Suburban Life - Chester/Delco - Issue #1 (January 2025)

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SL_Rosette 2pg_1224_Layout 1 3 / 4 / 25 2 : 40 PM Page 2 of the home’s eight residents can live and receive care in seamless fashion . All rooms are walker and wheelchair compatible . The ADA - equipped bathrooms have safety grab bars and zero - entry spa showers . Hoyer lifts and other specialized equipment enable easy movement for those with lim - ited mobility . The home also has an elevator . Licensed by the state of Pennsylvania , Rosette is staffed by trained and compas - sionate caregivers 24 hours a day . When needed , care providers from Main Line Health or Jefferson Health visit Rosette to deliver specialized medical services , such as skilled nursing , palliative care , or hospice care . Rosette residents spend their days together , with the kitchen as the home’s beating heart . All meals are made from scratch by an in - house chef , and the aromas of fresh - baked breads and hearty soups These are very dignified people who add to the comforts of home . Residents sit around a communal table for coffee , meals , have lived full and rich lives . We want to andconversation ; many even help prepare fresh vegetables picked from the on - site continue to honor that . ” garden . When not in the kitchen , residents gather in the living room to participate in — Thérèse souThwell ( lefT ) , wiTh one of roseTTe’s eighT residenTs gentle exercise , physical therapy , occupa - tional therapy , and cognitive stimulation . They also have the opportunity to enjoy dents ’ children and grandchildren — who mymom at the forefront . Even if my mom the simple pleasures of a favorite TV show are invited to take part in activities . The wasn’t there , I would have a huge amount or a movie , sitting in comfortable chairs grandkids frequently play inside or outside of respect for the way the [ home ] is run . and warmed by a wood - burning fireplace . in the yard , giving the residents regular It’s very good to everyone . This is how Rosette often hosts visitors — namely , resi - access to the sounds and presence of chil - things should be done . ” dren in the house . Since welcoming the first residents to “ We live as a family , ” Thérèse says . Rosette in the spring of 2022 , Thérèse has When not in the kitchen , residents gather in the living room to participate in gentle exercise , “ When they get up in the morning , the refinedher mission to help as many people cognitive stimulation , and other activities . ladies have their hair and makeup done , as possible . The second Rosette location , and the men are shaved . Everyone is with a secure dementia component , will dressed in appropriate clothes . These are soon open in Villanova , followed by plans very dignified people who have lived full for more Lower Merion locations in 2026 . and rich lives . We want to continue to Thérèse admits such high - level attentive honor that . When you give people back care is currently affordable only to those their dignity and the comforts of home , of significant means , yet she envisions a they start to thrive . ” daywhen places like Rosette become com - Lisa Keblusek is among Rosette’s eight monplace and appropriate care becomes residents . Her long road to Rosette began available to anyone who needs it . in 2020 , when a brain aneurysm compro - As for the Harts , Lauren and her family mised her health and mobility . Her husband , spend time with Sarah just about every who had been caring for her , passed away day . Sarah is doing as well as or better just a few months later . Eventually she than Lauren could have hoped . moved into the rehabilitation wing of a “ We would prefer her to be at home senior living facility in Naples , Florida . with us , of course , but Rosette feels like an When it seemed that her recovery had extension of our home , ” Lauren says . “ I stalled , her family sought out other options . wanted her to be in a peaceful home - like One of Lisa’s sons , Chris Keblusek , had environmentwhere there are a lot of care - recently moved to the Philadelphia area and givers and not a ton of people who need heard about Rosette . He and his family were care , so everyone is attended to . And that’s deeply impressed . After a brief stay on the what she has . This is what care should waiting list , Lisa was flown in from Florida look like for everybody . ” ? and moved into Rosette in February 2024 . “ She loves it , ” says Chris , whose family Visit www.livingatrosette.com lives in Lower Merion . “ She has put on for more information about weight , she raves about the food , and every - Rosette , including a video thing is comfortable for her . It’s the personal detailing the perspectives of touch that really defines Rosette . We always know who to get in contact with , and I residents’family members . alwaysknow they have the best interests of SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 16 ISSUE 4 | 71

