Lytle's Personal Care Home

    4508 National Pike, Markleysburg, PA, 15459
    4.6 · 7 reviews
    • Assisted living
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    5.0

    Compassionate homey care for mom

    I'm so grateful my mom is here - the owners and staff (Charity and Kera especially) are compassionate, super-nice, and truly go above and beyond. The home-cooked meals, family-like atmosphere, and exceptional care make this an amazing, homey place.

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    Amenities

    4.57 · 7 reviews

    Overall rating

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    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      4.6
    • Value

      4.6

    Pros

    • Staff go above and beyond
    • Exceptional, compassionate care
    • Home-cooked meals
    • Family-like environment
    • Caring and compassionate owners
    • Specific staff praised (Charity, Kera)
    • Super friendly staff
    • Affection and close relationships with residents
    • Residents treated like family
    • Positive sentiment toward facility

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment: The reviews present a uniformly positive picture of Lytle's Personal Care Home. Across the summaries, reviewers repeatedly emphasize exceptional, compassionate care and a strong family atmosphere. The overarching theme is one of trust and affection: reviewers describe staff and ownership as going "above and beyond," and express clear emotional appreciation for how residents (frequently framed as "mom") are treated.

    Care quality and staff: Care quality is the dominant theme. Multiple summaries explicitly call out "exceptional care," "compassionate care," and staff who go "above and beyond." There is a notable focus on personal, attentive relationships between caregivers and residents: reviewers use words like "affection" and "family-like care," implying consistent, individualized attention rather than purely clinical service. Specific staff members are named and praised (Charity and Kera), which reinforces the impression that particular caregivers make a measurable positive impact. Reviewers also describe the staff as "super nice," signaling strong interpersonal skills in addition to caregiving competency.

    Facilities, dining, and daily life: The only facility-related detail consistently mentioned is "home cooked meals," which reviewers cite positively. This suggests a homelike dining experience and attention to everyday comforts. Beyond meals, reviewers emphasize a "home" atmosphere rather than an institutional feel; descriptors like "great home" and "family environment" appear repeatedly. There is no detailed information about other aspects of the physical facility (rooms, cleanliness, safety features) or structured activities in these summaries, so those areas cannot be robustly assessed from the provided content.

    Management and ownership: Ownership and management receive direct praise: reviewers call the owners "compassionate" and an "amazing owner" is specifically mentioned. This suggests visible, involved leadership that shapes the culture of care. The repetition of owner-focused compliments alongside praise for frontline staff points to a consistent values-driven environment — leadership that models or enforces the personal, family-oriented approach reviewers observe.

    Patterns, limitations, and notable absences: The reviews form a coherent pattern of highly favorable impressions centered on relationships, compassion, and homelike care. However, these summaries do not address several operational or evaluative dimensions: safety protocols, medical oversight, staff turnover, staff-to-resident ratios, structured activities or therapies, physical condition of the facility, pricing, and accessibility. Because these topics are not mentioned, no conclusions should be drawn about them based on the current data. Additionally, there are no negative comments or concerns reported in the provided summaries, which could reflect uniformly positive experiences or a selection bias in the sampled comments.

    Conclusion: Based on these review summaries, Lytle's Personal Care Home is perceived as a small, family-oriented facility where staff and owners provide warm, attentive, and compassionate care. Home-cooked meals and close, affectionate relationships with residents are consistent positives. While the sentiment is strongly favorable and specific caregivers and owners are singled out for praise, there is limited information on facility infrastructure, clinical services, and other operational metrics. No negative aspects or concerns are mentioned in the provided summaries.

    Location

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    About Lytle's Personal Care Home

    Lytle's Personal Care Home sits in Markleysburg, Pennsylvania, close to the Maryland and Virginia borders, and it's a small place that takes up to 30 residents, which helps everyone get the attention they need. The facility offers private and semi-private rooms, including studio suites and one-bedroom apartments, with each room coming with a washer and dryer, flat screen TV, Wi-Fi, generous closet space, and emergency pull cords for safety, so folks don't have to worry about the basics. Every resident gets an individual care plan, and there's support for those needing help with dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, or trouble getting around; trained aides help with bathing, moving, dressing, toileting, eating, and incontinence if needed, and there's always an on-site registered nurse along with routine physician visits, medication management, and health monitoring.

    Pets are always welcome at Lytle's and the community keeps things lively with daily activities in shared areas - things like games, chess, arts and crafts, gardening in the greenhouse, yoga, religious services in the chapel, and group outings, plus there's a beauty shop, lounge, computer room, fitness center, and internet access, and a garden patio for quiet time. The kitchen staff and dietitian work on menus, including options for vegetarians, people with diabetes, or those who need dementia-friendly meals, and residents eat together in a shared dining room; staff can hand-feed if someone needs help. Laundry, housekeeping, and all maintenance are included, so no one has to worry about chores or repairs, and all basic utilities come with the room at no extra charge. There's transportation to medical appointments, on-site pharmacy, and moving help available, and staff will even go along on doctor visits if someone wants.

    Families can trust that Lytle's follows Pennsylvania license #443910, so health and safety checks happen the way the state says, and the caregiver-to-resident ratios follow the rules as well. Residents can choose between independent living, personal care, assisted living, skilled nursing, home health care, memory care, or even adult day services, depending on what's needed. There's support for mental health and rehabilitation therapies too. Financial help is available for veterans and others who qualify, and payment can be made by check or credit card, but the exact costs aren't listed up front, and there's an entry fee with all-inclusive pricing. Lytle's Personal Care Home tries to offer a family-like place where folks can enjoy privacy or company as they choose, with plenty of help close by whenever it's needed.

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