Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Mechanicsburg, PA

"We toured The Campus of the Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg. We only met with one person, but the receptionist when you came in was very, very nice. We had to sign in and take our temperature, and then sign two books: one for our temperature, and one for just visiting the place. We met with the admissions director and she also was very lovely. When we left, we didn't have to take our temperature, but we had to sign out. The facility is beautiful. I mean, the grounds are well kept and landscaped very nicely. My mother-in-law is going to get a private room, but most of the rooms are semi-private. So we looked at a room. We didn't have a chance to get into the single room, but we're going to go back there after we finish some paperwork. My grandmother was there for almost five years. We like the location. It's not far from us at all."

"I was a rehab patient here. The nurses, nurses aids and physical therapists did an outstanding job. The facility is kept very clean thanks to the housekeeping department. The kitchen is what puts this place over the top. Outstanding job in the kitchen! I would recommend this rehab to anyone in search of great care. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!!"

"We were nervous that dad would have trouble moving from his home of 56 years into a nursing home, but that staff and fellow residents welcomed him with open arms and he loves his new friends and the wonderful care givers. Food is very good with a wide variety of choices. The building itself reminds you of walking into a resort. A large courtyard allows residents to enjoy watching birds, squirrels and bunnies. Daily activities (bingo, balloon bop, cornhole, movies, exercises, trips to local restaurants, shopping, even fishing at Possum Lake) keep the residents engaged. "

"I would like to give a “SHOUT OUT” to the HomeCare staff at Normandie Ridge. My parents moved into the facility 13 years ago. Unfortunately, my step father passed away a few years ago but my mother continues to live in her apartment. These last few years have been a small medical challenge in some ways but because the HomeCare staff was available there to help her with some of her everyday activities, she has been able to continue independent living in her own apartment. Priscilla has gone out of her way to make accommodations for Mom. Her staff of Erika and Sara have been the lifesavers helping her with many of her daily needs, both day and night. Normandie Ridge is a great place to live and having HomeCare services available to their residents adds an additional benefit to the services and activities already provided by Normandie Ridge and the staff."

"We chose Pine Manor Home for my mother, and it all had to do with cost. I'm not getting any help from anybody to pay the cost and this is what was affordable. It's not a five-star place by any stretch of the imagination, but they do the best they can. It's slightly dated. Her room is a sufficient size for her. There are not many activities at all. She has a bed, a dresser, and a nightstand. The staff is very friendly and nice. My mother does not like the food, but I have never tried any of it. It's the cheapest one we could find."

"My parents are at Country Meadows of York West. We haven't been there for a long time, but so far everything has been great. The people have been super, super nice. Everything has been clean. The staff has been wonderful. The apartment is extremely spacious. So far, so good. The building itself is very nice and tasteful. It's not overwhelming. The space is very spacious compared to other things I've seen, and it's great for the price. With regards to activities, they have somebody that actually comes to draw my parents out a little bit more, which we may take advantage of. My parents do very little activities. Everything is going really well and we're so grateful for Country Meadows and for their wonderful, wonderful staff. They offer a lot of activities and they offer very nice events."

"Sprenkle was a great community with a great people. The seniors were very friendly and always had a smile on their face. The assistants were very nice to the seniors, and assisted them at all times. I would love to visit Sprenkle again, because it offers so much to do. For example, you can play Wii in the recreation area, and have great discussions with your fellow seniors. The village provides all things needed for a healthy and great living environment. More often then not, you will have a phenomenal time there, and your afternoon will fly by, because of the great activities you can do. As you pull in the main complex, you are greeted by a gorgeous recreation house, with various cottages surrounded in the lush landscape. Your adventure awaits, and relaxation is everything at Sprenkle. There is nothing better than kicking your feet up and watching the sunset, right from your backyard. A true place for serenity. "

"Masonic Village at Elizabethtown was a very nice place. It's very large. It has a great deal of activities. It has buses that go around and pick people up. They visit different places for activities. I don't even know how many people are in there, but it's huge. You would get lost for a while, but other than that, it's a beautiful place. It's very well set up. It has some very old buildings there and the newer buildings they built were in the style of the old buildings to keep up with the whole ambiance of the place. The insides are beautiful. They have them very well put together. It's a very lovely place. My husband loved it, but it was just too far from where we live right now. It was about a 100-mile drive and our kids were not happy about that. The staff was very accommodating, very nice, and very friendly. We visited only the apartments."

