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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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I have asked for some materials on the visiting physician, the in-house doctor, and I've asked twice but I've never recieved anything. That was my only complaint. My mother doesn't participate but supposedly...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Eden Court is a place that is catered around the needs of those suffering with memory problems. This is a Memory Care community that specializes in helping those that are suffering with Alzheimer's and Dementia. This is an actual home that is nestled in a beautiful neighborhood in the Hampton...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The Chesapeake retirement community boasts a spacious 35-acre campus in the heart of Newport News, Virginia.  Residents enjoy a multitude of opportunities to live active, healthy, fulfilling lives while simultaenously planning for their future health care needs.  Choosing from spacious...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Whether for you or a loved one, Ahoskie House offers a caring atmosphere, an active community, and a comfortable, secure lifestyle for our residents. At Ahoskie House, each member of our community enjoys the opportunity to 'live life their way'. Our valued residents enjoy assistance when...
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Provides: Memory Care, Residential Care Home
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Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Colonial Home is a quaint 32 bed home located in the Deep Creek section of Chesapeake.  We serve a private pay resident in a home environment.  Colonial Home serves both ambulatory and non-ambulatory residents and offers a full range of care, including rehabilitation services, home health care...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Pinewood Manor Assisted Living is an Ahoskie, Hertford County located memory care provider. Thanks to North Carolina's natural beauty and year round mild temperatures, the outdoor common area is a constant reminder of nature's best accomplishments. Also available to residents of this community:...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Enjoy refined living with an active lifestyle at Harbor’s Edge, a full-service, premier LifeCare retirement community in Norfolk, Virginia. With an elegant setting and amenities that surpass many fine hotels, Harbor’s Edge’s greatest luxury is flexibility. Our residents enjoy a range of choice in...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Whether for you or a loved one, Hampton Manor offers a caring atmosphere, an active community, and a comfortable, secure lifestyle for our residents. Here at Hampton Manor, each member of our community enjoys the opportunity to 'live life their way'. Our valued residents enjoy assistance when...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Residential Care Home
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Rich Square Villa offers a caring atmosphere, an active community, and a comfortable, secure lifestyle for our residents. Each member of our community enjoys the opportunity to 'live life their way'. Our valued residents enjoy assistance when required, and freedom when desired. Residency...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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I absolutely recommend this property to other families that are looking into their options, without a doubt. It was a little adjustment for my father, but he thoroughly enjoys the facility there and the...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Shepherd's Village at Park Avenue is an assisted living community located in Norfolk, Virginia. Our property offers several walking paths on a beautifully landscaped property within minutes of area medical centers, churches, shops, and restaurants. You'll enjoy customized care with outstanding...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Carebridge Assisted Living Community provides accommodations on both a long term and respite care basis. Daily housekeeping, meal service, social programs and smiling faces are all part of assisted living at Carebridge. The people of Carebridge are skilled in providing personalized care to our...
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Cost of assisted living in Dory, VA

The average cost of senior living in Virginia is $6,344 per month as compared to $5,830 in the United States.

Senior living costs in Virginia vs. national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column state: Virginia
Column national: U.S.
Column costDifference: Cost difference
Community typeVirginiaU.S.Cost difference
Assisted Living$6,344/mo$5,830/mo8.8% above national median
Memory Care$7,372/mo$6,999/mo5.3% above national median
Independent Living$4,048/mo$3,520/mo15.0% above national median
Assisted Living
Virginia:$6,344/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Cost difference:8.8% above national median
Memory Care
Virginia:$7,372/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Cost difference:5.3% above national median
Independent Living
Virginia:$4,048/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
Cost difference:15.0% above national median
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Ways to pay for Assisted Living in Dory, VA

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What families are saying about assisted living in Dory

Recent reviews for assisted living in Dory

Golden Years Assisted Living in Hampton, VA

5.0
Welcome to Golden Years! When looking for a new home, this assisted living is a five star hotel encircled by the care often associated with family. You go online and pick up pamphlets searching. Let me stop you right there! Look no further. I am a resident at Golden Years and have been since ...
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Mennowood Retirement Community in Newport News, VA

5.0
I am very happy with this community. The staff is great and very caring. The food is appealing with a nice variety. They offer alot of activities. I would be happy to recommend this community to other families. We are happy with the cleanliness here.

