Creating Home

Since 2006, Homestead Village has been working diligently to create the most homelike environments possible in our small houses for care:  Fickes House, Radcliffe House and Gelhard House.

Our culture change started with permanent assignments to make sure that caregivers developed a closer relationship with the elders for whom they care. That closer relationship helps caregivers to better know the wants and needs of their elders.  Our second major initiative focused on the best possible dining experience.  With food, the emphasis is on choice, made to order, natural ingredients, and service when our elders are ready to eat.  Our third initiative in the Apostle Center focused on creating environments that allows our elders to live in a more homelike environment.

  Changes include the addition of showers to every room, the creation of more private rooms and more privacy in semi-private rooms with a small dividing wall and flat screen TVs that face opposite directions to cut down on noise.

In Gelhard House, the improvements focused on creating more common space and adding additional resident rooms so that thirteen elders can be accommodated.  Perhaps Gelhard House's best improvement is is its wonderful life enrichment program.  What makes it special are the staff who focus on creating a loving and caring environment for each resident.

 Improving life enrichment is the number one goal in the immediate future for the Apostle Center for Care.  The Apostle Center's other major initiative is individually washing all personal laundry in the houses.  This improvement will begin in January, 2014.

The journey from very institutional to more homelike care is commonly labeled as a culture change or person centered care transformation.  Our culture change journey is now seven years old.  We have come a long way; but we are no where near finished!

A nursing home or memory support personal care home can never BE home.  Our goal is to make each house comfortable, caring and a pleasant place to live, and if possible, return home as soon as possible.

Communities for Older Adults: What does the future hold?

 What do older adults want?  Most express the desire to stay in their own home as long as possible.  We all dream of staying independent the rest of our life and not becoming a burden for our kids.  We see portrayals in the media and we may know of mature couples living rich and fulfilling lives, staying in their own home, traveling and enjoying their retirement years; but the reality for many older adults is not so ideal.  The family home eventually becomes a burden, and the reality of aging in America is poor health and chronic diseases often rob individuals of their independence - too soon.  Often children our required to get involved, assist with care and make decisions.  Too often mature adults encounters with loneliness, chronic illness, and depression make the retirement years less fulfilling.

What is the answer?  Make the necessary lifestyle changes and make a plan for the future!

Lifestyle Changes

Everyone should read the book, Younger Next Year, by Henry Lodge, MD and Chris Crowley.  The book vividly describes the path to obtaining the best possible, most independent future.  The answers are simple; but almost foreign to our modern, American culture.  They include improved nutrition, regular, seven day a week exercise and involvement in activities for which you have a passion.  All three required dedication and discipline to achieve.

Lifestyle changes leads to living longer and more fulfilling lives.  Little things could make a big difference.  A walk to the store and back is far better than driving the car and watching TV.  Passing on processed foods as well as large portions and desserts  make a huge difference in nutrition.  The earlier you being to make the changes, the longer and more independent life you are likely to lead.

Planning for the Future

Planning for the future obviously involves financial planning first and foremost; the aforementioned lifestyle changes are just as important.  The third big planning decision is where you plan to live during your mature years.  There really are six main choices:

1.      Stay in your own home

2.      Downsize to a senior friendly home in a traditional neighborhood.

3.      55+ Community

4.      Rental Retirement Community

5.      Continuing Care Retirement Community

6.      Move in with your kids.

Move in with your kids

Let's tackle this option first.  While added to the list sort of tongue-in-cheek, this option has a lot of merits and is the traditional solution; but not the first choice for many parents...or children.  If it is an option for you, then it is a great option to explore, especially if the adult children have nursing or care-giving experience and can assist with your needs when the time comes.

Stay in your own home

If you eat well, exercise and stay active mentally then living in your current home is an option…for awhile.  Are there stairs?  They will become a problem.  Are your bathrooms designed for aging need?  Where is the washer and dryer located?  When you can no longer drive, how will you shop?  Besides the TV, what will be your source of cultural and community activities.  For most older adults the family home becomes solitary confinement in later years.  Other issues to consider:  Home Care will be very expensive.  When you need a nursing home, where will you go?

Downsize to a senior friendly home in a traditional neighborhood.

If you improve your nutrition, exercise and stay active mentally then this option will work …for awhile longer... Assuming the design issues are addressed (single floor living, convenient laundry, and safe bathroom design), this is an improvement.  The same two issues will remain:

Home Care will be very expensive.  When you need a nursing home, where will you go?

