Bethlen Home Of The Hungarian Reformed Federation Of America

Concordia at Bethlen includes a 71-bed personal care unit and 44 cottages for independent living with funding from private payers. The building includes various floor plan options with a caring staff that invokes a family feeling with an environment designed for comfort and assistance with activities of daily living, such as bathing and personal hygiene, mobility assistance, preparation of meals, activities, laundry and spiritual care. It is our goal to enable residents to age in place in personal care before moving to skilled nursing by offering five levels of care. Through June 2024, Concordia served the local community by providing benevolent care to residents with the difference between cost and payments from residents totaling $191,837. The organization utilizes the Graceful Aging fitness center on campus for residents and the community through the Silver Sneakers Program. Additionally, the organization houses Hungarian archives sent from various churches and organizations affiliated with the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America. A Senior Center on campus is available to the community to host local community events weekly. The Epiphany Anglican Fellowship is a community parish that holds their weekly services in the organization's church. Lastly, the organization works closely with the local school district, and the organization hosts the local high school for school sponsored events.

Bethlen Home of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America dba Concordia at Bethlen provides compassionate home health and hospice care as an integral part of the continuum of care for persons in and around Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The program service accomplishments of Concordia at Bethlen are driven by the core mission to provide a comprehensive program for the residents of Westmoreland, Cambria, Indiana, Somerset, Fayette, and Allegheny counties. The agency strives to succeed with an aging-in-place philosophy by providing a wide breadth of services in the home, preventing rehospitalization, enhancing home safety and monitoring chronic disease states. The agency also works to provide the highest quality care to anyone in need, regardless of ability to pay. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, a total of 687 unduplicated patients were served by Concordia at Bethlen home health staff. There were 9,768 visits made to the patients in our home health program during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. We utilize an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious illness. The goal is to provide the care to the patient as well as the family as they journey towards a possible hospice plan of care. Hospice program patients and bereavement families were provided with 7,103 days of care. Concordia at Bethlen provides bereavement counseling and grief support to family members grieving the loss of a loved one.

During the 2023-2024 fiscal year, Concordia at Bethlen employees participated in the Blanket Blessings Mission Event: Mar 2024: Concordia employees and residents teamed together to create 233 blankets for donation to 13 community service organizations in PA and OH. Employees participated with local food banks. The organization has a scholarship program for deserving Ligonier Valley School District senior perusing a degree in the medical field, supporting students with scholarships. These donations, sponsorships and mission events are some of the many ways we serve God by providing for the needs of His people.