BETHLEN HOME OF THE HUNGARIAN REFORMED FEDERATION OF AMERICA

Concordia at Bethlen is a life plan community located in the heart of the scenic laurel highlands. The facility is dedicated to providing the aging community and surrounding areas the ability to age peacefully graceful. This community provides short-term rehabilitation or long-term nursing care in a Christian environment devoted to comfort and healing. This community includes a 76-bed skilled nursing unit. Our dedicated short-term rehabilitation team is in place to motivate, support and increase the overall functioning of each patient. Those who choose Concordia at Bethlen Long-Term Nursing Care are given the love, respect and kindness of a family member, as well as the security of being in a place designed to help them thrive. The funding includes Medicare, Medicaid, insurance and private payers. In April of 2023 Bethlen Home of the Hungarian Reformed Federation entered into a membership agreement with Concordia Care Network, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, Concordia Care Network became the sole member of the Organization. Through June 2025, Concordia served the local community by subsidizing significant costs during the year including over 10,000 resident days of Medicaid services. The total benevolent care and the difference between cost and reimbursement from the medical assistance program was $1,182,389.

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 2025, Concordia served the local community by providing benevolent care to residents with the difference between cost and payments from residents totaling $177,287. 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.