Mercy Resident Care seeks to give elderly ‘home away from home’

The outdoor seating area.

As institutionalized elderly care becomes more normalized, the St Joseph Mercy Hospital has invested in making the experience as comfortable and homey as possible for its residents.

Mercy Resident Care abandons the sterile feel of hospitals and the often melancholy atmosphere associated with elderly care institutions to create what the hospital’s CEO describes as a “home away from home” experience for its residents.

Although a subset of the St Joseph Mercy Hospital, apart from the sign placed outside the Lot 3 Pere Street, Kitty building indicating that the two are affiliated, there are very few other hints to suggest this is so.