The Virginian

I have had the good fortune to move three families into the Virginian over the years. I can honestly say that their sales and marketing team and move in coordinator are top notch. It was so nice not to have any worries while settling in my clients. I knew that Jenna and Antonio had everything in had...

I have had the good fortune to move three families into the Virginian over the years. I can honestly say that their sales and marketing team and move in coordinator are top notch. It was so nice not to have any worries while settling in my clients. I knew that Jenna and Antonio had everything in had! I would not hesitate to recommend The Virginian to any future clients.

At least half of all the staff members at The Virginian know exactly who I am, my father is a well-respected/loved and generally well-treated resident up on the 3rd Assisted Living floor, and in my assessment (and I am a realist), I''ve made positive bonds with many of Daddy''s regular caregivers - ...

At least half of all the staff members at The Virginian know exactly who I am, my father is a well-respected/loved and generally well-treated resident up on the 3rd Assisted Living floor, and in my assessment (and I am a realist), I''ve made positive bonds with many of Daddy''s regular caregivers - the majority of whom are kind, understanding, and accommodating. So to post this review, I must be exceedingly brave, exceedingly dumb, or a combination of the two. Sigh. Here goes nothing. One would think that it would be a relief to have a skilled nursing unit under the same roof where your loved one is receiving memory, assisted living, or an independent level of care. Translated as, consider this scenario: your loved one already lives at the Virginian (on one of the upper levels, where it''s beautifully renovated and pristine-looking) has had a fall? Broken a bone? Had a windfall medical emergency, such as infection, which required an extended hospital stay? Skilled nursing would logically be the best post-hospitalization "bridge" to spend some time (ideally) getting more intensive, individualized attention and TLC while building up their strength to successfully head back up to their baseline level of care. In my Daddy''s case, that''s Assisted Living. Oy. Vey. IMO, the other Skilled Nursing review posters who are appalled, aghast, and otherwise PO''ed are well within their rights to feel that way. Daddy is currently in skilled nursing (his several-eth-time-around) after a week-long hospitalization due to a very serious urine/blood infection, and resulting muscular atrophy from spending a week in bed. Dear reader, Daddy''s discharge from the Skilled Living basement back up to his upstairs assisted living unit can''t come soon enough. My Daddy is one of the most kind, agreeable, grateful, and kind individuals you''ll ever want to meet - AND he''s been at the Virginian since 2019, and many employees know and love him, AND it''s taken having a 24/7 caregiver (hired from an outside agency) with him in the room, AND a team of geriatric case managers (hired from an outside agency), AND me to keep things halfway straight, and things are still messed up six ways to Sunday. The double doors that lead to the lone area of The Virginian which has NOT been renovated, and goes by such charming, Virginia-themed names as Cardinal, Willow, and Dogwood seem to be a deliberate secret from those who otherwise visit or tour the property. So much so that when Daddy was admitted to Cardinal from the hospital this time around, there was an "event" going on that day, and his admission to the skilled nursing unit was deliberately scheduled after said "event" was over. This was NOT for his comfort, or even due to space constraints, I am convinced it is part of a cautious white-washing veneer to make sure outsiders don''t see patients at their most vulnerable. I feel like The Virginian does not want to mar its aesthetic, clean appearance (just look at the stunning front lobby) with the most fragile, worthy-of-care residents of all - those in skilled nursing. And I can''t help but feel that based on the lack of attention to any detail (to include providing acceptable cleanliness, providing not-cramped spaces to residents, providing a fine balance of attentive care and privacy/dignity, including helping out with food choices, and being careful to not lose belongings, such as personal clothing which goes into the community laundry) and IMO, a lack of true individualized care - and how overworked and overtired and disenfranchised the staff appear on skilled nursing, that the residents, staff, or anyone else on "B1" is treated as and seen as an afterthought and a bottom-feeder. It isn''t like the rest of the building is without fault - it''s not - but I feel like it''s at least workable, and people are trying to improve what''s not right. I implore you, Deena and staff - DO BETTER. Not just for the more-able-bodied, pretty older folks. But for them ALL. .