Situated on a beautiful, wooded, 38 acre campus, The Village at Duxbury is a leading, full-service, 62+ community with exceptional amenities and an on-site medical office affiliated with world-class healthcare leader Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth. Our cooperative ownership model provides a fiscally prudent choice in independent retirement living.
The Village at Duxbury is the first full-service retirement and senior living community on the South Shore. Our community’s unique cooperative model gives residents the advantages of ownership and a voice in decision-making. Built adjacent to the historic O’Neil Farm, The Village at Duxbury opened in May, 1994.
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Title: Intro to The Village at Duxbury
Time: 3 min 53 sec
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We offer a senior living community, with independent living, retirement homes & continuing care in Duxbury, South Shore & Cape Cod area of Massachusetts. Contact our office at .
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you know first impressions are terribly important you drive in and it just hits you is there's a resort when you first walk into the doors of the village at duxbury the first thing that you see right away is something that looks like a hotel lobby and as you continue down the entrance hall you can see a really distinctive style which we like to call understated elegance as I walked in it was just beautiful and it wasn't overpowering charming it's a small retirement village as compared to some of the others which are tremendous and it's like living with a family everyone is so kind pouring out their welcome to you and we just have a really nice time together it is a sense of community here the people who live here is what makes it the secret of the success of our service here to our residence is the genuineness of it the employees who work here like people and they want to do positive things for people to make them feel good well child care retirement group was founded in nineteen forty nine by frankandrita Welch and for those 60 plus years since this has been a family business we're in a fourth generation involved in the business now so I vision has always been quality taking care of seniors providing them with independence and continues to this day the village of duxbury was our first continuing care retirement community which opened in 1994 and the concept here was to create a residential community for seniors who could live independently who were desirous of full-size apartments and wanted to have other services and amenities available and we did it as a cooperative model where the residents are all shareholders in the of ownership and they have a voice in how the community is run we included assisted living within the community the allerton house that's part of the village of duxbury and we did this on a campus adjacent to our skilled nursing we really have something for everybody we have one bedroom apartments two bedroom apartments two bedrooms with dens and we have three bedrooms three bathrooms garden homes on the adjacent property to the main building we have the good fortune at the village of duxbury to have beautiful grounds we have 38 acres of woodland and planted Gardens distinctive in our grounds we have areas for play for residents we have putting green bocce courts for group activities we also have wonderful walking trails both on our own property and on the adjacent farmland where residents can walk on either paved pathways or wooded path ways they keeping well maintained some people have have their own guidance where they raise flowers and you can do that if you'd like and it's a nice activity the town of duxbury is a beautiful seaside community with a very long history which has been recognized as one of the best seaside towns in the United States by coastal living magazine it has one of the most beautiful beaches in all of New England we like to keep it a secret it's about a 34 mile long beach where residents can walk and see the beautiful coastline it has all the charm of a New England historic coastal town duxbury is in a great position on the Massachusetts coastline it's close to Cape Cod close to Boston with its vibrant cultural and artistic life and just a short drive from newport rhode island and its many treasures you
Time: 3 min 53 sec
Description:
We offer a senior living community, with independent living, retirement homes & continuing care in Duxbury, South Shore & Cape Cod area of Massachusetts. Contact our office at .
Transcript:
you know first impressions are terribly important you drive in and it just hits you is there's a resort when you first walk into the doors of the village at duxbury the first thing that you see right away is something that looks like a hotel lobby and as you continue down the entrance hall you can see a really distinctive style which we like to call understated elegance as I walked in it was just beautiful and it wasn't overpowering charming it's a small retirement village as compared to some of the others which are tremendous and it's like living with a family everyone is so kind pouring out their welcome to you and we just have a really nice time together it is a sense of community here the people who live here is what makes it the secret of the success of our service here to our residence is the genuineness of it the employees who work here like people and they want to do positive things for people to make them feel good well child care retirement group was founded in nineteen forty nine by frankandrita Welch and for those 60 plus years since this has been a family business we're in a fourth generation involved in the business now so I vision has always been quality taking care of seniors providing them with independence and continues to this day the village of duxbury was our first continuing care retirement community which opened in 1994 and the concept here was to create a residential community for seniors who could live independently who were desirous of full-size apartments and wanted to have other services and amenities available and we did it as a cooperative model where the residents are all shareholders in the of ownership and they have a voice in how the community is run we included assisted living within the community the allerton house that's part of the village of duxbury and we did this on a campus adjacent to our skilled nursing we really have something for everybody we have one bedroom apartments two bedroom apartments two bedrooms with dens and we have three bedrooms three bathrooms garden homes on the adjacent property to the main building we have the good fortune at the village of duxbury to have beautiful grounds we have 38 acres of woodland and planted Gardens distinctive in our grounds we have areas for play for residents we have putting green bocce courts for group activities we also have wonderful walking trails both on our own property and on the adjacent farmland where residents can walk on either paved pathways or wooded path ways they keeping well maintained some people have have their own guidance where they raise flowers and you can do that if you'd like and it's a nice activity the town of duxbury is a beautiful seaside community with a very long history which has been recognized as one of the best seaside towns in the United States by coastal living magazine it has one of the most beautiful beaches in all of New England we like to keep it a secret it's about a 34 mile long beach where residents can walk and see the beautiful coastline it has all the charm of a New England historic coastal town duxbury is in a great position on the Massachusetts coastline it's close to Cape Cod close to Boston with its vibrant cultural and artistic life and just a short drive from newport rhode island and its many treasures you
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Title: Living at The Village at Duxbury
Time: 5 min 44 sec
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We offer a senior living community, with independent living, retirement homes & continuing care in Duxbury, South Shore & Cape Cod area of Massachusetts. Contact our office at .
