St. Luke's Villa

St. Luke's Villa sits right in downtown Wilkes-Barre and is connected to Allied Services and the Diocese of Scranton, so you've got a place with a long history and staff who know what they're doing, and you'll find different kinds of care all in one place, so people can stay as their needs change without moving around a lot. Folks there can live on their own, get help with daily things like bathing and taking medicine, or even get skilled nursing or memory care for dementia. Nurses and aides are there all the time, the medical team includes doctors, family nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, plus a Medical Director onsite, and there's even special care like dialysis through DaVita Kidney Care, so people won't have to go far for treatments. The building itself has been fully remodeled and includes private and semi-private rooms, with private balconies, garden patios, and different types of rooms like studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom homes, as well as apartments in the Center City Senior Community, where folks have cable, air conditioning, kitchenettes, and Wi-Fi. There's a lot for people to do-movie nights, gym and fitness rooms, a small library, art spaces, outings to local stores, planned trips, a game room, and a beauty salon with barbershop, which helps everyone stay social and active, and you'll see both staff and residents running activities together. Meals are cooked by a chef, served restaurant-style all day, and the kitchen makes sure to work around special diets, allergies, or diabetes, and you'll find coffee all the time, with three full meals and snacks every day. There's a chapel for daily rosary and mass, inter-faith and ecumenical services for everyone, and family can get updates through monthly newsletters and house meetings. Residents have weekly housekeeping, free laundry, paid utilities except personal phone and internet, and transportation to doctor's appointments and grocery shopping, so people don't have to worry about all those chores piling up. The place is known for being safe, with a 24-hour call system and staff always around; the building's got first-floor patios, onsite reserved parking, and indoor lounge spaces, and the walk score is high, so people can get outside if they want. The memory care area is secure, there's hospice, palliative, and in-home care, and rehab services include physical, occupational, speech, and aquatic therapies, plus help moving from bed to wheelchair, and the staff can help residents keep up with medication and insulin for diabetes. Folks here can age in place, switch between independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing as they need, and the staff are known for being helpful and friendly, with a focus on comfort, nutrition, and quality of life every day, which makes it a community that's good for folks with high, medium, or low care needs.