2019 | Chamber of Commerce Community Investment Award
2020 | Sault Star Readers Choice “Best Retirement Living Residence and Senior Care Provider”
OFRA operates under the guiding principle that each resident be provided with the best environment possible within which they are able to maintain an optimum level of functioning and maximize the quality of their daily life. This is achieved through OFRA's providing four different senior residential sites:
As we plan for the future, our goal is to ensure that OFRA continues to excel in providing a continuance of multi-level care designed to meet the needs of seniors within the District of Algoma. With the ever growing shortage of affordable housing options, particularly for pensioned and low-income seniors, and a rapidly growing aging population, we must take action now to ensure we will continue to meet their needs for years to come.
We welcome you to join the OFRA Family! All OFRA Members have the ability to attend the Annual General Meeting and vote on any decisions that shape the future of OFRA as well as any new board members.
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Our staff members are the face and reputation of OFRA. They represent OFRA each day with heart and caring, with compassion and respect. They strive to make sure each resident is seen and heard, their needs are met and they are comfortable in their chosen “home.” We are very proud of the men and women who work hard each day to ensure that our residents feel “at home,” are loved and cared for. An organization is only as good as the people that represent it, our staff works to maintain that ideal. We take great pride and joy knowing that our OFRA team is "simply THE BEST," and that’s what makes us a “Home with a Heart” - the housing option of choice!
Mission
Our “Homes with a Heart”, founded in Finnish and Estonian heritage, provide safe, compassionate, resident-centred care for all seniors, dedicated to enhancing their quality of life.
Vision
Be the preferred choice of high quality housing and care for seniors, shaping the future of senior living by empowering residents, engaging all stakeholders and creating an environment our residents are proud to call home and our employees are proud to work.
Values
• Compassion ~ empathy, kind and caring
• Integrity ~ accountable, honest, trustworthy and sincerity
• Respect ~ independence, autonomy and self-care
• Dignity ~ compassion, empathy and comfort
• Inclusivity ~ fairness and equality
In 2015 an application was submitted to upgrade our existing nursing home from a Class B level to a Class A level. We made second application to apply for an additional 64 beds.
Under the government's Ontario Action Plan for Seniors: Aging with Confidence plan (a commitment to increase nursing home beds in Ontario by 5,000 beds), OFRA submitted another application. On April 26, 2018, we were approved for an additional 64 beds, the only home to receive this sizeable an increase!
Although it took three years to get approval for the expansion, and then another set back with a global pandemic, our expected occupancy for the new 128 beds is March 2025.
People have the notion that we are 100% government funded. Unfortunately, the government only provides us with funding to use towards our brick and mortar operations. That is why we rely heavily on donations and the hard work of our Foundation, Ladies Auxiliary, Board of Directors and Volunteers to help make it happen.
2019 | Chamber of Commerce Community Investment Award
2020 | Sault Star Readers Choice “Best Retirement Living Residence and Senior Care Provider”