Independent Living Communities in Palmyra, PA

"We went to Holiday Essex House. It was nice. I enjoyed that one. I always said if I wanted to live there, I'd lived in that one. But it didn't suit my brother that well. I felt that the people in the other place were more his type of people. That's the only different thing, was the type of people, that's all. A man showed us around the tour. He showed us the rooms and all the social rooms."

"I toured Harmony at West Shore. It wasn't as large as the other facility, so that felt a little less overwhelming. It's very clean. They have a great two living spaces for assisted living. It was a better feeling. It was not quite as small and cozy as the other facility, but I put it down in my list of top five. If someone was looking for assisted living, it was definitely worth a look. I was satisfied with the staff."

"I visited Autumn House East. The gentleman was very helpful and very nice, but they don't do long-term care like my relative needs. He needs full care. He needs a Hoyer lift and two people, getting in and out of bed and the bathroom, and they don't do that. They're just assisted living. The residents there were walking with walkers or needing help with walking, but it seemed like they were in pretty good shape. It's very friendly. The gentleman knows people living there by the first name and says hi to them. Nothing like what my brother-in-law is in now. It's very clean. I wouldn't be afraid to stay there if I had to. I know other people that were there, and that's how I can sort of rate it pretty good. They were residents until they got too bad, they had to go to a nursing home."

"I'm in Keystone Villa at Ephrata. The people that serve me food are very nice. The food is A1. I have a good working relationship with the person that cleans my apartment. I have lots of friends here that I enjoy. Before I came here, I was in a very bad situation. My wife passed away and I was alone. Since I've been here, I got out of my phone and came back to my old self. So, I owe Keystone a lot. They have a pool table and a shuffleboard table. I go upstairs and shoot pool with some people. They have a cinema. On Fridays, you can drink two beers and relax and enjoy their company. It's just an all-around great place. I get out and I drive around in my Corvette. I have fun with that. This place got me started. I have a one-bedroom apartment with a nice little kitchen, a nice living room, a very big bathroom, and a nice shower. They allow me to keep my cat and dog. My cat and dog are in the apartment with me. The overall staff is great. I haven't met a person I didn't like. The residents are great. We tease each other and have fun. I'm spoiled rotten. What I had for dessert today was cherry pie with vanilla ice cream. They don't just ship the food in, they cook it right here and that's a big difference. I had Salisbury steak today and mashed potatoes and beans and then they have a salad bar. You just can't beat this place. The inside is beautiful. I don't know too much about the activities because I'm hardly here, but the ones I do go to are really nice. It's a good value."

"My mother-in-law moved into Senior Commons at Powder Mill. We chose it for a couple of factors, the first is proximity to her home, it's within five miles of her house, and the second one is the amenities, the staff, and how caring they seem to be and how friendly they were. Everybody that I've met has been great. They've been very helpful to us. They've been very helpful to my mother-in-law. They're attentive. I have nothing but good things to say about the staff. They've got an activity room where there are things like puzzles, and cards with the other residents. There's one room that has a little shuffleboard game, a basketball game, and things like that. But then they also do outings. So today my mother-in-law is going on a nature outing that the facility is doing."

"I visited a family member at Phoebe Berks Village's independent living. They do the cleaning for you there. It's very expensive but the place is good if you can afford it. I like their food, recreational facilities, and the fact that there are a lot of activities going on. The food I tried was very good and they offer a lot of variety. The wait staff also seem very friendly. I didn't interact with a lot of the staff, just the servers at the tables, but the person I was visiting said that the staff met her needs when she called them. They moved her in and even set up everything for her and she was very impressed by that. They have library spaces at the end of each hall plus a main library. The facility is very large and very well laid out. The apartments are also large with some of them even having porches. They have kitchen areas too. For activities, they have exercises, art classes, and a lot of church activities."

"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."

"Country Meadows is a wonderful home. My mother lived in independent living and my father needed more care in Pathways. And my mother-in-law currently lives in Connections. My husband loved CM so much after seeing my parents there, he moved his mother to CM. They all love / loved living at Country Meadows. The staff are all fantastic. My husband and I and our extended family are so grateful for CM and we give it our highest recommendation."

"I love Hill Farm Estates, it gives you the feeling of calm when you walk in there. It's everything I like, it's quiet, no noise, nothing around. There are businesses further down and everything's not too far. The only downside is it's not walkable, you'd have to drive, which is not a problem for me. I saw independent living, but if the need arises, they also have assisted living. The staff was great, and it's part of a religious corp thing, which is big on my list. They have a meal plan that's $90 a month. If you want them to deliver it to you, they deliver breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They have activities and facilities, they have a beautiful main building. If you become incapacitated, they have help for that also, and they also have shared living."

"We went to visit Cornwall Manor because it didn't seem like it was a retirement community. They have single-family homes that retirees can get or apartments, and those are spaced out throughout the property. They're not all crammed into one place, and they have different kinds of apartments you can buy into, depending on what your needs are. There are a lot of amenities and we like what they have to offer, and they have an indoor swimming pool. The overall tour was very good and the staff that gave the tour was excellent. She was very knowledgeable, wasn't pushy, she says we take time to make our decision and she's willing to work with us. The facility was very clean and well kept."

"I have been living in Alden Place for seven years now. It is well laid out. It has a clubhouse with indoor swimming pool, a gym, a big ballroom, pool tables, and a snack bar. They have people come in to teach yoga, Zumba, card games, pinnacle, and bridge. I am in what they call The Villa. It has three homes attached to each other. I am on an end unit, I have a two-car garage, and it is 1,400 square feet including the garage. "

"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."

"We visited The Middletown Home. I like the building itself, the people that were in there, and the cleanliness of the place. Everything was clean. Comparing it to other places, they have a significant amount of staff and you see them everywhere, which I like. Their staff has been there for years, which I think is a good thing too. I thought that the cafeteria and food types that they have was a good set-up. They have two different cafeterias. They have a wide variety of menu options. Overall, The Middletown Home was my favorite place."

"When we began our search for a retirement community for our father, the experience was daunting. From the first interaction with the staff at Ecumenical, we were immediately put at ease. Treva Nell helped us through the process from beginning to end. Our mountain of questions and uncertainties were quickly answered as we navigated the on-boarding process. We went from feeling overwhelmed to empowered. The staff are friendly, helpful, and dedicated to ensuring the well-being and dignity of every resident at Ecumenical. On our initial tour, it was evident that the residents were happy and well taken care of. This positive, first impression has been regularly validated on our many visits to the facility. Finding Ecumenical was an answer to our prayers."