55+ Community

The third option is a 55* community.  All the benefits of a well designed home in a community focused on seniors.  Theoretically, the senior focused community will provide you with more activities and community interaction; but in most cases, there are very few planned activities.

If the home designs are good, then this is a viable short-term option.  Yet, home care will be very expensive and when you need a nursing home, where will you go? 

Rental Retirement Community

This option has become popular recently; and looks very similar to a full service retirement community.  One would expect well designed apartments or cottages and a focus on providing for the needs and concerns of mature adults.  Most rental communities do not generate the revenue to provide the full range of services, or to provide them with the depth and quality that residents desire.  Often they do not offer the full range of health care from independent living to personal care to memory support care to nursing care and home care.  Thus, a rental community is a viable short-term option.  It features lower costs in the short run, and very little commitment.  The same concerns remain.  Home Care will be very expensive.  When you need a nursing home, where will you go?

Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC)

This is truly the best option if you have the financial ability to afford a full service retirement community.  They offer all the benefits of a well designed home in a community focused on seniors.  With their charitable, non-profit, mission-focused care, commitment to charity, history of serving thousands of older adults, extensive life enrichment and activity programs, full service dining options and spiritual services, a CCRC truly meets all of the needs of today’s seniors.  This holistic, all-encompassing approach gives seniors their best opportunity to stay independent and enjoy their life with less worry and more enjoyment.  Most CCRCs offer Home Care

services to help you stay in your own home longer.  Most offer personal care services to care for your needs when they arise.  Most offer memory support services if you or loved on develop memory issues.  Most offer a quality, state of the art nursing home where you will be well served when the time comes.  A continuing care retirement community is your best choice!

Homestead Village is an accredited CCRC

We offer a wide range of independent living, from studio apartments to a three bedroom, three bath, two car garage villa and everything in between at a wide range of price points!

We offer personal care -  in our apartments – Aging in place.

We offer home care services which are available in cottages and villas.

We offer memory support care which is available in apartments, Gelhard House and our nursing care.  Gelhard House is a wonderful, secure memory support environment offering the best of care for residents with memory support needs.

We offer quality, person-centered nursing care that is available when you need it!

We offer a great dining program which many tasty options to help you eat nutritiously.

In effect we offer the ingredients to allow you to live the ideal life of good health, independence, dignity and fulfillment.

Get Vaccinated!

Get your Flu Vaccination!

Homestead Village is serious about protecting our community from influenza.  Last year, we achieved 100% vaccination compliance from our staff members. This year we plan to do the same.  Since influenza is transmitted both in the air and by contact, it is imperative that every visitor and resident of Homestead Village take precautions to avoid a flu outbreak.

Here are the  suggested guidelines for all residents and visitors:
1.  Get vaccinated!
2.  If you fail to get vaccinated, then:
3.  Sanitize your hands when you enter.
4.  Wash your hands regularly, especially after touching your mouth, nose or eyes or after coughing or sneezing.
5.  Wear a mask when in public areas and when visiting family members in the Apostles Center or Gelhard House.
6.  We request that no one enter the Apostle Center or Gelhard House unless they are vaccinated.

Influenza is a life threatening disease for older adults.  Please help us keep every member of the Homestead Village Community healthy and safe!

Medicare, a Praying Mantis and Artistic Dining Staff

A Praying Mantis

A friend who happens to be a musician, pastor and father shared the following story recently.  The other night my boys were looking at a praying mantis that their "Papa" (my father in law) caught in a jar. When he let it go, he told my boys, "Be careful. Sometimes these little guys can get angry."

My son asked, "Why is he angry?"

To which Papa replied, "Because he's scared."

Teaching moment!

When you encounter someone who is angry, upset, or frustrated....there is a good chance they're just scared. Scared of being "found out". Scared that they may be wrong, but they've believed they were right for so long. So, maybe next time, when you're tempted to respond to them in kind....choose peace instead. You just might help them be less afraid!  This is a technique that we have been advocating for years at Homestead Village.  It is called "pull-back" and all staff are trained to respond in this manner!  When put in practice, the results are wonderful.

