Welcome to the Martha Jefferson House
Over 60 Years of Senior Care in Central Virginia
At Martha Jefferson House, we blend compassionate senior and assisted living with tailored therapy services, creating a supportive community that celebrates life in Charlottesville.
Senior and assisted living with therapy services, on Gordon Avenue since the house was built in 1921.
Independent living, assisted living and long-term nursing care on one campus, with physical, occupational and speech therapy delivered by Brookwood Therapeutic Services.
An apartment of your own, with the community, the grounds and the staff of Martha Jefferson House around you.
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Daily support shaped around the person, in a setting that still feels like home rather than a facility.
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Round the clock nursing care for residents whose needs have grown, on the same familiar campus.
Ask about availabilityPhysical, occupational and speech therapy, tailored to the person and delivered here at Martha Jefferson House. Brookwood can be reached directly on (434) 218-2083.
Strength, balance and mobility work, built around what a person wants to be able to do again.
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Practical support for the everyday tasks that keep independence within reach.
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Communication and swallowing support, delivered patiently and in private.
Call BrookwoodMost families start with a phone call and a visit. Nothing is decided in one afternoon.
Call (434) 293-6136 or send the form below. Tell us who you are asking for and what matters most to them right now.
Walk the grounds, see the residence areas, meet the people who would be part of daily life. Bring whoever should be there.
We work through the practical steps together, including therapy needs through Brookwood, and set a date that suits the family.
Four named residence areas sit around the original house on Gordon Avenue. Photographs below are the community's own.
One of the four residence areas on the Virtual Tour.
Added to the house in 2008.
Part of the retirement community from around 1957.
Part of the retirement community from around 1957.
The house is built as a private residence for the Wheat family, known then as the "Ackley" house.
The house becomes the centerpiece of the retirement community with the addition of Hunter's Way and The Carlyle, taking place around 1957.
Martha Jefferson House becomes independent from the hospital.
The Perry Wing is added.
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Giving and working here are both paths into the same community.
Gifts to Martha Jefferson House support the daily life of a community that has cared for Central Virginia for more than 60 years.
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Nursing, therapy, dining, housekeeping and administration. If you want work that people notice, this is a house where they do.
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The most recent addition to the house, joining Hunter's Way and The Carlyle around the original 1921 building.
Martha Jefferson House became independent from the hospital in 2000 and has been governed on its own terms since.
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1600 Gordon Ave
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Website: marthajeffersonhouse.org
Staff email domain: mjhouse.net
