Originally developed by Monroe County and the Rochester Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (
RAHSA), which represents 15 area not-for-profit nursing homes, the program was soon joined by members of the Genesee Health Facilities Association, which represents the area's 26 for-profit homes.
Rahsa Homoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Undersecretary at His Highness the Premier's Diwan Sheikha Itimad Al-Sabah, senior officials at the Foreign Ministry and the Public Authority for Investment (PAI), Kuwaiti Ambassador to Switzerland Dr.