Garden Spot Village
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Garden Spot Village is a licensed, non-profit, faith-based continuing care retirement community in New Holland, Pennsylvania.[1] The facility is operated by Garden Spot Communities, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, and it provides residential and health-care services for adults ages 55 and above. It employs about 500 staff members, including hospitality, maintenance, administrative and skilled nursing staff.
History
[edit]Two Christian businessmen from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Victor F. Weaver and Ivan Martin, incorporated Garden Spot Village as a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community on July 26, 1990.[2] Garden Spot Village broke ground in July 1994 and the first residents moved in on February 23, 1996.
Campus
[edit]The community is located on a 220-acre (0.89 km2) campus at 433 South Kinzer Avenue in New Holland. The campus includes single family homes, cottages, carriage homes and apartments. As a continuing care retirement community, Garden Spot Village also includes personal care suites, skilled nursing, memory support, adult day services and at-home care.[1]
In December 2016 Garden Spot Village broke ground on the Cooperative Living House, which offers housing for adults 62 and over but does not rely on government subsidies.[3] The home, built through donations and volunteer labor provided by the greater New Holland community, received its first residents in mid-March 2018.[4] The Cooperative Living House was awarded multiple innovation awards in 2018 including the LeadingAge National Award for Innovation [5] and the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards’ “Affordable Housing” award.[6]
Garden Spot Village is home to approximately 1000 residents, with a minimum age requirement of 55. Amenities include a theater, aeroponic greenhouse,[7] train room,[8] and other amenities. Other services, such as laundry and housekeeping are available for a fee.
Garden Spot Village offers on-campus healthcare services, including personal care, memory support, adult day services and personal at-home services. WellSpan Health maintains an outpatient center, the WellSpan Garden Spot Village Health Center, on campus. Health-care services available there include internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, rehabilitation medicine, cardiology testing, pulmonary and sleep medicine, diagnostic imaging and laboratory services.[9]
Affiliations
[edit]Garden Spot Village is affiliated with the Lancaster Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church, the Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Health Services, LeadingAge and LeadingAge PA.[10][citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Best Nursing Homes". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ Garden Spot Village, Inc., Articles of Incorporation on file with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of State Corporation Bureau. Entity number 1582966. Microfilm Number 09109.
- ^ Umble, Chad (February 7, 2017). "Garden Spot Village to build 1st-of-its-kind 'cooperative house' for low-income seniors". LancasterOnline.com. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ Deck, Carole. "New Holland retirement community tackles the problem of creating affordable housing for seniors with limited incomes". LNP. LNP. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Marr, Amanda (September 10, 2018). "LeadingAge Innovation Award". LeadingAge. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ Arko, Valerie (December 11, 2018). "Senior Housing News Architecture Awards". Senior Housing News.
- ^ Kreider, K. Scott (March 22, 2016). "Garden Spot Village pioneers no-soil greenhouse to grow its own produce". LancasterOnline.com. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ Nephin, Dan (November 25, 2012). "Garden Spot Village train display fills hearts and minds with wonder". LancasterOnline.com. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ "WellSpan Garden Spot Health Center". www.wellspan.org. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
- ^ "Learn About Garden Spot Village". www.gardenspotvillage.org. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
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