Medicare Open Enrollment is Approaching

Homestead Village recommends that you enroll in traditional Medicare (Part A, Part B and Part D with a supplemental insurance policy) as that will ensure the best coverage for all circumstances.  If however, you want to take advantage of the cost savings afforded by Medicare Advantage Plans, Homestead recommends that you choose from the four companies with which we have or are pursuing a contract.  They are:
1.  Capital Blue Cross

• Commercial
• Keystone Health Plan Central 
• Senior Blue PPO
•  Senior Blue HMO

2.  Highmark

• Commercial
• Freedom Blue PPO

3.  Health America

• Commercial
• Medicaid (Coventry Cares)
• Advantra HMO
• Advantra PPO

4.  Aetna

• Commercial
• Medicare Advantage

Artistic Dining Staff

Eloy Jaimes

Rachel Poletti

Recently chef Eloy Jaimes and server Rachel Poletti decided to pit their artistic talents against one another as they both created paintings based on the word "Culture."  The result were the following works of art, painted over a two to three day period!  Both Eloy and Rachel are commended for their talent and their ability to capture the essence of culture.  Rachel stated that the image of the child was painted from a picture she took during a recent missionary trip to Costa Rica.  Eloy said that his painting was a reflection of his love of Spanish Culture, especially the vibrant colors.  Their creations were displayed in the dining room for a few days this summer.

Homestead Village PRC Now a Reality

July 22nd marked the first "big" event at Homestead Village's new Performance and Recreation Center (PRC). By all accounts, our summer theme dinner, planned by the Resident Activities Committee with the help of staff, was a tremendous success.  The acquisition of the PRC allows Homestead Village to offer wonderful space for concerts, banquets and other life enriching events.  Over the next few months, PRC will host many additional events and begin its transformation.  New carpet, paint and chairs are the first step followed by the addition of a serving kitchen and bathroom.  This wonderful addition to Homestead Village along with all of the renovation and improvements will be funded through gifts from friends, residents and the Lancaster community.

Homestead Village Customer Satisfaction Results Once Again Positive

Thank you very much to all of the residents who took the time to compete this years satisfaction survey.  The 2013 Bi-annual Resident Satisfaction Survey once again revealed a high level of satisfaction on the part of Homestead Village Residents with some clear opportunities for improvement.  The survey contains two key components.  The first is the 20+ questions rating the performance of Homestead Village.  The second are the comments provided by the residents who completed the survey.  Both components are equally important to understanding Homestead Village satisfaction and improvement opportunities.

Statistical Scoring
The statistical scores are based on the following key:
4 - Exceeds Expectations
3 - Very Satisfied
2 - Satisfied
1 - Dissatisfied
0 - Very Dissatisfied
A careful analysis of the results revealed the following information.

Residences:	Highest Satisfaction:
[overall satisfaction]
Apartments	#17 Consistent staff helpfulness	3.77
[2.91]	#7  Housekeeping	3.37
	#2 Transportation	3.31
	#16 Communications admin/resident	3.12
	#12  Snow Removal	3.00
Villas	#17 Consistent Staff  helpfulness	3.06
[2.85]	#12 Snow Removal	2.95
	#8  Activities & Recreation	2.94
Cottages	#8  Activities & Recreation	3.88
[2.74]	#7 Housekeeping	3.67
	#6 Laundry	3.33
	#9 Activities Choices	3.30
Mews	#17 Consistent staff helpfulness	3.60
[2.79]	#12 Snow Removal	3.57
	#8 Activities & Recreation	3.18
	#9 Activities Choices	3.13
	Highest Satisfaction:
	Consistent Staff Friendliness, Helpfulness
	Activities & Recreation - Value & Choices
	Housekeeping
	Snow Removal
Residences:	Opportunities for Improvement:
[overall satisfaction]
Apartments	#5 Apostles Center for Care	2.27
[2.91]	#19  Food Quality	2.29
	#18 Village Café Value	2.39
	#4  Infirmary Care Quality and Avail.	2.51
	#10  Upkeep/repair	2.63
Villas	#19 Food Quality	2.10
[2.85]	#18 Village Café Value	2.26
	#10 Upkeep/Repair	2.33
Cottages	#10 Upkeep/Repair	2.35
[2.74]	#19 Food Quality	2.44
	#4 Infirmary Care Quality & Avail.	2.50
	#5 Apostles Center for Care	2.50
Mews	#10 Upkeep/Repair	2.01
[2.79]	#14 Grounds/Landscaping	2.18
	#19 Food Quality	2.31
	#18  Food Value	2.31
	Key Areas For Improvement:
	Food (Village Café) Quality & Value
	Upkeep/Repair
	Apostles Center for Care
	Infirmary Care & Availability

The good news is that the lowest ratings in most cased averaged close to very satisfied!  The very lowest ratings averaged better than satisfied.  The most important benefit of the statistical survey are the Key Areas For Improvement.  Utilizing the comments, each of these areas will be the top focus of attention in the future.

