Suburban Life - Chester/Delco - Issue #2 (February 2025)

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SL 0125 Retirement - FINAL - v2_SJM Feature 3 / 4 / 25 10 : 29 AM Page 1 OLDER ADULTS ENJOY RICH , FULFILLING , AND IMAGINATIVE LIVES AT RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE PHILADELPHIA AREA . THE Joy of possibility B Y B I L L D O N A H U E NEARLY ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE if we put in the time and effort living , excellent health care , and the proximity to various needed to get to the finish line , whatever the finish line might means of recreation , among others . Likewise , Travel + Leisure be . The idea certainly applies to achieving difficult goals such recently named West Chester , in Chester County , as one of as getting in shape , completing an advanced degree , or the top 10 best places to retire in Pennsylvania — No . 2 , just writing a novel . The same goes for attaining the kind of life we behind Pittsburgh — while Philadelphia and Swarthmore also want , now and into the future , regardless of our age . earned plum spots ( Nos . 5 and 9 , respectively ) . Translation : You can have a rich and fulfilling life in retirement . Many older adults prefer to move into a continuing care Many retirees choose to find fulfillment in the Philadelphia retirement community ( CCRC ) or independent - living facility . area . That includes those who move here from elsewhere — to Whilesuch moves require an adjustment , those who make the be closer to friends and family , to partake in the many offerings transition tend to find that life in a CCRC fulfills every criterion — particular to the city and its surroundings , and to benefit from top - shelf health care and wellness facilities , flexible accom - living in a part of the world in which they can experience all modations and first - rate staff , a host of dining options , four seasons . opportunities to explore , and programs and activities to help A recent Stacker report highlighted several counties in the them pursue interests they either forgot about or never even Philadelphia area as among the Keystone State’s best places knew existed . Residents often realize that if they can envision a to retire : Bucks ( No . 21 ) , Delaware ( No . 12 ) , and Montgomery goal or imagine a possibility , the staffs at these communities ( No . 3 ) . Factors that make them so prized include a low cost of will do everything in their power to make it happen . SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 16 ISSUE 4 | 75

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SL 0125 Retirement - FINAL - v2_SJM Feature 3 / 4 / 25 10 : 29 AM Page 2 EAGLEVIEW LANDING INTEGRACARE PICKERING MANOR Exton Glen Mills Senior Living , Newtown eagleviewlanding.com Exton Senior Living , pickeringmanor.org Magnolias of Lancaster ELM TERRACE GARDENS integracare.com PINE RUN VILLAGE Lansdale Doylestown elmterracegardens.org KENDAL - CROSSLANDS pinerun.org COMMUNITIES FIVE STAR SENIOR LIVING Kennett Square PLEASANT VIEW The Devon Senior kendal - crosslands.org COMMUNITIES Living , NewSeasons at Manheim New Britain in Chalfont , THE MANOR AT YORK TOWN pleasantviewcommuni - and Forwood Manor in Jamison ties.org Top Wilmington , Delaware themanoratyorktown.org fivestarseniorliving.com RIDDLE VILLAGE of the Mountain MAPLEWOOD RETIREMENT FREEDOM VILLAGE AT AT PRINCETON COMMUNITY To some older adults , nothing could be more comforting than BRANDYWINE Plainsboro , New Jersey Media “ aging in place ” in their long - time family homes . Others prefer to Coatesville maplewoodseniorliving.com riddlevillage.com pursue a different option in which to enjoy the final chapters of their fvbrandywine.com lives — namely , a retirement community . Such communities offer MARIS GROVE - ROSETTE comfort and security , opportunities to get involved and develop FRIENDS HOME ERICKSON SENIOR LIVING Gladwyne friendships , and other means of enhancing their health and well - & VILLAGE Glen Mills livingatrosette.com being , such as expanding their minds or adopting new hobbies . Newtown ericksonseniorliving.com / The southeastern corner of Pennsylvania has an abundance of fhvpa.org maris - grove SAGELIFE CCRCs and independent - living facilities devoted to helping older adults The 501 at Mattison live their best lives , whether they live independently , require personal care , or need specialized support , such as memory care . Some of these GARDEN SPOT VILLAGE MASONIC VILLAGES Estate in Ambler , Plush communities are routinely ranked among the best places to retire in NewHolland Lafayette Hill and Mills in Wallingford , all of Pennsylvania , or any other state in the union for that matter . gardenspotvillage.org Warminster Daylesford Crossing in Following are some of the top retirement communities in the masonicvillages.org Paoli , and Echo Lake in Philadelphia area . Suburban Life acknowledges the Philadelphia area HARBORCHASE Malvern has many exceptional places to retire and only a fraction of them are OF WILMINGTON MEADOWOOD sagelife.com represented here . Wilmington , Delaware Lansdale harborchase.com / harbor - meadowood.net THE SOLANA chase - wilmington DOYLESTOWN ACTS RETIREMENT ATRIA SENIOR LIVING MERRILL GARDENS Warrington LIFE COMMUNITIES Atria Bethlehem , THE HEARTH AT DREXEL Eagleview Landing in thesolanadoylestown.com Brittany Pointe Estates in Atria Center City in Bala Cynwyd Exton , Merrill Gardens Lansdale , Fort Washing - Philadelphia , and thehearthatdrexel.org at Glen Mills and West SPRINGTON LAKE ton Estates , Granite Farm Atria Lafayette Hill Chester , Truewood by VILLAGE Estates and Lima Estates atriaseniorliving.com THE HICKMAN Merrill in Glen Riddle Media in Media , Gwynedd West Chester merrillgardens.com springtonlakevillage.com Estates in Ambler , Nor - BRANDYWINE SENIOR thehickman.org mandy Farms Estates in LIVING OXFORD ENHANCED SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING Blue Bell , Southampton Haverford Estates , HUMANGOOD SENIOR LIVING Abington , Dresher , Estates , and Spring House Longwood in Kennett The Mansion at Langhorne Haverford , Lafayette Hill , Estates in Lower Gwynedd Square , and Upper Provi - Rosemont , Rydal Park oxfordenhancedseniorliv - Media , Newtown Square , actsretirement.org dence in Phoenixville & Waters in Jenkintown , ing.com andNorth Wales brandycare.com and Spring Mill Pointe sunriseseniorliving.com ANN’S CHOICE - in Lafayette Hill PENNSWOOD VILLAGE ERICKSON SENIOR LIVING CHANDLER HALL humangood.org Newtown SYMPHONY SQUARE Warminster Newtown pennswood.org Bala Cynwyd ericksonseniorliving.com / chandlerhallhealthservices.org INDEPENDENCE COURT symphonysq.com anns - choice OF QUAKERTOWN PHOEBE MINISTRIES CORNWALL MANOR Quakertown Allentown and Wyncote BELLINGHAM ARBOUR SQUARE Cornwall ( Lebanon icquakertown.com phoebe.org AT WEST CHESTER OF HARLEYSVILLE County ) West Chester Harleysville cornwallmanor.org seniorlivingbellingham.com trueconnectioncommuni - ties.com DRESHER ESTATES WAVERLY HEIGHTS Dresher Gladwyne ARTIS SENIOR LIVING dresherestates.com waverlyheightsltd.org Huntingdon Valley , Yardley , and Princeton , DUNWOODY VILLAGE WHITE HORSE VILLAGE New Jersey Newtown Square Newtown Square ? artisseniorliving.com dunwoody.org whitehorsevillage.org SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 16 ISSUE 4 76 |

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