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Ruth Boyd has lived independently her whole life. The youngest of six children, she was 5 years old when her mother passed away, and she largely raised herself. She married and raised two children in Chester. After her husband passed away nearly a decade ago, she spent five more years living on her own. That changed when Ruth turned up at her daughter's house with a black eye, having suffered a fall. Her [...]

Ask Jeremy Armstrong about the Ceca Award he received earlier this spring, and he’ll steer the conversation back to his team almost immediately. That humility is, in part, what earned Lucy Corr’s plant operations supervisor the recognition in the first place. Through its participation in the national Ceca Award program, Lucy Corr honors clinical and non-clinical team members whose everyday work reflects the organization's values of care, compassion and kindness. Jeremy’s recognition came through [...]

In many ways, Sarah Snead's commitment to older adults has shaped nearly every chapter of her life.  The immediate past chair of the Lucy Corr Foundation, Snead spent more than three decades serving Chesterfield County seniors as a social services provider. But beyond professional duty, care for seniors has been integral to her personal life: She was the primary caregiver for her mother and now does the same for her husband. Yet she [...]

More than 100 runners, walkers and families turned out Saturday, June 27, for the Lucy Corr Foundation Family Fun Run/Walk, a morning of movement, music and community spirit on the Lucy Corr campus. Participants chose between a 5K run/walk — four laps around the Lucy Corr grounds — and a 1-mile fun run/walk that welcomed all ages and abilities, from seasoned runners to residents accompanied in wheelchairs to families pushing strollers. Health Care Center Administrator [...]

John Hilliard, Jr., a longtime volunteer and valued member of the Lucy Corr community, was recently inducted into the Chesterfield County Senior Volunteer Hall of Fame. The forty-fourth annual Chesterfield County Senior Volunteer Hall of Fame ceremony was held on June 4 at the Beulah Recreation Center in North Chesterfield, with Lucy Corr leaders — including CEO Michael Cunningham — in attendance. The program honors residents age 60 and older who have demonstrated exceptional [...]

Twice a week in Lucy Corr’s Health Care Center, residents living with dementia sit alongside volunteers of all ages — high schoolers, county employees, Independent Living residents, even a local police officer — and make art together. The program is Opening Minds through Art (OMA), part of a national, evidence-based initiative that helps people focus on imagination and present strengths rather than memory and limitation. This summer, one-hour OMA sessions at Lucy Corr run [...]