Wesley Enhanced Living Burholme
Why WEL
Extraordinary Value & Better Living
The WEL communities provide some of the best value available in senior living today – offering high quality services, newly transformed communities with updated accommodations and amenities – all at affordable fees. Our communities inspire residents to stay engaged in what matters to them and partake of all the possibilities that promote vital aging.
We pledge to continue to strive to find innovative solutions that make living at our communities more value-driven and purpose-filled for our residents.
Safety and Wellness
Our standards for safety and cleanliness have always been high, but during these times, we’ve instituted new protocols, hospital grade antimicrobial products, and procedures to ensure the most comprehensive protections are in place to keep our residents and employees well. Rest assured that whether you live, work, or visit WEL, your safety is paramount to us and we will continue to be vigilant in our protection processes. Residents enjoy a vast array of wellness services and programs designed to promote continued physical, emotional and spiritual health. Services include wellness centers with physicians and nurse practitioners, fitness centers with personal trainers and classes, activities, clubs, entertainment, trips, spiritual life programs, worship services, and more.
Regional Leader in Aging Services
For the past 132+ years, we have maintained our steadfast commitment to serve aging adults within supportive and thriving community environments. Now serving over 1,200 residents with more than 1,100 employees throughout Pennsylvania, the Wesley Enhanced Living communities located in Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties provide various combinations of independent living, personal care services, memory care, and rehabilitation and skilled nursing services. Our newest affiliation, Martins Run, a CCRC with a stellar reputation and following, enabled Wesley Enhanced Living to serve aging adults throughout the Delaware region. Now known as Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line, in 2020 we completed a multi-million transformation to include grand two-story main entrance, lobby and pub, as well as upgrades to our independent living, personal care, skilled nursing accommodations and common areas.
Charitable Giving Programs
Through the Wesley Enhanced Living Foundation (WELF) we are committed to providing opportunities for residents, family members, friends, neighbors and the community-at-large to help us raise funds so that seniors can continue to receive value-added services as well as assistance at times of need.
Giving opportunities such as our benevolent care fund provide support to residents who have outlived their means. Other generous donations have helped to fund projects such as the renovations at our Pennypack Park community, as well as helped to build new mediation and prayer chapels for residents.
Independent Living
The Kids Are Grown…The House Is Too Big…Maintenance Is Becoming A Chore…
Making the move to a maintenance-free senior living community might be just the solution for you. Ask yourself:
• Can you fix things around the house yourself?
• Do you enjoy preparing meals the way you used to?
• Can you shovel the snow off your sidewalk and driveway?
• Can you drive to the store, place of worship and other places?
• Is it easy to climb the stairs to your bedroom or from your basement?
• Are you able to do daily chores and activities without the help of friends or family?
• Could you care for yourself at home if you became ill?
• Do you spend quality time with others every day?
• Are you happy living by yourself?
If you answered “no” to any of these questions, consider this: residential living in a dynamic, service-oriented senior living community that offers a full menu of conveniences and amenities can relieve you of daily chores, provide you with an opportunity to make new friends, stay connected and give you more time for your favorite activities and pursuits. For many of our residents, moving to a Wesley Enhanced Living community has been the start of a wonderful new life!
When is the best time to make the move?
NOW more than ever . . . when you are able to enjoy all that our communities have to offer. With everything you’ll need under one roof, you’ll find out why many of our residents say, “I wish I’d done this sooner!” For more information about residential living at a Wesley Enhanced Living community, contact the sales manager at the location of your choice.
Personal Care
Peace Of Mind For The Entire Family
Personal care services – assistance with the activities of daily living, similar to what is commonly referred to as “assisted living” in other areas of the state and country – provide peace of mind for the entire family and a comprehensive, compassionate solution for older adults who need some extra help on a daily basis.
Skilled Nursing
A skilled nursing facility, historically referred to as a “nursing home,” provides the highest level of medical care available outside of a hospital. These facilities are supervised by a physician medical director who oversees each patient’s treatment plan. A nursing staff is on the premises to provide care, carry out treatments and assess patients 24 hour a day.
In addition to extensive help with personal care and hygiene, a nursing center provides care such as monitoring of vital signs, and administration of medications, injections, oxygen therapy, intravenous fluids, and tube feedings. Many residents typically have chronic conditions that limit mobility. Some may need help to eat or require tube feedings for adequate nourishment.
Skilled nursing care may be the right option when an older person’s needs exceed the assistance with medications, grooming, bathing and dressing provided in a personal care or assisted living community. In other instances, a person might need temporary rehabilitation after a hospital stay before returning home to a personal care community or independent living situation.
At our Wesley Enhanced Living Rehabilitation Centers residents receive ongoing specialized therapies to help them quickly regain strength and independence after an illness or injury. Our personalized approaches emphasize proven protocols, compassion and the dignity of each individual; Our patients get stronger with our proven rehabilitative therapies.
Wesley Enhanced Living offers rehabilitation and skilled nursing care at its Northeast Philadelphia (Pennypack Park), Northwest Philadelphia (Stapeley), Delaware County (Main Line) and Bucks County (Doylestown) communities.
If you have a loved one who is in need of short-term rehabilitation or skilled nursing care, our responsive admissions staff will be happy to speak with you about the care and services available at our WEL Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Centers, as well as collaborate with your loved one’s medical providers to develop an optimal plan for recuperation and/or health improvement and maintenance. Contact the location of your choice for more information.
Memory Care
If you have a loved one coping with Alzheimer’s or other medically diagnosed form of dementia, you can feel assured that he or she will find a comforting, safe living environment at Wesley Enhanced Living with all of the special support and assistance that is needed to enjoy optimal quality of life.
We provide dedicated dementia care units at our Stapeley community. Our sales counselor will be happy to explain the accommodations and services that are offered. If you’re concerned about your loved one but aren’t sure that he or she is actually coping with a verifiable dementia disorder, here are some signs* that call for a physician’s evaluation:
• Recent memory loss. Asking the same questions; repeating stories over and over.
• Inability to complete routine tasks. Difficulty performing familiar tasks such as paying a check, making purchases or preparing a meal.
• Problems with language. Continually forgetting simple words or using the wrong words.
• Time and place disorientation. Getting lost in easy-to-navigate or once-familiar surroundings; forgetting how to get back home.
• Poor judgment. Making poor decisions regarding the use of money; decline in grooming and cleanliness.
• Problems with abstract thinking. New issues completing once-simple tasks such as paying bills, balancing a checkbook, or using numbers.
• Misplacing things. Repeatedly putting things in the wrong places, for example, an iron in the freezer or a wristwatch in the sugar bowl.
• Abrupt mood or personality changes. Rapid mood swings, and/or sudden angry outbursts. Intense, unfounded fearfulness or suspicion of once-trusted friends, professionals or family members.
• Loss of initiative. Loss of interest in usual activities; new disinterest in going places or seeing people.
• Bizarre or inappropriate behavior. For example, wearing a heavy coat in hot weather or going outside without shoes on in winter.
