Meet Our Residents
Retirement homes are mistaken as places to grow old. These stories prove age is nothing but a number. As we age, we gain valuable life advice to share, have time to volunteer and find new adventures to enrich our experiences. Sit back, relax and read a senior resident’s story or two. And be sure to check back often as our residents have a lot to share.
Schedule a tour here to meet our residents and hear stories like the ones below.
Tai Chi Offers Another Kind of Active Living for Harrisburg Retirement Home Community
For the Rev. Howard West, Director of Spiritual Life at Ecumenical Retirement Community and sister company, Country Meadows Retirement Communities, Tai Chi is more than another activity on the calendar. It is a gentle way to help residents move, breathe, relax and reconnect with themselves.
George Leader’s Mission to Create Affordable Retirement Homes
Former Pennsylvania Governor George M. Leader approached his work in a deliberate manner: identify a need, find a practical way to address it and keep going until the obstacles are solved. Ecumenical Retirement Community began in much the same way.
Giving Back Matters at Every Age
Every Monday at Ecumenical Retirement Community, residents gather around large jars of peanut butter and jelly with a shared goal: making sure people in the Harrisburg area have something to eat.
Experience That Matters: The Power of Our DINOs
At Ecumenical Retirement Community, we are fortunate to have many co-workers in memory care in assisted living who have spent years (and in some cases decades) caring for residents and helping make our community feel like home. We lovingly refer to a co-worker with ten or more years with us as a DINO. It’s our acronym for Decades of Making an Impact Nurturing Others.
What Makes Gary Open to New Adventures in His 80s?
Gary Musser has spent a lifetime saying yes to adventure. Whether serving aboard a Navy aircraft carrier, traveling the world with his late wife, riding bicycles through the countryside or simply stopping to appreciate a sunrise over the ocean, he’s always believed life is meant to be experienced. Today, as a resident at Ecumenical Retirement Community in Harrisburg, that outlook hasn’t changed. His adventures simply look a little different.