From the latest community news to our recent blog posts, we’ll keep you up to date on all the happenings at our active retirement community and more.
Discover heart-healthy winter activities for seniors, from scenic walks to group exercise. Let Cedarfield’s Pathways to Wellness help you reach your goals.
read moreAutumn is the perfect time to focus on your wellness. Check out our top four tips for embracing the season in our Independent Living community.
read moreCelebration includes various events for residents and team members, a new scholarship fund for employees, and a new on-campus history exhibit. To celebrate Cedarfield’s 25th anniversary, we are planning a private three-day extravaganza for residents and team members in September 2021. While the community has hosted a variety of events and special programs throughout the …
read more“It’s to protect elders, it’s to protect people’s lives, and to keep people out of hospitals.” — Chris Henderson, CEO of Pinnacle Living On Wednesday, August 18, 2021, Pinnacle Living CEO Chris Henderson and Cedarfield CNA Tonya Phillips were interviewed by WTVR in response to President Biden’s recent announcement that his administration will require nursing …
read moreCedarfield Takes Second Place in Virginia Living Magazine’s Best of 2021 Cedarfield was recognized among this year’s Best Retirement Community winners in Virginia Living’s tenth annual “Best Of Virginia” issue. This is the tenth year in a row Cedarfield has been honored in the annual reader’s survey, an achievement that coincides with Cedarfield 25th anniversary …
read moreCedarfield Celebrating First Recipients of Scholarship Fund Residents and team members are celebrating the first five recipients of the Cedarfield Scholarship Fund. These team members represent five departments ranging from maintenance to health services to housekeeping. Their goals are unique, but they all hope to grow professionally through education while they continue to serve …
read moreNew Era Opens to Serve Richmond’s Long Term Care Needs Cedarfield, Henrico County’s premier senior living retirement community, opened its brand new Household in April 2021. As the final component of the $100 million Cedarfield Master Plan Expansion project, Household incorporates a person-centered approach that shapes the physical environment, organizational structure, and enhances interpersonal relationships …
read moreThroughout Pandemic, Cedarfield Mentors Program Connects With Local Elementary Students Through “Virtual Storytime” Sessions Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, several residents at Cedarfield, a premier senior living retirement community in Henrico County, have embraced technology to both connect with the outside world and combine their love of books and volunteering. Since November 2020, the Cedarfield Mentors …
read moreIn the mid 70’s Louisa and I lived in Northern Virginia with our three wonderful youngsters: Josh, Jonathan, and Mollie. At the time, the boys were ages five and three. As Christmas approached, our neighbors had told us that the “real” Santa greeted children at a local plant nursery, but that we must be prepared …
read moreThe Advent our grandson was four years old, he was with his family for the weekly Sunday Mass. They were sitting in the balcony and Jack was quietly coloring when the priest said, “Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again!” At which point Jack stopped with poised crayon, and observed loudly, “WHAT? …
read moreAs December approached in the year when I was expecting my third child, I decided I wanted to tell the Christmas story to our two children, five-year-old Barbie and six-year-old Carl, in a way they would find meaningful. Wouldn’t it be fun, I thought, to tell it in a series of installments, one each day …
read morePreparations for Christmas in World War II England generated much excitement in my home. My mother, sister, and I made decorations out of cotton wool, sticky colored paper squares, beads, and greenery. We cut the paper squares into strips to make paper chains that, with my father’s help, we strung diagonally across the living and …
read moreCelebration includes various events for residents and team members, a new scholarship fund for employees, and a new on-campus history exhibit. To celebrate Cedarfield’s 25th anniversary, we are planning a private three-day extravaganza for residents and team members in September 2021. While the community has hosted a variety of events and special programs throughout the …
read more“It’s to protect elders, it’s to protect people’s lives, and to keep people out of hospitals.” — Chris Henderson, CEO of Pinnacle Living On Wednesday, August 18, 2021, Pinnacle Living CEO Chris Henderson and Cedarfield CNA Tonya Phillips were interviewed by WTVR in response to President Biden’s recent announcement that his administration will require nursing …
read moreCedarfield Takes Second Place in Virginia Living Magazine’s Best of 2021 Cedarfield was recognized among this year’s Best Retirement Community winners in Virginia Living’s tenth annual “Best Of Virginia” issue. This is the tenth year in a row Cedarfield has been honored in the annual reader’s survey, an achievement that coincides with Cedarfield 25th anniversary …
read moreCedarfield Celebrating First Recipients of Scholarship Fund Residents and team members are celebrating the first five recipients of the Cedarfield Scholarship Fund. These team members represent five departments ranging from maintenance to health services to housekeeping. Their goals are unique, but they all hope to grow professionally through education while they continue to serve …
read moreNew Era Opens to Serve Richmond’s Long Term Care Needs Cedarfield, Henrico County’s premier senior living retirement community, opened its brand new Household in April 2021. As the final component of the $100 million Cedarfield Master Plan Expansion project, Household incorporates a person-centered approach that shapes the physical environment, organizational structure, and enhances interpersonal relationships …
read moreThroughout Pandemic, Cedarfield Mentors Program Connects With Local Elementary Students Through “Virtual Storytime” Sessions Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, several residents at Cedarfield, a premier senior living retirement community in Henrico County, have embraced technology to both connect with the outside world and combine their love of books and volunteering. Since November 2020, the Cedarfield Mentors …