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we have a total of 22 different floor plans in our main building the apartments are all configured with good-sized living rooms great storage areas big closets we have full kitchens all of the apartments have the very important laundry facilities with apartment size washers and dryers I have plenty of space we didn't have to downsize very much and so I have windows all the way around on three sides I have a fireplace have a deck a lovely view I have a son who's in the building in architecture business and every time he comes to my house he looks around and just as amazed at what a beautiful design the place is we have lots of rooms that be conserved for residents space where they can entertain other friends where they can party together play cards together argue about current events together the library is really the soul of our village oh I love the library it's beautifully paneled and lots of good books and the beautiful fireplace there I'd like to just drop into the library and pick up the new york times to me the most spectacular space we have is our dining room it's a beautiful double storied room characterized by a very subdued palette of colors our prized possession which is our fitness center not only a place where you go to do things that are hard and good for you but a place we have a lot of fun i love the fitness center have three vulvas people down instructors they're very good but they're also fun and we have a lovely indoor pool that is a real draw for our regular swimmers but it's primarily used for the fun group the people who do water aerobics and walking exercises in the pool we have a room that every home needs which is a room to be messy in and it's our arts and crafts room and that is a space where residents can bring their artistic endeavors to work on that philosophy of our programming is based in what we like to call fitness of mind and body we place so much emphasis on our recreation in our activities so that our residents can be is active as they'd like and design programming that involves all aspects of culture and the arts there are so many services here the resident services department is so accommodating friendly wonderful night planned so many activities for us you don't want to leave your apartment that's fine but if you want to get out and meet people and enjoy the different activities that then it's up to you there's no end the number of programs that are available to anybody the wants and we go up to every performance with the Boston Symphony we go up to watch the handle and I the musical group and they have the trips to the huntington theatre the bowling is golf bocce ball they love men's breakfast every friday morning favor trooper men that I play golf with in a local nine hole course we have plenty that the summertime they have a tent and they have BBQ out there and it's very casual you don't have to trust poetry reading outside under the tent with lemonade or ice cream cone that we have happy hour twice a week you can go and not go and we have entertainment sometimes we have a won't resident right now has a loom set up in the arts and crafts room so she can weave when she wants to as a group of people who paint every Saturday morning together and get inspiration from each other they do art classes in the arts and crafts room there's all kinds of things going on all the time but the community is truly governed by the residents and Welch as the manager execute on the plan because it's a co-op and we have ownership we get involved in the running of the place for example I'm on the Budget Committee there are people who are on the food committee this is a board of directors you know so we all contribute to the place the food is excellent and the brunches that they hold periodically or the special meals are equal to anything I've ever seen dinner is a time to gather and visit with friends quite conversational and and the food is very good we offer more than one dining venue because people don't want to go to the same dining room all the time they'd like to go to a more casual cafe and they like to have choices the kitchen people just small of us at a very conscientious we hire people who feel about our residents the same as we do they know that the resident is to be cared for and to be respected the service philosophy here is based on the heart of what our mission says which is that we need to earn the respect of our residents every day I'm convinced when I talk about the staff of the village that when they're hired they're trained to understand older people their first class in every respect
Time: 5 min 44 sec
Description:
We offer a senior living community, with independent living, retirement homes & continuing care in Duxbury, South Shore & Cape Cod area of Massachusetts. Contact our office at .