One of the most positive statistics is the percent of residents who would recommend Homestead Village to a friend or family member. In business, this is known as the Net Promoter Score. Here are those percentages for each residence area:
Apartments - 97.4%
Villa Court - 92%
Cottages - 95.6%
Mews - 100%

The overall net promoter score is over 97%!

The leadership of Homestead Village is currently reviewing all of the comments and formulating its strategy to address as many as possible in the coming weeks and months.  We will keep you updated on our progress!

Exciting Times for the Village

Sadly, Homestead Village has postponed the Townstead project until the market for retirement community apartments improves.  While Townstead is the crown jewel of Homestead Village’s future, we have many other exciting projects under way to vastly improve the quality of life and satisfaction of everyone in our  community. 

Perhaps the biggest news is the purchase of the Parish Resource Center building to create a wonderful multi-purpose activity center at the heart of our village.  With its nearly 4000 square feet of floor space, the great room will accommodate, dinners of 200, as well as seating for many more at concerts and lectures.   The Campus Life Enrichment Center will be a centerpiece of activity at Homestead Village.  To prepare it for its future use, new chairs and tables will be purchased and the great room will be updated with new decor.

 

Another important improvement will be dining renovations which are scheduled to begin in the very near future. The re-imagining of dining services will create both a vastly improved food court  and a more enjoyable dining experience.  New colors, new flooring and new seating options will make dining at the Village Café an exciting  as well as delicious experience.

The apartment building will be remodeled this year with new carpet and paint in all the corridors and new lighting in the southwest corridor.  Lobbies and lounges will also be updated.

All of these projects will improve the venues for life enrichment programs and dining, allowing more people to enjoy all that Homestead Village has to offer! 

Homestead Residents Again Bless Schreiber Pediatric Families with Mother's Day Program

Delighted young faces.  That is what the Mother's Day Jewelry program is all about.  For the second year in a row,  Homestead Village residents held a jewelry program for Schreiber Pediatric families so that the children and young adults at Schreiber could surprise their mothers with a beautiful gift on Mother's Day.

Created by Barbara Butzer, Resident Council President, the Mother's Day Program blessed and delighted patients, family and staff at Schreiber.  According to Barbara, "We began setting up Monday night, and then opened the doors for six hours for children on Tuesday.  We then came back again on Wednesday to meet the demand."  Barbara is so appreciative of the hard work and dedication of Homestead Village residents who donated many hours of their time to the project.  Just as important are all the residents who donated their personal jewelry which was truly the key to the program's success.
 Barbara remarked, "Our residents' have been so generous, we have enough jewelry to hold a couple more Mother's Day events!"  While Barbara's term as Homestead Village Resident Council President is coming to an end, her impact on life at Homestead Village has been remarkable.

Resident Governance at Homestead Village

Coauthored by Barbara Butzer, Resident Council President and Douglas Motter, President

In an active and diverse community like Homestead Village, it can be confusing to sort out the purposes of various organizations, especially when their names are similar.  That appears to be true when it comes to the Resident Council and the Resident Association.  Many residents have questioned the difference between the two resident organizations and even question why we have both.  In reality, the Council and Association play two very distinct and important roles in life at Homestead Village.

The Resident Association at Homestead Village
What is the Association?  The simple answer is every resident who lives at Homestead Village.  Homestead Village residents are automatically members of the Association.  The Association is the body that every resident has the privilege to participate in, speak up and share ideas and concerns.  The Association is governed by its own by-laws which are kept and updated by the residents.  The by-laws state that the Association will meet four times per year and that the  residents will receive reports and vote on initiatives.  In addition, the Homestead Village Board of Directors or its designee will present the quarterly financial report to the residents at this meeting.  As the leader of Homestead Village and the board's designee, Douglas Motter, President (and one of the co-authors of this article), attends every Resident Association meeting.  He is accompanied by Chief Financial Officer, Brent Messner, who provides the financial report.

