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Causes: Human Services, Seniors, Supportive Housing for Older Adults
Mission: Home for aged women, inc. D/b/a goddard house ("goddard house") is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization that has offered elders and their families a range of services including an assisted living facility and a skilled nursing facility with the kindness and compassion that inspired its founding over a century ago.
Programs: Goddard house in brookline is an assisted living facility where seniors find the services and security they need without giving up the traditions and independence they cherish. The assisted living facility creates an environment where residents maintain their dignity, pride and individuality no matter what level of assistance they may require. The assisted living facility offers 115 beautifully designed studios and one and two-bedroom apartments. These include the "olmsted place" memory-impairment program, which has 40 apartments. In 2016, 15% of the units of the assisted living are devoted to occupants with below market income.
until its closure on 9/8/12, goddard house nursing and rehabilitation center in jamaica plain continued to meet the changing needs of the elderly by providing both men and women with the short-term rehabilitation or long-term care that best suited their needs. The facility accommodated 126 residents. During 2012, medicaid and medicare days accounted for approximately 83% and 8% of the total resident days, respectively.