Grant Recipients

The Grotta Fund is pleased to list and describe our current grant recipients. We encourage interested individuals to contact these agencies for more information.

• 2010 grant recipients
• 2009 grant recipients
• 2007/2008 grant recipients

Training and Guidance

The Grotta Fund for Senior Care also provides training and technical assistance to grantees. In addition, grantees are invited to special networking sessions and workshops. The Fund Manager keeps a close eye on all grants and grantees, to foster collaborations and enhance performance, as Grotta sees itself as a partner with each agency and project.

Dover NJ program aims to help Hispanic seniors live better
Daily Record/August 23, 2010

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
NJTODAY.NET/August 9, 2010

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 .

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