- Our History
- Our Philosophy
- Program Briefs
- The Not-For-Profit Difference
- Community Support
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- Our History
- Dr. Jennie M. Schofield was a graduate of Fredonia State Normal School and of the Kirksville, Missouri College of Osteopathy during the late 1880's. Dr. Schofield moved to Buffalo with her husband William in 1894. She began her service to the community by loaning wheelchairs to those who could not afford them. Under her leadership, together with a dedicated group of volunteers, the Wheel Chair Home was organized in 1910.
- September 1911 -- The first building was opened at 93 Seventeenth Street in Buffalo as the Wheel Chair Home. Dr.Schofield served as the first president.
- 1912 -- The Wheel Chair home moved to 344 Hudson Street in Buffalo.
- 1916 -- The Wheel Chair Home moved to the Village of Kenmore when the Eberhardt Mansion was purchased at the corner of Delaware and Kenmore Avenues. Additions were made in 1923 and 1937; the building eventually housed 84 patients and residents.
- May 17, 1979 -- Ground was broken on the current facility at 3333 Elmwood Avenue, Town of Tonawanda.
- August 25, 1980 -- Residents began moving into the new building.
- October 25, 1980 -- Official dedication ceremonies were held and the new operating name of "Schofield Residence" was introduced to honor Dr. Jennie Schofield.
- June 1985 --The Schofield Residence's Long Term Home Health Care Program began its operations.
- April 1987 -- The Schofield Residence's Adult Day Health Care Program opened.
- June 1996 -- Schofield Home Health Care Services, Inc., accepted its first patient.
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- May 1999 -- Schofield Home Health Care Services, Inc. received approval to provide licensed home care services in Niagara County.
- October 2007 -- Schofield Adult Day Health Care Program relocated to the third floor of Sheehan Memorial in downtown Buffalo.
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- Our Philosophy
- We believe that: The care of the individual should include love and concern for the person, as well as the highest level of professional care for the physical, psychological and spiritual needs; in other words, a ministry of care to the whole individual.
- Program Briefs
- Schofield's philosophy of excellence in care is the cornerstone of our four health-care programs:
- Nursing Facility
- Adult Day Health Care Program
- Long Term Home Health Care Program
- Schofield Home Health Care Services, Inc.
- Nursing Facility
- The Schofield Residence Nursing Facility offers 24-hour skilled nursing care for chronically ill or disabled people who do not require hospitalization but cannot be cared for at home. Some individuals admitted may plan a short-term rehabilitation stay with return to their home or a lower level of care. Others admitted plan to receive long-term skilled nursing services. Our 120-bed nursing facility is located on a beautifully landscaped five-acre site in the Town of Tonawanda.
- Adult Day Health Care Program (ADHCP)
- Schofield's Adult Day Health Care Program provides a middle road between living independently and living in a skilled nursing facility. Located on the third floor of Sheehan Memorial Hospital, the program provides health services for people who live in the community aimed at maintaining or improving participants' everyday functioning.
- Long Term Home Health Care Program (LTHHCP)
- Sometimes known as a "Nursing Home without Walls," the Long Term Home Health Care Program offers comprehensive health-care services in the home setting. The LTHHCP provides, coordinates and manages the delivery of numerous health care services with the goal of keeping people in the community.
- Schofield Home Health Care Services, Inc.
- A licensed home care agency affiliated with the Schofield Residence, Schofield Home Health Care Services, Inc. provides certain home health care services 24 hours daily, seven days a week, for people of all ages.
- The Not-For-Profit Difference
- Caring is the basis of all the work we do at Schofield. This includes caring for the physical, social, emotional and psychological needs of those we serve. As a not-for-profit organization, Schofield is committed to helping our community.
- What does it mean to be a not-for-profit organization? The answer lies in our primary mission, which is to provide the highest quality of health care and ancillary services. As a not-for-profit corporation, a volunteer board of directors, made up of people from the community that believe in our mission, governs our organization.
- Community Support
- With generous financial contributions from the public, Schofield's legacy of caring has prospered in the past, and will successfully continue into the future. Please contact us for information on how you can help support our programs and services.
- Contact: Administration Department
- (716) 874-1566, extension 305
- Through all of Schofield's programs and services, volunteers provide an extra measure of caring. Individuals over the age of 16 are welcome to choose from a variety of volunteer positions. Some positions available are: Transporting residents in wheelchairs to and from in-house therapy appointments; visiting residents; assisting with clerical work or running errands for our Long Term Home Health Care patients. Many other opportunities are available. Please call us to find out more.
- Contact: Mary Lou Tarquini de la Plante, Assistant Director of Community Relations & Volunteer Services
- (716) 874-1566, extension 324
- The Schofield Residence does not discriminate in admission, retention or care of residents, registrants or patients based upon race, color, national origin, creed, sex, sexual preference, handicap, blindness, sponsor or method of payment.
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