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.
I moved here a year ago from Florida and was very nervous, but everyone here was so caring and I felt at ease. It never felt like I was in a facility, it felt like home and the staff felt like family. You...
My mom lived at the Gardens for a couple of years. She loved it there, she felt she was part of the "family" there. (and she was) The people living there are treated with such love and respect. I never...
[names removed] very helpful in bring in new people for care at the facility. They gave a very good tour of the facility, and introducing staff to you. Set up activities on a regular basis to keep...
I like that my loved one has a clean, safe place with activities. There is room for improvement around scheduling services like medication administration and showers. Overall, I'm satisfied with the...
The Birches has been a wonderful home for my mother. We were looking for excellent care, engaging activities, a connection to a Jewish community, good value, and a location close to family—and The Birches...
The staff is professional and accommodating as well as making residents feel comfortable and at home. It has a clean and pleasant atmosphere along with a variety of activities.
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
4.5 for all. Great facility and highly recommend it. We love the sense of community. Everyone is so helpful, clean area, nurses and health care providers are on top of my mom's needs.
Juniper is a very nice place. Clean, well organized and active. I was a little disappointed that no on from activities encouraged our resident to participate in the well organized activities that were...
I would recommend the Sheridan the staff worked with us and were very welcoming. We were given $[removed] off for the first year more than the others we visited!
Make sure you understand the components in the care charge and make sure that the prescription list upon entry is accurate and that the care charge has captured the medicine count accurately. It was one of...
Staff very friendly and supportive. Very helpful in transporting to Dr Appointments. They provide multiple activities throughout the day and week. They could do a little better in accommodating guests with...
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...
They were very helpful and kept us informed. Rooms were a good size. My dad was in a memory unit so he didn't participate much but others were involved in activities.
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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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