The Birches at Shenandoah Manor Personal Care Home sits about 9.6 miles from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, right in a small town with about 6,600 people, and you notice right away that it's smaller, only 23 beds, so folks get to know each other. The place runs as a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), which means people can start with independent living and move on to assisted living, memory care, or nursing care as they need to, and this makes transitions easier when needs change. The rooms come in single bedroom or studio layouts, always furnished, with helpful details like smart layouts, kitchenettes, ADA-compliant bathrooms, and big closets, and there are private and shared options so residents can choose what feels best.
Meals are served in a dining room and planned by a dietitian, and they can handle special diets for things like diabetes or allergies, and snacks show up each day too. The staff helps with personal care, such as bathing, dressing, moving around, and manual feeding if someone needs it. Medication management is included, plus help with daily tasks, and there's a 24-hour call system with supervision, so help's always close. The community supports people with Parkinson's, dementia, or memory care needs, and they provide speech, occupational, and physical therapy, along with things like massage therapy, pulmonary and cardiac rehab, wound care, and stroke recovery.
Social life stays active with arts and crafts, movie afternoons, daily group activities, visits from local entertainers, gardening, a games room, and birthday or holiday parties, and folks can use the library, reading room, exercise section, chapel, beauty salon, or outdoor decks. There's scheduled transportation for errands or doctor visits, and visitors will notice the fully secured grounds and fall prevention measures. Residents can have pets, get laundry and housekeeping done, and keep busy with both resident-led and community-run events. Utilities-cable, phone, internet-are taken care of, and there's parking on site. The place is clean, organized, and feels home-like, and the staff is dedicated, focusing on care and wellbeing rather than just making money, and folks seem to agree since the average rating from residents comes in at 8.7 out of 10. The Birches holds a Pennsylvania license (#222790), and the nursing home has a 4-star rating from Medicare & Medicaid.
Whether someone's there for independent living, help with memory care, skilled nursing, or short-term rehab, the staff builds personal care plans for each person and offers plenty of support, but they also help people keep their independence as much as possible, which lets residents feel comfortable even as their needs change.
