The Gardens at Blue Ridge sits about 2.7 miles outside Progress, Pennsylvania, tucked inside a larger Continuing Care Retirement Community where folks can choose from several levels of care and housing. This place focuses on comfort and wellness, offering short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing, and assisted living, with extra support for memory care and specialized services like wound care, IV therapy, bariatric care, trach care, dialysis, and even care for LVAD devices, with the nursing team highly trained to handle these needs. Residents stay in private, studio, semi-private, or companion-style rooms, with renovated and modern living spaces, plus a single-floor layout that makes it easier to get around. The building always feels homelike and warm, with a strong sense of community, capable caregivers, and a steady routine for safety-there's 24-hour RN care, a 24-hour call system for emergencies, thirteen or so hours of on-site nursing, and 24-hour supervision along with daily living help and medication management so folks don't have to worry.
There's plenty of social and recreational programs, like movie nights and activities that residents can help run themselves, and everyone can use the library, fitness room, arts room, garden, spa, and wellness room, or take a stroll along walking paths and sit by the enclosed courtyards with gardens and a fish pond. Residents find computers and pianos for their use, and services like transportation to dialysis clinics and dieticians come in a couple days per week to help with bariatric and wound care and nutrition planning. Staff coordinate with area doctors for LVAD care, manage follow-up appointments, and make sure residents get the right therapies-physical, occupational, or speech-depending on their recovery goals. The Gardens at Blue Ridge accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and several private insurances, helping more people access care and support.
Policies aim to keep everyone comfortable and each person gets personalized care plans. The community leans on a welcoming environment and specializes in both basic and complex patient needs, but it's worth noting the Nursing Home section currently holds a 1-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and an overall score of 6.2 out of 10, so folks might want to look at those details while deciding. All in all, The Gardens at Blue Ridge tries to keep things friendly and peaceful, with social spaces, good care for a wide list of medical needs, and options for folks who need long-term help or are working to get stronger and return to a fuller life.
