B & O Services
A Bit About Us
At B & O Services, Inc., we provide everything you need to enjoy an active, worry free life at a reasonable cost. We provide our residents with daily home cooked meals, housekeeping and laundry services, transportation and many other types of services they may need or desire. We extend ourselves to meet the individual needs of each one of our residents.
We encourage our residents to live active lives and we respect their freedom of choice. Whether they would prefer to pursue their individual hobbies or participate in our many scheduled social events, we are always close by to lend a hand.
At B & O Services, Inc., we want each of our residents to feel like they are somebody special! We truly hope that after you see what we have to offer, you will agree that a home is more than just a place to live... it is a place where people really care about you!
Our Mission
B & O Services, Inc. creates quality experiences with a loving hands approach. The mission of B & O Services, Inc. is to provide individuals with developmental disabilities the opportunity to make informed decisions regarding life experiences. The agency’s mission is to afford every person with developmental disabilities the qualities of self-reliance, self respect, personal responsibility, and the independence necessary to maximize each person’s self-fulfillment and potential development.
Our Guiding Principles in Support Persons with Disabilities
• Strive to build and support relationships
• Utilize natural supports as much as possible
• Stress community involvement
• Support active participation, even if partial participation is necessary
• Use non-intrusive, natural interventions, and avoid artificiality
• Be sensitive to individual rights, particularly privacy, personal decision making, and personal space
• Maintain natural routines and rhythms
• Be conscious of age appropriateness
• Provide and educate real choices
• Personalize the full experience of life with individuals
• Be active in respectful partnership with families
• Maintain good health, safety and medical practices
• Utilize the power of modeling in our own behavior and self-presentation
• Teach functional skills utilizing sound teaching methods
• Be conscious of subtle images, postures, and language, which can devaluate persons
• Promote status, competencies, and personal growth
• Work in the broad sense as an enhancer of quality in a person’s life
We have one of the most important jobs and opportunities there is to enhancement the quality of life of another person. We will take the time to learn the tools and find the resources that will enable us to do the best job we can.