Care Home / Rest Home / Elderly Persons Home primarily for JWs

by AlphaOmega 9 Replies latest watchtower medical

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  AlphaOmega

  I've spotted recently that a care home has been created in Peterborough UK for Jehovah's Witnesses.

  The following information is from various websites:

  Philia Lodge Rest Home,

  (01733) 567758

  113-115 Eastfield Road, Peterborough PE1 4AU

  (Older people)

  Provides specialist care for members of the Jehovah’s Witness faith

  http://www.peterborough.nhs.uk/documents/services/Community_Care_Directory_Insert.pdf?preventCache=17%2F12%2F2004+10%3A06

  Admission Restrictions: Members of Jehovah's witness faith.

  http://www.carehome.co.uk/carehome.cfm/searchazref/10001507BERA

  Philia Lodge Rest Home

  Philia Lodge Rest Home: 113-115 Eastfield Road, Peterborough, PE1 4AU .

  Owned by Care Provision Health Care Ltd - a private individual or company.

  Older age / Dementia. Short stay and respite / Longer stay.

  http://www.housingcare.org/residential-care-homes/ch-area-2-peterborough.aspx

  The information about the home was provided in several documents that all supplemented each other. The statement of purpose and service user’s guide
  between them contained the required details. In addition, the home provided a brochure that explained the religious nature of the home and the religious
  principles that the home implemented following the wishes of service users.

  These documents were displayed in the entry hall that itself was arranged in a homely way with religious symbols clearly identifying that the home was a
  place where Jehovah’s witnesses lived.

  Service users felt very comfortable in this environment that met their cultural and religious needs.

  Taken from the Commission for Social Care's unanounced inspection report :
  http://62.73.173.233/CSCI/CRH/47/DS0000064347.V313026.R01.S.pdf

  This raises some interesting questions :

  What religious symbols were on display ?
  Is this officially sanctioned by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society ?

  I seem to remember visiting a website for this home recently, but it seems to be out of action at the moment.

  Has anyone heard of this place and can anyone give any more information about it ?
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  AlphaOmega

  Someone... anyone... ?
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  Shawn10538

  Someone should go out in service in their building. Just ransack that building with pamphlets etc. until they put up signs, no soliciting.
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  Mary

  Some of us are wondering if this is yet another money-making scheme by the Borg. I mean, come on. Retirement Home owners make money hand over fist. How are these particular one's granted charitable status by claiming that they are 'non-prophet profit?'

  I'm betting that Bethel is getting a hefty 'donation'. Francois did some digging around and found that there are some 'questionable' aspects to those behind the scene:

  Here are some highlights:
  
  The objects of the charity are:
  
  • The provision of care facilities for elderly Jehovah's Witnesses in good standing who have need of
  such facilities by reason oftheir age, infirmity or economic circumstances;
  • The advancement of Christian religion as practised by Jehovah's Witnesses; and
  • The relieving of Jehovah's Witnesses in hardship and/or distress.

  Notice the second bulleted item. Smells like WTB&TS involvement to me.
  
  Here is their statement of revenue vs. expenses. Note there is a "profit" each year. I wonder where this money in excess of expenses goes?
  
  
  
  As for revenue sources:

  Principal funding sources
  
  The charity's principal funding sources continue to be from residents' charges and voluntary donations.

  Here is an exerpt from their balance sheet describing assets minus liabilities:

  Total assets less current liabilities (in Pounds): 2006: 7,035,229; 2005: 4,726,336

  Rapidly growing little concern, isn't it?
  
  And here is a statement of remuneration for "trustees":

  Trustee remuneration
  
  During the year trustees received remuneration and benefits in kind totalling £91,637 (2005: £69,154). In
  addition the following family members received remuneration and benefits totalling £79,265 for 2006
  (2005: £73,816):
  • E Brown (wife of trustee)
  • L J Delaney (daughter of trustee)
  • S Delaney (wife oftrustee)
  • M Hindmoor (wife of trustee)
  • M Hindmoor (son of trustee)

  Looks like a family concern, however I continue to feel direct involvement of the WTB&TS is in there somewhere; or perhaps the family leases the right to use the "mother" organization's branding. There's got to be something. Could anyone imagine the Society not "wetting its beak" in this much cash flow?
  
  GLITCH
  
  There has been one glitch in the sunny plans; the closing of one of the homes since it was losing money:

  In March 2007, the decision was taken to close the home at Radcliffe as it was loss making. Residents, where possible, were relocated to other Jah-Jireh Charity Homes. The charity is hoping to sell the property in the near future and reinvest the sale proceeds in the new home being developed in South Wales.

  The old folks, "where possible," were "relocated to other Jah-Jireh Charity Homes"??? What did they do with the old folks where it was NOT possible?
  
  DELANY FAMILY
  
  It is of record that the Delany Family, heavily represented on the board of trustees, generously leases its private property to its charitable organization. The landlord and the tenant are one and the same. How cozy.

