Pleasant View Communities

    544 N Penryn Rd, Manheim, PA 17545
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Clean apartments, great amenities, recommended

    I toured Pleasant View and feel confident about moving in. The beautiful country campus, clean well-maintained apartments, connected indoor walkways, pool/fitness/rehab facilities, great on-site bistro and activities, and caring professional staff make it feel like a close-knit home - I highly recommend it.

    Current/former resident
    Jul 2026

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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

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

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

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.98·(41)

    Overall rating

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

      3.8
    • Staff

      3.7
    • Meals

      3.7
    • Amenities

      4.2
    • Value

      2.3

    Pros

    • Compassionate, professional staff
    • Strong rehabilitation services (PT/OT and aquatic therapy)
    • Clean, well-maintained accommodations
    • Scenic rural campus and landscaped outdoor spaces
    • Indoor pool and fitness center
    • On-site bistro and restaurant options
    • Active social and recreational programming
    • Helpful admissions and tour staff
    • Engaged resident community and intergenerational connections
    • Elderly-friendly design and multiple exits

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and short-staffing in skilled units
    • Delays in responding to resident care needs and call requests
    • Variable clinical-care consistency across units and shifts
    • Unclear pricing and additional-fee practices
    • Inconsistent dining quality and limited dining capacity
    • Admissions and intake communication gaps
    • High staff turnover linked to wage and retention issues
    • Home-health contracting and termination practices that risk continuity
    • Personal property and item-management weaknesses
    • Building layout and connectivity gaps requiring outdoor access

    Summary of reviews

    Pleasant View Communities presents as a well-maintained, attractive senior campus with a strong emphasis on rehabilitation and lifestyle amenities. The property is consistently described as scenic and rural, with landscaped outdoor spaces, walking trails, an indoor pool, fitness equipment, and on-site dining options that support both short-term rehab and longer-term residential needs. Accommodations and public areas are frequently described as clean and modern, and many visitors note a welcoming, close-knit resident community and active programming such as bus trips, group activities, and intergenerational events.

    Clinical and caregiving strengths are evident in multiple comments: staff are often described as compassionate and professional, and there are specific compliments for physical and occupational therapy, supportive social-work services, and positive post-surgical care outcomes. That said, accounts of clinical care are mixed. Several reviewers noted episodes of limited staffing and slow responses to call requests, particularly on a skilled-nursing level, producing variability in care continuity and responsiveness. Prospective families should probe current staffing patterns, shift coverage, and escalation procedures for clinical needs when evaluating placement.

    Dining and meal service emerge as a mixed area. Some residents and visitors praise the food and on-site bistro, while others cite inconsistent meal quality and describe the main dining areas as small relative to demand. Reviewers also raised questions about what is included in base pricing versus add-on fees for dining and other services. Clarifying fee structure, meal plans, and dining capacity during a tour is advisable.

    Facility design and amenities are a clear strength, but connectivity is inconsistent across the campus. Some buildings offer indoor connections and covered walkways beneficial in winter, while other areas require outdoor travel between buildings, which can be a practical drawback in inclement weather. Accessibility at entries and traffic flow around the campus are generally favorable given the rural location, though a few reviewers mentioned delays at entrance points and winter snow exposure.

    Operational and management patterns warrant attention. Several reviewers described delays or gaps in admissions communication (including a long unacknowledged application), instances of perceived unresponsiveness from management, and procedural barriers described as bureaucratic. There are also comments linking staff retention challenges to compensation, and a small number of accounts point to interruptions in home-health service continuity due to contract or termination policies. Concerns about personal-property handling and lost items were raised and should be discussed with administrators.

    Overall, Pleasant View Communities combines a strong campus environment, robust rehabilitation services, and an engaged resident community with operational areas that display variability. Families and prospective residents will benefit from targeted questions during visits: current staffing ratios and coverage on skilled units, response-time expectations for calls and clinical follow-up, detailed fee and meal-plan breakdowns, policies governing home-health vendors and termination, and building connectivity for day-to-day mobility. These checks will help balance the facility’s clear amenity and therapy advantages against the operational inconsistencies noted by reviewers.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Map showing location of Pleasant View Communities

    Pleasant View Communities is located at 544 N Penryn Rd, Manheim, PA, 17545.

    About Pleasant View Communities

    Pleasant View Communities sits out in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and has a long history of caring for older adults in a faith-based way, serving about 400 residents with a strong sense of community. The place started as a nursing home, but through the years, it's grown into a continuing care retirement community that folks trust, offering everything from independent apartments and cottages to Personal Care, Skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation, and a secured Memory Support unit, so you can find help for memory issues like Alzheimer's right on site along with regular home health and short-term care too. You'll find all kinds of living options with 197 units, like studios, one and two bedroom apartments, and roomy cottages, and those new cottages they're building run from 1,200 to 1,500 square feet, some with one bedroom and some with two, giving people plenty of choices, plus there's storage units if you want somewhere to put extra things, and covered garage parking and shuttle buses for getting around the campus.

