Pricing ranges from
    $5,725 – 7,442/month

    Legend at Silver Creek

    425 Lambs Gap Rd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care

    Welcoming clean community; engaging activities

    I moved my mom into this newer, airy community and I'm very pleased. The staff genuinely understood her quirks, anticipated her needs, and communicated clearly - she loves the activities, the meals are excellent, and the building is beautiful, clean, and easy to navigate. We feel welcome and safe, and the programming and outdoor spaces keep her engaged. I'd recommend it to other families, though affordability is something to consider.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Hospice waiver
    • Medication management
    • Respite program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining

    Room

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

    Memory care community services

    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Located close to restaurants
    • Located close to shopping centers
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Cafe
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Family private dining rooms
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Outdoor space
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Family education and support services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

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

    Reviews

    4.28·(36)

    Overall rating

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

      4.3
    • Staff

      4.4
    • Meals

      4.9
    • Amenities

      4.8
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Modern, recently built facility
    • Dedicated memory-care programming
    • Engaging, varied activity calendar
    • Restaurant-style dining with high-quality meals
    • Attentive Med Techs and medication-management focus
    • Spacious apartments with kitchenettes
    • Large bathrooms with walk-in showers
    • Accessible, mobility-friendly design (no threshold lips)
    • Abundant amenities (spa, bark park, theater, library, game room)
    • Bright, clean, well-maintained interiors
    • Comfort- and dignity-focused decor
    • Outdoor spaces and raised garden beds
    • Private balconies and porch relaxation areas
    • Flexible, responsive caregiving staff
    • Helpful and informative tours
    • Strong family engagement and community feel
    • Variety of apartment styles and ample closet space
    • High ceilings and well-finished rooms

    Cons

    • High staff turnover
    • Intermittent understaffing affecting care continuity
    • Inconsistent responsiveness from management and leadership
    • Variable follow-through on family communication and callbacks
    • Unclear level-of-care definitions and service boundaries
    • Price increases and affordability instability
    • Maintenance and repair response delays
    • Variable staff conduct and training consistency
    • Gap between marketing promises and operational delivery
    • Staffing-related safety risks

    Summary of reviews

    Legend at Silver Creek presents as a modern, well-appointed senior living community with strong emphasis on programming and resident comfort. The physical environment is consistently described as bright, clean, and recently finished, with architectural features such as high ceilings, spacious rooms, and large bathrooms with walk-in showers. Apartments with kitchenettes, private balconies, and accessible design elements support independent living and mobility needs. The community offers a wide range of amenities — indoor and outdoor — including a theater, game room, library, spa, bark park, raised garden beds, and numerous common areas that encourage socialization.

    Programming and daily life are notable strengths. There is a broad, active calendar of group and individual activities, memory-care–specific offerings, and special events that many families find engaging. Dining receives repeated positive mention: meals are described as enjoyable with a restaurant-like dining area and additional bistro service. Clinical support points to attentive Med Techs and a clear focus on medication management, and many families report staff who anticipate resident needs, communicate effectively during transitions, and deliver compassionate day-to-day care.

    Despite these strengths, recurring operational concerns appear across reviews. Staffing stability is a central issue — high turnover and periods of understaffing have been linked to inconsistencies in care continuity and family experience. Relatedly, several reviewers describe uneven responsiveness from leadership and lapses in follow-through on callbacks, care-plan clarifications, and maintenance requests. There are also comments about unclear distinctions between marketed services and what is provided at each level of care, as well as periodic price increases that affect affordability planning. These patterns have contributed to variability in staff conduct and training consistency and, in some cases, perceptions of elevated safety risk tied to staffing patterns.

    For prospective residents and families, the community’s physical environment, robust activities, and positive dining and Med Tech experiences are clear attractions. At the same time, it would be prudent to evaluate operational questions during a visit: ask for current staffing ratios for the desired care level, examples of how the community handles absences and turnover, written definitions of what each level of care includes, historical maintenance-response metrics, and the process for escalating concerns to leadership. Confirm contractual pricing terms and recent fee change history. A detailed tour combined with direct questions about staffing continuity and communication protocols will help calibrate expectations and identify whether this community’s strengths align with your care priorities.

