We have all visited a nursing home and felt that sinking feeling.   We know in our hearts that there must be something better.    Frequently two or three residents share a room, with nothing but a curtain between them.   While one resident sits on a commode, the other resident in the room has guests and there is nothing between them but a curtain.

 

All too often there are long delays in responding to call lights.   Many find it easier to clean a resident up when it is convenient than to take the time to stop, get them into the restroom and back out again.   But to the resident, having an “accident” is distressing.

 

We want to build a better place.   A place where each resident has their own room and where we have staff and volunteers dedicated to responding and providing Christ’s love to each resident.  

 

We want to build a place that feels less institutional, maintaining a home like environment while having the full range of services currently only available in a skilled nursing home.   Services that remain available to maximize each residents functioning throughout their stay.  

 

We now have 5 acres, with could be expanded to 10 acres, available to begin to build, starting with an Adult Care Home and building from there.  We need your help to make it happen.  

 

 

 

Love of neighbor, grounded in the love of God, is first and foremost a responsibility for each individual member of the faithful  ...       

                                                            Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est

Site for Mount Saint Joseph’s Villa

HUMAN DIGNITY

FOUNDATION

Phase 3 Goal We plan to build a unique complex that will provide a wide variety care for the elderly, disabled and terminally ill.  The project will be carefully designed to respond to the dignity of each resident.  For example, each resident will have a private rooms and toilets and we want every resident to have access to rehabilitative services, entertainment and social opportunities to enhance their life.  

 

At Mount Saint Joseph’s Villa, we will ensure that care is available regardless of ability to pay. 

 

Most importantly, it will be a place that brings Christ’s love to each resident.   To this end, all of staff and volunteers will be carefully selected and will be encouraged to spend time in prayer throughout the day.  To aid in this spiritual growth, our goal is to have a chapel at the center of the community.

Don’t they deserve something better than this?

                      Opening soon  

 

A Better Place

325 NE Lechner St.

Camas,  WA  98607

 

Phone:   360-606-3315

Fax:        360-835-3319

E-Mail: HumanDignityFoundation@comcast.net

Mount Saint Joseph’s Villa

Good Shepherd Manor a unique Adult Care Home

Our Phase 2 goal is finally becoming a reality.  We have obtained the perfect place to begin providing care and remodeling has begun (visit www.GoodShepherdManor.com to track our progress).  Conveniently located in Washougal on the Washougal River, the grounds offer a tranquil setting for our residents and their guests to enjoy.   Each resident will have a private room, some with French Doors opening onto a deck where they can enjoy the scenery.   We plan to offer many services at this home, not usually found in adult care homes, particularly those available for low income residents.   These services will be designed to enhance their  lives both physically and spiritually.  As always, our staff and volunteers will be carefully screened.  Love must be the foundation of all care provided which always respects the dignity of each human life. 

 

We are hoping to open Summer 2012, and are taking names now.