Welty Home for the Aged

Good shepherd nursing Home, lc (gsnh) is a 192-bed skilled care nursing facility operating at 159 edgington lane, wheeling, west Virginia. Gsnh is the largest non-profit skilled care nursing facility in the state of west Virginia and remains a (restraint free) nursing Home. Gsnh has maintained its reputation as a quality care facility and continues to operate at the lowest rate structure in Ohio county. Approximately 67.3% of its 192-bed capacity consists of department of welfare (medicaid) patients. In september 2017 gsnh started a skilled care therapy program.

the Welty retirement apartments continued to provide a housing alternative, with increased security, comfort and specialized services, for the elderly who wish to be relieved of the burden of maintaining a free standing residence, but who do not have a desire or a need for custodial type of care offered at the Welty Home, allowing them to love independently and age (in place) to avoid the common situation where the elderly decline in physical and emotional health by being isolated in a single family Home which is not physically suited to their needs and which they are physically unable to maintain. the Welty retirement apartments provide a proper residential environment for the Aged with special support services such as a secure building equipped with fire alarm, smoke detection, sprinkler system, elevator, central call system, grab bars and other specialized equipment and facilities for the Aged. In addition, at no extra cost, the Welty apartments provide a limited level of medical supervision by a registered nurse, 24 hour coverage by personnel available to respond to the call system, all at a location convenient to transportation, shopping, hospitals and churches. Services also include transportation services, cleaning services and meal services to the residents of the apartments. If an applicant or a resident is unable to pay the full amount of rental charges, Welty retirement apartments, lc has adopted a charitable subsidy policy to assist such applicants or residents. the Welty retirement apartments, lc also continued to operate 23 apartments (the braddock apartments) for the elderly. the braddock apartments continued to provide cost effective housing to its residents as well as expanded services such as transportation services, housecleaning services, dietary services and limited nursing services. Priority in admission is given to applicants who have a spouse or other loved one residing at good shepherd nursing Home. Due to the support of the diocese of wheeling-charleston and the capital support of the clara Welty trust, the Welty Home for the Aged, Inc. has been able to continue to expand its charitable mission for the Aged of Ohio county west Virginia without incurring substantial debt or operating deficits, while providing its employees with good working conditions, competitive wages and one of the highest levels of health care and other employee benefits in the geriatric care industry in west Virginia.

the Welty Home, lc at 52 Washington ave, wheeling, west Virginia continued to provide assisted living care at its facility for a maximum of 52 residents in 52 individual private rooms. Rates for private room, board, laundry and nursing care services are presently established at a per diem rate for those residents with sufficient financial resources to pay such charges. If an applicant or a resident is unable to pay the full amount of such charges, the Welty Home, lc has adopted a charitable subsidy policy to assist such applicants or residents. In 2023, the Welty Home, lc provided approximately $137,000 of financial assistance to residents who were unable to pay the full amount of the regular occupancy fees.

Welty Home real estate, lc is a real estate holding company which owns an interest in the bertha Welty apartments at 1315 and 1325 national road, wheeling, west Virginia. Welty Home real estate, lc continued to hold these properties and make them available to the Welty retirement apartments, lc, without charge, for rental purposes. the bertha Welty apartments is a 38-unit apartment complex for the elderly. the project was completed and opened for occupancy in september of 2008 and the occupancy rate was immediately 100%.