After 15 years of working with seniors in various healthcare settings, I opened Westford Homes AFH.
Hi! I am Joe Kiere, RN, and I’ve worked as a Registered Nurse for over 15 years. I have broad and varied experience working with residents and families in geriatrics, psychiatry, and dementia. I also worked for 8 years in assisted living, adult family homes, and done hospice care work.
I hold an Adult Foster Home license with a specialty designation in Mental Health and Dementia care.
It has been very fulfilling to provide quality services and support families who cannot care for their loved ones, whose caregivers are not able or available to provide full-time care, or desire a non-institutional alternative for their personal care.
Adult Family Homes are the Future of senior care
In Oregon state, more than 17,000 seniors receive Long term care in state-licensed adult family homes. As our population ages, this number will be expected to double in the next 7 to 10 years.
It is estimated that each year Washington state saves more than $280 million in long-term care costs by utilizing adult family homes rather than nursing homes.
Adult family homes offer a small and familial setting where frail seniors can receive all levels of care.