Joy Adult Care

After unsuccessfully moving our dad to several care homes, we turned to the Oregon Department of Human Services website to research facilities. We were fortunate to find Joy Adult Foster Home which had a perfect record/no citations. The owners, who are the primary caregivers (and one is a registered nurse), and their small staff, became family to us. They treat each of their residents with the utmost respect and compassion. We called them our living angels because they view caring for the elderly as their calling, not their job. They live by values of kindness, patience, and honesty. The home is sparkling clean, spacious, and comfortable. The food is fresh, healthy, and made from scratch daily. Residents thrive in the routines and activities of daily living, while also having their individual preferences honored. We put our trust into them, as did our dad, to provide the most dignified and comfortable end-of-life care possible. That is what he had. We are forever grateful.

My mom was at Joy Adult Care. It's a big house, and they only had 5 residents. Whenever I would go and visit my mom, there were always people sitting at the table or outside on the patio. I got to meet all of the people there, and the people are just wonderful. The people that are there are in various stages. It really upset me to have to take my mom from there, but it was because of finances. They don't take Medicaid, and my mom got to a point where she ran out of funds. It has upset the people in Joy Adult Care too because they've taken care of her for a long time, and they really loved her. Otherwise, we would have kept her there for the rest of her life. They've always provided excellent care. The house is spotless. The people who take care of the residents are wonderful. It's a beautiful home. I've never been in a home that nice. You wouldn't know that you're walking into a care facility of any kind. You'd think you're walking into somebody's private home. It got to the point where she couldn't chew anymore, and so they were pureeing her food. They have activities for some of the people that could participate. One of the things I enjoyed was they would have a balloon, and they'd toss it back and forth. There was a gentleman who had a word puzzle, and another gentleman would get the paper every day. It was really a great place to go. You wouldn't feel sad looking at the people because they were talking and expressing thoughts. There was never a time when they didn't have good food and good care.