Our Values

As a member of Friends Services for the Aging (FSA), Friends House Retirement Community shares in this organization's Hallmarks of Quaker Service which include:

• Believing that all people have strengths and capacities that can be supported and nurtured.
   
• Respecting the dignity of each individual.
   
• Involving participants in decisions about their own lives and surroundings, including when they are infirm, as a way of recognizing independence and supporting the highest possible quality of life.
   
• Supporting mutual respect and interaction among those in our programs, other residents and their families, our staff, and the wider community.
   
• Creating social environments that draw on the skills and unique experiences that participants bring to the community’s life.
   
• Providing nursing care for frail and confused residents that is not dependent on the use of physical restraints. Involving employees in broad areas of decision-making and treating them with respect.
   
• Operating under the leadership of boards of directors that carry out their business on the basis of Quaker decision-making processes and Quaker values.
   
• Managing finances prudently, as not-for-profit organizations dedicated to the service of their residents, patients, and participants.
   
• Believing that the later years of life are full of potential for love, growth, friendship, and contributions to others.