Pennswood Village

Programs: Pennswood village began operations in june 1980 with the purpose of providing a continuum of residential, health care, wellness, social, and community-based services and programs for those persons age 65 and older. Pennswood village offers accommodations of 303 residential living units of varying sizes, 37 personal care units accommodations and 53 medicare skilled nursing beds that meet the physical, social, and spiritual needs of residents requiring these higher levels of care. Resident centered care is paramount to pennswood village's mission. Services include an on-site physician's office staffed by contracted physicians, staff nurse practitioners, and nursing staff. Annually 13,000 visits are seen by this office. Other out-patient services include physical, occupational, and speech therapies, medication management, social work services, health and wellness programs including land fitness and aquatics programs as well as dietary counseling and matters of public health concern. Staff also provides at home care to pennswood residents who may require or benefit from such services, yet not require a higher level of inpatient services. Home visits by registered nurses and licensed practical nurses are approximate 26,000. Pennswood village does not bill the resident or medicare for this service. The staff provides a myriad of services such as dressing changes, medication administration, and assessment when discharged from the nursing home, assisted living facility or hospital and pain management. Residents that require management and observation because they are deteriorating mentally and physically are also seen on a regular basis. The program is a valuable part of the health care system as it assists the resident to remain independent as long as possible. Social accountability:residents are admitted to the community with consideration given to their ability to pay the established fees that are based on the type of accommodation occupied. However, no resident will ever be asked to leave the community for reasons of inability to pay the established fees. Financial assistance to those in need is available and for the year that ended march 31, 2018, $433,970 was awarded to 13 individuals. Over the last ten years assistance to residents amounted to $3,891,571. Pennswood village also provides financial assistance to those request support to pay the initial entry fee. Since 2002, $516,656 has been awarded for this purpose. Residents of pennswood village are generous in their volunteer activities within the community and also in the broader community away from pennswood village. The hours of voluntary service typically exceeds 5,000 annually with over 200 residents participating. 431 residents lived at pennswood village at 3/31/18. Pennswood village has actively sought to significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of our buildings on the environment and improve the quality of life of our residents. The environmental benefit includes a reduction of natural resources consumed; economic benefits improve the bottom line and reduce operating costs to allow more dollars to be redirected to programs and services benefiting seniors; the health and safety benefit enhances resident comfort, health, and quality of life; and the community benefit minimizes the strain and demands on our local infrastructure. Dining services at pennswood village provides hot and cold food and packaging supplies for the woodside meals program. Highly nutritious hot and meals are produced daily for this program and provided at cost to woodside meals on wheels. All the packaging supplies used and labor cost associated with the meals are provided compliments of pennswood village. There are nearly 16,600 meals prepared per year, which equates to over 1,700 staff hrs. To support the surrounding community pennswood village also makes payments in lieu of taxes (pilot) to the local government and contributions to local organizations such as police, fire and ems. These volunteer payments and contributions amount to approximately $550,000 annually.