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Community overview

The Virginia Home is a permanent residence with nursing care for 130 adults with permanent physical disabilities in Richmond, Virginia. Residents range in age from their 20s to their 80s, and the average stay is about 20 years. Every resident has a private room.

Search description

The Virginia Home in Richmond, VA is an intermediate care nursing home with 24-hour nursing and private rooms for adults with physical disabilities.

Care & support

Around-the-clock nursing helps with eating, bathing, dressing and personal care, and the nursing staff have permanent assignments. The home also offers on-site dental care.

Care & support

Onsite health services include monthly visits from an optometrist, a dental clinic run with VCU's School of Dentistry, a special needs podiatry clinic and an ear irrigation clinic.

Care & support

Occupational, speech and physical therapy are provided, along with adaptive technology, power wheelchair evaluation and a full-time wheelchair technician on staff.

Care & support

Social workers offer case management and advance care planning, and a full-time chaplain provides spiritual support.

Rooms & living spaces

Every resident has a private room that can be decorated and personalized. Daily housekeeping, weekly laundry service, Wi-Fi throughout the campus and basic cable TV are included.

Dining & meals

All three meals plus snacks are included. A registered dietitian nutritionist develops a nutrition care plan for each resident, and an executive chef leads the kitchen.

Activities & connection

The recreation department runs programs seven days a week, including gardening, arts and crafts, socials, swimming in a heated pool, a daily Rec Cafe, music therapy and a choir.

Activities & connection

Adaptive sports, adventure outings and a Travel Scholarship Program, offered since 2006, take residents on trips such as Walt Disney World and beach vacations.

Shared spaces & amenities

Campus amenities include a full-size therapeutic pool, a multi-use gymnasium, a hair salon, banking services, a library and a guest house next door where family members may stay at no charge.

Accessibility

Most residents use power wheelchairs, and individual transportation is provided for work, school, church, restaurants, family visits, community events, medical appointments and shopping.

Location & getting around

The home is at 1101 Hampton St in Richmond, Virginia, and residents who are assessed as capable may wheel around the park or visit nearby restaurants and businesses.