You deserve the very best

You’ve worked hard over the years, and now it’s time to enjoy retirement years as never before. We invite you to experience the engaging senior lifestyle offered by Frey Village. Whether you want to embrace personal interests and enjoy our senior living apartments or you need assistance with daily tasks and can benefit from our personal care accommodations, you’ll experience a rewarding lifestyle at Frey Village.

And for those who require more intensive services, the village offers nursing, rehabilitative, and memory-enhancement care in a comfortable setting brimming with activities and events designed to promote a fulfilling lifestyle. Whichever accommodation or service is right for you or your loved one, Frey Village will meet your needs.

An ideal location

Situated on a beautifully landscaped site high on a hill above Middletown, Pennsylvania, Frey Village combines the benefits of a suburban community with amenities found only in more urban areas. Located just ten miles from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital, Frey Village offers residents a range of easily accessible cultural and recreational opportunities including the state museum, Harrisburg Senators baseball games, the Harrisburg Symphony, and much more. For those who enjoy dining out, the area boasts many fine restaurants including those in Harrisburg’s recently revitalized downtown.

Frey Village is close to The Pennsylvania Turnpike, Interstates 83 and 283, and Rts. 422 and 322. This easy access allows residents and guests to enjoy destinations ranging from the historical sites of Lancaster County to attractions at Hershey Park. The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg offers educational programs and events that many residents enjoy.

Additional health care is readily available nearby. Providing general to specialized care to patients of all ages, health facilities such as Penn State-Hershey Medical Center and those operated by Pinnacle Health System are only a short distance from Frey Village.

An active, fulfilling lifestyle

Frey Village residents lead engaged, rewarding lives. Taking part in an abundance of recreational, cultural, and social events designed to maximize independence and nurture physical, emotional, and spiritual health, residents choose activities that interest them most.

Just a sampling of events includes speakers, scheduled excursions, religious studies, and exercise programs. The Frey Village Auxiliary hosts Tuesday-morning variety programs offering entertainment including singers and musicians. With an full calendar of events and educational opportunites, our residents always have something from which to choose.

A tradition of care

George Frey, a German immigrant who came to the colonies in the mid-1700s, was a generous man who knew only of hard work and sacrifice. Selling items by horseback to local Indians along the Susquehanna River, he later had a horse-packing business, which he sold to open a store in Middletown and a gristmill on the Swatara Creek.

Together with his wife, Catherine, Frey built a valuable estate. Convinced that he should use his wealth to benefit those less fortunate than he, Frey constructed a building on the current site of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Middletown, that he hoped would be the realization of his dream of a home for orphans. Before he could see his dream become a reality, he passed away in 1806.

His estate, however, carried on his dreams and opened the orphanage, later relocated to the current site of Frey Village. While changing societal needs brought a close to the era of orphanages, they didn’t end Frey’s vision of services reaching out to those in need within the community. With the assistance of what became known as the Emaus Orphans House Board of Trustees, Tressler Lutheran Services—now Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries—developed a modern senior living community on the site: Frey Village.