Transcript:
we have a total of 22 different floor plans in our main building the apartments are all configured with good-sized living rooms great storage areas big closets we have full kitchens all of the apartments have the very important laundry facilities with apartment size washers and dryers I have plenty of space we didn't have to downsize very much and so I have windows all the way around on three sides I have a fireplace have a deck a lovely view I have a son who's in the building in architecture business and every time he comes to my house he looks around and just as amazed at what a beautiful design the place is we have lots of rooms that be conserved for residents space where they can entertain other friends where they can party together play cards together argue about current events together the library is really the soul of our village oh I love the library it's beautifully paneled and lots of good books and the beautiful fireplace there I'd like to just drop into the library and pick up the new york times to me the most spectacular space we have is our dining room it's a beautiful double storied room characterized by a very subdued palette of colors our prized possession which is our fitness center not only a place where you go to do things that are hard and good for you but a place we have a lot of fun i love the fitness center have three vulvas people down instructors they're very good but they're also fun and we have a lovely indoor pool that is a real draw for our regular swimmers but it's primarily used for the fun group the people who do water aerobics and walking exercises in the pool we have a room that every home needs which is a room to be messy in and it's our arts and crafts room and that is a space where residents can bring their artistic endeavors to work on that philosophy of our programming is based in what we like to call fitness of mind and body we place so much emphasis on our recreation in our activities so that our residents can be is active as they'd like and design programming that involves all aspects of culture and the arts there are so many services here the resident services department is so accommodating friendly wonderful night planned so many activities for us you don't want to leave your apartment that's fine but if you want to get out and meet people and enjoy the different activities that then it's up to you there's no end the number of programs that are available to anybody the wants and we go up to every performance with the Boston Symphony we go up to watch the handle and I the musical group and they have the trips to the huntington theatre the bowling is golf bocce ball they love men's breakfast every friday morning favor trooper men that I play golf with in a local nine hole course we have plenty that the summertime they have a tent and they have BBQ out there and it's very casual you don't have to trust poetry reading outside under the tent with lemonade or ice cream cone that we have happy hour twice a week you can go and not go and we have entertainment sometimes we have a won't resident right now has a loom set up in the arts and crafts room so she can weave when she wants to as a group of people who paint every Saturday morning together and get inspiration from each other they do art classes in the arts and crafts room there's all kinds of things going on all the time but the community is truly governed by the residents and Welch as the manager execute on the plan because it's a co-op and we have ownership we get involved in the running of the place for example I'm on the Budget Committee there are people who are on the food committee this is a board of directors you know so we all contribute to the place the food is excellent and the brunches that they hold periodically or the special meals are equal to anything I've ever seen dinner is a time to gather and visit with friends quite conversational and and the food is very good we offer more than one dining venue because people don't want to go to the same dining room all the time they'd like to go to a more casual cafe and they like to have choices the kitchen people just small of us at a very conscientious we hire people who feel about our residents the same as we do they know that the resident is to be cared for and to be respected the service philosophy here is based on the heart of what our mission says which is that we need to earn the respect of our residents every day I'm convinced when I talk about the staff of the village that when they're hired they're trained to understand older people their first class in every respect
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Title: Benefits of The Village at Duxbury
Time: 2 min 43 sec
Description:
We offer a senior living community, with independent living, retirement homes & continuing care in Duxbury, South Shore & Cape Cod area of Massachusetts. Contact our office at .
Transcript:
I decided that I should move to a retirement community because i did not like the responsibility of home ownership anymore the fact that I moved here stunned my children because I I'm basically in very active individual yet they were extremely happy they knew that if something did happen to me I'm going to be taken care of I feel safe and secure here so many residents come to our communities and one of the reasons they come there is for the additional socialization they want to make new friends I've made a great many friends different because it's a different stage of life you do make friends and you do seek those that you care about there's a common misconception among people who are considering moving into senior housing that they're giving something up the reality that I've seen they're really gaining a tremendous amount obviously they're gaining a beautiful environment wonderful services beautiful grounds living in a great town it's all part of being here at the village of duxbury what is unanticipated is the intangibles that come with moving to the village of duxbury the the friendship the sense of community the safety the security the from the laughter the ease of life we like to tell the story about people who don't move to a retirement community because they say they're not ready yet but when you walk around here and you ask someone they will say I wish I had done it sooner a perfect community and it is it's an unusual unique place the whole Welsh organization is that this was to be the very best placed in every respect and as far as I'm concerned they achieve that the fact that I took that step while I was really feeling in great shape and dropped everything that I ever knew to come to the village and never have any regrets I've never looked back my life has been enhanced since I've come I don't have that worries that I've had at home I think I have gotten younger since I've come here you
Time: 2 min 43 sec
Description:
We offer a senior living community, with independent living, retirement homes & continuing care in Duxbury, South Shore & Cape Cod area of Massachusetts. Contact our office at .
Transcript:
I decided that I should move to a retirement community because i did not like the responsibility of home ownership anymore the fact that I moved here stunned my children because I I'm basically in very active individual yet they were extremely happy they knew that if something did happen to me I'm going to be taken care of I feel safe and secure here so many residents come to our communities and one of the reasons they come there is for the additional socialization they want to make new friends I've made a great many friends different because it's a different stage of life you do make friends and you do seek those that you care about there's a common misconception among people who are considering moving into senior housing that they're giving something up the reality that I've seen they're really gaining a tremendous amount obviously they're gaining a beautiful environment wonderful services beautiful grounds living in a great town it's all part of being here at the village of duxbury what is unanticipated is the intangibles that come with moving to the village of duxbury the the friendship the sense of community the safety the security the from the laughter the ease of life we like to tell the story about people who don't move to a retirement community because they say they're not ready yet but when you walk around here and you ask someone they will say I wish I had done it sooner a perfect community and it is it's an unusual unique place the whole Welsh organization is that this was to be the very best placed in every respect and as far as I'm concerned they achieve that the fact that I took that step while I was really feeling in great shape and dropped everything that I ever knew to come to the village and never have any regrets I've never looked back my life has been enhanced since I've come I don't have that worries that I've had at home I think I have gotten younger since I've come here you
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