IntegraCare Blog

Working with residents living with Alzheimer’s and dementia, we see how this disease robs people of their memories and eventually the things that make them who they are.  What isn’t always shared is how the disease takes its toll on their personalities, including skills and hobbies they’ve long since mastered….

Newhaven Court at Lindwood lost 10 trees, decorations during 2016 flooding      GREENSBURG, Pa. – The Christmas spirit arrived early at Newhaven Court at Lindwood senior living community thanks to a goodwill effort made by a number of area healthcare facilities and their staffs. The acts of kindness, which resulted…

Senior living community pitches in to help make holiday wish a reality BEDFORD, Pa. – When Colonial Courtyard at Bedford team members and residents learned the story of terminally-ill, 9-year-old Jacob Thompson of Saco, Maine, the senior living community responded. “Jacob Thompson has cancer and has been given possibly only…

You would think that in the age of the internet and 2-day shipping from Amazon that gift-giving would be a piece of cake.  But what about people who just don’t need anything?  Or at the very least, they don’t need MORE things?  People like our aging parents. The collection of…

During the past three months, The Woods at Cedar Run LifeSTYLES Team has collaborated to generate new programming ideas for the residents in our community. Recently, the team agreed that perhaps the best programs could be led by the residents themselves and thus The Woods’ “Resident Teach” Program was born….

CAMP HILL, PA — Our residents at The Woods at Cedar Run look forward to our annual gift wrapping party the “Santa for a Senior” Event sponsored by Home Instead. Home Instead partners with local non-profit and community organizations to identify seniors who might not otherwise receive gifts during  holiday…

  Six seniors finish Pennsylvania’s Empowered Expert Residents (PEER) Program      BUTLER, Pa. – It’s not every day that Newhaven Court at Clearview holds a graduation party. After all, most residents of the senior living community earned their high school or college degrees decades ago. But this month, Newhaven Court…

THE SALVATION ARMY’S 2017 RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN &  BATTLE OF THE BELLS KICKS-OFF IN HARRISBURG  HARRISBURG, PA (November 9, 2017) –  The Salvation Army’s iconic Red Kettle Campaign kicks-off this week in the Harrisburg Capital City Region.  The official start of the bell ringing season begins at the Red Kettle Kick-Off,…

EASTON, MD — Candle Light Cove Assisted Living and Memory Care community, with the help of sponsors like Londonderry, Home Instead, the Alzheimer’s Association, Talbot Hospice, Brightstar Care, Chesapeake College, The Star Democrat, Academy Art Museum, and more, was able to present a week of events entitled ‘Absence Week’ that…

Woods at Cedar Run ‘team effort’ earns high marks from Pennsylvania Department of Human Services       CAMP HILL, Pa. – The Woods at Cedar Run received a deficiency-free report after the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services annual inspection of the senior living community. “Our management team and all team…