    There's a lot near Pleasant View Communities too-grocery stores, coffee shops, restaurants, gas stations, pharmacies, and places for banking-so folks don't have to go far for errands, and the campus itself is full of extras like the Hearth and Harrow Restaurant, cafés, a barbershop, a beauty salon, fitness centers with the PVFiT program and group classes, even a heated indoor pool, hot tub, infrared and cedar saunas, a woodworking shop, garden plots, greenhouses, billiards, a walking trail, and a train club for people who like hobbies and staying active. Residents enjoy different services like meals, laundry, housekeeping, rides to appointments, home health aides, and lots of social and wellness programs, along with access to nursing care, physical therapy, and memory care, all on a fee-for-service setup, and there's several ways to pay, even refund plans with varying percentages of the entrance fee depending on what fits. Apartments and cottages have fully equipped kitchens, and there's always activities in the lounges and media center or special events in the Kreider Farms Cultural Center, which is getting ready to house the Manheim Community Library soon.

    Pleasant View Communities keeps things flexible, pets are considered, and people can choose independent living when they're able, or move into assisted living or skilled nursing when needs change-everything's licensed as a Personal Care Home by Pennsylvania. The community also helps folks settle in with their "Making Your Move" program, and people can ask for tours, floor plans, or details about payment options. Volunteers, visitors, and local groups stay active here, since programs like PV at Home send services out to people, and the Lofts at Lititz Springs lets folks in the 55+ group live in downtown Lititz, though that one isn't part of the regular care system. Pleasant View Communities remains nonprofit, life plan based, and tries hard to give each resident a safe place with support, strong values, and a friendly neighborly feel every day.

    People often ask...

    Pleasant View Communities offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, continuing care retirement community, and skilled nursing.

    There are 22 photos of Pleasant View Communities on Mirador.

    Yes, Pleasant View Communities allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 544 N Penryn Rd, Manheim, PA 17545.

    No, Pleasant View Communities does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Pennsylvania, the Department of Human Services licenses personal care homes and assisted living residences and publishes its licensing inspection summaries.

    License number321850
    Facility typeFull
    License classLicensed
    Capacity65 residents
    LicenseePLEASANT VIEW RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
    Care servedPersonal Care Homes
    EffectiveAugust 29th, 2025
    ExpiresAugust 29th, 2026
    Special certificationSpecial Care Unit (capacity 17)
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    Inspection Reports

