Covenant Woods

Covenant Woods is a not-for-profit senior living community that first received accreditation in 2004 with a five-year accreditation period for its programs, and it's set on 75 wooded acres with a fishing pond, working farm, and walking trails, making it a place where you'll find apartments, cottages, assisted living suites, and secure memory support suites, so they've covered a lot of needs with independent living, assisted living, memory support, and skilled nursing all on one campus. The campus has buildings and rooms set up for seniors, including a library, billiards, arts and crafts room, barber and beauty shop, therapy and exercise rooms, plus a woodworking shop and art, pottery, and glass studio; there's an indoor heated pool, fitness center with group classes, and an on-site day spa, and you can even take part in lifelong learning programs, local events, clubs, and activities, which plenty of folks seem to enjoy at their own pace. Covenant Woods features three places to eat called dining venues for a range of meals and their "Manor East health center" gives residents guaranteed priority access to health care, with services like licensed nursing, physical, occupational, speech therapies, and wellness programs, all alongside basic help with things like housekeeping, linen, transportation, and direct admission if you need it. They offer care designed around each person, with programs like Aging Services, Behavioral Health, Medical Rehabilitation, Child & Youth Services, Employment & Community Services, Opioid Treatment, and Vision Rehabilitation, and the staff try to tailor things for each resident in both their assisted living and memory support services, plus there are contract options for signing up for independent living and a next steps guide to help people choose. The community connects to sponsored resources through VirginiaNavigator, SeniorNavigator, disAbilityNavigator, VeteransNavigator, and the Lindsay Institute, offering a big library of guides, articles, events, videos, and links for veterans, seniors, and folks with disabilities, covering topics like health, housing, caregiving, financial and legal planning, transportation, and social engagement; their resource directory lists over 26,000 local, state, and national programs and services, so you can look up quite a lot. Covenant Woods runs as a Life Plan Community, sometimes called a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), meaning you're able to move through independent living, assisted living, memory support, and skilled nursing in one place, and people living there enjoy amenities like the campus farm, walking paths, scenic ponds, outdoor spaces, and dedicated care areas with special features and equipment, letting folks make friends with their neighbors and live comfortably while the staff try to keep everyone safe with state-of-the-art emergency systems, around-the-clock health care, and specialized services unique to Covenant Woods.