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The Fountains at The Albemarle

 

The Best Value in Edgecombe County Senior Living

The Fountains at The Albemarle, located in Tarboro, North Carolina is a retirement community offering Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care and Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing on an intimate senior campus. The Fountains at The Albemarle is ideally located for those who enjoy the charms of a friendly, small town. Enjoy shopping, dining, entertainment and healthcare just minutes away.

In this friendly atmosphere we offer extraordinary cuisine, fun events, interesting classes and customized care. Choose from spacious studios to two-bedroom apartments, wonderfully appointed with a kitchenette, large living room and bathroom.

Residents of The Fountains at The Albemarle enjoy services and amenities that support a carefree, fun-filled lifestyle. Our on-site amenities include a well-stocked library, computer center with internet access, full-service beauty salon and barber shop, wellness center, creative arts studio, scheduled transportation services as well as an elegant dining room with reception lounge in addition to the Coffee Bistro for a more casual social hour.

October 2018 Community Life Calendars

Looking for that next class, club or event to inspire, delight or amaze you? Look no further. We’ve got a month full of exciting programs and we are sure you will find something that will pique your interest.
October 16, 2018

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Making Pizzas, Baking Cakes, and Creating Memories

For 10 years, Flour Power of Raleigh, NC has been providing excellent culinary experiences for people of all ages. They provide cooking classes, host summer camps and birthday parties, and teach etiquette courses. This location was also a big hit for our residents from The Albemarle. We traveled to our State's Capital in search of […]
October 4, 2018

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Rediscovering the History of Blackbeard

Blackbeard the pirate has been deeply engraved within North Carolina's history and his mark is still left on much of eastern North Carolina. The mascot of our local university, East Carolina University, is a pirate who closely resembles Blackbeard. Blackbeard lived in Bath, NC, only about an hour from Tarboro, and made Ocracoke Inlet his […]
September 28, 2018

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Resident Alice Smith is Enjoying a Worry Free Lifestyle at The Fountains

GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO BE INDEPENDENT You can do a lot more in a supportive community than you can do living by yourself. “I just love people, love being around them.” – Alice Smith, resident of The Fountains at The Albemarle MEET ALICE SMITH, AN UNRETIRING NURSE WHO ENJOYS HER WORRY FREE FOUNTAINS LIFESTYLE. […]
October 9, 2017

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Resident Edith Ballard is Enjoying an Active Lifestyle with Friendly Neighbors at The Fountains

I’M JUST NOT READY TO LET SOMEBODY ELSE MOW THE LAWN. The grass IS greener when someone else is mowing it. MEET EDITH BALLARD, WHO FOUND EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS RIGHT HERE AT THE FOUNTAINS AT THE ALBEMARLE You can learn a lot from someone who has been in your shoes. Their honest insight can help […]
June 23, 2017

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Resident Anne McPhail is Enjoying an Active, Fun-Filled Lifestyle at The Fountains

LIVE FOR SOMETHING NEW Don’t miss out on a better way to live, plan ahead for the life you want. “People here at The Albemarle are absolutely wonderful. It’s a big family, it’s a big family and everybody cares for everybody.” –Anne McPhail, resident of The Fountains at The Albemarle MEET ANNE MCPHAIL, A SCHOOL […]
May 8, 2017

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Thrive Dining™: What sounds good to eat?

Watermark was recently featured on Senior Housing News in the article Dished: Hot New Trends in Memory Care published on July 25th, 2017. To view the article, please click here. Unintentional weight loss and unhealthy meals like chicken nuggets, fish sticks and French fries, all lacking any nutritional value, are a thing of the past. […]
July 26, 2017

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The Ladies in Red: Women of the Albemarle Support Heart Health

In honor of National Wear Red Day, a national campaign to raise awareness for women's heart health, the ladies of The Albemarle flooded the auditorium with shades of red and were taught how to adopt heart healthy habits. Each lady was given vital information about heart disease and stroke since it is the cause of […]
February 3, 2017

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Bon Appétit with Thrive Dining™

