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Holiday Essex House

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20 N 12th Street, Lemoyne, PA 17043

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Nice Place
Very nice place. They were very helpful in helping our dad adjust. They have activities. Their meals are good. Very kind people. Good location. Very friendly people. Good variety of activities. Nice walking paths.

About the facility
Holiday Essex House

Just off the border of Lemonye and Camp Hill Boroughs, settled in a quiet, suburban neighborhood, is Holiday Essex House — a stunning community offering a supportive atmosphere that provides residents with the independent living services they need while maintaining a sense of dignity and respect.

Craftsman-style exteriors paired with warm and welcoming interiors create a familiar, homelike environment that helps residents feel at ease. This multi-story community is surrounded by lush greenery, blooming flower beds, and manicured lawns. Discover a new author while browsing the stocked library, or take your pup for a stroll along the outdoor walking paths — this is a pet-friendly community after all.

Great Place to Work Institute has honored Holiday Essex House with certification as a Great Place to Work® for their 2022-2023 awards.

Community Services and Amenities

Holiday Essex House associates offer a wide variety of services — including housekeeping, maintenance, linen, and scheduled transportation — to make your life as stress-free as possible. Well-balanced, nutritious meals are prepared every day by the professional culinary team inside the spacious, restaurant-style dining room.

With less time devoted to maintaining a household, you can redirect your energy towards pursuing new interests and practicing old hobbies. Stay active with a...

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Pet friendly

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Amenities
at Holiday Essex House

Healthcare Services

  • Medication Management
  • Staffing & Ancillary Services

Meals & Dining

  • Room Service
  • Professional Chef
  • Meals Provided
  • Guest Meals
  • Restaurant Style Dining

Room Amenities

  • Kitchenette
  • Handicap Accessible
  • Ground Floor Units
  • Air Conditioned
  • Bath Tubs
  • Cable or Satellite TV
  • Wheelchair Accessible Showers
  • Wi-Fi/high-speed internet

Community Amenities

On-site dining options

  • Private Dining Room

Transportation & parking

  • Complimentary Transportation
  • Uncovered Parking
  • Property Convenient to Public Transit
  • Resident Parking Available

Pets

  • Dogs Allowed
  • Weight Limit (lbs)
  • Cats Allowed

Common areas

  • Meeting Room
  • Outside Patio
  • Indoor Atrium
  • Beauty Salon
  • Computer or Media Center
  • Indoor Common Areas
  • Library
  • TV Lounge
  • Outdoor Common Areas
  • Barber Shop

Recreational areas

  • Movie or Theater Room
  • Piano or Organ
  • Fitness Center
  • Billiards Lounge
  • Game Room

Services

  • Housekeeping
  • Beautician

Languages spoken

  • American Sign Language
  • English

Activities

  • Intergenerational Programs
  • Yoga / Chair Yoga
  • Stretching Classes
  • Devotional Activities On-Site
  • Holiday Parties
  • Activities Off-site
  • Brain fitness / Dakim
  • Day Trips and Outings
  • Happy Hour
  • Trivia Games
  • Devotional Activities Offsite
  • Protestant Services
  • Activities On-site
  • Catholic Services
  • Birthday Parties
  • Live Well Programs
  • Art Classes
  • Wine Tasting
  • Visiting Chaplain or Priest
  • Educational Speakers / Life Long Learning
  • Wii Bowling
  • Live Musical Performances
  • Community Service Programs
  • Live Dance or Theater Performances