  During the year the charity paid monies totalling £3,946 to Hindel Ltd, a company owned by the Delaney family (trustees and relations of trustees), in respect of rent for flats at 2 and 5 Raikes Mews, Blackpool. These flats are in turn rented by the charity to certain employees. (Flat 2 ceased to be rented during August 2006).
  
  During the year the charity paid monies totalling £7,280 to E W Delaney for the use of 317 Lytharn
  Road, Warton, as an administration office. The charity is committed to the lease on these premises
  until September 2007 and the rent payable is determined on an annual basis through a mutual
  agreement between the tenant and the landlord.

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I might be wrong, but I'm thinking that unless the local Bethels weren't getting some sort of a kickback from these retirement homes, they'd be screaming in the Kingdom Ministry about how it's "not endorsed" by them......

  Your thoughts??
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  AlphaOmega

  Mary,

  Firstly, thank you for breathing life back into this thread

  I have heard a rumour that the Jah-Jireh home has caused "problems" for JWs as it is not officially santioned by the WTBTS.

  It would be good to correlate the list of trustees against the list of trustees for the WTBTS available from the UK Charity Commission.

  As far as the care home that I mentioned is concerned, it seems to be an independent one.

  I'll see if I have the list of trustees for the WTBTS
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  AlphaOmega

  Checked... can't see any names in common
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  edmond dantes

  The care home that is prominent is the Jah Jireh which is exclusive for Jdubs.I did not know that the one at Peterborough belonged to them as it is not listed on the Jah Jireh web site.Mr Delaney originally ran a guest house in a seaside town in the North of England and because he happened to be a Jdub he decided to go for the niche market and make it exclusively a care home for the needy elderly Witnesses. Due to the fact that Armageddon is somewhat delayed he has managed to expand his opperations and continues to run it on a charitable basis

  Because it is a registered charity it has a board of trustees, some or all seem to derive an income from it, all the accounts are audited and posted on the Charity Commissions web site each year .

  Whether the Society is behind it is anybodys guess but they have had a top brother from the London bethel at one of it's innaugarations so it must have some kind of approval.

  The thing I find curious is the fact that one of the trustees is a certain C S Brown who happens to have a British honours title after his name from the Queen and is listed together with his title to the nearby Cleveleys Congregation which has the Charity Commission Number 1066119.

  I have asked this question before ,"why is a JW holding the title Member of The British Empire ?" and not only that but putting it on the congregations yearly accounts for all to see because I thought the British Empire according to the Jdubs was part of an evil empire along with America. So far I haven't been able to obtain an answer.
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  fokyc

  Look here:

  http://www.jah-jireh.org/

  fokyc
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  Mary

  Mr Delaney originally ran a guest house in a seaside town in the North of England and because he happened to be a Jdub he decided to go for the niche market and make it exclusively a care home for the needy elderly Witnesses. Due to the fact that Armageddon is somewhat delayed he has managed to expand his opperations and continues to run it on a charitable basis

  That's what raises a red flag with me. For decades, any Witness that did anything that suggested that Armageddon wasn't imminant, (like buying a house, saving for retirement, getting an education or paying into a pension plan) was viewed with suspicion and obviouly had a 'lack of faith'. If this group is looking to expand retirement homes for Dubs, then doesn't that show a 'lack of faith' that the Big A is right around the corner? And I still don't understand how these businesses can get charitable status. Don't you actually have to be doing charity work of some kind??

  Whether the Society is behind it is anybodys guess but they have had a top brother from the London bethel at one of it's innaugarations so it must have some kind of approval.

  Ya, and that's what makes it likely that they've got their greedy fingers in the pie at some level. I can't believe that they'd support anything like this without an ulterior motive.

  The thing I find curious is the fact that one of the trustees is a certain C S Brown who happens to have a British honours title after his name from the Queen and is listed together with his title to the nearby Cleveleys Congregation which has the Charity Commission Number 1066119.

  I have asked this question before ,"why is a JW holding the title Member of The British Empire?" and not only that but putting it on the congregations yearly accounts for all to see because I thought the British Empire according to the Jdubs was part of an evil empire along with America.

  Yes, I find the description of a title holder quite interesting:

  The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement, or service to the United Kingdom. The system consists of three types of award: honours, decorations and medals:

  • Honours are used to recognise merit in terms of achievement and service;
  • Decorations tend to be used to recognise specific deeds;
  • Medals are used to recognise bravery, long and/or valuable service and/or good conduct.

  I guess it's not really much different that whoring yourself for a library card eh?
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  edmond dantes

  Thanks to all for picking upon this and to Mary for highlighting the questionable practices such as why would a care home state their aims as the advancement of the christian religion as practiced by the Jws? I thought that was the Kingdom Hall congregations charity statement.

  Why is the rented property not in the charitys name?

  MBE honour holders by the way have a chapel in the crypt of St.Pauls Cathedral and the actual medal is in the shape of a cross.Is acceptance of such not as sinfull as having a blood transfusion?