Pleasant View Retirement Community - Manheim, Lancaster County, PA

PersonFirst^TM places the person before the task to create a daily life worth living by nurturing the mind and spirit; and promoting growth and development. This model, which benefits residents, staff and families, replaces the medical model that took away basic pleasures such as personal sleep and eating cycles, and preferences for foods and activities.

In the medical model, care givers focused  on physical comfort and safety and promoted efficiency by doing everything for the resident, which took away a sense of independence. PersonFirst^TM focuses on individual needs of each person and self-directed care.

Residents wake each day in a place they call home, where relationships between them ,their families and staff form the foundation for Pleasant View neighborhoods. Community Circles create a bond among those living in, caring for, or are connected to a neighborhood.