Featured Business: Home of the Good Shepherd
Posted by Administrator on December 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Q. Describe your business and how you got started. “Comfort, Care and Security” are the words our residents use to describe the Home of the Good Shepherd. The Home of the Good Shepherd is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of our residents and promoting independence and individuality.
Along with assisted living in our Home, we also offer nursing, home health aide and companion services through our home care agency.
During the time Rev. John Breckenridge Gibson was rector of the Bethesda Church, Saratoga Springs, New York, 12866, 1866-1869, this institution, the first charity was started in town at the suggestion of Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Thomas J. Marvin, and Mrs. William Bryar White. These good women and others of the church associated with them in their visitations among, the poor and afflicted, discovered the need of some place where the sick and the aged could be cared for as old age came upon them. The Home of the Good Shepherd has served the Saratoga Springs community since 1870, earning a proud reputation for providing the highest level of skilled, attentive care.
We are pleased to continue that tradition with the opening of our new, assisted living home for men and women in Malta, the Home of the Good Shepherd at Highpointe!
Q. Are you known for anything special? We put the personal care and comfort of our residents above all else. This includes assistance with activities of daily living, such as dressing, bathing, oral care, and general hygiene. The personal care plan reflects an individual resident’s needs and routines prior to admission, and is based on discussions with the resident, family members, physicians, and others concerned with the well-being of the resident.
Q. What do you want the community to know about you? A variety of delicious meals are served three times a day in our dining room. Each resident has a choice of meals. Snacks and nurioushments are offered through out the day including an evening snack.
As well as daily bed making and straightening of rooms, full housekeeping services are provided twice weekly. Laundry services are provided one to two times weekly or more as needed.
Our residents never run out of opportunities for enriching and energizing their lives. We offer a full calendar of social and recreational activities that keep residents challenged and active. Planned trips are scheduled to area shopping centers, restaurants and cultural activities. Of course, residents may choose to pursue their own interests, such as reading or watching television. A bus that seats up to 14 residents is available for outside activities.
Our case manager works hand in hand with our nurses as well as community providers, to manage the medical, social, physical and mental needs of each individual resident to ensure a positive quality of life and maintain a level of independence. The Case Manager is a primary source of communication with the resident’s Primary Care Physician in regard to the medical well-being of the resident
Q. Anything else? We have a Memory Care Facility coming soon! For more information, please visit our website or call our office in Malta.
