Homewood at Martinsburg is a non-profit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) located in central Pennsylvania. Our campus is nestled between beautiful farmland and breathtaking mountains and is only minutes away from the Altoona/Blair County Airport, Interstate-99, and the PA Turnpike.
Founded in 1974 as a nursing home, Homewood at Martinsburg currently provides multiple senior living options. These include independent living apartments and cottages, assisted lifestyle apartments, and health care accommodations including short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing care, and a secure memory care unit.
With our independent living cottages and apartments, you can enjoy your home without the hassles of home maintenance or yard work so you are free to focus on living an active, healthy lifestyle. You will find that Homewood at Martinsburg offers something different for everyone. Drop a line in nearby Raystown Lake, go shopping, enjoy theater productions, create something in our wood shop, play golf, swim in our indoor heated pool, travel, read, pursue a new hobby, spend time with family, volunteer or just relax – the choice is yours. Enjoy the security of living in a vibrant, close-knit community where neighbors are friends.
Homewood at Martinsburg’s Assisted Lifestyle program provides comfortable, generously-sized apartment homes. Several of our apartments have been newly renovated to provide Homewood residents with a warm and welcoming home.
Services
- licensed nurse on duty 24-hours/day 7 days/week
- three meals per day in the Olive Branch dining room
- weekly housekeeping and trash removal
- weekly laundry service
- daily scheduled activity program
- assistance with activities of daily living
- medication management
- mail delivery
- maintenance services
- access to our Wellness Center and indoor, heated swimming pool
- beauty salon/barber shop
- transportation
- cable
- telephone
- pharmaceuticals
- meal delivery
- pet care
- supplies used for nursing srvices
- dry cleaning services
- physical, occupation, and speech therapies
Many people are aware of Homewood at Martinsburg’s strong reputation as a continuing care retirement community. An equally reputable option, not only for Homewood residents but also for the general community, is the Tenley Rehabilitation Unit. People needing short-term rehabilitation services after a hospitalization can choose Homewood at Martinsburg.
Our licensed, professional staff cares for each resident's unique physical, social, and emotional needs. Physical, occupational, and speech therapies are provided to help residents remain as independent as possible. If needed, we provide complete assistance for daily activities such as dressing, grooming, and eating in a comfortable, secure environment. Each unit has its own dining room and space for social interactions and activities. Our staff gets to know each resident personally so that we can help them achieve their highest quality of life.
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or other related impairments can be overwhelming. Homewood’s special Memory Care Unit can help. Our specially-trained staff provides compassionate care to our residents enhancing their lives through our therapeutic activities program in which activities are specifically designed to meet their specific needs. Our Jean Lingenfelter Sensory Lounge provides gentle sensory stimulation of all five senses to enhance feelings of comfort and well-being.
Sometimes temporary care is needed for a loved one. Respite care provides daily care for loved ones while caregivers take a break to address their own needs. Caregivers gain peace of mind knowing that their loved one is receiving compassionate care by trained staff members in an environment where they have opportunities to engage in a multitude of activities.
Homewood's tradition of providing compassionate nursing home care is the foundation upon which Homewood was built. Our licensed, professional staff provides personalized care in a comfortable, secure environment to ensure that each resident is able to live their highest quality of life.
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Altoona Blair County Chamber, Business Hall of Fame 2014, Produced by Kirk Leidy & Associates
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most people driving through the small community of Martinsburg in the 1960s saw fields and farmland but the eyes of the Reverend Samuel givler saw something very different his vision together with his determination was the cornerstone upon which 832 acre farm would become what is now home to over 350 residents at homewood at martinsburg ground was broken in 1972 and what happened the David Miller farm on January seventh 1974 the 67 bed nursing home opened its doors to its first six residents by December 1974 the beds were full and approximately 52 persons were employed part-time and full-time in 1990 home woods Board of Directors approved a 13 million dollar two-phased expansion that included the development of partment and cottages and a community center that included a bank convenience store coffee shop library card room auditorium and crafts area the nursing center also expanded from 67 vets to 84 and additional 60-bed Alzheimer's and related dementia unit was added in 1994 while additional cottage has continued to be built over the course of the next 10 years the next large expansion occurred in 2004 when ground was broken on what is now the south view building providing a community center that included a cafe fitness center and swim cool and new independent living apartments throughout all of these expansions Homewood at martinsburg has had only four executives at its helm Martha Mayhew was its first administrator from october's 1973 before the doors opened through 1987 Linda Frederick had succeeded may he was administrator and was its first executive director when its status as a continuing care retirement community went into effect in 1992 Doug fleegle served as executive director from nineteen ninety five to nineteen ninety-eight and was succeeded by home woods current executive director Arlene Clark Clark had began her career at homewood in 1979 all the growth and all the hard work would be meaningless if it were not for the residents over the years thousands of residents have made their home at homewood and have left their mark on the hearts of one another and of the people caring for them the volunteers many of whom were initially local church members and later included residents and the community at large donate countless hours raising money for the benevolent fund as well as providing in kind items for the benefit of residents today volunteers of all ages can be found helping in the country store working at a blood drive working as library offering technology assistance visiting residents delivering flowers helping at Bingo transporting residents to the hair salon quilting and or amending of Nursing residents clothing entertaining gardening delivering mail and helping residents in a multitude of way they were who Reverend given her saw when he looked across the fields 40 years ago certainly Homewood at martinsburg has something special something not easily defined it is a philosophy a way of being a commitment to quality compassion and understanding Homewood at martinsburg is a family in every sense of the word caring for residents and sharing the lives of others their sorrows hardships triumphs and happiness is what makes homeward family
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Time: 1 min 3 sec
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Homewood at Martinsburg, Pennsylvania testimonial and view of community.
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we came to homewood because of a number of things at our age we realized that we needed to do something to secure a safe environment we enjoy being here the staff has been very cooperative on anything that we've had questions on or we needed remedy on the new home which we occupy is on one floor it's modern comfortable and is what we precisely what we needed at this point our life at least every week my expectations are more than exceeded I say yeah this is the right place place to me
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