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Gresham's Chestnut Lane a rare senior center that caters to the deaf | OregonLive.com
The activities calendar advertises bingo games, craft days and shopping expeditions. In between activities and medication rounds, the staff talk to residents and the executive director, Sherry Andrus, as she walks around the facility. There's one difference, though: Andrus and her colleagues are communicating in American Sign Language (ASL), and so are most of its residents.
Chestnut Lane, located in Gresham, started as an adult foster care home for deaf and deaf-blind seniors. Then, with a change in management, it began marketing itself toward seniors who could hear – but now only accepts deaf or hearing impaired residents. Everyone on staff is fluent in ASL, and 60 percent are deaf.
The activities calendar advertises bingo games, craft days and shopping expeditions. In between activities and medication rounds, the staff talk to residents and the executive director, Sherry Andrus, as she walks around the facility. There's one difference, though: Andrus and her colleagues are communicating in American Sign Language (ASL), and so are most of its residents.
Chestnut Lane, located in Gresham, started as an adult foster care home for deaf and deaf-blind seniors. Then, with a change in management, it began marketing itself toward seniors who could hear – but now only accepts deaf or hearing impaired residents. Everyone on staff is fluent in ASL, and 60 percent are deaf.