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    Location

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    Legend at Silver Creek is located at 425 Lambs Gap Rd, Mechanicsburg, PA, 17050.

    About Legend at Silver Creek

    Legend at Silver Creek sits in a two-story building with floor-to-ceiling windows, which really let in the light, and people who live there get a variety of choices for where they might want to stay, since they offer suites, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, plus Memory Care studio apartments with kitchenettes and comfortable living areas, and you'll find WiFi, cable, and kitchenettes in many of the units. Legend at Silver Creek covers independent living, personal care, assisted living, and memory care, as well as nursing home and home health services, so residents can get exactly the level of support they need, whether it's just a bit of help with daily life or memory care for people with Alzheimer's or dementia, and there's always a nurse on staff, though part-time. The Gold Leaf Dining program serves chef-prepared meals in a dedicated dining room, round tables set with linens, and there's a private dining room called The Carlisle Room for special meals, and folks can eat any time of day, not just on a set schedule, with menu choices designed for many diets like diabetic, low-salt, or vegetarian.

    Pets are welcome, and the grounds have gardens and raised beds, so people can take their dog out or just enjoy sitting in the sunlit screened porch with wicker chairs, and inside there are plenty of places to be social, whether that's a cozy library with soft lighting and wood bookcases, a movie theater with blue seats, game rooms with Scrabble boards, or a sitting area where you can have a glass of wine. Residents can join in a lot of activities, from fitness classes in the gym with bikes to art and music groups, educational programs, outings, and religious services, and there's a bistro and even a coffee shop for less formal visits. Memory Care apartments and services focus on keeping people safe and supported, with intentional design features like natural, non-glare lighting, low-pile carpets, and specialized staff, and there are dedicated rooms for advanced therapy, a spa-like bathroom with a walk-in tub, laundry rooms with seating, and a post office area.

    Transportation and parking are available for trips and shopping or for guests when they visit, and the staff helps with daily tasks including personal care, medication reminders, and laundry or maintenance. Legend at Silver Creek is a family-owned provider, and respite care is available for short-term stays. Throughout the building, the design focuses on making people feel welcome and independent, with color choices and open plans for safety and confidence, and everyday life happens in spaces made for gathering, eating, relaxing, or having fun, whether in the garden, in the fitness center, or at the bustling bistro. The entry fee is $2,500, and services adapt to each resident's interests and needs through their life enrichment program and personalized care.

    About Legend Senior Living

    Legend at Silver Creek is managed by Legend Senior Living.

    Legend Senior Living was founded in 2001 by industry pioneer Tim Buchanan, who pioneered the assisted living concept across the nation nearly 30 years ago. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, the company remains a privately held family business currently led by two generations of the Buchanan family, including President Matt Buchanan. Legend Senior Living currently owns and operates over 70 residences across seven states: Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The company has experienced significant growth in recent years, adding 11 communities in 2023, eight in 2024, and eight completed by mid-2025.

    People often ask...

    Legend at Silver Creek offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $5,725 per month.

    Legend at Silver Creek offers assisted living and memory care.

    There are 61 photos of Legend at Silver Creek on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 425 Lambs Gap Rd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050.

    No, Legend at Silver Creek 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 number339250
    Facility typeFull
    License classLicensed
    Capacity125 residents
    LicenseeMDT ALF 1, LLC
    Care servedPersonal Care Homes
    EffectiveOctober 4th, 2025
    ExpiresOctober 4th, 2026
    Special certificationSpecial Care Unit (capacity 24)
    View the official license record

