Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Mechanicsburg, PA

"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."

"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."

"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"

"I'm very pleased with St. John's Herr Estate. I am with people around my age so we have a lot in common. I got an apartment with a dining room, living room, bedroom, bathroom, and a full kitchen. So it's nice. They give me a $125 a month credit for my meals and I can go up and eat in their restaurant. I normally have breakfast every day and make my other meals myself. The menu is varied and it's always well-prepared, well-done, and never overcooked. It's great. We get all kinds of activities going on here. They have bus trips going down to the bank and shopping centers. Then they have bingo here, Wii bowling, shuffleboard, and all kinds of stuff going on. They even have a small farm at the end of the property where you can do some gardening if you want to. The staff is very friendly and cooperative. They'd do anything you ask them to do. The facility is almost brand new. It is clean and well-maintained. For what I paid to get in, it was more than reasonable. It's a one-time fee and then I pay a monthly fee for my apartment. It's a good price."

"My father's wife is in Gettysburg Lutheran Retirement Village. It is an excellent home. They have bus trips, bingo, and art classes. "