At Christwood, everything you need is right at your fingertips — from an on-site beauty parlor/barber shop and convenience store to our exercise room, library, business center, and more. 

Just as in your current home, you set your own daily agenda.  Choices for enriching your independence are virtually endless with the numerous amenities within Christwood and in the surrounding community.

As a Christwood resident, you will enjoy these amenities:

• 66 landscaped and wooded acres near charming towns and fishing villages with the nearby attractions of New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf Coast
• Gazebo and fishing pond complete with pier and fire pit
• Classic architecture with arches, cupolas with weathervanes, warm-colored brick with white trim, and a pillared porte-cochere that provides an elegant entryway
• Interior decor accented by deep jewel tones, dark woods, richly upholstered furniture and fine works of art
• Nine different apartment designs including one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and three different cottage designs including two- and three-bedroom floor plans.  In addition, an expansion is currently underway which will include 24 new Atrium Apartments, offering two different floor plans and as much as 1,400 sq.ft.
• Private alcove entrance/foyer area for all apartments, nine-foot ceilings, fully equipped kitchen, patio, balcony or large bay window, walk-in closet(s) and built-in emergency call system
• An abundance of social, recreational and educational activities — classes, seminars, cultural programs, trips and much more
• Full-service formal dining room with chef-prepared gourmet cuisine
• Private dining room for personal entertaining
• Daily continental breakfast
• Comfortable, well-stocked library
• Fitness room
• Outdoor gardening areas
• Gourmet coffee/tea cafe with wireless Internet
• Business center complete with computers and audio books
• Christwood Garden Room — a multipurpose room ideal for playing cards, social gatherings with friends and lectures or concerts (includes a dance floor, large screen projection television and baby grand piano)
• Pool table
• Convenience store
• Beauty salon/barber shop
• Newly renovated guest accommodations

Residents also receive these timesaving services:

• Daily continental breakfast with take-out service available
• Scheduled transportation for those times you would rather not drive
• An attentive professional staff that provides housekeeping, flat laundry service, indoor and outdoor maintenance, lawn care and 24-hour security
• If needed, assisted living and skilled nursing care is available to residents at a discounted rate in The Arbor and the Health Center
• Individual, on-site climate controlled storage
• Uncovered, reserved parking (covered available for an additional fee)

Other important facts:

• Pets allowed in first floor apartment homes
• Not-for-profit community initiated by Christ Episcopal Church in Covington