Indoor activities include arts and crafts, painting , our wood shop, and of course our complete exercise facility, the Natatorium. With a pool measuring 60x25' with four lanes, the Aquatics Program offers a wide range of activities for fitness and recreation, six days a week, to residents and guests. Priority List members may use the pool 3 days a week. There is time for free swims, and an adjacent therapy whirlpool is available afterwards for a relaxing dip. All programs are individually designed and supervised by a full-time fitness instructor.
Ultimate goals are to improve aerobic capacity, and to increase muscle strength and range of motion.
Skilled Nursing Care at the Health Center Foulkeways' restraint-free Health Center is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and certified by Medicare. A maximum of 68 beds is available for short and long-term stays. Also, the Foulkeways Health Center has been rated in the top fifteen percent of nursing homes in Pennsylvania according to The Inside Guide to America's Nursing Homes, 1998-99 . Private rooms are available and may be furnished with personal possessions. Primary care is provided by staff physicians and a full-time nurse practitioner specializing in internal medicine and geriatrics, with referrals to specialists as needed.