Our Residents

Our diverse community includes people from all walks of life. We have many retired military, as well as retired government and public-service employees. Most of our residents value continual learning, and we encourage this through activities such as guest speakers and group outings to museums, the theatre or concerts. Our options for activities and housing are flexible because we aim to meet each individual’s needs. And while many wonderful and varied personalities make up our community, most are surprised to discover how much they have in common with others, and how quickly they make friends here.

Gardner and Nancy Van Scoyoc

How long have you lived here?  We've lived here for five months.

What attracted you to Westminster? This is the only place we know of in the area that has cottages, ponds and woods. It’s a beautiful landscape and still has easy accessibility to a number of shopping centers. We also appreciate the warmth and friendliness of the staff and other residents and the flexibility they showed in making changes to our cottage.

Lives in: A cottage

Activities: Gardner attends the men's coffees and breakfasts and is active in the Virginia Continuing Care Residents Association. Nancy takes Tai Chi classes and volunteers for Flying Fingers who do sewing/knitting projects for the health center.

Enjoys: Nancy likes to garden and bike and Gardner is an avid golfer. Both enjoy long walks along the Occoquan River.

Career: Gardner is a leading authority on senior communities having had a successful career for 40 years developing and running several, as well as serving as a consultant to many throughout the United States, including Westminster at Lake Ridge. Nancy has degrees in both psychology and counseling and opened two women's resource centers, did church-based work, wrote a book titled "Women, Change and the Church" and for several years directed a wilderness adventure program for inner-city youth.

Current projects: You can read more about Gardner and Nancy at http://www.retirement-living.com/article/1270/a-first-hand-perspective