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Brookridge Has Your Retirement Answers
When choosing the right retirement community to call home for you or your loved one, there are a number of questions that need to be answered so you are well equipped to make an informed decision. Brookridge is a Life Plan Community located in Winston-Salem, North...
What Is a Life Plan Community?
Just as you have choices in where to work or which restaurant to eat dinner, you also have choices in where to live when you retire. Some of those options include staying in your current home, moving to a retirement home-ownership or rental community, or considering a...
The Wisteria Floor Plan Introduced
At Brookridge, a Life Plan Community in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, we are continually evaluating methods to meet the evolving needs of our current and future residents. To that end, we are excited to announce yet another independent residential option of great...
Explore the Neighborhood Around Brookridge
One of our best amenities at Brookridge is our top-notch location that gives residents prime access to the best shopping, dining, and entertainment throughout the charming city of Winston-Salem. Because our Life Plan Community is located just minutes from Wake Forest...
What Is Memory Care? What You Need to Know
When it comes to life decisions that need to be made concerning senior living and various healthcare options for a loved one who may be struggling with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, the path ahead may seem a bit daunting. A good place to start is...
Designing Garden Homes for the Future
Brookridge Garden Homes are perfect for active seniors who wish to maintain their independence but readily embrace the concept of a maintenance-free lifestyle. Our newly redesigned plans for these two-bedroom residences reveal transformative updates that feature...
Independent Living and Assisted Living: What’s the Difference?
Whether making decisions about senior care for you or a loved one, it’s important to understand the various aspects of senior living options, specifically when it comes to knowing the difference between independent living and assisted living. The major variation...
Baptist Retirement Homes Announces Reed VanderSlik as the New President and CEO
Baptist Retirement Homes is excited to announce the arrival of Reed VanderSlik as the new President and CEO. Reed takes over for the retiring Bill Stillerman who successfully lead the organization for almost 35 years. Reed comes to Baptist Retirement Homes with over...
Forsyth Woman Feature – Inspired Living
It was a joy for us to have two of our beloved residents featured in this article from the March 2020 issue of Forsyth Woman Magazine. Anne Adams and her aunt, Eloise McManus, know our community well and speak to the importance of staying active and engaged – and the...
Forsyth Woman Feature – Home With a View
We take great pride in watching our wonderful residents form and enhance friendships at Brookridge. Paired with beautifully appointed homes nestled in our wooded campus setting, you can hear how wonderful the transitions were for current residents, Jo Ellen Scott and...
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.