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Find quick answers to common questions about our community, services, and senior living options. Our FAQs are designed to help you better understand what to expect and support you in making informed decisions.

Shalom Gardens Assisted Living offers supportive senior living in Richmond, Virginia for older adults who want to maintain independence while receiving help with daily routines. The community combines personalized care, engaging programs, dining, housekeeping, and around the clock staff support in a setting designed for comfort, connection, and peace of mind.

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Assisted living at Shalom Gardens is designed for older adults who want the freedom of a residential lifestyle with support available when it is needed. Residents can enjoy daily routines, social opportunities, and comfortable living while receiving assistance with personal care, medication support, and coordination with healthcare providers.

Assisted living services at Shalom Gardens include help with bathing, dressing, and grooming, medication reminders and management, three meals each day, regular housekeeping and laundry, and trained staff available 24 hours a day. The community also works with residents and families to coordinate care with outside providers when appropriate.

According to the current website, assisted living starts at $4,725, with a one time community fee of $3,500. Families should contact the community directly for current availability, updated pricing, and any additional care related charges.

Assisted living suites are designed to feel safe, comfortable, and easy to navigate. Current website features include a private accessible bathroom with safety features, an emergency call system, individual climate control, and ample natural light.

Residents have access to inviting dining areas, comfortable lounges, garden views, activity and event spaces, an on site salon, and landscaped outdoor areas and patios. The broader campus also highlights transportation, linen services, maintenance support, Wi Fi, cable, and other everyday conveniences that help make life easier.

The Flavorful dining program focuses on variety, balanced options, and enjoyable meals served in an inviting setting. Menus change regularly, three meals are typically served each day, and the dining team can accommodate special diets, allergies, and texture modifications.

Residents can enjoy signature programs such as EngageLife events and activities, Flavorful dining, Vitality health and wellness, and Tranquility salon and styling. The community website highlights opportunities like yoga, dance, art, language classes, fitness focused programming, and social activities designed to support connection and well being.

Memory care at Shalom Parkside is a specialized setting for older adults living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The program combines a secure environment, individualized support, and meaningful daily engagement to help residents live with dignity, comfort, and connection.

While assisted living is designed for seniors who need help with daily routines, memory care provides more specialized support for residents experiencing memory loss, confusion, and cognitive change. Memory care places greater emphasis on safety, structure, routine, and programming tailored to dementia related needs.

The Shalom Parkside website highlights 24 hour nursing care in a safe and secure setting, memory focused activities, private accessible bathrooms with safety features, an emergency call system, individual climate control, and ample natural light. The program is built around personalized care and daily support that reflects each resident’s needs.

Shalom Parkside emphasizes daily opportunities for connection, joy, and engagement.  describes memory enriching activities, social opportunities, meaningful routines, and experiences designed to support well being, preserve dignity, and create comforting moments throughout the day.

Spacious layouts, wheelchair accessible private bathrooms and showers, personal climate control, cable and Wi Fi access, daily concierge services, and 24 hour nursing care. These features are intended to support comfort, familiarity, and ease of living.

Families often begin exploring memory care when a loved one needs more structure, supervision, and specialized support than can be provided safely at home or in a traditional assisted living setting. Memory care can help improve quality of life by offering consistency, safety, and a team trained to support changing cognitive needs.

Shalom Gardens Skilled Nursing & Rehab

Skilled nursing and rehab at Shalom Gardens is designed for individuals who need a higher level of medical support and therapy before returning home or transitioning to another care setting. It is often the right fit after a hospital stay, surgery, serious illness, or injury.

A good candidate for skilled nursing care is someone who requires clinical supervision, medication or treatment management, rehabilitation, or hands on recovery support that cannot be safely managed at home. This may include people recovering from surgery, pneumonia, fractures, weakness, or other complex medical events.

Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy, along with post surgical rehabilitation, orthopedic rehabilitation, cardiac and respiratory care, advanced wound care and IV therapy, and pain management. The Peak Rehab program is described as being available seven days a week.