read moreWe highlight our Cedarfield value of Culture in October. We bring to life our value of Culture by lifting up the following: Affirming Resident Choice, Celebrate Home and Community, and Strengthen Body, Mind and Soul. In most U.S. nursing homes, and in many assisted living communities, a very important element has been forgotten overtime: HOME. …
read moreTemporary Visitation Restrictions in Effect at Cedarfield Pinnacle Living has been closely monitoring the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Virginia and has been taking appropriate precautionary measures to prevent entry of Coronavirus into our communities. There are no known cases of COVID-19 within any Pinnacle Living community. However, now that there are several confirmed cases …
read moreFor Immediate Release Click to Print Press release December 16, 2019 — RICHMOND, Va. — LeadingAge Virginia, the association of nonprofit providers of aging services in the Commonwealth, has recognized Cedarfield as the first Dementia Friendly Business in Henrico County. In order to receive the Dementia Friendly Business designation, Cedarfield confirmed that: Backed by Pinnacle …
read moreCedarfield has always been known for the unique culture that promotes the Pinnacle Living Mission, Vision and Values. Part of what makes Cedarfield so unique is the impressive role the residents play in the community. The residents passion for Cedarfield led them to bestow the very first Vision Award. The Pinnacle Living vision: “a culture …
read moreBy Michael Shaw Executive Director Think about those brands that you purchase from over and over, even when there are cheaper options out there. Do you usually fly on a particular airline? Do you buy your coffee from the same place every morning? Do you recommend a specific restaurant whenever out-of-towners ask for suggestions? Have …
read moreCedarfield is pleased to announce that we have been issued a 5-year CARF accreditation based upon a recent survey. This prestigious honor is an accomplishment that less than 10% of Continuing Care Retirement Communities achieve internationally! CARF accreditation is a public seal of trust and commitment to quality based on internationally accepted standards. Achieving this …
read moreIn Cedarfield tradition, the Pastoral Care Team created this compilation of holiday memoirs by team members and residents. We will share one a day through the holidays. Happy Holidays to you and yours! Michael Shaw, Team Member My favorite childhood story involves a treasured Christmas tradition. Every year in Penndel, Pennsylvania, I visited my grandma …
read moreIn Cedarfield tradition, the Pastoral Care Team created this compilation of holiday memoirs by team members and residents. We will share one a day through the holidays. Happy Holidays to you and yours! Sally Dvorak, Resident In December 1961, I was living in Bermuda with my new husband, Michael. It was our first Christmas together; …
read moreEvery year millions of animals are blessed during a traditional service established to honor St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. On or near St. Francis’s annual celebratory feast day, in remembrance of his love of all animals, creatures great and small are led to churches and various places of assembly to be …
read moreMaking the Move to Cedarfield Beth Burrell Horticulturist at Cedarfield This month I have high hopes of seeing our first Monarch butterflies visit and reproduce in our Butterfly Garden and our Park-Lane Four Season Garden. Migrating Monarchs are starting to head south toward Mexico and southern California traveling up to 3000 miles to reach their …
read moreIt’s a beautiful day in Cedarfield’s Sunshine Plaza Neighborhood! Recently on a lovely summer afternoon residents, family members and team members from across the Cedarfield community gathered to celebrate and commission our first neighborhood – Sunshine Plaza. This festive occasion marked the realization of a new vision for living at Cedarfield. From bricks and mortar …
read moreCedarfield is feeling the love this month! Secret senior valentine bags, sponsored by The Giving Heart, were fulfilled by Cedarfield residents and team members! Secret Senior Valentine Bags offer a loving and thoughtful gift of essential toiletries, warm weather items and a few personalized touches to independent-living seniors within the Greater Richmond Metropolitan Area.
read moreThis month, Richmond, VA had several snow days, but the roads and sidewalks stayed clear here at Cedarfield. Thanks to our wonderful team, a little snow didn’t stop us. Cedarfield residents are able to resume their day to day. Our dining venues even deliver to-go orders to our cottage residents so they can enjoy the …
read moreTeam Cedarfield was on the move Saturday morning, November 5, stepping it up to help raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease. Raising over $15,000 to benefit the Greater Richmond Chapter, Alzheimer’s Association, Team Cedarfield came in in third as Top Team Fundraiser. Together we walked, and even danced, to help support this event. …
read moreCedarfield residents were certainly put to the test by Jay Quel, director of Facilities Management at Cedarfield. What does a one-inch sprig of Juniperus Virginiana, a Dining comment card, Cedarfield’s Cornerstone location, and a cancelled postage stamp worth 32 cents have in common? All were included in the 20 riddles and questions created by Jay …
read moreWhich department has been around the longest? That was the question asked by many at the display done by all Cedarfield departments, explaining how and when they evolved at Cedarfield. Residents enjoyed talking to employees and learning (and seeing) interesting information. By the way, Marketing was the first – starting in 1992!
read moreMarketing hosted a “trip back in time,” for residents and guests, taking them on a journey back to 1991 when Cedarfield was in the early concept stage through its opening in September 1996. Artifacts, memorabilia, and fabulous photography displayed a preconstruction campus in 1991 through construction. A lot of memories were shared by pioneer residents …
read moreCedarfield resident vols were recognized for their time and talent in celebration of National Volunteerism Week. Some came in costume as their favorite cowboy/cowgirl, but all enjoyed great food and fellowship. Thanks to all the Cedarfield volunteers who go above and beyond every day to make this community so special.
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