A not-for-profit Life Plan Community since 1983
Twin Lakes Community is a neighborhood where independence is treasured, and where the transition isn't about what you give up, but what you've gained. Live, learn and grow at a place where community comes first.
Our mission and core values
As a non-profit built on Christian values, we celebrate the progression of life and dignity of the individual by empowering all members of our community to live, work and serve to their fullest potential.
Twin Lakes began as a legacy of the family of Wade G. and Agnes Coble. As members of Macedonia Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Cobles left a bequest of $3.5 million to the church to establish health services for older adults in Alamance County. The local church formed Lutheran Retirement Ministries of Alamance County, NC and began the mission which became Twin Lakes Community. We first opened our doors in March 1983 with Coble Creek Healthcare, three apartment buildings and ten cottages.
We are not owned by a private company or stockholders. We are governed by a volunteer Board of Directors which serves as a policy-making body and is comprised of residents at Twin Lakes as well as various professionals from the surrounding area.
Our vision: Enriching Lives. Creating Community. Expanding Horizons.
Our residences
Every individual has their own distinct lifestyle preferences, including the size and style of the home they wish to live in. All homes offer a 50% refundable contract or a standard, 30-month declining refund contract.
Three-bedroom, two to two-and-a-half bath homes ranging from 1,750 to 2,400 square feet. Each has a one or two-car garage, an attic with permanent-stair access, a court terrace, and a natural gas generator as standard.
Our newest and final planned residential project: 84 spacious apartment homes with open floor plans, in a centrally located section of campus that connects to the dining venues, the fitness center and our main community building.
Two-bedroom, two-bath homes from 1,311 to 1,677 square feet. Each has an attic with permanent-stair access and a deck or patio adjacent to a sunroom. Many villas sit on one of several lakes, providing beautiful lakefront views.
A three-story apartment building housing twenty-four spacious apartment homes, from 825 square foot one-bedrooms to two-bedroom, two-bath apartments of approximately 1,000 square feet. A community great room and library are additional amenities located in Wittenberg.
One-bedroom (600 square feet) or two-bedroom (800 square feet), one-bath apartment homes housed in two buildings. These buildings offer the convenience of interconnecting hallways which provide easy access to all the amenities located at Twin Lakes Community. All apartments offer a patio or balcony.
All homes offer a 50% refundable contract or a standard, 30-month declining refund contract. Because you own a contract of services at Twin Lakes rather than a deed to a home, you do not pay property taxes. An individual, or one member of a couple, must attain the age of 62 before admission.
The Arc of Care
As a Continuing Care Retirement Community, we provide all levels of care should the need arise. Residents living independently appreciate the convenience of our on-site nursing clinic, staffed five days a week through our partnership with Piedmont Senior Care by a physician, who is also our medical director, and a physician's assistant. Our care residences are available to Twin Lakes residents as well as the broader community.
A social model of assisted living. Three meals a day in their own dining room, weekly housekeeping and linen service, and staff supervision. Thirty-six private apartments, each with a main living area, kitchenette, separate bedroom and full bath. Residents are not just cared for, they are cared about.
Designed with front porches overlooking a vibrant Town Center, an expansive sun-drenched atrium holding a chapel, a cinema and a soda shop. Specialized therapies integrate pets, plants and music. Screened porches and secure garden areas open to the outdoors.
One hundred and four private rooms, each with a private bathroom and shower. Medicare and Medicaid approved. The Hearth Cafe, a rotunda with fireside seating, the May-Foley Chapel, and aquatic therapy in a HydroWorx pool. On-site dermatology, podiatry, dental care and audiology.
A licensed home care agency providing certified nursing assistants in your own home, for Twin Lakes residents and others living in the broader community. The Harbor, our state-certified adult day program for up to twelve participants, serves Alamance, Caswell, Guilford and Orange counties.
How it works
Applicants are added to our priority waiting list in the order in which applications are completed and approved. You retain your place on the list until you become a resident, so you may change your date of residency, your choice of homes, or defer admission without losing your place.
Plan a visit and walk the grounds. Take a virtual tour of a Garden Home, a Stockton apartment, a Villa or a Wittenberg apartment first if that is easier.
Pick the residence that fits, then choose between the 50% refundable contract and the standard 30-month declining refund contract.
Complete the application. You go onto the priority waiting list in order, and your place is yours to keep while you decide on timing.
