For Daniel Reingold, social work and caring for the aging is practically in his DNA. His mother was a clinical services administrator at Manhattan’s Altro Health and Rehabilitation Services. His father was executive vice president of the Hebrew Home for the Aged in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
Since 1990, Reingold has led the same community his father did, but with his own innovative influence.
As president and CEO of RiverSpring Living, Reingold has transformed what had been just long-term care offered by the Hebrew Home at Riverdale into a 32-acre campus serving 18,000 people a day. Included now under the organization’s umbrella are independent and assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation services and home care.
For this and many other feats, judges tabbed Reingold as an “Inspiration Award” winner in the 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards program.
Reingold also has introduced progressive care delivery, including treating aging adults as the adults they are by creating the first sexual expression policy in the nation. He also co-founded the Weinberg Center for Elder Justice, the nation’s first on-site elder abuse shelter that offers short-term shelter and high-intensity legal, therapeutic and medical support.
In addition, he founded the Healthcare Offers Permanent Employment program for high school students, and he has reduced prescription medication intake by Hebrew Home residents by providing access to medical cannabis.
Reingold’s passion for his work — both contagious and heartfelt — has been the driver for numerous positive changes. As a visionary advocate for the aging, he also has testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging and attended the 2015 White House Conference on Aging.
He earned an undergraduate degree from Hobart College, a master’s degree from Columbia University and a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University.
In addition to other posts, he serves on the boards of directors of the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition, the Greater New York Hospital Association and the Association of Jewish Aging Services.
The McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards program is jointly administered by McKnight’s Home Care, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News. Honorees were recognized March 7 at a dinner and awards ceremony in Chicago. The program’s Platinum sponsor was MatrixCare. Omnicare was a Silver sponsor, and additional sponsors included Pinnacle Quality Insight, HealthDirect and Sentrics.
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