Sinai Residences Boca Raton earns gold person-centered care designation

Toby & Leon Cooperman Sinai Residences Boca Raton has become the first and only senior living community to receive the Gold-level Mayer-Rothschild Foundation Designation of Excellence in Person-Centered Long-Term Care. The inaugural recognition program highlights communities that center resident choice, and Sinai Residences says the honor underscores its full continuum of care in Boca Raton.

Why it matters: - The Gold designation gives families a new signal for identifying long-term care communities that prioritize resident choice, dignity and individualized care. - Sinai Residences is the only community to reach the program’s highest level in the inaugural year, setting an early benchmark for the field. - The recognition may strengthen confidence in person-centered care at a time when older adults and families can struggle to evaluate quality from a website or brief visit.

What happened: - Toby & Leon Cooperman Sinai Residences Boca Raton received the Gold-level Mayer-Rothschild Foundation Designation of Excellence in Person-Centered Long-Term Care. - The honor comes from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. - Sinai Residences became the first and only senior living community to earn the Gold designation. - Other participating communities received Bronze and Silver designations. - The recognition was announced in Boca Raton, Florida, on July 23, 2026.

The details: - The national designation program is in its inaugural year. - The program evaluates long-term care communities across seven pillars of person-centered care. - The pillars are Personhood, Food and Dining, Resident Care, Choice and Empowerment, Enrichment, Socialization and Community Engagement, Staff Empowerment, Physical Environment, and Family Engagement. - Sinai Residences was among the first assisted living communities selected for the testing phase. - The testing phase included review of the assessment process, website, educational resources and tools. - The evaluation process included organizational data, policy and procedure reviews, sample studies, educational programming and one-on-one interviews with residents. - Sinai Residences also reviewed and updated internal processes and procedures to align with the program’s evidence-based standards. - The Gold designation is valid for three years. - Angela Marino-Ortiz, vice president of clinical services at Sinai Residences, said the honor reflects a team culture built around residents’ choices, preferences, values and life experiences. - Marino-Ortiz said Sinai Residences aimed to help establish a national standard for excellence in long-term care. - Sinai Residences offers Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care and Short-Term Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing. - The community says the full continuum of care supports aging in place with confidence and peace of mind. - Sinai Residences is a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community developed by Federation CCRC Development, an independent 501(c)(3) associated with the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. - The community is on a 100-acre Federation campus in Boca Raton and has restricted gated access. - Sinai Residences says it welcomes people of all faiths, beliefs and cultures while being guided by Jewish faith and heritage. - The community’s website is SinaiResidences.com. - The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation Designation of Excellence program is also supported by the HIGN designation program.

Between the lines: - The award is not just a branding win; it reflects a formal review of operations, resident experience and staff practices. - The program’s testing phase participation suggests Sinai Residences helped shape how the designation works before the launch. - The recognition may matter most to families weighing care options, because the designation is designed to surface qualities that are hard to verify quickly. - The foundation behind the program frames person-centered care as a broader shift away from one-size-fits-all senior care.

What's next: - The Gold designation remains active for three years, so Sinai Residences will likely need to maintain its standards through the certification period. - The national program is expected to continue recognizing additional long-term care communities at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. - Families evaluating senior living options can use the designation as one more point of comparison alongside tours, care reviews and service offerings.

The bottom line: - Sinai Residences Boca Raton now holds the top honor in a new national person-centered care program, giving the community an early leadership position in long-term care quality recognition.