Senior Services News

The TRECS Institute, a nonprofit healthcare research organization in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has updated the groundbreaking study titled “Improving Dental and Oral Care Services for Nursing Facility Residents,” originally completed in 2006.

West Chester, PA (April 3, 2025) —Barclay Friends-A Kendal Affiliate, a highly regarded not-for-profit organization and trusted name in care for older adults in the West Chester, Pa., community, recently opened the new Goshen Memory Care residence at a cost of $3.3 million, using $1.8 million of reserves on hand and the proceeds of a $1.5 million capital campaign.

Landis Homes has appointed Lori Schoener as Nursing Home Administrator (NHA). She has extensive experience in aging services, previously serving as a Social Worker, Therapeutic Recreation Director, and Director of Supportive Living Sales and Marketing.

(Newtown Square, Pa.) — Construction projects launching this summer at White Horse Village are the beginning of a much larger, multi-year strategic plan for the independent senior living community, one that will comprehensively overhaul the campus and position it for the future in a rapidly growing industry.

A group of residents at Phoebe Richland (Richlandtown, PA) will be rehearsing for the bell choir on March 13 at 3p.m. What started as an idea from one of the residents with a background in bells has blossomed into the Meadow Glen Belles, a group of 12 residents aged 74 to 105.

Annville (PA) – Meredith Schell Fields, President/CEO of United Church of Christ Homes (UCC Homes), recently announced that Catherine Harvey has been named Executive Director of The Lebanon Valley Home.

CAMP HILL (PA) – The Board of Directors of United Church of Christ Homes (UCC Homes) is pleased to announce it has selected Meredith Schell Fields as the new President/Chief Executive Officer as of February 10, 2025. Fields has a long tenure with UCC Homes. Since March 2014, she served as Executive Director of The Lebanon Valley Home and prior to then she spent four years as the Corporate Compliance Administrator at the corporate office of UCC Homes.