Stories

Homeland Board of Managers member Judy Bowman: Sharing her blessings

November 24, 2022

As a career physical therapist, Judy Bowman saw many long-term care facilities with loving atmospheres – but none matched the intimacy of Homeland Center. “Being a smaller place, everybody knows each other here,” she says. “We have more fun interacting with the residents. The staff is unbelievably and truly caring….

Homeland’s Rev. Dann Caldwell to Speak at Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg

November 19, 2022

It has been 159 years since President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. What he said that day in his two-minute speech and the sacrifices soldiers made on that hallowed ground stay with us today. Every year on November…

Homeland’s 2023 “Cute and Cuddly” Lottery Calendar!

November 18, 2022

SOLD OUT! Wag your tail with a chance to win prizes 365 days of the year, while at the same time helping Homeland with fundraising efforts that support benevolent care programs. This year’s adorable Homeland Lottery Calendar features the lovable pets of our staff, boards, volunteers and complementary therapists! The…

ADON Latashia Simmons: Bringing joy through personal interaction

November 17, 2022

One of Latashia Simmons’ daughters is 13 and doing well, but around age 4, she was diagnosed with cancer. That experience inspired Latashia to become a registered nurse. “Back then, I always said that once her treatments were done, I would go to school, and that’s what I did,” Latashia…

‘Vet to Vet’ program brings Homeland’s Veterans together for friendship and shared memories

November 11, 2022

Bob Timpko appeared lost in thought as his fellow Veterans commented after seeing a short film depicting a soldier’s first-hand account of fighting in World War II’s Battle of the Bulge. After the account of Germany’s last-ditch effort to stop the allied advance into their country in mid-December 1944, many…

Homeland resident Eufemia Cruz-Santana: Enjoying the little things

November 7, 2022

Eufemia Cruz-Santana loves her sweets. A candy jar sits enticingly on her windowsill, and she offers a visitor a cherry Life Saver. A few minutes later, she digs through the bowl and hands the visitor a gold-wrapped Werther’s Original with all its toffee goodness. “Here’s the best one,” she says….