boston. The Chapel staff is trained and licensed to provide pre-need counseling,  and advising families about the benefits of prearranging services. Barbara Levine, now fourth generation President, offers school groups and adult groups from area synagogues a chance to tour the Chapel and learn about the Jewish tradition. Levine Chapel also has an aftercare program for those families, adults, and children who want information and education about the grieving process.

Schlossberg-Solomon Memorial Chapels

824 Washington Street
Canton, MA 02021
Phone: 781-828-6990
Fax: 781-828-5039
http://www.schlossbergchapel.com

This is a family owned and managed business with long time roots in the South Shore.

Sharon Memorial Park

120 Canton Street
Sharon, MA 02067
Phone: 781-828-7216
Fax: 781-784-2248
http://www.sharonmemorial.com

Sharon Memorial Park provides interfaith sections and offers pre-need planning. It has an on-site administration building that is open six days a week.

Slotnick Monuments

232 Fuller Street
Everett, MA 02149
Phone: 617-387-3980
http://slotnickmonuments.com/

Slotnick, Canter, Schneider Memorial Group designs and installs memorial products in all cemeteries in Eastern Massachusetts. 

Stanetsky Hymanson Memorial Chapel

10 Vinnin Street
Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 781-581-2300
Fax: 978-825-1700
http://www.stanetsky.com/

The Stanetsky Memorial Chapels provide bereavement travel services, a compassion hotline, and aftercare planners. All elements of K’vod Ha’Met are observed.

Stanetsky Memorial Chapels

1668 Beacon Street
Brookline, MA 02446
Phone: 617-734-8927
Fax: 781-734-8927
http://www.stanetsky.com/

The Stanetsky Memorial Chapels provide bereavement travel services, a compassion hotline, and aftercare planners. All elements of K’vod Ha’Met are observed.

Stanetsky Memorial Chapels

475 Washington Street
Canton, MA 02021
Phone: 781-821-4600
Fax: 781-821-5868
http://www.stanetsky.com/

The Stanetsky Memorial Chapels provide bereavement travel services, a compassion hotline, and aftercare planners. All elements of K’vod Ha’Met are observed.

Torf Funeral Service, Inc.

151 Washington Avenue
Chelsea, MA 02150
Phone: 617-889-2900
Fax: 617-889-2903
http://www.torffuneralservice.com/

The Torf Funeral Service offers pre-planning and a chapel for services.