Julian Davis was a distinguished physician whose 50-year career included roles as  Associate Chief of Medicine at Mount Zion Hospital, a faculty member at the UCSF School of Medicine, and the founder of a thriving medical practice. His dedication earned him deep admiration and respect within the medical community and in the hearts of those who knew him, including his family.

John Matulich never heard of the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (the Campus). And after a precarious neck surgery, he wasn’t exactly looking forward to coming. “I was in the hospital for about 5 or 6 days and then my case manager calls and says that Medicare is not going to cover it anymore and that I would have to go to a different facility, or we’d have to pay out of pocket,”

In his 2014 essay about life’s transitions, Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, professor of philosophy at American Jewish University, wrote that we tend to “mark transitions generally when it is too late to mark them, and then you can't do anything about it.” 

Margaret, a Frank resident, is healthy, robust, and, as any brief conversation will instantly reveal, in possession of a quick wit and the mental acuity of a tournament chess player. She’s so vibrant that one can’t help but wonder why she chose to move into an assisted living environment.  

As CEO of the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living serving over 500 patients and residents on any given day, I take pride in treating older adults with the high-quality care, dignity and respect they deserve. As a physician, I ground my approach in compassion, data and evidence-based practices. As a Jew, I hold deeply to the values and tradition of honoring our elders.

Dr. Stephen Hall has done it all. That’s not a catchphrase. He has been a professor of Psychiatry at UCSF, earned a reputation as an expert in the clinical aspects of inpatient, consultation-liaison, partial hospitalization, and emergency department...