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plate and purchased the entire complex and turned it
into the retirement community that it is today,” says
Dixon. “When the RHF bought it, they completed the
project right away.”
The Retirement Housing Foundation (RHF) was formed
in March 1961, in Long Beach, California, by three in-
dividuals from the United Church of Christ. Two clergy-
men and a layman pooled some $7,000 in cash and
undertook the mission of providing dignified and af-
fordable housing for America’s elderly and persons
with disabilities. Clearly, the mission succeeded. To-
day, RHF communities are located in 28 states, Wash-
ington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands,
providing housing and health services for over 20,000
people. The company’s portfolio includes independent
living, assisted living, skilled nursing, and memory
care facilities.
Bishop’s Glen is one of RHF’s multi-level retirement
communities that offers all the aforementioned levels
of care: Independent Living, Assisted Living, Extended
Congregate Care (which is a higher level of Assisted
Living not offered by many communities), and a full-
service Health Care Center, with short-term rehabili-
tation and long-term care services. Its overall mission
is to provide housing options and services for older
adults, low income families, and persons with disabili-
ties, in an environment that enhances their quality of
life – physically, mentally and spiritually. The commu-
nity was carefully designed to provide spacious living
quarters for all its residents in pleasant and safe sur-
roundings, while offering them superior food service
and many other amenities, activities, and programs.
Perry Weiker is the Executive Director of Bishop’s Glen.
He oversees its 252 employees, 60 skilled nursing
beds, 249 licensed assisted living beds, and 158 in-
dependent living apartments. He explains the advan-
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Bishop’s Glen
WHAT:
An Assisted Living/Retirement Community
WHERE:
Daytona Beach, Florida
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