Mrs. Jean Johnson has returned to her volunteer work at the Masonic Homes' post office in the Village Green Area -- happy and healthy!

The Renaissance Unit at the Masonic Homes provides subacute care with one thing in mind: getting you home healthy! The Unit offers short-term services to anyone, as well as a valuable choice to those who are eligible and require subacute care.

The 51-bed Unit in the Ben Franklin Building of the Masonic Health Care Center is designed with subacute care services for persons who may require complex medical management following, or instead of, acute hospitalization care. An individual can receive a full array of active, comprehensive medical treatments until stabilization occurs. Services and programs are designed to meet the individual needs of each patient for recovery, with the goal of promoting discharge to a more independent environment.

The staff of this Unit receives special training and helps patients to get better and reach their highest level of independence. The Unit currently provides all of the services available at a hospital subacute unit and in a more homelike environment. Often, the services are covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or other insurers.

Mrs. Jean Johnson, wife of Bro. Jack Johnson, Goddard Lodge No. 383, Coatesville, recently spent 10 days in the Renaissance Unit following surgery. "I made out beautifully!" Johnson declares. "The people in the Renaissance Unit spend their time trying to get you ready to go some place else . . . home. I had therapy to help strengthen my eyes and my walking. After the surgery, I couldn't see on my right side, and I had some trouble walking. Within one month after my stay in the Renaissance Unit, I went back to volunteering in the Masonic Homes post office, and I actually walked into town last week! I could not ask for anything more . . . the people in the Renaissance Unit got me where I needed to go!"

If you need to go somewhere for subacute care... a place that will help you get back home, call the Masonic Homes' Admissions Office at 1-800-422-1207 or E-mail us at admissionsoffice@pagrandlodge.org for more information.