Avalon House of Hardwood Lane sits in McLean, Virginia, as a small residential care home with English-speaking caregivers present around the clock, and it's the kind of place where you'll find private bedrooms, private bathrooms, and a real home-style setting, with both indoor and outdoor common areas, walking paths, and a comfortable garden for fresh air and sunshine. The care team gives help with daily needs like bathing, dressing, eating, transferring, using the bathroom, and medication management, and they can handle memory care for Alzheimer's or dementia in a secure, purpose-built section using bracelets that ring alarms to help stop wandering, and they've got experience caring for seniors with behavioral issues or those who tend to wander. They also watch over everyone with emergency alert systems and 24-hour awake staff, and nurses are on staff while a doctor's on call, plus visiting nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, dentists, and hospice services visit the house as needed.
Avalon House offers three home-cooked meals every day in a dining room, with all-day dining schedules for flexibility and choices for special diets like diabetic, allergy, gluten-free, vegetarian, kosher, low sodium, and low sugar, and there's even dry cleaning along with regular housekeeping and laundry. Rooms come furnished and have both a TV and a telephone, and the place welcomes pets, so folks can bring along their companions.
Activities run daily, including movie nights, community events, church services on- and off-site, plus outings, all designed to keep people active, social, and entertained, and residents who want to join family and friends for events can use the complimentary transportation or their own vehicle, since there's parking available. The property stays smoke-free indoors, with spaces adapted for wheelchairs, including full tubs and showers.
Avalon House provides respite care for people who want to stay short-term, and move-in coordination makes the adjustment easier for new residents. In the event someone needs more or different care as time goes on, they do their best to provide ongoing levels of support, so folks can stay in one place. The home serves both men and women depending on policy, and it's listed on many elder care resources-like VirginiaNavigator, SeniorNavigator, VeteransNavigator, and disAbilityNavigator-so caregivers and families can find answers, articles, and guidebooks, including plenty of local programs for seniors, caregivers, veterans, and those with disabilities. Above all, the place tries to foster dignity, concern, and respect in daily life, giving families a sense of support as their loved ones age in comfort and safety.