Yes. The current Shalom Gardens website states that skilled nursing residents receive 24 hour licensed nursing care, ongoing clinical supervision, and individualized care planning tailored to their recovery goals.

In addition to therapy and nursing support,  highlights medication and treatment administration, chef prepared meals that support healing, therapeutic diet accommodations, gentle activities and social events, and comfortable private or semi private suites designed for recovery.

Yes. The skilled nursing program is presented as a supportive option for short term treatment and rehabilitation for people who are not yet ready to return home after a hospital stay.

Dining is part of the community’s Flavorful program, with chef prepared meals designed to support healing.  also notes that therapeutic dietary needs can be accommodated, which can be especially important during rehabilitation and recovery.

Imagine Life in Our Assisted Living Spaces

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Navigating senior living options can sometimes feel like learning a new language. Here are simple explanations for some common terms, grouped by category:

  • Assisted Living: A type of senior living experience that offers housing, meals, and support services, including help with ADLs and medication management, in a home-like setting. It balances independence with available care.
  • Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC): (New Term) A community offering multiple levels of care (like independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing) on one campus, allowing residents to transition between levels as their needs change.
  • Long-Term Care (LTC): A general term for ongoing care services needed by people who have chronic health conditions or disabilities. This can include assisted living, memory care, or skilled nursing care.
  • Memory Care: Specialized care provided in a secure environment for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. It focuses on safety, engagement, and therapies tailored to cognitive needs. (See our Serenity Memory Care program!)
  • Respite Care or Short-Term Stays: Short-term stays offered by senior living communities, providing temporary care for an individual while their regular caregiver takes a break or recovers themselves. It can also be a way to try out community living.
  • Skilled Nursing Care: A higher level of medical care provided by licensed nurses (RNs or LPNs), including wound care, IV therapy, injections, and complex medical monitoring. Often provided in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) or rehabilitation center.
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): Everyday personal tasks, such as bathing, dressing, eating, walking (transferring), and using the restroom (toileting). Assessing ADLs helps determine the level of support a person might need.
  • Aging in Place: The ability for a senior to continue living in their chosen residence (whether their own home or a senior living apartment) even as their care needs increase, receiving additional services there rather than moving to a higher level of care setting.
  • Caregiver: Anyone who provides care and support to another person, whether it’s a family member, friend, or professional.
  • Continuum of Care: A comprehensive range of health and support services available to meet the changing needs of individuals over time, often within a single organization or community.
  • Occupational Therapy (OT): Therapy focused on helping people regain skills needed for daily living and working, such as dressing, cooking, or managing household tasks after an illness or injury.
  • Person-Centered Care: An approach to care that focuses on the individual’s preferences, values, and needs, ensuring they are actively involved in decisions about their own care and daily life.
  • Physical Therapy (PT): Therapy focused on improving movement, strength, balance, and mobility, often after surgery, illness, or injury.
  • Rehabilitation: Services like physical, occupational, or speech therapy designed to help someone recover abilities after an illness, injury, or surgery.
  • Speech Therapy: Therapy focused on helping people recover or improve communication skills (speaking, understanding) and swallowing function, often after a stroke or neurological condition.
  • Long-Term Care Insurance: Private insurance designed specifically to help cover the costs of long-term care services, which are often not covered by regular health insurance or Medicare.
  • Medicaid: A joint federal and state government program that helps cover healthcare costs for people with limited income and resources. Eligibility rules vary by state.
  • Medicare: A federal health insurance program primarily for people aged 65 and older, and for some younger people with disabilities. It generally covers hospital stays (Part A), doctor visits (Part B), and prescription drugs (Part D), but typically does not cover long-term custodial care in assisted living.

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Choosing the right care for yourself or a loved one can feel overwhelming, but you’re not alone. At Shalom Gardens, we’re here to answer your questions and provide support as you explore options for a healthier, more fulfilling life.

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