Chestnut Lane Independent & Assisted Living

Chestnut Lane Assisted Living Community serves Deaf and Deaf-Blind Individuals from Across the United States. Chestnut Lane is just outside Portland, Oregon, in the village of Gresham. At Chestnut Lane we provide personal services and assisted care to support independence and privacy, while serving the unique needs of Deaf and Deaf-Blind residents.

The facility has a number of features designed for deaf and deaf-blind residents. Each room has space for a TTY text telephone, a fire alarm system with flashing lights, and vibrating beds in rooms of blind residents to wake them in an emergency. The nurse-call system in each room provides a digital readout rather than a voice as in a traditional intercom. A computer room shared by residents will have video conferencing equipment enabling residents to use sign language instead of typing. Other features of the facility include a small library, beauty salon/barber shop, laundry, walking paths, waist-high gardens, and craft programs.