Thrive Dining™ is a revolutionary dining program designed to restore the dignity and enjoyment of mealtime for individuals with cognitive or physical challenges. Thrive Dining™ features Watermark Communities’ Chef recipes and high quality, freshly prepared gourmet menu items, transformed into incredibly tasty, nutritionally balanced, protein packed meals. Watermark Chefs start by using the Grind Dining “patent-pending” […]
November 23, 2016

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Making Pizzas, Baking Cakes, and Creating Memories

For 10 years, Flour Power of Raleigh, NC has been providing excellent culinary experiences for people of all ages. They provide cooking classes, host summer camps and birthday parties, and teach etiquette courses. This location was also a big hit for our residents from The Albemarle. We traveled to our State's Capital in search of […]
October 4, 2018

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Albemarle Active Aging Marathon

Each year, in September, the International Council on Active Aging holds an Active Aging week. Active Aging Week, started in 2003, challenges society’s diminished expectations of aging by showing that, regardless of age or health conditions, adults over 50 can live as fully as possible in all areas of life—physical, social, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, vocational […]
September 28, 2018

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Touring Jurassic Park

Last month, residents of The Springs visited the traveling museum of Jurassic Quest in Raleigh, NC. This museum offered a unique experience as visitors got to see moving dinosaurs in life size. These animatronic dinosaurs were so realistic as they walked, blinked, and even clenched their jaws. Our residents were able to take a tour […]
August 27, 2018

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Pumpkin Pastimes

Fall is in the air and this past month’s trip to the pumpkin patch solidified that fact. Carolina Country Fresh is a local market and gift shop located in Bethal, NC. Each season, this store decorates and plans activities for people of all ages. This month, they planned their activities around pumpkins. We were so […]
October 22, 2018

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Making Pizzas, Baking Cakes, and Creating Memories

For 10 years, Flour Power of Raleigh, NC has been providing excellent culinary experiences for people of all ages. They provide cooking classes, host summer camps and birthday parties, and teach etiquette courses. This location was also a big hit for our residents from The Albemarle. We traveled to our State's Capital in search of […]
October 4, 2018

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Rediscovering the History of Blackbeard

Blackbeard the pirate has been deeply engraved within North Carolina's history and his mark is still left on much of eastern North Carolina. The mascot of our local university, East Carolina University, is a pirate who closely resembles Blackbeard. Blackbeard lived in Bath, NC, only about an hour from Tarboro, and made Ocracoke Inlet his […]
September 28, 2018

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Big Band Sound Produces a Big Time at The Albemarle

Earlier this month, The Albemarle hosted our Annual Fish Fry. This event brings residents and guests together to dine on some of the best fried fish around made by our Chef. Since the weather was so nice, the residents could choose to dine inside or on our outdoor patio which gave dinner such a nice […]
April 24, 2018

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Just Keep Dancing!

Last Thursday, The Albemarle took a road trip to the Imperial Center in Rocky Mount to see another great beach music band, The Band of Oz. The group of eight men formed in the mid 1960s in the local town of Grifton and has been jamming ever since. Our residents and staff enjoyed getting to […]
October 4, 2017

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Listen to the Music!

This week, residents at The Fountains at The Albemarle have been busy dancing and jamming to all things music! First, our independent living residents traveled to Rocky Mount to swing to the sounds of the beach music band, The Embers. This band is famous for their hits "I Love Beach Music" and "Hold Back the […]
September 18, 2017

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Facebook Review – Highly Recommend

I moved to The Fountains of The Albemarle last October 29th and I think it is a very nice place to live. The activity directors, Tina Brown and Kristen Jones offer numerous activities to keep you busy and let you interact with others. The staff is friendly, nice, and efficient, and go out of their […]
September 21, 2017

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SeniorAdvisor Review – Friendly Staff, Excellent Food & Abundant Activities

My mother in law seems to enjoy living at The fountains. The entire staff are friendly and we have good communication. She loves the food and they offer a lot of activities. They even went on a boat to watch the eclipse. The community is very clean and this is one of the things we […]
September 18, 2017

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Facebook Review – The Staff is Friendly and Attentive

My mother has blossomed since she moved into the Albemarle. The staff is so friendly and attentive. She is enjoying her new friends and all of the activities.
November 21, 2016

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