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for Holiday Essex House

9.2Review score70 reviews
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4 star
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3 star
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A Place for Mom has scored Holiday Essex House with 9.2 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Holiday Essex House has 70 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.5 out of 5.
Overall Rating
4.5
Cleanliness
4.6
Friendliness
4.6
Care Services
4.5
Staff
4.6
Meals & Dining
4.1
Activities
4.5
Value for Cost
4.4
A Place for Mom has scored Holiday Essex House with 9.2 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Holiday Essex House has 70 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.5 out of 5.
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Donald S - Family/friend
Independent Living
December 13, 2024
5.0
Verified Review
We were happy with everything.
I was completely happy with the entire staff and the whole experience. They were all so accommodating!
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
D A - Family/friend
Independent Living
October 4, 2024
5.0
Nice Place
Very nice place. They were very helpful in helping our dad adjust. They have activities. Their meals are good. Very kind people. Good location. Very friendly people. Good variety of activities. Nice walking paths.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
4
Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
October 1, 2024
4.0
Very nice place with a lot of social interactions for the residents
The building is very nice as are the apartments. The residents are so friendly. There are many activities. There is transportation to stores and doctor appts. Our only problem has been with management. Prices discussed verbally, original contract “lost”, different price on bill… Everything did finally get worked out but several hours on the phone and time off work. PT, hairdresser, dining staff all are wonderful!
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Nate Kirschman - Resident/client
Independent Living
September 5, 2024
5.0
Good choice for independent living
Essex House is an independent living senior adult facility. Three meals are provided each day in addition to all utilities and taxes paid as part of the rent. Assistance is available, mostly provided by independent providers at the prices they chose to charge. Some services, such as occupational and physical therapy, have space inside the facility to host their service. Personal care providers typically commute to the facility daily and make their own arrangements with residents. One bedroom and bath, two bedroom and baths, and studio apartments are available. Each room has a refrigerator but no stove. There is typically space available for a microwave oven depending upon its size. Weekly apartment cleaning is included and bed linen and towels can be provided and cleaned by house keeping staff. Trash is collected at 2 places on each floor, containers located in the 2 laundry rooms on each floor. There's insufficient space provided on this page for a proper review..
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Resident/client
Independent Living
August 19, 2024
3.0
Verified Review
Holiday Essex House review
Need security when office staff closes up. Food could be more professional, I have to leave because only make [fee removed], rents could work with management, to many leaving. SS should Give us housing so we can live without using our savings each month.
Cleanliness
3
Friendliness
3
Care Services
3
Staff
3
Meals & Dining
3
Activities
3
Value for Cost
3
Jacqueline - Family/friend
Independent Living
July 11, 2024
5.0
Verified Review
Review for Holiday Essex House
The staff at the Essex House is incredible. They truly do everything they can to be there for their residence and support them. The place is very neat and the meals are outstanding. What a beautiful place to live.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
March 29, 2024
4.0
Verified Review
Would recommend
The Essex House is great because there are staff that know their residents and they keep a watchful eye on the residents. So if your loved is mostly independent, BUT they need to have proper meals and to have a LITTLE supervision, Essex House is the place. We really like the availability of using washer and dryer without additional cost. Physical therapy available on the premises. The personnel that was there when we moved mom in were wonderful and interacted with the residents. Some of them have since retired or quit. Unfortunately their replacements are not as accommodating to the residents. Which in all fairness, it's a known fact that companies want the same quality with fewer staffing.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
4
Care Services
4
Staff
4
Meals & Dining
3
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
IrinaM - Family/friend
Independent Living
February 17, 2024
5.0
We’re very happy with Holiday Essex House
Everybody at Holiday Essex House is very helpful and caring. A special big thank you to manager [name removed] who goes out of his way to help our friend there. He’s just a call away, and always eager to help with any problem. Our friend is very happy there.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
JR - Family/friend
Independent Living
January 5, 2024
4.0
Verified Review
Review for Holiday Essex House
I became less anxious for the needs of my friend because of the services offered.The time, attention to needs, and respect for my friend's situation will make it easy to seek them out again.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
4
Care Services
4
Staff
4
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
4
Value for Cost
4
Don S - Family/friend
Independent Living
May 5, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
Review for Holiday Essex House
We picked thsi community, because there was a time urgency. It seemed to be nice, clean and friendly with activities, and it was close to my house for visits.I would highly recommend it.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Response from Holiday Essex House
July 10, 2023
