The Care Center at The Heritage of Green Hills Wins Prestigious Excellence in Construction Award
29 January 2024
ABC Keystone has awarded the Care Center at The Heritage of Green Hills Senior Living Community an Excellence in Construction Award in the category of Best Health Care Building, $10 to $25 Million. The EIC Awards recognize outstanding work performed on projects built by ABC Keystone members. Certus Living, which manages The Heritage of Green Hills, contracted ABC Keystone member Benchmark Construction Company, Inc., to begin building the state-of-the-art Care Center in April 2021 on the senior living community’s campus in Shillington, PA. It was completed on schedule and under budget and began welcoming residents in June 2022.
The Light-Filled Design
The beautiful Care Center features 70 large personal care and memory care one-bedroom and studio suites. Natural light pours into its wide hallways through oversized windows, which also offer great views of the rolling hills on The Heritage’s 78-acre campus. The stunning Personal Care patio has a firepit and a peaceful water feature bringing together earth, wind, fire, and water, while the lovely Memory
Care patio affords residents plenty of outdoor seating, perfect for enjoying fresh air and nature in a secure setting. The Care Center’s bright dining rooms offer delicious and nutritious chef-curated meals with locally sourced and seasonal ingredients in a thoughtfully designed and inviting setting. All gathering spaces and apartments offer a sense of elevated coziness and comfort built on a solid foundation of quality materials and construction.
Exceptional Care
The Care Center’s beautiful design and construction seamlessly support the attentive and individualized care offered within its walls. Whether offering a helping hand with personal care and activities of daily living, specialized health services for those needing memory care, hospice care in a private, respectful setting, or respite care, the Care Center’s dedicated health professionals ensure loved ones get the support they need. The Heritage listens to each resident’s personal story and honors their achievements. Personal preferences are respected, and individual needs are catered to, ensuring that every resident is living life to the fullest. On a recent resident engagement survey where all residents and family members were given a chance to provide feedback, the Care Center scored a 97% overall satisfaction rate, which is representative of the high level of care The Heritage strives for every day.
Many Achievements in 2023
In addition to winning the Excellence in Construction Award, the Reading Eagle’s honored The Heritage of Green Hills with a Readers’ Choice Award, while Berks County Living gave the community a Best of Berks Award. The Heritage has received these two accolades for an amazing seven years in a row.
About The Heritage of Green Hills
The Heritage of Green Hills is a leading independent senior living community offering the full continuum of care on its sprawling 78-acre campus in Cumru Township.
Photo Caption:
(From Left to Right) Doug Walther – Executive
Director, The Heritage of Green Hills
Andrew Figlio – Project Manager, Benchmark
Kevin Thibeault – Project Superintendent, Benchmark
Will Haase – CEO, Certus
Harry Kinser – Lead Carpenter, Benchmark
Source: Care Center at Heritage of Green Hills wins award (readingeagle.com)
Source: Care Center at Heritage of Green Hills wins award (timesherald.com)
The Heritage Wins Best of Berks and Reader's Choice Award for the 7th Year in a Row
15 November 2023
The Heritage of Green Hills has much to celebrate this fall. In addition to winning the Reading Eagle’s Readers’ Choice Award and Berks County Living Best of Berks Award for an amazing seven years in a row, the pet-friendly and fun-loving senior living community in Shillington, Pa., recently marked the first anniversary of its state-of-the-art Care Center.
“These two awards are near and dear to our hearts because they represent our neighbors throughout Berks County offering their support and recognition through the region’s premier lifestyle magazine and newspaper of record,” says Executive Director Doug Walther. “Every member of our team — from our activities staff to our restaurant servers to our housekeepers to our health care aids and LPNs — works hard to offer the best hospitality and care to our residents in the county every day.”
The Heritage of Green Hills is a full-service retirement community set on a beautiful 78-acre campus. Independent living residents enjoy the peace of mind of knowing that they have access to additional levels of care, should they be needed, in the community’s state-of-the-art Care Center. The Care Center, which opened in 2022, features 70 spacious personal and memory care one-bedroom and studio suites.
The community’s innovative and holistic Well By Design(sm) program promotes genuine mind-body-spirit well-being in all residents through a full schedule of events, classes, club meetings, games, performances, and volunteer opportunities in combination with resort-style amenities and convenient health services.
“This year’s honors were extra special because the Care Center was recognized for its excellence for the first time,” says Walther. “We endeavor to ensure that our community is always one that our team members, our residents, and their families are proud to be a part of.”
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Senior Cheerleader Squad making Philadelphia debut
Reading Eagle - 15 November 2023
H-E-DOUBLE-L-O!
We have a wonderfully empowering and fun event for you!
A silver poms cheerleading squad from the Heritage of Green Hills, a senior living community in Shillington, Pa., will be making their Philadelphia debut on November 2 when they perform their routines at St. John Neumann Nursing Home.
Among the cheerleaders will be 96-year-old Martha Davis, who prefers to cheer from a seated position.
The Heritage Hotties were formed when a group of residents saw the feel-good movie “Poms,” and thought it would be fun to start a team of their own, like the older heroines in the film.