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SL 0125 Mintel - FINAL - R2_Layout 1 3 / 3 / 25 4 : 23 PM Page 1 m M I N T E L L I G E N C E drone in the middle of nowhere , in the dead of night , without any logical pur - UFOs Over Bucks County pose ? And not just one drone — we’re Recent reports ignite our imagination and talking hundreds of sightings . How do you explain precise , intelligent movement pat - remind us there’s so much we don’t understand . terns ? These aren’t questions with easy BY ERIC MINTEL answers , and that’s what makes this field of investigation so fascinating . This is Eric Mintel Investigates , and tonight , we’re on the hunt for the unexplained . For me , it’s not about proving or dis - I’m not here to convince you that ETs are among us ( though I wouldn’t mind proving anything . It’s about the chase , the shaking hands with them ) . I’m here because there are stories that beg to be told , mys - mystery , and those moments that make teries that need unraveling , and evidence that — when caught on camera — can make you question what we think we know even the most skeptical among us do a double take . about our world . Whether it’s UFOs , This particular investigation started with a call from a gentleman in Ottsville , Pennsyl - ghosts , Bigfoot , or Dogman ( more on vania . He and his wife had been seeing strange lights in the sky from their backyard for Dogman encounters in a future column ) , the past two years and wanted us to investigate . The UFOs were dancing , darting , and the stories I investigate all have one thing defying the laws of physics . Naturally , we had to check it out . in common : They ignite our imagination This was January of and remind us there’s still so much out 2023 . The previous spring , there we don’t understand . I had received reports of a As for those lights over Bucks County ? brightly lit object with mul - I’ll let you decide what they were . Maybe tiple lights , hovering silently they were visitors from another galaxy , overthe Bucks County area . curious about life on Earth . Or maybe they I had people sending me were something else entirely , something drawings and photos of we don’t have a name for yet . what they were seeing . Either way , the experience was unfor - When I got this call , I gettable . The thrill of seeing the UFO , cap - thought : It’s back ! With a turing it on camera , and piecing together healthydose of skepticism the puzzle is what keeps me — and my and curiosity , we headed team — coming back for more . to his home . So the next time you’re out on a quiet We met with the wit - night , staring up at the stars , you never ness and his wife . He know what you might see . And if you do showedme a video he had catch a glimpse of something extraordi - captured of an object that looked like a bright orb pulsating across the night sky — the nary , don’t forget to grab your camera — or same thing other people were seeing . We set up our camera , the homeowner grabbed better yet , call me . Eric Mintel Investigates his binoculars , and we all began scanning the skies for any activity . Suddenly , as the is always open for the next great mystery . witness pointed to what he had seen , a light appeared in the sky . It blinked on as if someone flipped a switch . At first , we thought it was a plane , but it wasn’t moving . It blinked on , then blinked off . My heart raced as I fumbled with my camera . “ Did anyone else see that ? ” I shouted . When I played back the footage , there it was ! We caught it on video ! It’s featured on my YouTube channel in the video titled , “ UFOs Over Bucks County ! ” We still scratch our heads about this video investigation . Seeing that kind of footage makes skeptics squint and believers cheer . This was truly unexplainable . After the light disappeared , we scoured the sky for more activity . Unfortunately , nothing else appeared that night . But when you’re knee - deep in UFO territory , you keep n Eric Mintel is an acclaimed jazz musician lookingup . Fortunately the reports kept rolling in to Eric Mintel Investigates headquarters . inso and author of Eric Mintel Investigates Let’s fast forward to the latter part of 2024 , when unexplained lights and “ drones ” Rob Casebook Investigations . The Eric Mintel were spotted all over Bucks County and New Jersey . Witnesses reported lights that ody Investigates TV show can be seen on changed shape , made no sound , and , most importantly , the FAA said they had no J by various cable channels and on YouTube at transponder identifiers if they were “ drones ” as was the consensus . oto Eric Mintel Investigates . For more informa - Of course , there are always skeptics . “ It’s probably just a military drone , ” they say . ph l ? tion , visit ericmintelinvestigates.org . And hey , maybe it is . But even if it is , no one is telling us . Why would someone fly a Minte SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 16 ISSUE 4 72 |

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