We are thrilled to have you as part of the Holiday by Atria family! Thank you for sharing your kind words with us. It means the world to us and to our team!
Anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
March 29, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
A lovely community
I toured Holiday Essex House and it was great. It's a lovely community. The facility felt very welcoming. The cleanliness and friendliness were great. However, my loved one thought that the other facility that we toured seemed more homey than this one.
Anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
September 1, 2022
3.0
Toured
Was a pretty decent tour, had some things that impressed us but others that did not.
H.H. - Family/friend
Independent Living
June 8, 2022
5.0
Verified Review
A fun & friendly place for seniors!
It's a good place to go, but in regards to the cost; everyone seems to have a different price, but for the same apartment. For example: what my mom is paying compared to other people who have the same size apartment can differ. Different residents get locked in at different times, and some people have a raised rent. They've increased the rent for one person by [price removed]. So my mom is concerned about having to move to a state facility or having to find a new place in general. Other than that concern, they're great people. Every time I've visited Essex they're super nice and they know me by name. They take the residents out on bus trips and outings; I just think they're really nice people. I would recommend Holiday Essex House to others.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
3
anonymous - Resident/client
Independent Living
March 14, 2022
5.0
Verified Review
I have been singing its praises to our family and friends
I really enjoy everything about Essex House, I am very happy overall. The staff are very supportive, helpful, kind and I feel safe here. The meals are really good, I enjoy the flexibility of being able to eat in the dining room or staying in the apartment. I love the view out of my apartment. This community has given me a sense of independence again.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Damian - Resident/client
Independent Living
January 11, 2022
0.5
Verified Review
Bad experience, would not recommend
Our family had a terrible experience with Essex House - we weren't even there for 24 hours.
Cleanliness
2
Friendliness
0.5
Staff
0.5
Meals & Dining
0.5
Value for Cost
0.5
Response from Holiday Essex House
February 17, 2022
Hi, Damian. Thanks for taking time to share your experience. If you'd like to talk more, please feel free to email us at Feedback@HolidaySeniorLiving.com.
Barbara - Toured community
Independent Living
October 4, 2021
3.0
Verified Review
Our tour experience
Our family had an in person tour and we noticed pretty immediately there was a moldy smell to it, and it was dirty. It was just a mustier old facility.
Response from Holiday Essex House
December 7, 2021
Hello Barbara, we appreciate you giving us the chance to improve by providing us with this feedback. We will take this feedback and look for ways to better our community for residents and team members. We are happy you felt that our community was nice! We hope for the opportunity to see you again, our team would be happy to work with you. Thank you
anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
September 29, 2021
5.0
Verified Review
A good temporary solution
We chose Essex House because of the location for our family, it does allow my mom to still have a car on property, she also has an exterior door where she can go right out to her car. She has a 2 bedroom apartment and it it good size but it does not have a kitchen to cook meals. What they show on their website for meals is not what they actually serve, so I think that it needs improvement. The residents here have all been friendly. Overall my mom is very comfortable here and I would recommend them to others who are looking.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Meals & Dining
3
Value for Cost
3.5
Patricia - Resident/client
Independent Living
August 12, 2021
5.0
Verified Review
Would Recommend
I've been here almost three years, and they have helped me through a lot. They're very compassionate about all the people that live here. Overall, everybody seems very nice. The activities are excellent, and the director has activities scheduled all the time. She's really active with her job and tries very hard to please everybody. I love my apartment. I live in a studio with a nice view of the back. I like that I can go out on my deck, sit and read, watch the deer that come out, and have a nice view. I also enjoy talking to my neighbors. Essex House is in a good location and very convenient to things nearby if you drive; otherwise they have a bus that takes us around.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
jh - Resident/client
Independent Living
August 12, 2021
5.0
Verified Review
my review essex house
The staff is wonderful, kind and helpful. They work hard to make us feel comfortable and secure. The community is neat and clean and the activities are fun I would recommend this community to others based on my experience
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Response from Holiday Essex House
August 12, 2021
Hi there, thank you for taking the time to rate and review our community. We greatly appreciate your kind words about our staff! They do their very best to make each day special at Essex House.
Carol - Family/friend
Independent Living
August 12, 2021
5.0
Verified Review
Meets their needs, and feels like a family
Being out of town i have much comfort knowing my parents are being well cared for and are protected. The staff and their care services are fabulous, they not only are professional but it feels like a family there. They treat them like family and have just been so good to them. The activities are off the chart amazing, the food is not perfect but it does meet their needs. We appreciate that they are working on improving the meals when they hear feedback from the residents.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4.5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
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