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Community overview

Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community is a faith-based, nonprofit Life Care community at 1617 Hendersonville Road in Asheville, North Carolina, on a 125-acre campus south of the Biltmore Estate. The community offers independent living in cottages, villas and apartment homes, assisted living at Haden Hall and skilled nursing at the Simonds Health Care Center.

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Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community in Asheville, NC is a Life Care community with independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing.

Care & support

Deerfield provides a full continuum of care on site, from independent living to assisted living to skilled nursing, as part of its Life Care model.

Care & support

Licensed nursing staff are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and an emergency call system in each home summons nursing and security.

Care & support

Haden Hall, the assisted living residence, has 60 apartments including 20 large suites, and residents receive help with bathing, dressing and monitoring of medications as needed.

Care & support

The Simonds Health Care Center is a Medicare-approved facility with 24-hour care in 62 private rooms grouped in neighborhoods with sitting areas and common spaces.

Care & support

Physical, occupational and speech therapies are offered on site with licensed therapists, and the on-site Deerfield Clinic, overseen by MAHEC, is staffed five mornings a week.

Rooms & living spaces

Independent living options include 94 cottages, 18 villas, 13 timbers and 252 apartment homes.

Dining & meals

The main dining venue for lunch and dinner offers cafeteria-style dining with a carving station, salad and soup bar and dessert station, with outdoor dining on the Patio and Veranda.

Dining & meals

The Riverwalk Cafe serves breakfast and lunch, Canon's Corner is a beverage lounge with beer and wine, and a private dining room accommodates up to 42 people.

Dining & meals

The Simonds Health Care Center has its own dining room serving three meals a day.

Activities & connection

Social activities include poker, duplicate and social bridge, croquet, bocce ball, concerts, musical groups and lecture series, plus monthly special events on Deerfield Day.

Activities & connection

Fitness classes include yoga, tai chi, Pilates, dance and weekly guided hikes, and arts offerings cover pottery, fiber arts, photography, drawing, painting and woodworking.

Activities & connection

Residents volunteer in the Asheville area, including building houses for Habitat for Humanity and delivering Meals on Wheels.

Activities & connection

Deerfield provides transportation to events and performances at venues such as Flat Rock Playhouse and the Asheville Symphony.

Shared spaces & amenities

The Health and Wellness Center includes a cafe and deli, arts and fiber arts studios, a pottery kiln, a weight and aerobics studio and a day spa.

Shared spaces & amenities

The 20,000-square-foot glass-enclosed Aquatic Center has a lap and aerobics pool and a warm-water therapy pool, and offers lap swimming, aquatic therapy and water aerobics classes.

Shared spaces & amenities

St. Giles Chapel on the campus is open daily for contemplation and prayer, and a Memorial Garden has paths through native rhododendron to a small waterfall.

Location & getting around

The campus is in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, minutes from downtown Asheville, just south of the Biltmore Estate and the Blue Ridge Parkway.