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Your Virginia Beach Retirement Oasis Awaits

Your Resort-Style, Retirement Living Starts Now! Voted among the best states to retire to in 2023, Virginia offers an opportunity to start a vibrant new chapter in your life. Enjoy a perfect combination of natural beauty, rich history, and culture. …
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What’s Happening This Fall in Virginia Beach for Seniors

One of the best things about retiring to the Chesapeake Bay area is you get resort-style living all year round. But before the colder temps of winter take hold, fall offers an ideal combination of weather, beautiful foliage, and …
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Westminster-Canterbury Checks All the Boxes for Resort-Style Living

How do you choose your vacation destinations? You might choose to visit a place where there are beautiful surroundings, an abundance of activities, cultural attractions, good food and luxurious amenities. And when your vacation is over, you might think to …
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What is Rightsizing for Retirement?

For seniors who are considering their retirement living options, the term “rightsizing” may be coming up often. To some, the phrase sounds like a fancy way to dress up the concept of downsizing, the process many older adults go through …
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Why Retire to Virginia Beach – Westminster-Canterbury

6 Reasons Virginia Beach is a Good Place to Retire What’s better than retiring? Retiring in Virginia Beach! You won’t find another place where vibrant city life and suburban comfort collide to produce a spectacular environment for today’s modern senior living. If …
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Enjoy Your Dream Lifestyle Before Retiring: Why Our Residents Move Before They Retire

For many older adults, “retirement community living” is a bit of a misnomer. That’s because, while they may be enjoying the lifestyle at a senior living community, they’re not exactly retired. More and more older adults are selling their homes …
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Successful Aging: What It Means for Older Adults

It’s a term you’ve probably heard, but what is successful aging? The most common definition for successful aging is: avoiding disease and disability, being physically and mentally active, and being socially engaged. Does successful aging come down to just luck …
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Wellness for Life-Importance of a Healthy Lifestyle

At Westminster-Canterbury, we recognize the importance of a healthy lifestyle. We encourage our residents to have a “Wellness for Life” mindset. Life is so much more than living day-to-day, so we developed six wellness pillars that we focus on …
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Dolphin

When your backyard is the beach, every day is a vacation. Start the day by enjoying breakfast in your apartment home, then head out to find your daily adventure.  Take a stroll on the beach enjoying the sea air without …

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Sandpiper

We’ve reimagined these East Tower apartments and fully renovated them to optimize space and create an airier, more open floor plan. Now, more than ever, they’re the perfect place for you to reimagine and expand your retirement! Plus, keep in …

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A promotional image for an event series called New Horizons Series held January through March at Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay. The event focuses on physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Includes an RSVP button.