Today, we are profiling Mayfair House as part of a series of posts on senior living in the Richmond and Tappahannock areas:

Owned and operated by Commonwealth Assisted Living, which is based in Charlottesville, VA, Mayfair House in Kilmarnock offers the following services:

• Private and Semi-private Rooms w/their Own Bathrooms
• Home-Cooked Meals
• Individualized Care Plans
• 24-Hour Staffing
• Weekly Housekeeping/Linens
• Medication Management
• No Entrance Fees

Mayfair House Kilmarnock “offers care and support with all the comforts of home, along with the services you’ve come to expect from an assisted living facility.”

Their “specialized and newly remodeled MEMORY CARE UNIT serves as a safe, secure, and dignified residential setting for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.”

For more information about Commonwealth Assisted Living’s Mayfair House, call 435-9896 or visit them online.

And for more information about how Home Instead Senior Care can help your senior remain living independently no matter where he or she calls home, call our Tappahannock home care office at 804.443.4885 anytime.

Today, we are profiling Rappahannock-Westminster Canterbury as part of our ongoing series about senior living communities available in the Richmond and Northern Neck areas in which we serve.

Set on 165 of the most scenic acres of Virginia’s Northern Neck, Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury is an inviting, full-service retirement community that offers an appealing, worry-free lifestyle.

Founded in June 1985, Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury is a church-related, life care retirement community committed to providing the highest quality living experience for senior adults.

Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury offers apartments, cottages, and homes to suit a range of needs and preferences for the kind of lifestyle residents wish to experience. RWC provides indoor and outdoor maintenance, landscaping service and housekeeping for every residence.

The Westbury health services complex at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury provides several different levels of care to best match any individual’s specific needs. So as health needs change, residents are able to move from one level of care to another. The aim of all care programs and plans is to increase one’s abilities to reach and maintain maximum independence. At the same time, they provide for a resident’s social, emotional and spiritual well-being.

Other services and amenities include:

• Indoor heated pool
• Covered walkways
• Opportunities for continuing education
• Wood Duck Lake
• Beauty salon & Barbershop
• Lakeview Grille
• Lancaster Dining Room
• Personal home care
• Assisted living care
• Nursing care

For more information about Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, call 800-792-1444 or visit them online at http://www.embracelifeatrwc.org.

And for more information about how Home Instead Senior Care can help you remain living independently at home – where ever home may be – call our Tappahannock home care office at 804.443.4885 anytime.

We are continuing our series of posts about local independent living and assisted living facilities in the Richmond and Northern Neck areas.  Today, we’re featuring Farnham Manor in the Tidewater area.

Farnham Manor is a small, licensed assisted living facility nestled in the rolling fields of Virginia’s rural Tidewater. It’s easy to get to from major cities along Interstates 95 and 64 such as Richmond and Washington, DC and is within a half hour of almost any town or village in the Northern Neck or Middle Peninsula.

Book Club at Farnham Manor

Farnham Manor offers a unique 89-bed building that combines privacy with the advantage of living in a community. They provide each resident with the support needed to enjoy a satisfying life, while nurturing the spirit of independence. One- and two-bedroom apartments for independent living are also available at the adjacent Farnham Manor Villas.

Trained, experienced CPR-certified Direct Care Staff provide regular and intensive assistance with Activities of Daily Living, day and night. Nearby Rappahannock General and Riverside Hospitals offer a full range of medical specialties and technology.

For more information about Farnham Manor, call 804-394-2102 or visit them online at farnhammanor.com.

And for more information about how Home Instead Senior Care can help your senior remain living independently no matter where your elderly loved one calls home, call our Tappahannock home care office at 804.443.4885 anytime.

Home Instead Tappahannock visits Bay Internists

Have you spotted the new kid in town? It’s the Home Instead CareBug – a VW Beetle sporting an all-over paint job of a hot pink tulip on the hood, lime green fenders and a big “Home Instead” logo on the door.

It’s pretty hard to miss the CareBug as it makes its way around the county and town roads of the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, with local staff members Pam Bragg or Regis Slaw at the wheel.

If you’ve ever wondered where the CareBug has been, or is going to be next, check back here for spottings and updates. If there’s somewhere you think the CareBug should visit, be sure to share that with us.

Wednesday – May 19, 2010

The CareBug visited Bay Internists in Kilmarnock for a luncheon and to introduce the Northern Neck Home Instead Staff and Services to the doctors and office personnel.

Thursday – June 24, 2010

Home Instead Senior Care is hosting BINGO for the residents at the Warsaw HealthCare Center at 2:00 and The CareBug will be there.

For more information about senior home care in the Northern Neck area, call our Tappahannock office at 804.443.4885.

Retiring from work in no way means retiring from life. As recently as 2008 a Consumer Affairs article examined the trends of the newly emerging retirement generation, and found that a large portion of this demographic is looking for a rural area that offers an active lifestyle as well as the traditional tranquility and slow pace of retirement.

While Florida and Arizona continue to rank at the top of the list of retirement destinations, some non-traditional retirement locales, such as North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee, are becoming favorite spots as well, according to Pulte Homes’ annual baby boomer survey.

Many are looking for the same thing. They want a small-town ambiance, safety from crime, and a simpler, hassle-free life. In Virginia, the Northern Neck – surrounded by Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries – has drawn an influx of retirees and boomers who have purchased second homes, with an eye toward retirement.

And those who move to this area are not exactly looking to sit on the front porch all day. Most are seeking some form of community involvement, whether it’s a second career or volunteer work.

The four counties of the Northern Neck – Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond and Westmoreland – are all in the process of moving from an extraction-based and agricultural economy (forestry, fishing, and farming) to one that is more service-oriented, with Lancaster County leading the pack.

The influx of retirees to the Northern Neck has created a new demand for services and amenities. In fact, the 2009 Northern Neck Housing Study cites Retirement Services as replacing Forestry as one of the top three local economic drivers in the region since 2000.

Two modern hospitals serve the area – Riverside Hospital in Tappahannock, which opened a new Urgent Care Center in late 2009 – and Rappahannock General Hospital in Kilmarnock. Private physician practices continue to grow, and there are several Richmond-based doctors that keep weekly appointments at offices in Kilmarnock and Tappahannock.  And Westmoreland County is home to a cancer center.

While there are retirement homes and assisted living communities in the Northern Neck, the region doesn’t have any more than you’d find in a typical rural area. Most retirees choose to live in their own homes.

Home Instead Senior Care is a perfect complement to the services needed by these transplanted residents, while at the same time creating employment opportunities for an economically underserved area.

For more information, simply call our Tappahannock senior home care office at 804. 443.4885. 

1st Annual Physicians' Social at the Northern Neck Gourmet restaurant in Warsaw Virginia.

As we wrote about on November 9th, our Tappahannock office of Home Instead Senior Care sponsored the 1st Annual Physicians’ Appreciation Social along with The Orchard continuing care facilities and Riverside Pain Management Rehabilitation Center. 

More than 25 physicians and administrators attended the event, which was held on Thursday, November 19th, at the Northern Neck Gourmet in Warsaw, Virginia.

The rest of the photos can be found on our Facebook Fan page or check out the cool video:

Thanks to everyone in both our Richmond and Tappahannock offices who contributed to making this event a success, as well as to our joint sponsors and the physicians and administrators who attended the event. 

If you have any questions senior in-home care and companionship services in the Northern Neck area, please call our Home Instead Senior Care of Tappahannock office at 804.443.8885.