Fillmore Place in Petersburg, Virginia, sits in a fireproof brick building designed in 1936 to look like the old Ludwell Paradise House from Williamsburg, and you can still see the history in the colonial Virginia style and the care taken with flower beds, which students from Anna P. Bolling Junior High help keep up, while residents and the local community have always shown pride in looking after the property through the years. The building has 20 rooms spread out over two stories and has always served mostly older women from places like Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, and other nearby counties who need a place where they can get help but still have some independence, especially when money is tight or when someone has a chronic mental health or dementia diagnosis that makes it hard for them to find another spot, so long as wandering isn't a problem.
Fillmore Place is a supportive environment with modest accommodations-meaning you'll find furnished private rooms with baths or tubs, kitchenettes, cable TV, telephones, air conditioning, and Wi-Fi, plus home-cooked meals with snacks and special dietary help, all served in dining rooms where you can choose your mealtimes, but you can always just relax in a common area, either inside where there are places to gather, a library, a movie room, a wellness room, or outside in gardens and walking paths. Pets are generally allowed, but you can't smoke anywhere inside-public or private-so that helps keep everybody safer.
For care, Fillmore Place offers both assisted living and memory care, so you'll find professional nurses, doctors on call, medication management, and help with bathing, dressing, and transfers, and they work with people who need extra help, like those with intellectual or developmental disabilities or people needing diabetes care, incontinence care, or non-ambulatory support. There's always someone on site to supervise, so whether you need short-term respite or hospice help or just someplace to call home as you age, you can get 24-hour support, plus regular social activities, one-on-one counseling, devotional services, and transportation for outings, doctor appointments, or just running errands. Housekeeping, laundry, and maintenance are handled for you, and there's a professional staff that wants everyone to stay as independent as possible and make their own choices, even as they help with everyday needs.
Fillmore Place has a long tradition-open for three generations now-of focusing on supervision, compassion, and community, reflected through services like helping navigate social services, long-term care options, daily living support and programs for those who might otherwise be difficult to place. While the building itself is older and accommodations are simple, the staff works hard to make sure people feel safe, welcome, and cared for. The facility averages a 2.0-star rating from four reviews, and although it may not have the newest amenities, it does have a very strong sense of history, family, and belonging, made possible by people coming together to support each other day in and day out.
