Love in Full Color
When Ron Swope thinks of his wife Karen, he thinks of three things: her basket full of coloring books, all the angel figurines she placed around their home and her smile.
Meeting all Needs: Transitional Care Unit
When leaving after a hospital stay, you may not be able to proceed with your life as normal right away. Depending on the reason for hospitalization, a fair amount of rehabilitation may need to take place.
Integrative Therapies Touch Patients’ Lives
For many, the word “therapy” depicts lying on a couch while being asked, “How does that make you feel?” However, Integrative therapy considers the whole person: medically, psychosocially and spiritually.
Talking About Healthcare Wishes
When a loved one comes face-to-face with a unfavorable medical prognosis, many families struggle with what to do next. Advance care planning can be difficult to discuss, but it's critical.
Music to Your Health
In recent years, music therapy has been utilized more and more, especially as a tool to reach those affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia. However, music therapy helps other individuals too.
Fresh Way to Recover
Recovering from joint replacement surgery or a medical condition, such as congestive heart failure or a respiratory ailment, takes the right amount of care, rehabilitation and patience.
National Nurses Week
At Masonic Villages, we are proud of our incredible nursing staff. During National Nurses Week, we like to thank our nurses for what they do! Watch this video to see our nursing staff in action!
Grief Turned to Adventure
Colt Romberger’s father had a saying, “When life hands you manure, make fertilizer.” That off-the-wall piece of advice has become part of Colt’s everyday life.
QAPI: Four Letters Spell Quality, Commitment & Care
Delivering the highest quality of care to residents is a priority for staff at Masonic Villages, and their efforts are being noticed. The Masonic Villages at Elizabethtown and Sewickley earned QAPI Accreditation.
Short-term Stay, Long-term Impact
Following surgery, 46-year-old Justin Thomas had his hesitations about coming to Masonic Village at Elizabethtown’s Transitional Care Unit for short-term rehabilitation, but it became the best choice for him.