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 OUR HISTORY
A CENTURY OF COMPASSIONATE CARE AND CONTINUOUS INNOVATION IN SENIOR LIVING
The Job Haines Home began as an act of compassion, philanthropy and imaginative vision, more than one hundred years ago.
In 1894, Job Haines, a prominent Newark businessman, bequeathed to his son and only child, Frank, a parcel of land at Clinton and Johnson Avenues in Newark. Frank Haines, in turn, offered to donate the property to the Sixth Presbyterian Church of Newark in the hope of establishing a hospital to be named in memory of his father. After consulting with Dr. Frazer, Pastor of the First Church of Newark, Frank Haines decided to contribute his property to help the Faith Home for the Aged and Destitute located in Newark instead of establishing a Presbyterian Hospital. Frank agreed to help the Faith Home with one stipulation: that the new Home be named the Job Haines Home for Aged People in memory of his father. On January 25, 1897, the Home was officially incorporated.
Just a year later, in 1898, the Home was in need of expansion. An ideal site – four acres in size and containing only a small cottage – was soon found at the corner of Watsessing and Bloomfield Avenues in Bloomfield. Construction began in 1902 and the new Home formally opened in June of 1903.
Over the next several years, Job Haines Home continued to evolve and grow, always adhering to the ideals of its founders. Then in 1993, plans were made for major expansion and remodeling of the facility. This effort was completed seven years later when Hearthside Commons, an assisted living residence, opened in June 2000. At that time, a skilled nursing residence with 30 beds also opened.
In October 2009, the Pavilion, a state-of-the-art sub-acute rehabilitation unit, opened to meet the changing needs of our residents and the community. |
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