Residence for the elderly The Charity

Establishment intended for the reception of dependent elderly people, the Residence for Elderly People (RPA) The Charity currently has 260 beds divided into beds of long-term care units ( USLD ) and beds of accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people ( EHPAD ) . Residents are cared for by 200 agents.

The residence is located on a site independent of the Côte de Nacre and Clemenceau , on the southern outskirts of the city. It has 9 units divided into 3 pavilions.

The organization of the Residence is the result of a long past, dating back more than 300 years.

• Under Louis XIV, in 1655: the first general hospital of Caen was founded, located on the current rue Saint Louis, it remained there until 1823. It was occupied by men, women, children, sometimes old people all eaten away by misery, illness, wandering. The religious order of the Servants of Jesus took care of it almost immediately.
• In 1823: the general hospital and the begging depot were solemnly transferred to the Abbaye aux Dames. The general hospital moved to boulevard Clemenceau in 1908, but the Saint Louis hospice remained at the Abbey until 1972.
• From 1972 to 1984: the Abbaye aux Dames is classified as a historical monument: the hospice is transferred to the former convent of Charity, route de Falaise, hitherto occupied by a religious congregation, where it remains today. It changes its name and devotes itself exclusively to the elderly, justifying its name.
• From 1984 to 2005: the residence for the elderly “La Charité” begins a series of restorations (Pavilion F) and constructions (Pavilion Monet, for example) completed in 2005 (Pavilions Corot and Dufy).
• 4 April 2005: opening of the Corot and Dufy pavilions, closing of pavilions D and E and of the F1 service.
• February 2009: closure of pavilion F2.
• April 2017 : restructuring of the pavilions; grouping of residents in EHPADs in the Corot and Dufy pavilions, in USLDs in the Monet pavilion.