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Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina brings home top honors from LeadingAge North Carolina
Winston-Salem based Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina (BRH) was honored twice this month at the annual LeadingAge North Carolina conference. Beth Jones, a longtime Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina Board of Trustees member, received the Excellence in...
How to Improve Your Overall Health
Maintaining a sound body and mind is crucial, no matter what your age may be. However, it’s a good idea for aging adults to assess their health with a primary care physician to explore ways to improve lifestyles, if needed. Being proactive is a good choice to avoid...
Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina partners with Comprehensive Rehab Consultants, adds physiatry position to Brookridge team
As it continues to show its commitment to the health and wellness of its residents, Baptist Homes of North Carolina has joined forces with Comprehensive Rehab Consultants (CRC) and added a physiatry position at its Life Plan Community in Winston-Salem, Brookridge....
Questions to Ask When Looking for a Retirement Community
The decision of finding just the right retirement community is a weighty one with so many factors to consider of where you’re going to spend your best years. You’ve worked hard and, depending on a senior living community’s list of amenities, it’s time to have some...
Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina building dementia care program
Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina has teamed up with Rachael Wonderlin, founder of Dementia by Day, and will work together to build a dementia program for Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina. As part of this partnership, Rachael will hold an event at...
Best Museums in Winston-Salem
Retirement may be the end of a long professional career season, but it’s the start of many exceptional adventures during your best years! One way to have some fun is by visiting museums in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This city is full of wonderful places to explore...
Why Exercise Is Important for Seniors
As we embrace our golden years, the more proactive we are concerning the care of our bodies, the more leverage we have in living a vibrant, independent life. Factoring in the positives of how exercise is beneficial for our overall wellness and state of health is one...
Find Your Career in Senior Living and Join the Brookridge Team
Brookridge is expanding our team, and we invite you to join our flourishing Life Plan Community owned and operated by Baptist Retirement Homes! For more than 70 years, Baptist Retirement Homes has served older adults with distinguished retirement living options built...
Exploring the History of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Cities that seamlessly combine history and modernity are some of the most interesting places in the world, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is no exception. The city not only impressively blends past and present, it also cultivated a unique arts and tech scene,...
Brookridge Retirement Community: Enhancing the meaning of home
Inviting old and new friends alike to consider Brookridge Retirement Community is definitely saying “Welcome home,” as the lovely 46-acre wooded campus has enormous appeal on many levels, including freedom, security, and lifelong care. Convenient to the entire Triad...
Coronavirus Updates
At Brookridge our priority has always been to keep our residents and staff safe. We are closely monitoring COVID-19 and its impact and have proactively taken steps as recommended by state and local health officials as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to keep our community, residents and staff safe.
We look forward to hosting you on our campus when we are once again open for tours, meals, activities and events. Thank you so much for your cooperation and understanding during this unprecedented challenge. We are all in this together – and together, we will get through it.
Updates
Brookridge
- Cumulative residents tested this week: 0
- Current positive residents: 0
- Number of residents vaccinated: IL – 95 percent; health care – 98 percent
- Cumulative employees tested this week: 52
- Current positive employees: 0
- Number of employees vaccinated: 112
Due to Forsyth County positivity rates, we are testing all unvaccinated staff twice a week. - Any new positive COVID-19 cases: No
- Updates to visitation policies: We are limiting visitation to two family members per room, including children. If you are coming to visit, you MUST check in with security at the healthcare center. We will track the number of visitors in our facility at all times. Independent Living visitors must also check in with security. All visitors will be required to screen, perform hand hygiene, and wear a mask at all times. Masks are required in resident rooms and common areas. Please visit outdoors as weather permits. The Health Department is reminding you that COVID is running wild in our community. We must protect our susceptible residents.
- Booster Clinic scheduled for November 9th, 2021. Independent Living Residents can come to the Game room from 2p-4p on 11/9/21. Healthcare residents will be vaccinated between 11/8/21 and 11/9/2021. We are continuing to obtain consents and declinations at this time. Please email Tatum Myers tmyers@brh.org with any questions.