in Stroudsburg has started an to raise money to purchase flat screen TVs for its residents who cannot afford them.
The 174-bed nursing home has set a $5,000 goal to buy the TVs.
As of Monday, the fund-raising effort had been going on for 25 days and raised $2,035.
"We are hoping to purchase between 40 and 50 flat screen sets." said Jeff Rinker, spokesman for the nursing home.
Where they will be purchased has not yet been decided.
"We're hoping a local store will step up with a discount that would match or be better than a big box store's price." said Rinker. " If we can stay local, we will."
TVs are the largest form of entertainment in the nursing home, which does not provide them to residents. And some of those residents cannot afford them.
Rinker said most of the sets in the nursing home have been donated over many years or were left behind when residents died or were discharged.
Nearly all are the old CRT type. He said picture quality is very poor on many of them, even though Pleasant Valley Manor provides cable access in all rooms .
"The majority of our residents are from the local community, having lived, worked and raised families of their own in the surrounding areas," said a spokesman for Pleasant Valley Manor on the fund-raising site.
"Circumstances have brought them to the point where they can no longer care for themselves and they require the assistance of a 24 hour care facility.
"The cost of nursing facility services is great, exceeding $8,000 per month in 2015. For most of our residents, this means they need to seek aid from the Commonwealth in the form of Medical Assistance benefits.
"Medical Assistance recipients are only able to keep $45 per month toward the costs of personal items. The remainder of their income is paid to the facility to offset the Commonwealth's payment toward costs of care.
"For some this leaves a shortage of funds for luxury items such as TV sets."
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