 Nestled
at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Westminster Canterbury is a nondenominational,
nonprofit, church-related LifeCare retirement community located in one of Lynchburg,
Virginia’s finest residential neighborhoods. Situated on a beautifully landscaped
site amongst fine older homes and quiet tree-lined streets, the 42-acre campus includes
36 independent living cottages, 212 residential apartments, 75 assisted living suites and Drinkard Health Center, a 105-bed licensed nursing care facility.
Westminster
Canterbury promotes a unique philosophy of care, known as LifeCare. Featuring multiple
levels of care, our LifeCare benefit offers the most comprehensive form of continuing care
in Central Virginia. LifeCare assures our residents that whatever level of care is needed,
on a temporary or permanent basis, Westminster Canterbury can provide it. And if there are
financial reversals, the Westminster Canterbury Fellowship
Endowment Fund
is available to residents
who need assistance. For active, independent seniors who want to assure continuation of a
satisfying lifestyle in their retirement, Westminster Canterbury offers unsurpassed peace
of mind.
A full range of services and activities
specifically designed for an active lifestyle are offered at
Westminster Canterbury, including a professionally directed
recreation program, exercise room, art studio, crafts,
woodworking shops, weekly educational events, sightseeing trips
and a Wellness Center featuring a magnificent indoor pool. Golf
courses, country clubs, shopping centers, restaurants, colleges
and Virginia Baptist Hospital are conveniently located nearby.
Established as a nonprofit corporation in 1975 by
the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia and The Synod of
the Mid-Atlantic of the Presbyterian Church, Westminster
Canterbury opened Its doors on July 14, 1980, with residential
apartments and the 105 -bed Drinkard Health Center. A beautiful
bridge connecting the apartment towers and the health center
highlighted this architectural award-winning facility. Dining,
beauty and barber shops, recreational and meeting facilities,
banking, postal and administrative areas also were part of the
community.
As
the dynamics of our population and seniors in general changed, it became evident that
additional levels of care and living arrangements were required. To meet these changing
needs, the new 78-bed Hearthside Assisted Living Unit was opened in 1992 for residents who
need some assistance on a daily basis. And In 1997, the first of 36 residential cottages
was opened for seniors who want maximum independence with the assurance of the LifeCare
benefit and the convenience of total home maintenance.
To further enhance our LifeCare services,
Westminster Canterbury, Lynchburg has added a state of the art
Wellness Center including the 24 by 54 foot enclosed pool,
exercise room and an improved health clinic. This unique health
facility provides more opportunities to encourage the active
lifestyle enjoyed by Westminster Canterbury residents.
And in 2002, the Wood’s Edge apartment addition
was completed. These 40 upscale residences meet the changing
desires of today ’s retirees who demand more gracious
appointments, amenities and space. At the same time, the entire
Westminster Canterbury facility was upgraded to include enhanced
formal and casual dining facilities, a new 14-bed memory support
unit, and extensive renovation of other community amenities.
Long known for quality service and care,
Westminster Canterbury was one of the first continuing care
retirement communities in Virginia. Westminster Canterbury was
also one of the first communities in the United States
accredited by the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission of
the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. It
Is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees from Lynchburg,
Roanoke, and other areas throughout Southwestern Virginia, and
continues to be guided by the high standards of the Episcopal
and Presbyterian churches.
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