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The Chesapeake and Lake Prince Woods compared

Two Virginia communities about 23 miles apart, compared from their own disclosure statements. Tinted rows are where they differ; each page tab opens the filing at the figure.

FigureThe ChesapeakeLake Prince Woods
LocationNewport News, VASuffolk, VA
Filing used2026 statement, fiscal 2025 financesPDF2026 statement, fiscal 2025 financesPDF
Contract typesType A (life care), Type B (modified)Type C (fee for service)
Entrance fee, one person$149,000 to $855,000p. 15p. 17$70,500 to $792,750p. 103
Monthly fee, independent living$3,520 to $6,751p. 15p. 17$1,692 to $3,137p. 103
Refund plansStandard Refundable; 90% Refundablep. 89p. 65Fully Declining; Minimum 50% Refundablep. 23p. 37
Highest guaranteed refund90% of the feep. 89p. 6550% of the feep. 23p. 37
When a refund is paidWhen your unit is re-occupied and the new resident has paidp. 89p. 65When your unit is re-occupied and the new resident has paidp. 23p. 37
Days cash on hand266 days (FY2025, interim)p. 100Figures for LifeSpire of Virginia Obligated Group.340 days (FY2025)p. 86Figures for EveryAge Obligated Group. Days cash and coverage are the EveryAge obligated group's (p101), not Lake Prince Center's alone: its own balance sheet shows $2,020 of cash and $1,659,510 of assets limited as to use at 9/30/2025 (p86).
Its lenders' minimumAt least 120 daysp. 25At least 200 daysp. 101
Debt service coverage2.31x (FY2025, interim)p. 100Figures for LifeSpire of Virginia Obligated Group.3.84x (FY2025)p. 86Figures for EveryAge Obligated Group. Days cash and coverage are the EveryAge obligated group's (p101), not Lake Prince Center's alone: its own balance sheet shows $2,020 of cash and $1,659,510 of assets limited as to use at 9/30/2025 (p86).
Independent living occupancy96.8% (2025)p. 2488.02% (2025)p. 13
Net position−$7.9 million (FY2025)p. 100−$19.1 million (FY2025)p. 86
Whose financesVirginia Baptist Homes, Inc. dba LifeSpire of Virginia and Subsidiaries (consolidated); ratios for LifeSpire of Virginia Obligated Groupp. 100Lake Prince Center, Inc. (including Lake Prince At Home, LLC), column of the EveryAge combining statements; ratios for EveryAge Obligated Groupp. 86
Audit opinionUnmodified (clean) opinion, CliftonLarsonAllen LLPp. 100Unmodified (clean) opinion, CliftonLarsonAllen LLPp. 86
Nursing care, CMS rating3 of 5 (CMS overall)5 of 5 (CMS overall)

What care costs later, in each contract

The Chesapeake

Type A (life care): Life-Care residents keep paying their independent-living monthly fee in assisted living, memory care or the Health Care Center, plus two extra meals a day and ancillary charges. If the Health Care Center is full, residents get priority admittance when a bed opens.p. 82

Type B (modified): Fee for Service residents pay the published daily rate for assisted living, memory support and the Health Care Center, less 10%. If the Health Care Center is full, residents get priority admittance when a bed opens.p. 15

Lake Prince Woods

Type C (fee for service): Fee-for-service: assisted living, memory care and nursing are available 'at fees current at such time as said services are needed and according to available space.' Any residency-fee refund due is escrowed to pay the resident's healthcare costs.p. 28

Questions to ask both communities before you sign