In 1993, the Jewish Association on Aging was created as an organization to meet the needs of seniors in the community through a variety of residential and community services. At its formation, many existing senior services under Jewish auspices were brought under control of the JAA, and some additional services were created.

The foremost among these services is the JAA’s nursing home, The Charles M. Morris Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, whose history goes back nearly 100 years.

In 1906, the original Jewish Home for the Aged opened on Breckenridge Street in the Hill District. In 1933, the facility’s then 28 residents moved to the brand new Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged on Old Brown’s Hill Road. Over the years, that building was remodeled and added onto to meet the needs of a growing senior population, and one of its additions, built in the 1980s, remains today.

In 1980, there were 400 residents of the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, which was later renamed the Riverview Center for Jewish Seniors.

In 1998, Weinberg Village was built adjacent to the old facility on Old Brown’s Hill Road. The new facility contains the Charles M. Morris Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and the Assisted Living Residence at Weinberg Village, which includes the LHAS Arbor Unit, providing specialized . The assisted living program replaced the “personal care” division of the Riverview Center, which catered to seniors who needed less intensive care than nursing home residents. In addition, the JAA built and opened a completely new facility, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Terrace, an assisted living apartment building in the heart of Squirrel Hill.

Other JAA services that pre-dated the founding of the organization include:

Council Care Adult Day Services, which was started by the National Council of Jewish Women in 1983.

Mollie’s Meals -- In the 1950's, the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, Jewish Family and Children's Service and Jewish Women International, (formerly B'nai B'rith Women) collaborated on a program of kosher home-delivered meals for frail, homebound seniors living in Squirrel Hill and some of the other East End Jewish neighborhoods.

In 2000, the Jewish Association on Aging took over the program and expanded both the scope of services and the service area. Mollie's Meals now services all of Allegheny County and provides case management by a Licensed Social Worker.

Other services include:

Sivitz Jewish Hospice, which was founded in 1995.

The JAA also collaborates with the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh and Jewish Family & Children's Service in the AgeWell Pittsburgh and the ElderLink Information and Referral Line.