Hershey, Pa. (May 27, 2026) – Country Meadows Retirement Communities has been named “Great Places to Work” for the seventh year in a row. Through an anonymous co-worker survey presented by Activated Insights, Great Places to Work®, certifies companies where employees feel valued, respected and connected to the company culture. This year, 80% of co-workers from all nine Country Meadows campuses and Nursing Center and its sister organizations: Ecumenical Retirement Community and Lifesong Hospice and Palliative Care, completed the survey.
“Listening to our co-workers is critical to building a positive and supportive company culture. We take every piece of feedback to heart and learn how to best support co-workers in their roles, personally and professionally,” described Meredith Mills, President and CEO of Country Meadows Retirement Communities. “Because of these surveys, over the years, we have been able to enhance our health benefits company wide, organize changes at a campus level and learn how co-workers can best be supported in their day-to-day. This is important to us because when our co-workers are proud to come to work and passionate about supporting our residents and their families, their satisfaction translates into the quality care we deliver and are known for in the community.”
For example, this year’s results indicate that co-workers see their role as much more than a job with 90% of survey participants saying their work has special meaning. Additionally, 88% of respondents feel like they make a difference and 87% feel good about the ways the organization contributes to the community.
“In addition to the positive affirmations gleaned from this survey, the results are showing opportunities for growth in the ways co-workers are recognized for their contributions and receive communication and feedback,” continued Mills. “These learnings are just as important and help us chart strategic plans and company-wide initiatives that support, strengthen and hopefully grow our workforce.”
The Great Places to Work Survey measures the organizations credibility, fairness, respect, camaraderie and pride. Co-workers respond to questions based on scales and have the opportunity to share anecdotal feedback about their individual experiences and sentiment of the organization overall.
Learn more about our Great Places to Work survey results.
About Country Meadows Retirement Communities
Since 1962, three generations of the family of former Pennsylvania Governor George M. and Mary Jane Leader have provided quality retirement services for older persons. Today, the Country Meadows Retirement Communities in Pennsylvania and Maryland and sister community, not-for-profit Ecumenical Retirement Community in Harrisburg, Pa., continue the Leader tradition of friendly, person-to-person caring at reasonable costs through an experienced, dedicated and compassionate team of professionals.
About Activated Insights and Great Place to Work
Activated Insights is the senior care affiliate of Great Place to Work, the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through its aging services certification program, Activated Insights helps Great Place to Work recognize outstanding workplace cultures in the aging services industry and produce the annual Fortune “Best Workplaces for Aging Services™” as well as other Great Place to Work Best Workplaces lists for Millennials, Women, Diversity, Small & Medium Companies, and various regions. Through its employee engagement platform, Activated Insights helps clients create great workplaces that outpace peers on key business metrics like revenue growth, profitability, and retention.