LATROBE Manor

LATROBE Manor, which is part of Gables Manor, sits at 501 South Alexandria Street in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and has a medium size with space for 38 residents, though at the time of closing planning, there were 28 people living there, and what you get is a place for seniors or people with disabilities who need help with daily activities, medication, meals, and personal care, and the staff also handles things like skilled nursing, memory care, and home health support for those who want some independence but still require attention or help during the day, and they try to keep folks active with exercises, activities, transportation, and family engagement, and there are studio apartments you can book, though living here needs an entry fee and everything comes as part of an all-inclusive plan, and though they aim to help, some inspections in 2023 showed missed or delayed medical checks, not enough personal care like showers, missing a qualified administrator on-site at times, and citations about not reporting fights or staff problems, which led to the place running with a provisional license set to end in August, and the facility decided to close after a 60-day notice to the authorities because the money side of things didn't work out, and staff are getting chances to work elsewhere in the group that owns them, and besides regular care, there's a Respite Care option for when families need a break, and they run programs like My Adult Foster Care, programs for Alzheimer's, and have a Senior Care Hub, and keep things modern with electronic visit verification and tele-health monitoring, serving meals under the CACFP food program, and there's a booking system for setting up appointments, as services run Monday through Saturday from eight in the morning to five in the evening, while photos and ratings like a 4.0 overall are available for folks wanting a look at how things are, but in the end what stands out is that this is a licensed senior community that tried to cover a lot under one roof, even though there have been ongoing challenges, and now it's winding down operations this year mostly because of money and licensing troubles.