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February is American Heart Month, which means there’s no time like the present to take control of your cardiovascular health. Heart health is important at any age, but we at Brandermill Woods want to remind seniors that it’s especially important to take good care of your ticker.We recognize the importance of cardiovascular health, so here are 10 steps you can take today to improve your cardiovascular fitness (and your overall health):1. Quit smoking.

Winter weather is all over the map this year. Despite a few remarkably warm weekends, we’ve not seen the last of those cold, blustery days where you just want to stay in and watch a good movie. Thanks to the abundance of streaming and rental services, we’re free to revisit our favorite movies any time we want.Need help deciding what to watch?

This past weekend Virginia Currents shared the story of Brandermill Woods resident, Carl Rhodes and his endurance and will to stay active despite having Parkinson’s. To see the segment on Carl, fast forward to 11:13 in the clip and learn about the different approaches that have helped him cope with Parkinson’s symptoms.

From all of us at Brandermill Woods, we’d like to wish Arthur Haake a happy 100th, (or should we say 25th?) birthday today! As you might have already seen, Arthur has experienced quite a lot in life, including the roaring twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II. Arthur, a graduate from Harvard Law School, put his law career aside to join the Marines as a Second Lieutenant at the beginning of World War II in 1941.

One of the original residents of the Brandermill Woods Retirement Community Jerry Bourdow turns 100 on April 26th celebrating with family and friends in the Florida Room at the Chesterfield. Jerry and her late husband Joe moved to Brandermill Woods soon after it opened on October 2, 1987 and immediately became active in the community. Jerry visited new residents as they moved into the new active retirement community, wrote articles for the community newsletter and volunteered for many community ...

Female residents have traditionally outnumbered males in assisted living communities, but the numbers show that this trend may be changing as more men make the move to independent and assisted living facilities. The most widely accepted reason for this trend is an increase in male life