ERH has never asked a resident to leave
a community due to a lack of funds

Episcopal Retirement Homes takes the first word of our name very seriously. The tenets of our faith keep us focused where the focus belongs—on the needs of our residents and our community’s older adults. We are motivated to seek out the best practices to keep body, mind and spirit engaged and to create an environment where wellness predominates and hope flourishes.

We are committed to translating these beliefs into action, devoting nearly $2.3 million a year to philanthropic services that benefit older adults in southern Ohio.

Part of the ERH promise is that no resident will be asked to leave due to a lack of funds. The security of that promise is one we intend to maintain. It is a safety net for residents whose medical needs sometimes outstrip their incomes. We are there for them when their need is greatest, at the most vulnerable time of their lives.

Often, those who come to us with modest means can manage financially in independent living. Trouble arises when they need to move to assisted living or nursing care. When necessary, we fill in the gap between the resident’s income and the cost of the level of care needed.

Partners in Care:
ERH also maintains a fund for personal care items, such as walkers and hearing aids to supplement Medicaid’s limited stipend. Staff social workers silently submit requests: money for orthopedic shoes for a resident who hasn’t had a new pair in four years, a wheelchair for a Medicaid resident with Huntington’s Disease, dentures for one whose sudden illness meant his old pair no longer fit.

The special fund helps less affluent residents travel to family funerals, get a firmer mattress or purchase a new pair of badly needed glasses. Rarely do residents request money for themselves.

ERH team members are active supporters of our benevolent care campaign. Last year at Canterbury Court, our facility for low-income elderly, nearly 100 percent of staff participated in the fund-raising drive for personal care items, as did more than two-thirds of the residents, contributing anywhere from $1 to $100 to help their neighbors.