Petersburg Home For Ladies

4.9
This is my first experience with assisted living as far as Alzheimers and from the various places I visited, this is by far the best place I saw, even halfway done you could see it was better. They have been great, there's only 9 patients on that wing right now, they're doing a good job. There's ...
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Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Supportive and welcoming staff. Reviews consistently mention the friendliness and caring nature of the staff at various communities. For example, at Karolwood Gardens of Portsmouth, the staff went above and beyond to ensure a mother felt welcome and comfortable, and at Acclaim at East Beach Independent Living, the staff cr ...
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Variety of social activities. Residents find enjoyment in the wide range of activities offered in communities. For instance, at Acclaim at East Beach Independent Living, there are regular outings to museums and pools, and at The Gardens of Virginia Beach, there are weekly exercise classes and game nights. These activitie ...
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Professional and attentive health care. Several reviews highlight the importance of health care services and the attention paid to residents' medical needs. At Harmony on the Peninsula, a daughter was impressed with the quick response from the staff when her mother fell and required medical attention, and at The Waterford at Virgin ...
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Reasonable pricing. Some families mention affordability as a significant factor in their choice of a senior living community. For instance, at Karolwood Gardens of Portsmouth, the price point was a key consideration, and at Mayfair House Senior Living, the costs were considered very reasonable compared to other ...
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Consistent communication between staff and families. Many reviews praise the open and frequent communication between staff and family members. At Harmony at Harbour View, the staff kept the family informed about their mother's progress and updated them on any changes, and at Commonwealth Senior Living at Georgian Manor, the family appreciated ...
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Well-maintained facilities. Reviews often comment on the cleanliness and upkeep of the communities, whether it's for the private rooms, common areas, or outdoor spaces. For example, at The Crossings at Ironbridge, the facilities were described as beautiful, and at Acclaim at East Beach Independent Living, the dining ro ...
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Dory review score based on 370 family reviews

7.6
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This proprietary review score is based on 370 reviews of 109 Dory assisted living communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Dory review score informs your search by letting you see at a glance how assisted living residents and family members rate assisted living in your area. Compare review scores in multiple locations to understand how overall satisfaction rates differ from city to city. Based on recent reviews, the maximum possible score is 10.Methodology: How we calculate our city review scores

Dory review score compared against nearby cities

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Review subcategories for Dory assisted living

When assisted living residents and family members submit a review on our site, they rate each community on categories such as cleanliness, activities, meals, and more. The chart below is based on 370 reviews of 109 Dory assisted living communities. This chart helps you compare Dory resident and family assisted living satisfaction rates against national averages. Use it to assess your needs and develop criteria for your own search. If you know that one of these categories is important to you or your loved one, our senior living advisors can help you find communities to match your needs.
Dory, VA averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.2
3.6
Friendliness
3.3
3.7
Care services
2.9
3.3
Staff
3.1
3.5
Meals & dining
2.8
3.2
Activities
2.9
3.2
Value for cost*
2.9
3.3
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Dory assisted living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Dory assisted living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Dory, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in Dory assisted living

Assisted living communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of assisted living partners in Dory that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Dory, VANational
Full medication management
Full medication management
56.9%
53.2%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
43.1%
34.5%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
94.5%
96.1%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
97.2%
97.7%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
60.6%
57.4%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
26.6%
30.5%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
94.5%
96.8%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
52.3%
47.8%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
57.8%
52.9%
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Availability of select dementia care services in Dory assisted living

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Dory Assisted Living partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Dory, VANational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
56.9%
51.9%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
39.4%
33.2%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
48.6%
41.5%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
22.9%
13.9%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Dory assisted living

Assisted living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Dory partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Dory, VANational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
42.2%
27.9%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
44%
41.8%
No sugar
No sugar
40.4%
38.2%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
38.5%
37.1%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
23.9%
18.9%
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Availability of select dining options in Dory assisted living

Our assisted living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Dory communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Dory, VANational
Professional chef
Professional chef
27.5%
32.2%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
45.9%
43.2%
Room service
Room service
33%
37.6%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
18.3%
18.4%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Dory assisted living

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered assisted living communities in Dory offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Dory, VANational
Activity director
Activity director
46.8%
47.2%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
35.8%
31.6%
Community service programs
Community service programs
33%
31.1%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
52.3%
50.1%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
48.6%
50.2%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
50.5%
53%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
40.4%
42.3%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
33%
36.4%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
37.6%
38.9%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
50.5%
47.7%
Live performances
Live performances
44%
47.8%
Dances
Dances
32.1%
31.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
16.5%
25.1%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
46.8%
46.8%
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State regulations for assisted living in Dory

Safety is a primary concern when seniors and their families look for assisted living. Each state has its own laws and inspection processes to help ensure seniors reside in a safe environment and receive quality care. Learning about Virginia assisted living regulations will help you understand how assisted living communities in Dory protect seniors.
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