The facility, popularly known as St. Joe's, is home to elderly residents from Watertown and surrounding communities who are unable to live by themselves, but do not need nursing home care. All residents have single rooms with many of them filled with their own furniture, afghans, family photos and other personal touches. Meals, laundry and hair care as well as other services are provided. Residents are free to come and go according to their own schedules. A nurse is on duty to dispense medications.
Special meals are prepared according to individual diets.
The cook visits Fair Day each month to take advantage of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Although the sisters are Catholic, persons of any denomination are welcome to fill the two vacant resident rooms. The religious statues in the halls are remnants of a bygone era in the Catholic church and do not reflect the ecumenical nature of residents. We only have six or seven Catholic residents now. We're not trying to win residents over.