    Inspection Reports

    9

    Reports

    0

    Type A Citations

    2

    Type B Citations

    0

    Complaints

    3

    Years

    25 Feb 2026Inspection
    Identified multiple deficiencies related to privacy, safety, and medication management, including unlocked resident information, untrained staff, accessible poisonous materials, high hot water temperatures, outdated emergency procedures, obstructed egress, and mislabeled medications.
    • 2600.17Record Confidentiality
    • 2600.65f(1)Training Topics
    • 2600.82cLocking Poisonous Materials
    • 2600.89bHot Water Temperature
    • 2600.107dProcedure Emergency Management Agency Submission
    • 2600.121aUnobstructed Egress
    • 2600.184aResident's Meds Labeled
    27 Mar 2025Inspection
    Approved a revised license reflecting capacity increase to 125/24 and kept the expiration date unchanged.
    25 Mar 2025Inspection
    Investigated an allegation of staff abuse involving a resident and identified multiple regulatory deficiencies across supervision, reporting, hygiene, training, medical evaluations, medication records, and medication administration practices.
    • 2600.15bSupervisor Plan
    • 2600.16cWritten Incident Report
    • 2600.24Personal Hygiene
    • 2600.65bOrientation and Training
    • 2600.141b1Annual Medical Evaluation
    • 2600.187aMedication Record
    • 2600.187dFollow Prescriber's Orders
    • 2600.202Prohibitions
    • 2600.225cAdditional Assessment
    19 Nov 2024Inspection
    Identified multiple deficiencies related to staff orientation and training, medication management, fire safety, and record-keeping.
    • 2600.3.c.Post Current License
    • 2600.63.aFirst Aid/CPR Training
    • 2600.65.aFS Orientation 1st Day
    • 2600.65.bRights/Abuse 40 Hours
    • 2600.103dStoring Food Off Floor
    • 2600.131fFire Extinguisher Inspection
    • 2600.183eStoring Medications
    • 2600.184aResident's Meds Labeled
    • 2600.185aImplement Storage Procedures
    • 2600.187cRefusal of Medication
    • 2600.225aAssessment 15 Days
    • 2600.227aSupport Plan 30 Days
    • 2600.187dFollow Prescriber's Orders
    11 Jul 2024Inspection
    Identified medication storage and administration deficiencies, including medications found on the floor and missing MAR information.
    • 2600.183eStoring Medications
    • 2600.185aImplement Storage Procedures
    • 2600.187aMedication Record
    • 2600.187dFollow Prescriber's Orders
    21 May 2024Inspection
    Identified several deficiencies across record access, incident reporting, abuse/neglect, resident rights, mobility planning, preadmission screening, and record-keeping. The findings showed delays and incomplete documentation.
    • 2600.5a1DHS Access
    • Type B2600.16cWritten Incident Report
    • Type B2600.42bAbuse
    • 2600.101iAccess to Bedroom
    • 2600.227dSupport Plan Medical/Dental
    • 2600.231cPreadmission Screening
    • 2600.251bRecord Entries Legible
    30 Apr 2024Inspection
    Identified multiple deficiencies related to staffing, medication management, documentation, and privacy.
    • 2600.57.cDirect care staffing hours meet mobility needs
    • 2600.57.dWaking hours availability of personal care services
    • 2600.183.bMeds and syringes locked
    • 2600.183.dPrescription current
    • 2600.183.eStoring medications
    • 2600.183.fDiscontinued medications
    • 2600.184.aResident meds labeled
    • 2600.184.bLabeling OTC/CAM
    • 2600.185.aImplement storage procedures
    • 2600.187.aMedication record
    • 2600.187.dFollow prescriber's orders
    • 2600.224.aPreadmission screen form
    • 2600.225.aAssessment 15 days
    • 2600.254.aRecords discharge/active
    25 Jan 2024Inspection
    Found multiple deficiencies related to cleanliness, medication management, and medical evaluations, with corrective actions implemented.
    • 2600.88aSurfaces
    • 2600.105gLint Removal and Duct Cleaning
    • 2600.141aMedical Evaluation
    • 2600.185aImplement Storage Procedures
    • 2600.187aMedication Record
    • 2600.187bDate/Time of Medication Admin.
    • 2600.187dFollow Prescriber's Orders
    • 2600.231bMedical Evaluation
    26 Sept 2023Inspection
    Identified deficiencies in labeling hazardous cleaning materials, guarding heat sources, and maintaining safe refrigeration temperatures.
    • 2600.82aPoisonous Materials
    • 2600.84Heat Sources
    • 2600.103fRefrigerator/Freezer Temps

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