Interior Photograph of the Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family
Interior Photograph of the Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family. Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family is a non-profit nursing facility staffed to give nursing care to the aged and infirmed without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex or handicap. Lafon Nursing Facilit...
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| Summary: | Interior Photograph of the Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family. Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family is a non-profit nursing facility staffed to give nursing care to the aged and infirmed without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex or handicap. Lafon Nursing Facility is owned and operated by the Sisters of the Holy Family of New Orleans, Louisiana. Lafon, founded in 1841 by Henriette Delille, is the oldest nursing facility of its kind in the United States. From 1842-1849, Henriette Delille, Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family, Juliette Gaudin and Jospehine Charles provided nursing care to the sick and needy women in a home on St. Bernard Avenue. In 1849, the frail elderly and needy women moved from the original convent to a new facility, the Hospice of the Holy Family on St. Bernard Avenue. The Association of the Holy Family helped the Sisters to build this facility which was dedicated June 6, 1849. At that site, the Sisters continued to minister to needy and elderly women.
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