FEATURES


2022 –2023 FISCAL YEAR


NO LONGER ALONE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP


For families who have loved ones with mental health concerns, learning of a group that meets regularly and is filled with listening, caring persons is transformative.


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ertainly Alisa Sholly has found that to be true. Alisa, who works as a nurse for Landis at Home, has family members with mental health challenges. She says,


“We gather to learn from experts. Tey provide background, tools and strategies to help. In addition, we devote lots of time to sharing our experiences and just being there for those who are going through something similar. Having people who can relate to our experiences is so helpful.”


Michele Sipel, Director of InHome Services, is the liaison between Landis Communities and the group. She appreciates so much the sense of caring that permeates meetings. “Having loved ones with mental health issues makes one part of a different world. Tis group allows people to get to know each other. Tis provides a place for honest, deep sharing, something not often found for families who attend.”


Recent sessions have brought education and sharing on subjects ranging from anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder, to new developments in schizophrenia care and what resources are available at local medical facilities.


Tis support group started in 1991 as part of No Longer Alone Ministries. Early participants began meeting because they were weary of the stigma and silence around mental illness. Landis Communities now hosts the Family Support Group as a part of its service to families of residents, clients and team members in addition to the broader community. Te group is open to all. For more information, call 717.381.3599 or email JAlbright@landis.org.


CONNECTIONS BUILDING


EDUCATIONAL There’s no substitute for on-site education. T


en students enrolled in a six-month Commercial Industrial HVAC skilled training program offered by


Taddeus Stevens College of Technology’s Workforce and Economic Development Center and hosted in Tec Centro (the primary provider of bilingual education and skills training in Lancaster), experienced firsthand learning earlier this year on a visit to Landis Place on King in Lancaster City.


Robin Boyd, the program’s instructor, accompanied the students while Donald Clark of Clark, Inc., the on-site HVAC contractor, provided an interactive lesson about latent heat-pressure-enthalpy and cycle components. Te students also saw a new Variable Refrigerant Packaged (VRP) heat pump unit and were able to observe duct work installation.


Visiting this construction job site will have a lasting impact on the students, who finished their program over the summer.


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