Pennsylvania is nicknamed “The Keystone State” because of the state’s integral role in the founding of the United States of America. Pennsylvania today is a perfect combination of quaint, rural farmland, rolling hills, and major urban centers like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
When it comes to Alzheimer’s care, PA has lots of great options. Currently, A Place for Mom partners with more than 300 senior living communities in Pennsylvania that provide memory care. A Place for Mom’s Senior Living Advisors can help you find memory care communities in Pennsylvania that meet your family’s needs. As far as the cost of dementia care, PA memory care communities have a median monthly cost of about $5,400.
My parents are residents at Magnolia Chambersburg. I visited, toured and priced 6 different facilities when looking for a place for them to reside. Magnolia was my first selection. All of the staff are...
The communication and care are top notch. Our mom is treated like a family member. Beautiful church located within and beautiful grounds for walking. Mom likes the food and her private room with attached...
The staff is very caring and able to handle everything that comes up. They clearly enjoy their jobs. The residents are well cared for, the rooms clean. They also know family members when they visit and make...
What we like the most about the Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley community is the facility is beautiful and conveniently located. The staff is friendly and the community is diverse.
This is only place we tried so hard to compare. Competence, ability and flexibility of administration and staff helped us figure out what was needed from beginning and addresses my spouse's changing needs....
I have been here over a year. I have made lots of friends. Everyone is pleasant and wonderful. I enjoy exercise daily games, special events. The live entertainment is enjoyable for personal care and memory...
My mother is as happy as one can be in a memory care facility. [Name Removed] the activities director, is wonderful. The nurses and caregivers seem very nice as well. .om seems well cared for.
Night time staff not well equipped to handle confusion and instability residents. 3-11 staff not all able to handle outbursts and can be irritants with reading of patients
The staff is very friendly, helpful, understanding, truly caring & supportive. The facility has more of a nice home setting - bright - verses an institutional look & feel.
Care givers seem a little slow and could use more of them. The staff and admin respond to questions and concerns. Overall I am pleased and suggest you check this place out.
The facility is bright and clean. The staff has been nothing but helpful since day 1. Very happy with them. I would recommend them to others who are searching for a place for their loved one.
Overall staff is great and professional especially in the memory care unit. The facility itself continues to improve the atmosphere and environment for all patients. I particularly enjoyed seeing the new...
Heather Glen was beautiful. I couldn't have picked a better place for my mother. The staff was wonderful and attentive if we ever had questions, they were there to answer them help us navigate through...
Facilities are great, always clean so that's great. As far as staff , they have a turnover rate and that hurts residents when it comes to trusting who's taking care of their needs. The long time staff...
The food is good. The staff seems to do a good job with care. There are a lot of activities for the residents. The room sizes are large for a single occupancy. The cleanliness is hit or miss. Good Shepherd...
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To check a community’s licensing status, visit the human services provider directory maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. Under program office, select Office of Long-Term Living. Then, choose from personal care homes and assisted living facilities in the service code drop-down menu. Finally, select secure dementia care unit under the service code sub category menu. In the license status and license number column, you’ll see links to an inspection summary for each community. Clicking on inspection summary will take you to all available inspections. You can see if a community passed their last inspection, or if they didn’t pass, you’ll see details on the specific violations.
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