The Heritage Hotties squad suit up in matching “Cheer By Your Own Rules” t-shirts every Friday to practice, move, laugh and have a great time together.
The team is open to all residents. Enthusiasm is the only requirement. Some members of the Heritage Hotties have cheerleading experience from high school and college, while others are completely new the sport. The Heritage Hotties silver poms cheerleading squad is making its Philadelphia debut at St. John Neumann Nursing Home.
The Heritage Hotties were formed when a group of residents from the Heritage of Green Hills, a senior living community in Shillington, Pa., saw the feel-good movie “Poms,” and thought it would be fun to start a team of their own, like the older heroines in the film.
The Heritage Hotties squad suit up in matching “Cheer By Your Own Rules” t-shirts every Friday to practice, move, laugh and have a great time together.
The team is open to all residents, including those who prefer to cheer from a seated position. Enthusiasm is the only requirement. Some members of the Heritage Hotties have cheerleading experience from high school and college, while others are completely new the sport.
About The Heritage of Green Hills
The Heritage is a full-service retirement community set on a beautiful 78-acre campus in Shillington, Pa. Independent living residents enjoy the peace of mind of knowing that they have access to additional levels of care, should they be needed, in the community’s state-of-the-art Care Center. The Care Center, which opened in 2022, features 70 spacious personal and memory care one-bedroom and studio suites. The Heritage recently was named the Best Senior Living and Best 55+ Community in the Reading Eagle’s Readers’ Choice Awards — for the 7th year in a row.
Source: Heritage of Green Hills cheerleaders go on tour (readingeagle.com)
Three Photogenic Events on 10/12: Senior Cheerleaders, Anniversary Party, and Alzheimer's Walk
12 October 2023
On Thursday, October 12, 2023, The Heritage of Green Hills will celebrate the 1-year anniversary of its Care Center with a party featuring a performance by the Heritage Care Center Cuties Cheerleading Squad at 2p.m. In addition, the senior living community’s on-campus Walk to End Alzheimer’s for
residents and team members will begin at 2 p.m. This smaller walk would be a great way to preview the larger Berks County Walk to End Alzheimer’s, to be held on 10/14.
The Cuties Squad was formed when a Heritage Hotties Cheerleading Squad member moved from the senior living community’s independent living neighborhood to the Care Center, but still wanted to continue performing enthusiastic pompom routines as a way to maintain physical fitness, support brain health, and have fun. The Cuties are a great example of how the Heritage’s famously young-at-heart attitude and focus on holistic wellness, personal fulfillment, and happiness serves all residents of the community, including those who need the expert support offered in the new Care Center.
Local dignitaries and community leadership will be available to the media to talk about the Care Center’s positive impact on the region in its first year, as well as the Center’s innovative design and exceptional personal care, memory care, respite care, and hospice care services.
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Heritage of Green Hills hosts Pig Roast Party
Reading Eagle - 4 October 2023
The Heritage of Green Hills, a senior living community in Berks County, hosted a Hawaiian-themed pig roast party for its independent living community.
Residents and guests enjoyed a variety of chef-prepared items, including whole-roasted pork, barbecue ribs, smoked brisket, grilled salmon, classic BBQ sides and seasonal autumn cocktails.
The Heritage of Green Hills is a leading independent senior living community offering the full continuum of care on its sprawling 79-acre campus in Cumru Township.
Source: https://www.readingeagle.com/2023/10/04/heritage-of-green-hills-hosts-pig-roast-party/
Heritage of Green Hills hosts Pearl Harbor Lecture
Times Chronicle & Public Spirit - 24 Sep 2023
The Heritage of Green Hills hosted a special luncheon presentation for its resident veterans and spouses of veterans.
Winifred Foster Woll’s presentation, “The White Caps of Pearl Harbor,” tells the heroic story of the Army and Navy nurses who treated those wounded during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack in Hawaii.
Among those brave nurses was Woll’s mother, Teresa Stauffer Foster, who was stationed at the Tripler Hospital in Oahu, Hawaii, on that infamous date. Woll has documented the stories of many nurses who served at Pearl Harbor and is currently the Pennsylvania Chairperson for the Son & Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors.
The Heritage of Green Hills, one of Berks County’s top senior communities, hosts many special events throughout the year to honor and pay tribute to the contributions made by their resident veterans.
Heritage of Green Hills hosts Little Black Dress Party
The Southern Berks News - 14 Sep 2023
Residents from one of Berks County’s top senior communities, The Heritage of Green Hills, paid tribute to the classic film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” with their annual Little Black Dress party, celebrating the legacy of Audrey Hepburn in style.
The soiree featured a bevy of lovely senior fashionistas, who donned their most glamorous black dresses and pearls to celebrate womanhood, happiness, and friendship.
Attendees received a silk rose and a cosmopolitan or sparkling cider and were encouraged to try belly dancing.
For the first time, this year’s event was held in two locations at once — just like their neighbors in independent living, the ladies in the new Care Center’s personal care and memory care neighborhoods got glammed up for an afternoon of beauty, fun and reminiscing as they embodied the spirit of Audrey Hepburn’s quotation, “I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.”
