Frequently Asked Questions
What is your 100% Refundable Guarantee?
Shannondell's 100% Refundable Entrance Fee Guarantee ensures that your entire entrance fee is refunded to you or your estate upon completion of your stay, as outlined in the Residence and Care Agreement. In addition to being a fiscally sound estate planning tool, our 100% Refundable Entrance Fee Guarantee is just part of Shannondell's commitment to make your retirement years as comfortable and carefree as possible. For more information, please call us at (610) 728-5211.
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What is a CCRC?
A Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) is designed to offer active seniors an independent lifestyle from the privacy of their own home. The community offers access to coordinated social activities, dining services and health care when and if the course of aging raises the need.

CCRCs provide the best of both worlds - providing for your current active lifestyle with a host of quality services and amenities, including health and wellness programs, while also providing the peace of mind that comes from knowing should your needs change in the future, guaranteed access to higher levels of care such as assisted living, skilled nursing and dementia care are available, at affordable rates.
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What services are included with the monthly fee?
Your monthly service fee includes most meals and utilities, housekeeping and grounds keeping service, trash service, scheduled transportation, on-site educational and cultural events, concierge service, room service, a debit system for on-site purchases, daily check-in system, 24/7 security, emergency response system and more!
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What types of residences are available?
Shannondell residents can choose from well-appointed studios, one- and two-bedroom homes in several spacious floor plans, which range in size from 800 sq. feet to 3,000 sq. feet — all designed to allow for a variety of lifestyles.
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May I renovate or decorate my home?
Absolutely. Our Design Center at Shannondell offers professional consultants to help ensure that your home reflects your individual style and tastes. Choose from dozens of options for finishes, paint, wallpaper, cabinetry, floor coverings, molding, fixtures and appliances. You can even work with your own decorator to create your perfect home, exactly as you want it to be.
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What happens if I need medical attention for illness or injury?
Shannondell at Valley Forge is the only retirement community in the greater Philadelphia area to offer a physician-staffed Main Line Health Center on-site. This center offers you access to some of the area's top primary care and specialists in the medical field. For your convenience, Shannondell also offers an on-site pharmacy with delivery to your residence.

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Do you have assisted living or continuing care facilities?
The Meadows, our newly opened long-term care facility, offers a higher level and/or longer period of care including home health services, rehabilitative services, assisted living, skilled nursing and Alzheimer's and dementia care.
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Please give me directions to Shannondell.

From Pennsylvania Turnpike

  • Take the Valley Forge Exit. Follow signs to 422 West (Pottstown). Travel approximately 1/2 mile to Route 422 West (Pottstown).
  • Exit on the right at Route 363 North (Trooper/Audubon) after crossing the bridge over Schuylkill River.
  • Proceed to the 4th traffic light and turn left onto Shannondell Blvd.
  • Continue straight through the intersection and enter through the Gate House on the left.
  • Shannondell is on your right.

From Philadelphia

  • Take Interstate 76 West (Schuylkill Expressway).
  • Proceed to Route 422 West (Pottstown).
  • Exit on the right at Route 363 North (Trooper/Audubon) after crossing the bridge over Schuylkill River.
  • Proceed to the 4th traffic light and turn left onto Shannondell Blvd.
  • Continue straight through the intersection and enter through the Gate House on the left.
  • Shannondell is on your right.

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What is Shannondell's Mission and History?
Shannondell at Valley Forge is dedicated to redefining retirement by providing our residents with a vibrant, active lifestyle filled with wonderful amenities, personal services and affordable options.
Since opening our doors in 2002, Shannondell has grown to become the area’s fastest-growing, top-ranked Continuing Care Retirement Community.* More and more of your neighbors are discovering that no other retirement community has more to offer–in one place–than Shannondell at Valley Forge.
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I'd like to work at Shannondell. How do I apply?
Click here to be taken to our Careers page, where you can download an application. Thank you for your interest in joining the Shannondell team, and we hope to hear from you soon.
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