For 98-year-old Sister Angela Rooney, it was one of the most jarring moves of her life.
She always thought she would live out her days as she had for decades, in a convent under the time-honored Roman Catholic tradition of younger nuns dutifully caring for their older sisters.
But with few young women choosing religious life, her church superiors were forced to look elsewhere for care.
Rooney now lives in Jewish Home Lifecare, a geriatric-care complex in the Bronx founded as a nursing home for elderly Jews. Read more
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