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Spring
2002
Landis
Homes
Retirement
Community
Making Senior Years the Best Years
Volunteers Bringing Success to Capital Campaign
Dozens of volunteers
are helping to raise
money for the new
healthcare center being
planned for Landis
Homes. Led by J. Ken-
neth Brubaker, M.D.
and a volunteer steering
committee, many friends
have been asking others
to join them in giving to
the new healthcare cen-
ter and the extensive
renovation of the Dog-
wood building.
Already the total com-
mitted toward this
major project is
$1,160,000, more than
one-half of the $2 mil-
lion goal. Most recently the Constituency Gifts Divi-
sion, led by Frank Shirk, has begun making their con-
tacts. Shortly, all readers of Horizons will be given the
opportunity to participate, providing they have not
previously been asked to give.
Fifty-two nursing beds
will be replaced by the
new facility, which will
be attached to the
present Heritage Center.
Following the more
home-like design of the
Heritage Center, the
new areas will provide
better privacy, more
space and happier living
arrangements. The re-
maining nursing rooms
in Elmwood Healthcare
will also be renovated,
making them more
In This Issue
Invitation to Groundbreaking
p.2
Bus Trip to NYC
p.3
Craft and Hobby Day
p.4
Volunteer Happenings
p.5
New Director Begins
p.6
Support Group Meetings
p.6
September
14,
2002
September
14,
2002
Auction
at
9:00
a.m.
Ed Longenecker holds the Building to Serve Capital
Campaign booklet with Campaign Chair Ken Brubaker, M.D.
(See Campaign, page 7)
Attention
Golfers!
Benefit Golf Outing
June 7, 2002
Foxchase Golf Club
Proceeds will benefit the
Adult Day Services program.
Call the Development Office
at 509-5490, for sponsorship
and registration materials. Landis
Homes
Retirement Community
1001 East Oregon Road
Lititz, PA 17543-9206
(717) 569-3271
info@landishomes.org
www.landishomes.org
Horizons is a quarterly
newsletter of Landis Homes
Retirement Community, a
ministry of Lancaster Confer-
ence of the Mennonite
Church commissioned to
provide quality programs
for the enrichment of senior
adults in an environment of
Christian love.
Board of Directors
J. Glen Hostetler,
Chairperson
Mamo Dula,
Vice Chairperson
Joyce A. Hoover,
Treasurer
Irvin L. Martin,
Secretary
Rozanne L. Zimmerman
Assistant Secretary
Dr. J. Kenneth Brubaker
Daryl Eshleman
Rachel Fisher
M. Hershey Leaman
Robert E. Leaman
Teresa E. Long
Luke J. Shank
Jean K. Shenk
President
Edward M. Longenecker
Director of Admissions
M. Virginia Musser
Editor
Deborah Laws-Landis
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Landis Homes Horizons
SPRING 2002
“I don’t want to end up in a nursing
home” is a statement I frequently hear in
my conversations with older adults. The
image of life in a nursing home is often
negative. One of the reasons for this
negative image is the physical environ-
ment found in many nursing homes does
not accommodate privacy, dignity or ac-
tivity. Landis Homes is building a new
healthcare center to better serve the
needs of older adults.
Privacy
Most nursing homes, like Dogwood
Healthcare at Landis Homes, built in the
1960’s and 70’s provide semi-private
rooms with side-by-side beds. With this
room arrangement the only way to have
minimal privacy is to close a cubicle cur-
tain. When the new healthcare center
opens in Summer 2003 Landis Homes
will eliminate all semi-private rooms in
healthcare with side-by-side beds. In-
stead, residents will live in a private
room or a room with a shared bath, but
private living areas.
Dignity
Maintaining dignity is difficult in a
crowded environment. Up to 48 residents
live in the 15,500 square feet that make up
Dogwood Healthcare. This provides 323
square feet per resident for living, dining,
bathing, and sleeping. In Dogwood many
doors have been removed from bathrooms
and replaced with a curtain because the
door swing used too much space. The new
healthcare center will provide over 700
square feet per resident. Bathrooms will
Enhancing Healthcare
have adequate
space for a door
and a shower.
Residents will
have the option
of bathing in
their room
rather than trav-
eling to a central
shower room.
Activity
In the past
nursing homes
have been de-
signed using a “hospital” model where
patients are ill or injured and in bed. In
Dogwood Healthcare a resident leaving
her room finds a congested corridor and
minimal common area. Nursing home
residents are often out of bed pursuing
some type of activity. The new healthcare
center design includes four houses, each
providing a home to 13 residents. This
smaller setting encourages relationships
and activities with neighbors. In the
house a resident will find a country
kitchen, living room, activity area and
family room or nook. The additional
space provides a place for activity.
Our vision to make senior years the
best years includes persons with declin-
ing health as well as persons in good
health. Improving the physical environ-
ment is a step toward a more positive
image of life in a healthcare center or
nursing home.
