Wishing Peggy Mueller a Wonderful Retirement from Gloria Dei Communities
After 25 years, our own Peggy Mueller has decided to retire from the Gloria Dei Communities family. Peggy[Read More]
Posted on January 4, 2016 | Posted Under: Gloria Dei Activity
All of us here at Gloria Dei’s Memory Care at the Park are pleased to have received a thank you letter from the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association for our earlier $10,000 donation. This donation was made at the grand opening event of our Memory Care at the Park facility expansion. As a community, we’re always happy to aid in the funding for Alzheimer’s research, so that advancements can be made and support can be given to those who need it most. We are very grateful for the opportunity to give back.
If you’d like the read the whole letter, feel free to click on the image below!
Posted on December 18, 2015 | Posted Under: Estates Testimonials
I love our new home. The Staff is wonderful. Our neighbors are super friendly. Our apartment is like living in a first class hotel. We couldn’t be happier!
Posted on December 10, 2015 | Posted Under: Gloria Dei Activity
The holiday season is here! And every year Gloria Dei chooses a worthy cause for their annual holiday drive. This year, Gloria Dei Estates’ residents raised $146 and donated twenty-four boxes of winter coats, blankets, scarves, hats, and gloves to Marie’s Closet Thrift Store through the St. Francis Soup Kitchen in Kensington. With the money raised, they purchased additional hoodies, more hats, scarves, and gloves to add to the donation boxes which they brought to Marie’s Closet Thrift Store on December 7th. The St. Francis Soup Kitchen, in addition to supplying 200 meals daily to the homeless, also gets a voucher for free clothing, which they use to help clothe the homeless during the winter months.
Taking part from Gloria Dei Estates were: Fern Russell (Administrator), Floss Carberry (Houskeeping), Ken Wiley (Maintenance), as well as our residents including: Annie McGovern, Helen Saracino, Jerri Watson, and Ronni Carpinetta. They’re collective effort will help many stay warm during the cold weather, and we can’t be more proud of these special individuals within our community! Thanks for being bright examples of what that holiday season is all about!
In addition to this wonderful act of kindness from the Estates, The Manor and Manor Courts also had their own holiday drive. This year they raised money for gifts to give to those less fortunate. Gloria Dei Manor residents partnered with St. Albert the Great Parish in Huntingdon Valley, PA in order to purchase script cards for 16 families in need. Through their combined efforts, $480 was sent toward making those families’ Christmas holiday brighter!
Another community also made some wonderful contributions during the holiday season. The Plaza chose United Service Organizations (USO) of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey, Inc. (Liberty USO), which for over 7 decades has served the needs of the active duty, National Guard and reserve military personnel and their families. Their 2015 Claus program will deliver gift cards to military families that need a helping hand this holiday season, particularly those with a deployed loved one. The Plaza’s residents and staff donated $340 worth of Giant gift cards and $40 worth of various other gift cards! All collected gift card donations will be distributed the week of December 14th, just in time to make the holiday a little more special.
The Plaza residents also donated $28 this holiday season to the Bucks County Opportunity Council in Doylestown, which helps low income residents remove obstacles and solve problems that block their path to economic self-sufficiency.
We also cannot forget the work of the Towers! Gloria Dei Towers held numerous fundraising activities in order to raise money for their holiday campaign. They sold handheld American Flags for Veterans Day to residents raising $80. Pins were another hot item that attributed another $97.00 to the holiday funds. Lastly, the residents also purchased hot ham and cheese sandwiches raising $250.00. All in all $427.00 go to support our Veterans though the Wounded Warrior Project!
As always, the charitable nature of our residents makes us proud of everything they do! They truly care about giving back to their community and revealing the true essence of the holiday season.
Posted on December 4, 2015 | Posted Under: Helpful Articles
The first full week of December is dedicated to getting your flu shot. It’s a simple procedure that most people skip out on from year to year. They feel it’s unnecessary or their fear of needles is enough to keep them from getting one. However, statistics prove time and time again, that there are plenty of benefits when it comes to receiving your flu shot. It’s especially important to receive one if you are 65 and older.
As we age, our immune system slows down. It’s not as strong as it used to be and as a result, our ability to fight off diseases isn’t as great as we’d like it to be. This is notable in certain statistics when it comes to flu related deaths. According to the CDC, between 80% and 90% of all flu related deaths have occurred in people 65 years or older in recent years. That’s a very high percentage, and it’s easy to prevent it if we just spread more awareness about getting flu shots.
They work by supplying your immune system with the right kind of ammo, also known as antibodies to the medical community. In order to fight the various strains of influenza researchers have to predict which strains will be more worrisome for that year. This is why it’s important to get one EVERY year. The flu is much like the common cold. There are so many various strains floating around that it’s impossible to find a cure all to every single one of them.
However, if you do get your flu shot this season (which we hope you do!) you will have an option as to which vaccine you’d like to receive. Your traditional vaccine will help protect you against the strain that research believes to be the most common for that season. But you can also elect to receive a trivalent vaccine. This includes weakened forms of three strains of influenza. You can also select a quadrivalent, which protects you against four strains of the flu. The choice is up to you, but for older adults who are 65 and older, the high-dose trivalent shot is usually recommended.
If you or a loved one would like to get a flu shot, Rite Aid is doing a promotional discount for the week of National Influenza Vaccination Week. They’re offering discounts for anyone coming in on December 6th all the way through the 12th. Again, every stat, every shred of research, and every doctor recommendation points to getting a flu shot. If you’d like to read more about their benefits, you may do so by clicking the link here. It takes you directly to the CDC’s website and provides you with the statistics.
We can’t force you to get one, but we can suggest that you get one! It’s also important to spread awareness during the designated week and after. The flu is a serious illness that can hospitalize you for some time or worse. Prevent all of that by getting your influenza vaccine.
Posted on December 4, 2015 | Posted Under: Personal Q&A
Just call our office at 215-659-3900 Monday through Friday 8:30am-4:30pm to arrange a tour, or you can call 215-789-8078 which is available 24/7.
Posted on December 4, 2015 | Posted Under: Memory Q&A
There are many ways to see our personal residences. You can click here to find the address of our community in order to come visit us. However, it might be easiest just to call our office at 215-659-3900. It’s available Monday through Friday at 8:30am to 4:30pm. This way you can set up an appointment to arrange a tour, or you may also call 215-789-8078 which is available 24/7.
Posted on December 3, 2015 | Posted Under: Farms Q&A
Yes, we realize that a parking space is important to every resident! Once you become a part of The Farms community, you will be assigned a numbered parking space for your personal use only. If you have a second car, you may park in a designated area in our visitor parking.
Posted on December 3, 2015 | Posted Under: Farms Q&A
There are four floors in the building, with three wings of apartments on each floor. The Garden level also includes one wing of apartments. Everything you need is under one roof — there’s no need to travel outside to get to the pool, coffee shop or anywhere you want to go in the building! Wherever your apartment is situated, you will get the perfect amount of space and you will be close enough to access all of our amenities!