"SpiriTrust Lutheran, The Village at Kelly Drive was homey. I felt comfortable being there. It was clean. The room was a good size. Everybody was nice. The lady that gave the tour was very helpful. They were doing an exercise class when I was there, so several residents were enjoying that. They have lots of activities based on the schedule they gave me."

"We toured Green Ridge Village. We like it very much. Like the other place, if you need to go into personal care or anything else, it moves along, and if you eventually run out of funds, you aren't placed out because they both have a benevolent fund to take care of that. We like the fact that the people are very, very friendly. We met several residents. They had lunch for us. Each table had a resident sitting, and you could ask questions freely. The food was great. It is a little more expensive than the other place, but I think it generally is newer. They have a pool, a hot tub, a very nice gym, and a very nice wood shop. They also have a training room. Anybody can work out there, and that would be fun to see. They have a firepit-type thing. However, you have to have one of their menu plans, which are at different rates. They say that it is to help them keep up with what they're able to offer."

"We are on a waiting list for Londonderry Village. When we visited there, we liked what we saw, and it's about 15 minutes from one of our daughters, so it would be easy to attend the boys' athletic stuff, and she can pick us up and take us home for dinner or whatever. We toured everything. They have a big independent living. There is a pool, a hot tub, and a restaurant. Just about anything we need is right in the area. We like the way that it seems to do a lot with the community, like with the high school kids visiting and things like that. There are a lot of activities, too. The staff member who gave the tour was fine. She was very personable. The facility was very nice. Everything was very clean and well- kept. They have beauty and barber services there. They even have a playground for when the grandkids are visiting. There's a fire pit where wood is provided, and they also have another one that's a gas thing where you just start it and it lights up. They have a lot of different churches coming in. We're Catholic, and they have a Catholic mass once a month, and I think that's nice. There seems to be a bunch of different nationalities, and all of them seem to get along really well. We toured a duplex that we would be getting, and things were being upgraded because a new resident was coming in."

"My mother was a resident at this facility for rehab after falling and breaking her hip. Initially, we needed to be persistent in advocating for some basic needs. Some of the staff was genuinely caring and kind. Others seemed to forget that the residents were people who didn't ask to be placed there. Much of the time the facility smelled of body odors where residents were not promptly cleaned. Wound care instructions via wound clinic were not always followed by the nursing staff. After a couple weeks of persisting in requiring quality care, the staff finally started giving it. There were a few employees who genuinely cared for the resident, which made the overall experience bearable. However, from this experience I would not recommend this as a facility as a place where you could leave your loved one unattended and have full confidence that the best care was being given. Staff worked long hours and seemed to be shown little appreciation. However, the rehab program was excellent. My mother had been laying for five weeks prior to being admitted and they worked with her till she was able to walk and return to her home. The therapists were wonderful, being consistent and persistent in her plan for recovery. "

"My husband was a resident of Rest Haven-york. They were wonderful. It is an old building and it's nothing fancy, but the care here was wonderful. So I was very pleased. They just took such great care of him with his hallucinations. I mean, they were just wonderful with that. The staff was very good, too. I mean, sometimes it seemed like they were only taking care of him, but that's how they were with everyone. I can't say enough about them. He was in a semi-private room. He did not participate in any activities, but they do have them available for the residents."

"All apts and cottages are well kept. Cottages include mowing and shoveling. Most have nice size patios. Rides are availab l e to grocery stores as are group tri p s, dinners and other activies. Full sized gym, movie theatre and large pool also on campus. Also art stufio and all sorts of clubs and groups. Outdoor activities like softball etc in good weather. Educational classes of all kinds as well as all kinds of art activies...library etc. Workers and residents are very kind"