Linford Good,
Vice President of Planning and Marketing
Linford Good
Groundbreaking for New Healthcare Center
May 28, 2002
Ceremony will start at 5:00 p.m.
Along Homebrook Drive to the rear of the Heritage Center.
Landis Homes leaders plan to break the ground in preparation for
the start of actual construction using a team of horses.
All are welcome
Families and other friends of Landis Homes are
invited to join us in this special event.
For more information, contact the Development Office at 717-509-5490 SPRING 2002
Landis Homes Horizons
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Independent Living/Residential
J. Eby & Kathryn Hershey
Charles B. & Alverna H. Hess
W. Elton Lauver
Frances C. MacNeill
Leon G. Noll
Milton D. Ramer
Assisted Living/Health Care
Margaret Byler
Morris E. Eckert
Peter E. Forlin
Ruth E. Groff
Ethel Kurtz
Dell Laws
Joseph W. Marshall
Mae S. Metzler
Robert Mowery
Helen B. Mylin
A. Margaret Newswanger
Leroy R. Pfautz
Frederick M. Robbins
Daniel E. & Arlene E. Sauder
Grace E. Steffy
Welcome New Residents
A Trip of Blessing and Hope for New York City
An Elite bus with 59 Landis Homes’ residents and their
friends set out for New York City in early April. We had
an expert driver who made no wrong turns. John
Kraybill and his wife Thelma, recent residents of Landis
Homes, had worked and lived in New York City begin-
ning in the 1950’s. John was our knowledgeable escort
who pointed out every important site along the way.
At the Bowery Mission, which has had 120 years of
operation, we discovered Fannie Crosby’s original pi-
ano on which she’d composed “Rescue the Perishing.”
We attended the midday service with men from the
street. Grace Landis played the piano and Martha
Stahl led our hymns as we sang with the men.
We passed by St. Paul’s Chapel to observe the Twin
Tower Memorials posted in front. From our high
vantage point in
the bus we could
view Ground Zero
very well.
Our late lunch
was at a Greek
diner, where our
group sat among
the usual patrons.
Afterwards, we
went by Central
Park – 843 acres of
grass, trees and
rocks in the heart
of the city.
We then drove through Harlem where we saw chil-
dren walking home from school with backpacks. Bill
Clinton’s offices were there along with the Seventh
Avenue Mennonite Church which owns three five-
story buildings. Peter Cassel, congregational elder, ar-
ticulated very well who the 18 Anabaptist Congrega-
tions are in all the five boroughs of NYC.
Rain sprinkled as we left – blessing them and us. We
took offerings for the Bowery Mission and Seventh
Avenue Mennonite Church totaling $1,000.
We had a perfect day with a range of experiences.
From the sadness at the Twin Towers to the poverty
at Bowery Mission and the faith of the Seventh Av-
enue Mennonite Church. We left grateful to John
Kraybill and staff person Janice Hess for arranging a
well-planned trip and with much hope for programs
for the needy persons of NYC.
–Miriam Housman, Resident
John Kraybill holds the door to Seventh Avenue Mennonite
Church open for the Landis Homes travelers.
Mae Hoover, Arlene Herr and Doris
Perkins sit together for worship at
Seventh Avenue Mennonite Church.
Coach Trips for All Residents
May 20-22
Holmes County, Ohio
June 20
Philadelphia, PA
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
September
Tangier Island, VA
7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Bus Trips for Healthcare/
Assisted Living Residents
June 4
Gettysburg, PA
8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
June 25
City Island, Harrisburg, PA
Pride of Susquehanna Riverboat
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 4
Landis Homes Horizons
SPRING 2002
Over 100 residents and visitors came out for the Craft
and Hobby displays in the community room in April.
Twenty-one residents and three staff persons brought a
variety of items to show and interests to share.
Frank and Wanda Wilson demonstrated sewing ma-
chine embroidery, Barb Cooper displayed Psanky eggs
and Melvin and Pauline Stoltzfus had a table full of
woodcraft miniatures. Luke Shank shared about bird
watching and also brought some of his African violets
to show. Joanne Ramsbottom had a display of minia-
ture tea sets and Mary Hess brought a selection of
scrapbooks.
Other tables had paintings by Michele Martin,
braided rug making with Lois Landis and ceramics by
Darline Hammer. Virginia Ebersole had counted
cross-stitch, Ruth Weber had crocheted items and
Cora Shreiner had her extensive collection of cardi-
nals. There were several woodworkers with items to
show including John Brenneman, Landis Hershey and
Sanford Hershey.
The third annual Winter Games was held recently at
Landis Homes, with the goal of exercising partici-
pants’ spiritual, physical and emotional vigor.
The day kicked off at 7:00 a.m. with two dozen resi-
dents walking through the halls for the “Morning
Marathon.” The day was then formally started with
staff and residents in attendance at the “Opening Cer-
emonies.” Following an open