    30

    Reports

    11

    Type A Citations

    0

    Type B Citations

    0

    Complaints

    16

    Years

    12 Feb 2026Inspection
    Investigated a resident abuse allegation and medication-management concerns, finding violations of reporting and administration requirements.
    • 35 P.S. § 10225.701-10225.707; 6 Pa. Code § 15.21-15.27Reporting suspected abuse
    • 2600.16.cWritten Incident Report
    • 2600.42.bAbuse
    • 2600.182.cMedication Administration
    • 2600.187.dFollow Prescriber's Orders
    23 Apr 2025Inspection
    Identified a lapse in record confidentiality when a binder containing resident and medication information was left unlocked atop a medication cart.
    • 2600.17Record Confidentiality
    05 Mar 2024Inspection
    Identified multiple deficiencies across abuse reporting, safety equipment, resident equipment, food handling, menus, medication labeling, door locking, and records security.
    • 35 P.S. § 10225.701–10225.707; 6 Pa. Code § 15.21–15.27Resident Abuse Reporting
    • Care Facility Carbon Monoxide Alarm Standards ActCarbon Monoxide
    • 2600.81bEnabler Bar
    • 2600.103.eLeft Overs
    • 2600.162cMenus Posted
    • 2600.184aMedications Labeled
    • 2600.233.cKey-Locking Devices
    • 2600.254aRecords Discharge/Active
    17 Nov 2022Inspection
    Identified multiple deficiencies in contract signatures, refund processing, trash management, and fire drill documentation and evacuation procedures.
    • 2600Contract Signatures
    • 2600Death of a Resident
    • 2600Trash Outside Home
    • 2600Monthly Fire Drill
    • 2600Fire Drill Records
    • 2600Evacuation
    30 Jul 2021Inspection
    Authorized a regular license renewal for a personal care home to operate under the applicable regulations. The renewal confirms continued operation for the specified term.
    20 Apr 2021Inspection
    Determined that the submitted plan of correction was fully implemented and that continued compliance must be maintained.
    24 Jun 2020Inspection
    Issued a regular license following renewal application; an onsite inspection will be conducted within the next twelve months.
    02 Jul 2019Inspection
    Approved the revised license to increase the secured dementia care unit capacity from 18 to 54, with the total capacity changing from 191 to 174.
    13 May 2019Inspection
    Renewed the license and issued a regular license after reviewing the renewal application.
    02 May 2019Inspection
    Found violations of the state's personal care home requirements after a site visit in May 2019.
    14 Mar 2019Inspection
    The licensing unit updated the license to reflect a name change and issued a revised license with the same expiration date.
    29 May 2018Inspection
    Concluded that the operation was in compliance with 55 Pa.Code Ch. 2600 after the annual licensing inspection conducted May 29-30, 2018.
    15 May 2018Inspection
    The license was renewed and a regular license issued. An onsite inspection will occur within the next twelve months.
    26 Jun 2017Inspection
    Identified a violation for failure to remove lint from a clothes dryer's lint trap, creating a fire hazard in the laundry area. The finding involved lint accumulation in a Speed Queen dryer.
    • Type A55 Pa Code 2600.105(g)(1)To reduce the risk of fire hazards; lint shall be removed from the lint trap and drum of clothes dryers after each use.
    15 May 2017Inspection
    Renewal approved; issued a certificate of compliance and enclosed license.
    07 Jul 2016Inspection
    The investigation found deficiencies related to fire drill record keeping and residents’ medical evaluations, including incomplete drill data, evacuation timing issues, and missing/late medical assessments.
    • Type A2600.132(c)Fire drill records; required data
    • Type A2600.132(c)Fire drill data; evacuation numbers not recorded
    • Type A2600.132(c)Fire drill data; evacuation times noted
    • Type A2600.132(d)Fire evacuation; overall ability to evacuate
    • Type A2600.141(b)(1)Residents shall have annual medical evaluations
    • Type A2600.225(a)Initial resident assessments; within 15 days
    24 May 2016Inspection
    Renewed the license with a maximum capacity of 191; no deficiencies cited.
    25 Jun 2015Inspection
    Identified multiple deficiencies including missing monthly fire drills, unsecured medication storage, and unattended trash receptacles; transportation first aid supplies were also required to be maintained.
    • 2600.171(b)(5)Transportation first aid kit requirement
    • 2600.55(d)Trash receptacles must be kept covered
    • 2600.183(b)Medications kept in a locked area
    • 2600.182(a)(5)Unannounced monthly fire drills
    18 May 2015Inspection
    Granted renewal and issued a certificate of compliance, approving continued operation with defined capacity.
    27 Feb 2015Inspection
    Inspectors identified two violations involving transportation safety and missing new-hire training for staff who transported a resident.
    • 55 Pa.Code §2600.21Regulation 2600.21 – Health and safety when services are provided off-premises
    • 55 Pa.Code §2600.171(b)(4)Regulation 2600.171(b)(4) – Training for transportation of residents
    11 Feb 2015Inspection
    Found violations for inadequate medication storage and narcotics theft due to a failing medication counting procedure during shift changes.
    • Type A55 Pa.Code § 2600.185(a)Stolen Medications
    09 Jun 2014Inspection
    Granted a regular license after renewal and noted that an onsite inspection will occur within the next twelve months.
    12 May 2014Inspection
    Regulators found multiple deficiencies across training records, staff training, medication documentation, and safety measures related to locking devices and posted emergency numbers.
    • 55 Pa. Code §2600.64(b)Record of training
    • 55 Pa. Code §2600.65(b)Staff training required before unsupervised care
    • 55 Pa. Code §2600.187(a)Medication records
    • 55 Pa. Code §2600.91(d)Medication storage for self-administration
    • 55 Pa. Code §2600.233(c)Directions for locking devices
    30 Jul 2013Inspection
    Found deficiencies related to exit signage, locking mechanism signage, and staff qualifications requiring corrective actions.
    • Type A55 Pa.Code 2600.54(a)Direct care staff qualifications
    • Type A55 Pa.Code 2600.133(c)(1)EXIT signs at exits
    • Type A55 Pa.Code 2600.233(c)Locking devices/signage
    14 May 2013Inspection
    Granted a certificate of compliance after review; capacity limits and unit restrictions were established.
    27 Jun 2012Inspection
    Issued a regular license after confirming compliance with 55 Pa. Code Chapter 2600. Licensing staff found the home in compliance during the June 27, 2012 visit.
    30 May 2012Inspection
    Determined no deficiencies were found in the licensing review.
    20 Jun 2011Inspection
    Issued a regular license after determining compliance with required regulations.
    19 Jul 2010Inspection
    Investigated deficiencies in emergency medical planning and medication management, including no clearly documented emergency plan, incomplete medication records, and missing procedures for investigating missing medications.
    • 55 Pa.Code § 2600Emergency medical plan
    • 55 Pa.Code § 2600Medication records; staff signatures
    • 55 Pa.Code § 2600Medication procedures; incident investigation
    • 55 Pa.Code § 2600Minimum content of procedures
    21 Apr 2010Inspection
    Issued a revised license reflecting updated capacity after adjusting the use of space; expiration date remained the same.

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