As the prevalence of dementia continues to grow, Valley View is growing to meet that need with expanded memory support services. Since 2015, Memory Lane has provided memory support within a skilled nursing neighborhood. Residents enjoy frequent outings, participate in engaging events, and delight in activities—experiences that foster dignity, purpose, and connection.
Now, in 2026, our memory services will expand to offer Memory Personal Care. This newly renovated neighborhood will feature studio apartments with distinctive, home-like entrances, creating a sense of familiarity and belonging. A family-style dining room and comfortable living spaces invite music, enrichment activities, and shared moments—supporting a life that is connected and filled with purpose and meaning.
Why choose memory care at Valley View
Excellence in Memory Care
Since 2015, Valley View has come alongside local families to help care for loved ones with dementia. Guided by Montessori-inspired care, residents engage in meaningful activities that spark independence, celebrate abilities, and create connections with friends and loved ones – all while being surrounded by 24/7 expert care.
Meeting needs in Central PA
Valley View is a leader in dementia support, providing compassionate care both on our campus and throughout the greater community. Our secure building offers skilled nursing and personal care memory services, each neighborhood with private accommodations designed to promote dignity, comfort, and familiarity.
The Valley View Difference
As a local nonprofit life-plan community rooted in faith, Valley View provides compassionate support to more than 400 residents who call Valley View home. Our Benevolent Fund, sustained by generous donors, helps ensure that every resident receives the same exceptional care, regardless of financial circumstance. It is not our buildings or programs that make Valley View special-it is the love that fills them.
More than 300 team members across our campus have completed Dementia Friendly training, ensuring a shared understanding and consistent, person-centered approach to care. Beyond our campus, Valley View partners with local government and community organizations to advance dementia awareness and support. Through initiatives such as Memory Cafés, we create welcoming spaces for connection, education, and encouragement for individuals living with dementia and those who care for them.
Get in touch
Call us at 717-935-2105, ext. 1070, or email us at [email protected] to ask questions, learn more, or schedule your visit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Memory Care offered in Skilled Nursing?
Seeing a need for memory care, Valley View opened Memory Lane in 2015. In the years since then, Memory Lane has been a leader in memory services, offering a place of purpose and connection. The neighborhood is thoughtfully designed with a dedicated kitchen and dining room, spacious outdoor porch, and welcoming common area. It offers 24/7 nursing care by a team specially trained to help residents with dementia along with an enrichment team that is dedicated to meaningful excursions, events, and connections that promote wellbeing.
Is Memory Care offered in Personal Care?
Coming in 2026, Memory Personal Care will open with studio apartments. The neighborhood will offer a secure and supportive environment that invites and encourages residents to engage in purposeful, meaningful activities. Creating an environment with structure and routine while also providing opportunity for social interactions that foster new friendships help to support the ability to live a meaningful life. Plans are underway to add an enclosed Memory Garden that will offer a secure outdoor experience for residents, offering gardening, shade trees, a meandering path, and places to sit and visit with family and friends.
How do I know which care level is best for my loved one?
Memory Personal Care offers an enhanced focus on memory aids and cues to promote independence, so residents have successes in their day. Residents have an active role in day-to-day tasks and activities of their neighborhood. And are able to enjoy the outdoor garden (coming soon!).
Memory Lane (Skilled Memory Care) offers more clinical expertise and hands-on care within a skilled nursing setting, while offering a robust enrichment schedule filled with outings and activities.
We find it helpful to sit down with others to hear about current needs, challenges, and hopes for the future. In doing so, we are best able to help guide and share possible options and to discuss the next steps. Contact 717-935-2105, ext. 1070 or [email protected] to start the process.
How else does Valley View support people living with dementia and their families?
Valley View is committed to supporting people in the place they call home, whether they are residents on campus or living in the nearby community.
- Over the past year, Valley View’s 300+ team members participated in training to become Dementia Champions with Dementia Friends Pennsylvania.
- Our dementia champions facilitate ongoing Dementia Friends training to the public, other retirement communities and local organizations.
- In 2026, Valley View is starting a county-wide Memory Cafe, where people with memory loss and their caregivers can attend a session of support and refreshment.
How do I reserve a spot for my loved one in Memory Lane or Memory Personal Care?
If you are currently navigating caregiving for someone you love and have a desire to learn more, please do not hesitate to call us. Contact 717-935-2105, ext. 1070 or [email protected].