Notable Senior Communities

hristwood is known as the Northshore’s premier Life Plan Community. With an enviable location that makes a lasting impression with its attention to detail, the 117 acre campus is surrounded by a preserve of oak trees, native Louisiana landscaping and nature trails with convenient access to shopping, dining, entertainment and medical services.

Christwood residents enrich their lives and pique their interests with lifelong learning classes in conjunction with local colleges, health seminars and they take up stimulating hobbies while meeting new friends. Many residents continue their love of volunteering and work with service organizations both on and off campus. In independent living, residents enjoy a concierge lifestyle with three distinctly different dining venues to satisfy every taste from casual to fine dining.

With a variety of sizes and styles to choose from among its beautifully appointed cottages and apartment homes for independent living, residents find the ideal home to fit their personalities and needs and meet their personal, signature style.

The Community Center is a 23,000 sq ft fitness center featuring an indoor heated pool for year-round swimming, a large array of fitness equipment designed for adults in the greater Northshore

100 Christwood Blvd • Covington • christwoodrc.com

community age 55 years and older along with exercise classes for every level. More than a health club, it’s a complete health and wellness center that encourages active, ageless living. Fitness classes include water aerobics, yoga, Pilates and indoor pickle ball in addition to an abundance of fitness equipment that includes cyber cycles for brain health and fitness. The Lotus Spa, a full spa and salon offering manicures, pedicures, hair care and therapeutic massages for men and women, and the Forever Fit Kitchen, a casual lunch venue featuring healthy and delicious lunch offerings, are both conveniently located at The Community Center.

A new service is at Your Service by Christwood, a division of Christwood, that offers a combination of in home wellness care and home maintenance services to both residents and non Christwood residents living in St. Tammany, Washington and Tangipahoa Parishes 55 years and older. At Your Service provides an array of a la carte services such as In Home Companion Care, Personal Assistants, Housekeeping Services, Lawn & Gardening and Home maintenance needs such as pressure washing, gutter cleaning, painting and much more.

Today, Christwood remains the only full service retirement community on the Northshore with both independent living options and a complete range of residential health care services including a Medicare approved Skilled Nursing center with onsite rehab services. Their assisted living is a Level 4 Adult Residential Care Assisted Living provider, a unique designation that provides a licensed nurse on site for 24 hours a day and higher than required staffing levels.

Since 1996, the community has served the Gulf Coast and surrounding area with consistent standard-setting care with the best possible service. They are continuing to build out their offerings, most recently by opening up assisted living, skilled nursing and cognitive memory care for non-residents on a limited basis.

To learn more, call 985-898-0515 or visit www.ChristwoodRC.com.