MACEDON, N.Y. – Family Service of Rochester, a nonprofit organization, abruptly closed four senior apartment homes, leaving about 100 seniors searching for new housing. Among those affected was 82-year-old Jessie Neifert, who struggled to find a new home after being given a 30-day notice to vacate.
Neifert’s grandson, Michael Loring-Picard, said she was left at a Microtel in Macedon. “And then the Northfield said ‘no, you can’t stay here’ and proceeded to drop her off somewhere at that Microtel,” Michael said.
Michael, who lives in Wichita, Kansas, drove more than 1,200 miles to reach his grandmother after receiving a frantic call from her. “It certainly gave me motivation in that 18-hour drive to get to her,” he said…