Jenkintown Business Helps Asian Elders In Need of Service
Penn Asian Senior Service helps elders in need of culturally appropriate care.
It is right in the heart of Jenkintown. And, the creation of what today is known as Penn Asian Senior Service all started when Im Ja Choi had to care for her aging mother. According to a story on philly.com, the Montgomery County mother sought aid for her own mom in 2002 as she battled stomach cancer. Her mother had immigrated to the US from Korea in 1978 to help Choi raise her children, and spoke no English nor cared for American foods. The PASSi website, Choi's need to care for her 88-year-old mother got her thinking. With she and her husband working full-time, she needed help, but found county options to be lacking for her mother's unique needs. Few care services, according to the article on philly.com, could speak Korean. "If you …
