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    Orion Personal Care Residence

    2191 Ferguson Rd, Allison Park, PA, 15101
    4.6 · 19 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    5.0

    Trustworthy caring small dementia community

    I feel completely confident in this small 25-bed, home-style community - clean, recently renovated with a beautiful courtyard, fresh home-cooked meals and customized diets. The caring, experienced staff and responsive administrator provide attentive 1-on-1, dementia- and hospice-friendly care, frequent activities, easy communication and transparent updates, which give my family true peace of mind.

    Pricing

    $4,010+/moStudioAssisted Living

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Memory care community services

    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    4.58 · 19 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Home-like, cozy environment
    • Small, intimate 25-bed community
    • High staff-to-resident ratio
    • Attentive and caring staff
    • Personalized 1-on-1 caregiving
    • Residents known and valued
    • Transparent communication with families
    • Clear updates to families
    • Staff listen, linger, and reassure
    • Experienced and knowledgeable staff
    • Responsive and dedicated administration
    • New ownership reinvesting in facility
    • Renovations and well-kept grounds
    • Beautiful courtyard
    • Clean facility
    • Safe and peaceful atmosphere
    • Excellent dementia care
    • Strong hospice and end-of-life collaboration
    • Flexible visitation
    • Frequent activities and events
    • Home-cooked, fresh and tasty meals
    • Customized dietary options
    • Affordable pricing
    • Convenient location
    • Built to age in place
    • Provides family-like hospitality
    • High overall satisfaction and recommendations

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment: Reviews of Orion Personal Care Residence are overwhelmingly positive. Across multiple summaries, reviewers repeatedly emphasize a home-like, small-community atmosphere combined with consistently high-quality, individualized care. Families and residents report strong satisfaction, peace of mind, and frequent recommendations for the facility—particularly for dementia and end-of-life care.

    Care quality and clinical support: The dominant theme is exceptional, personalized caregiving. Reviewers describe a high staff-to-resident ratio and frequent 1-on-1 attention that allows staff to know residents personally, anticipate needs, and provide reassuring presence. Several comments single out Orion as especially strong for dementia care and hospice/end-of-life support, noting coordinated hospice collaboration and compassionate, attentive end-of-life care. Overall, care is characterized as excellent, safety-focused, and tailored to each resident’s needs.

    Staff, administration, and communication: Staff are presented as caring, attentive, and like family; reviewers note staff who linger, listen, and reassure residents. Administrators and leadership are described as knowledgeable, kind, responsive, and transparent. Multiple summaries highlight easy, clear communication with families and regular updates, which contributes to family confidence and peace of mind. New leadership and a new administrator were mentioned positively, as was new ownership that is reinvesting in the community.

    Facilities and environment: The physical environment is repeatedly described as clean, cozy, and well kept. Renovations and reinvestment under new ownership are noted, as is a beautiful courtyard that enhances the home-like feel. The small size (about 25 beds) creates an intimate, family-style setting that reviewers consistently praise for making residents feel safe, happy, and valued. Several summaries remark that the facility is built to support aging in place, which supports continuity of care.

    Dining, activities, and daily life: Dining receives strong positive mention—home-cooked, fresh, and tasty meals with customized dietary options are commonly reported. Reviewers also note frequent activities and events that contribute to a peaceful, engaging environment. Flexible visitation policies and convenient location are additional practical strengths cited by families.

    Value and reputation: Orion is described as affordable by some reviewers, while still delivering high-quality, hotel-like hospitality and exceptional service. Many reviewers contrasted the personalized care and family atmosphere favorably against larger facilities, calling the experience unmatched in that respect. Overall reputation in these summaries is excellent, with multiple explicit recommendations.

    Notable patterns and potential limitations: The reviews contain no consistent criticisms or negative themes. The most salient pattern is consistent praise across care, staff, environment, meals, activities, communication, and management. One inherent characteristic consistently mentioned—the small, 25-bed size—is framed positively by reviewers (intimacy, personalized care), but prospective residents or families who prefer large campuses or extensive amenities might interpret small size differently; however, that was not raised as a concern in these summaries.

    Conclusion: Based on the supplied summaries, Orion Personal Care Residence presents as a small, well-maintained, and family-oriented memory and personal care home with strong clinical and hospice partnerships, outstanding personalized caregiving, transparent family communication, attractive dining, active programming, and visible reinvestment by new ownership. The consistent themes of safety, happiness, and trust suggest it is especially well suited for families seeking intimate, dementia-capable, and end-of-life care in a home-like setting.

    Location

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    About Orion Personal Care Residence

    Orion Personal Care Residence sits on a peaceful seven-acre wooded property in a quiet suburban neighborhood at 2191 Ferguson Rd, Allison Park, PA, and has served senior adults in a small resident-centered home since 1995. The residence is a licensed and secured 25-bed facility that offers assisted living as well as memory care for older adults needing personal care or living with conditions like dementia or diabetes. Residents have a choice of semi-private, studio, or one-bedroom furnished rooms, all designed for comfort and safety, with handicap accessible bathrooms, safety rails, and a 24-hour call system for supervision. The inside has cozy sitting areas, a family-style dining room, memorabilia throughout the home to help with reminiscence, and engaging common spaces for social interaction. The outside features a large front lawn, a rear screen-in deck for visits and picnics, a secured courtyard, walking paths, and wooded acreage where residents can walk or enjoy fresh air.

    Residents receive three nutritious home-cooked meals every day prepared by a food services coordinator and cooks trained in home-style cooking, and the menus are seasonal and made for senior adults, with alternative food and beverage choices at every meal and 24-hour snacks and drinks, plus special diets for diabetes or allergies. The staff assists with bathing, dressing, transfers, and non-ambulatory care, while also providing physical therapy and other healthcare services as needed. There's a focus on individualized attention-staff creates a family-like environment and encourages residents' independence through help that fits each person's needs and choices.

    Orion's activity program covers socialization, reminiscence, relaxation, and both group and solo activities, addressing emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual needs, and offers community-sponsored events, movie nights, a well-stocked library, vibrant gardens, and opportunities for both structured and spontaneous experience. The home has a welcoming, warm setting made to feel safe, secure, and comfortable with modern amenities like air conditioning, cable TV, Wi-Fi, and phone service, along with continuous staff support day and night. The facility features an innovative memory care design focusing on well-being, security, and cognitive function, currently being redesigned based on research from Stirling College in Scotland. Orion aims to create a calm, homelike environment with personalized support for families and residents alike, helping families find the right senior living through free consultations, and providing detailed community information when asked. Reviews on SeniorAdvisor.com are verified, and Orion Personal Care Residence holds a 5.0-star rating. Pricing is published, and the residence offers competitive rates for the area.

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