UDeborah Gross, I-LMSW, nguMlawuli weNkqubo yeProjekthi yoLuntu yaseHudson: Ukhuselekile ekhaya kwaye uzisa 25 iminyaka yamava kwicandelo lokuguga ukuya kwisikhundla. Njengomphumeleleyo kwiKholeji yaseBarnard ene-BA kwi-Sociology, UDeborah emva koko wafumana isiDanga sakhe seMasters kwiNtlalontle kwiWurzweiler School of Social Work kwiYunivesithi yaseYeshiva e 1993. Ukhuthazwe ngamava akhe okuhlala kunye nokunceda ukukhathalela umakhulu wakhe owayenesifo se-Alzheimer's, uzinikele ngokupheleleyo kwinkqubela phambili yobugcisa bakhe kwiinkqubo ezisekwe ekuhlaleni zabantu abadala, kugxilwe ekunikezeleni ngenkxaso ebanzi eyenza ukuba abantu bakhule ngobabalo, isidima, nokhuseleko emakhayeni abo.
Uchithe ngaphezulu 15 iminyaka kwicandelo lemodeli yonyango yabantu abadala kwiinkqubo zokhathalelo lwempilo, Kuqala njengonontlalontle ophezulu kwiKhaya lamaHebhere laBantu abadala e-Riverdale emva koko njengoMlawuli oNcedisayo / uMlawuli weNtlalontle kwiKhaya leSibhedlele saseHeberu eWestchester, Ukusebenza kunye nabathengi abolupheleyo kunye namalungu osapho abalondolozayo. Uye wangena ke kwicandelo lolawulo lwezonyango kwisebe lolawulo lwamatyala eLenox Hill Neighborhood House, ukunceda ukubonelela abantu abadala abaphuma ekhaya eMpuma weSixeko saseNew York ngeenkonzo abazidingayo ukuze bahlale kuluntu.
UDeborah ungumhlali onekratshi kwicandelo laseRiverdale leBronx, kwaye usebenza kwindlu yesikhungu njengentloko yeKomiti Yobulungu. Eyona nto ayithandayo uyacula- nokuba kungenxa yemidlalo yeqonga kuluntu, iinkonzo eziphambili kwindlu yakhe yesikhungu, edlala iigigs kunye nebhendi yakhe kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo kulo mmandla wesithathu, okanye ngakumbi ukucula imigangatho yakudala yakudala kunye nabadala.
UDeborah uzukile ngokuba yinxalenye ye-YM&Usapho lwe-YWHA kwaye lujonge phambili ekuqhubekeni ukunceda abantu abadala abaninzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka ukuba bahlale “Ukhuselekile Ekhaya.”