Sometimes residents also confuse the Resident Association meeting with the monthly Coffees with the President which have a very similar agenda.  Both meetings are important communication vehicles; but while the Coffees happen monthly, they are purely communication and fellowship meetings, while the Resident Association is a key part of resident governance and thus is more important.  Recently the Coffees with the President have been combined with the quarterly Resident Association meeting in the months that both occur, in order to encourage the maximum attendance at the Resident Association meeting.  This change has been very successful.

The Resident Council at Homestead Village
The Resident Council is the representative governing body of the Resident Association.  As detailed in the by-laws, the Council is comprised of a set number of residents from the Apartments, Cottages, Villa Court and the Mews who represent the residents from those four distinct neighborhoods of Homestead Village.  The Council meets monthly and the council members conduct the business of the Association, bringing concerns that have been raised by their fellow residents,  council member or the recommendations of the many subcommittees sanctioned by the Resident Council.  Those standing subcommittees are:

25th Anniversary Logo - 2011

• Nominating
• By-laws
• Safety
• Activities (Life Enrichment)
• Discernment
• Library
• Village Store
• Welcoming
• Dining 

All residents are invited to observe the Resident Council meetings which are regularly scheduled on the first Monday of every month at 10:00 AM, barring a Holiday falling on that day.  The President of Homestead Village or his designee attends every Council meeting to facilitate better communication and act on concerns raised by the Resident Council.

The Resident Association and Resident Council fulfill very important complementary roles to involve, engage and listen to all the residents of Homestead Village.

In addition to Homestead's internal affairs, the Council and the Association have voted to participate in certain projects to benefit the greater Lancaster community.  These include a drive for school supplies for the Hempfield School District, an annual Mother's Day Jewelry Party for the children of Schreiber Pediatric Rehabilitation Center, and a program to provide a welcoming decor for the dental waiting room at Southeast Lancaster Health Services.  These activities have been happily received because of the enthusiastic and generous Homestead residents!

The Homestead Village Board of Directors

In addition to the association and council, the by-laws of Homestead Village permit up to four residents to serve as Homestead Village Board Members with full voting rights.  Currently 25% of the board is comprised of residents of Homestead Village.  The board meets six times a year in January, March, April, June, September and November.  In September, the board holds an annual meeting open to all the residents.  The members of the Board of Directors receive the minutes to every Resident Council and Resident Association meeting and with four residents serving on the Board, it possesses a keen understanding of the concerns and desires of Homestead Village's residents.  The board's boards primary responsibilities are:

• Fiscal health
• Strategic Planning
• Employing and evaluating the performance of the President

Resident governance at Homestead Village is taken very seriously and is very effective.

Homestead Village participates in Local Race

For the fifth straight year, Homestead Village's retirement community neighbor, Garden Spot Village, has held a wonderful marathon, 1/2 marathon and marathon relay race.  This year it was held on a beautiful, cool, Saturday morning, April 7, 2013.  For the last two years, Homestead Village has had a presence in the race.  Participating in the Garden Spot Village Marathon is a great team building exercise as well as just great exercise, part of our goal to raise wellness awareness at Homestead.  It also shows support for our great retirement community neighbor, Garden Spot Village.  This year the Homestead Village relay team was represented by Janet Fisher, Human Resources Assistant, and Maureen Troncoso, Supportive Services LPN, along with Susan Doyle's husband, Jim, and Janet's friend, Michelle Grosenick.  Together they ran the 26.2 miles in a very respectable 4 hours, 14 minutes.  Also participating was Douglas Motter, who completed the 1/2 Marathon in 2 hours, 8 minutes. 

Jim Doyle, Janet Fisher, Michelle Grosenick, and Maureen Troncoso represented Homestead Village in the Garden Spot Village Marathon Relay Race on Saturday April 7, 2013

Homestead Village Blood Drive

Ms. Janet Fisher, HR Assistant,
 prepares to give blood.

Homestead Village team member Janet Fisher watched the Hurricane Sandy devastation and heard the repeated requests for people to give blood.  Immediately Janet thought that Homestead Village should conduct a blood drive. Working with Laura Tallarico, Director of HR and the Homestead department leaders, Janet scheduled the Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank to visit Homestead Village on February 26th.  While the blood drive did not directly benefit the Sandy victims, it has made a difference in our community.  According to Janet, it was exciting to see so many employees step forward and sign up who had never given blood before.  "Many people are frightened to give blood; but most of those first time givers found the experience not so bad,"  Janet said.  For the inaugural event, 43 residents and staff members signed up to give blood.  Already planning for the future, Janet hopes that the positive experience of this year's givers will result in more than 60 givers next year.

The Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank serves many local hospitals and uses all of the blood it collects in Central Pennsylvania.  One of the benefits of donating with the Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank is the opportunity to "direct donate" to an individual who needs blood right now.

Janet is pleased to see the drive come to fruition.  Recently promoted to Human Resources Assistant, Janet served for more than a year as Receptionist for Homestead Village and also fulfilled many of Homestead Village's human resource functions while Ms. Tallarico was on maternity leave.  Prior to graduating from Alvernia College, Janet attended Hempfield High School and worked in Homestead Village's dining department throughout high school and college.  Janet is truly a dedicated, hard-working member of the Homestead Village team.

A 2013 Review of How Levels of Care & Aging in Place both occur at Homestead Village

The lovely Fickes House Dining Room,
Kitchen and Living Room

Two years ago, the following article was written to explain and herald the unique aging in place services Homestead Village has to offer. With the passing of time, it seemed appropriate and important to restate again the unique and outstanding benefits of life at Homestead. 

 At Homestead Village, we offer you the best of both worlds! The traditional Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) was designed to move residents (customers) through the levels of care based on the communities' pre-established care guidelines. This model is very efficient; but puts the retirement community in the position of dictating to its customers when and where they have to live. That is not desirable to most residents.
Homestead Village continues to offer all of the traditional CCRC levels of care plus we have added additional services such as Homecare and Memory Support Personal Care to further improve our mission to enhance the independence and dignity of each person served. Our vision is to create an aging in place, home-like environment for our residents, filled with companionship and great care.

Homestead Village is a traditional CCRC
Independent or Residential Living:
Offering the widest variety of housing options from cozy, very competitively priced studio apartments up to 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car garage villas, Homestead Village has your perfect home in one of its 165 cottages and villas and 112 apartments.

Personal Care (formerly referred to as Assisted Living):
In Pennsylvania, the name Assisted Living was chosen by the Department of Welfare for a new level of care that costs significantly more money to license and as of this date offers no compelling reason to pursue licensure. Only a handful of retirement communities in Pennsylvania currently offer this new assisted living service. Basically Assisted Living refers to a licensed level of care that permits residents with more care needs to remain at that level rather than move to skilled nursing. Homestead Village continues to offer Personal Care Licensed Services in our apartments. It is called Supportive Services at Homestead Village. Homestead's unique personal care service allows you to live in any of our apartments and receive personal care services at a very reasonable price - much lower in studio and one bedroom apartments and very competitively priced even in our largest two bedroom special end apartments!

With Supportive Services, our residents have both independent living and personal care levels of care AND aging in place in one - at a very cost effective price. This is truly an example of enhanced senior living!

Personal Care Memory Support - Gelhard House at Westvue:
One of our four new households under development is Gelhard House at Westvue, a dedicated, secure memory support personal care home for residents with Alzheimer's and other memory loss ailments who can no longer live safely or comfortably at home. Gelhard House features private bedrooms for fourteen residents; some of the rooms include sitting areas and all feature full baths.

DEFINITION - At Homestead Village, a Household is defined as a group living arrangement centered around the comforts of home, including a living room, dining room and kitchen. A Household can be at any level of care and we currently feature both skilled nursing and personal care memory support households at Homestead Village.

Skilled Nursing Care - Fickes House and Radcliffe House:
The old, institutional style of skilled nursing is on its way out at Homestead Village, replaced by the household environments and our person centered care approach. The skilled nursing households still feature RNs, LPNs and Certified Nursing Assistants as well as Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists, working together to enhance each resident's independence and dignity in a beautiful, homelike atmosphere. The number of available private rooms have skyrocketed from four up to twenty! Once again our skilled nursing households feature the best of both worlds and are just one more reason why at Homestead Village, your receive enhanced senior living.

Homestead Village Home Care:
Our newest service also contributes to the vision of aging in place through the provision of companions, certified nursing assistants and LPNs in your cottage, Villa Court villa or Mews villa, helping you stay in your own home. Available in as little as fifteen minute increments, our home care service provides you with enhanced options, enhanced care and, of course, enhanced senior living!