Thankful for Willow Terrace
I thank God every day for Willow Terrace. When you pass your 100th birthday you have earned the right to say whatever you want. Her response when asked “How do you like living here?” is the headline. Irene Schucker recently celebrated one hundred years of life. Her fellow residents in the 100-apartment Willow Terrace senior…
WW II Hero
Dale Chapman, an Ohio-born farmer’s son and Army veteran who made Lebanon his home, can now add “centenarian” to that list. He turned 100 years old on April 11. Growing up Dale was born, raised, and worked on a farm in Ohio as a young boy. He got his education in a one-room schoolhouse from…
Good Samaritans
Our story begins in a grocery store. Julie Saul, a nurse, and her sister-in law, Allison Williams, notice an elderly man having difficulty attempting to purchase toilet tissue (an all too common sight these days).This followed a situation where Allison overheard a conversation between the elderly man and a store clerk, who suggested he look…
How You Can Support Our Senior Cause
Those of us involved with Community Homes get great satisfaction in providing affordable housing for our Lebanon County seniors as well as allowing them to enjoy the support and friendships that go along with a lifestyle of community living with peers. The vision of our founders over 50 years ago has indeed become reality. Most…
Understanding Fears
Understanding Fears When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in the days when our seniors were kids, he uttered a famous line in his inauguration speech, “the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself”. It was right for the time, when our county was mired in the Great Depression. But the kids are grown…
Go Ahead, Make Her Day
Go Ahead, Make Her Day Our senior citizens have paid their dues in terms of raising families and contributing to society as working adults. Many of them are scaling back. They deserve our respect, and perhaps more importantly, our attention. As residents in our “Terrace Properties” buildings they have the support of their peers in…
Residents Speak Out
Our dedicated staff deals with residents of our six “Terrace” Apartment buildings on a daily basis throughout the year. But it’s important to us that the residents have a yearly opportunity to provide unfiltered input to our Board representatives without staff on hand. We conducted these forums recently in each of our six Lebanon County…
Dealing with the Perceived Loss of Independence
Dealing with the Perceived Loss of Independence Here is another entry in our “understanding seniors” series of blogs. If you have viewed our Resident Services video, you have seen the case of one of our residents, Bill, who had trouble coming to the decision to move from his family home into our Willow Terrace facility.…
Dealing with the Perceived Loss of Independence
Here is another entry in our “understanding seniors” series of blogs. If you have viewed our Resident Services video, you have seen the case of one of our residents, Bill, who had trouble coming to the decision to move from his family home into our Willow Terrace facility. He felt by leaving the familiarity of…