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You have made the decision to sell the big house, scale down the maintenance and yard work, and move to a setting where you can spend your time on the activities and sports you love instead of chores you dread.Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) are increasingly in demand as they provide not just freedom from the responsibility of home ownership but a place where lifelong care is provided as your needs change.CCRC’s provide for you now and in the future. Not just this year or next, but...

You love your house, you are proud of it, you like the neighborhood you live in but the idea of moving to a care-free smaller home, condo or apartment is becoming more and more appealing. You know you will want to move or have to move from the house at some point. The question is do you make that move now or later?There are a number of reasons why now might just be the best time.

November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country. Here at Brandermill Woods, we are a continuum of care community, and our nursing staff in our health care center and assisted living communities serve as caregivers for our residents.But caregiving often starts well before assisted living—usually with a family member or private caregiver in the home. Family members serving as caregivers have a big job, and our hat is off to caregiver...

Many of you likely remember the classic Peanuts TV special “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” which these days usually airs on ABC every October. Along with the Peanuts Christmas special, we think the Great Pumpkin special is one of the finest moments in broadcast history, with its dry humor and bittersweet reflection of childhood.Despite all the clever Halloween costume ideas floating around the internet, nothing says Halloween quite like the mighty pumpkin—the delicious squash used for j...

Enjoying a maintenance-free lifestyle is one of the major benefits of moving into a retirement community like Brandermill Woods. No more wrestling with the lawn mower in the summer, the leaf blower in the fall, and the snow shovel in the winter. No more schedules of fertilizer, over-seeding and aeration.

We’re in the retirement business at Brandermill Woods, but a big part of helping people achieve the retirement they’ve always dreamed of means providing health care and health resources—not only to our residents, but to their loved ones and our greater community here in Richmond, Virginia.That’s why we’re excited to promote October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. According to BreastCancer.org, one in eight women in the United St...