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Independent Living residents traded Chesterfield County for the coast on Wednesday, Aug. 19, as they gathered in the Springdale Bistro for Lucy Corr's first-ever Beach Party. The 3 p.m. start time turned out to be a suggestion. Guests began arriving 45 minutes early in leis, visors and floral shirts. Inflatable palm trees and seashell-and-sand centerpieces filled the room, with a pink flamingo standing guard over a wading pool packed with ice, wine and beer. Captain [...]

Every nurse starts somewhere. Long before the charting and the clinical judgment comes a first patient: someone who needs help getting dressed, getting out of bed or getting to breakfast. Where a student learns that work shapes the kind of nurse they become. For eight weeks this summer, four first-semester nursing students from Bryant & Stratton College spent their Wednesdays at Lucy Corr, earning clinical hours alongside residents in the Health Care Center. Bryant & [...]

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 [...]