Mary Care Home Inc. is a small adult family home that sits in a quiet neighborhood called Salmon Creek in Vancouver, Washington, and it's licensed in Clark County. The home cares for only six residents at a time, so every person gets a good deal of personal attention and can feel like part of a family. Every resident gets a private, climate-controlled room with a private bathroom, cable TV, and Wi-Fi, and the bathrooms are set up with safety rails, elevated seats, and wheel-in showers if needed. Residents can keep their cats or dogs, and the home has both indoor and outdoor common areas, outdoor patios, a reading room, and garden views, so there's always a place to relax, watch TV, read, or visit with others. The house is barrier-free, with wheelchair-accessible showers and rooms.
Meals are included every day, with snacks and three cooked meals, and the kitchen staff can handle special diets like kosher, vegetarian, diabetic, or low salt for people with health problems like high blood pressure. Residents can choose to eat with others in the community dining area or in private, whatever helps them feel most comfortable. Housekeeping, laundry, and all basic utilities but phone service are included, and there's a beautician who comes onsite for grooming and beauty needs.
Mary Care Home Inc. provides many care services, including medication management, diabetic care, high acuity care, dementia and Alzheimer's care, hospice care, and incontinence care, and staff can help with all the daily basics like bathing, dressing, grooming, and using the bathroom. The team can also help with insulin injections, two-person transfers, skilled nursing care, and help for mental health or developmental disabilities if someone needs it. A 24-hour security system, WanderGuard for memory care residents, and awake staff at all hours mean there's always help close by, and nursing staff are present day and night. Visiting hours run from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm, and family and friends are always welcome.
The staff arrange activities like birthday parties, holiday celebrations, music and animal therapy, board games, movies, group exercise, and arts and crafts projects, plus religious and spiritual services both onsite and offsite, so life stays lively and interesting. People can join in activities on and off the property and even get rides to appointments or events for doctor visits or errands at affordable rates. Sometimes the house features things like a book room, spa, barber, social events, and game areas, depending on needs and interests. The owner and operator, Mariana Oltean, has been working as a caregiver since 1997 and has been leading Mary Care Home since 2001. The home keeps a clean, cozy, and friendly atmosphere where residents can feel safe and cared for as individuals, with care plans that fit each person. Long-term residents are common, some even staying for many years, and the staff are known for being nice, helpful, and knowledgeable. Mary Care Home Inc. welcomes people from all backgrounds and serves without prejudice, giving seniors a calm, comforting place to live out their years with dignity and support.