Inside and outside maintenance, utilities, basic cable, Wi-Fi campus-wide, landscaping, the Thrive wellness classes, the nurse's clinic and 24-hour in-house medical response come with the monthly fee. No homeownership responsibilities.
Life at the Lakes
Our neighborhoods are filled with people who chose Twin Lakes for various reasons, but the one thing they have in common is the desire for a well-rounded life surrounded by people who are engaged and open to new experiences, new people and new ideas. Take an exercise or a swim class. Create a masterpiece in our fully equipped woodworking shop. Enjoy the spirited competition of bocce, pickle ball and horseshoes, or the solitude of a good book in our library.
“We looked at a lot of communities for quite a while. Twin Lakes was head and shoulders above everyone else, and it has turned out to be even more than we expected.”
Twin Lakes, in its own numbers
Every figure below is published on twinlakescomm.org.
Residents and staff contribute more than 16,000 hours each year in volunteer services to the broader community, and Twin Lakes won the North Carolina Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service from the Office of the Governor. Twin Lakes maintains a Fitch financial rating attained by approximately 5% of all not-for-profit CCRCs throughout the country, and is consistently rated five-star by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a distinction held by fewer than 10% of skilled nursing facilities in the country.
Frequent questions
If you do not see a question you wish to be answered, please send us a request on our contact form below.
CCRCs, also known as Life Plan communities, are communities that provide a continuum of care to older adults under a contract for the life of an individual. Typically, there are three levels of care offered: Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Skilled Nursing Care. Twin Lakes offers all three levels, in addition to an exceptional Memory Care residence. Fees, services offered, accommodation choices, and contract options vary with each facility. The NC Department of Insurance oversees all CCRCs in the state.
We are not owned by a private company or stockholders. We are governed by a volunteer Board of Directors which serves as a policy-making body and is comprised of residents at Twin Lakes as well as various professionals from the surrounding area. Day-to-day operations are under the direction of our President and CEO. We are a non-profit organization, which means none of our earnings can be used for the benefit of, or be distributed to our directors, officers or other private individuals; profits are returned to Twin Lakes Community for the pursuance of our mission.
We have a very simple, friendly application process. Applicants are added to our priority waiting list in the order in which applications are completed and approved. You retain your place on the list until you become a resident; thus, you may change your date of residency, choice of homes or defer admission without losing your place on the list.
Twin Lakes Community consistently maintains one of the highest occupancy rates in the industry. However, because we are one of the largest CCRCs in the state offering 474 independent living choices, the wait time is usually not as long as many other communities. The variables of unit turnover and acceptance by someone ahead of you on the priority list determine the wait time.
An individual or one member of the couple must attain the age of 62 before admission.
Yes. Under our standard contract option, the admission fee is refundable in an amount reduced on a pro-rated basis for 30 months. After 30 months, no portion of the admission fee is refundable. We also offer a 50% refund paid after you cease to be a resident of Twin Lakes.
Services include all utilities other than telephone; basic cable television; garbage and recyclable pickup; and Wi-Fi service in each home and campus-wide. Inside and outside maintenance services provide the resident with no homeownership responsibilities. Full-time security staff, landscaping services, all exercise classes in our comprehensive Thrive wellness program, a nurse's clinic, and 24-hour in-house medical response are also included.
No. Having no mandatory meal plan gives Twin Lakes residents the pleasure and flexibility of enjoying one of the area's many diverse restaurant choices or their own home cooking. Twin Lakes offers three dining options on campus: The Hearth Cafe, The Blue Heron Pub and The Terrace Restaurant. Residents pay only for the meals they choose to eat here. Tipping is not permitted for any service provided at Twin Lakes.
Because you own a contract of services at Twin Lakes rather than a deed to a home you do not pay property taxes.
Our residents come from diverse backgrounds, careers, and interests bringing a wealth of experiences and expertise to our community. As a resident stated, one of the many things that attracted us to Twin Lakes was the diversity of backgrounds of residents and how well they blend. Volunteerism is exceptionally strong at Twin Lakes. Our residents and staff contribute more than 16,000 hours each year in volunteer services to the broader community; Twin Lakes won the North Carolina Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service from the Office of the Governor.
Two ways in
Independent living, Deacon Pointe, Moneta Springs, Coble Creek and The Harbor each have their own application. Start with a conversation and we will send the right one.
Twin Lakes began with a bequest. It keeps going the same way. Residents and staff give more than 16,000 hours a year back into Alamance County, and the Twin Lakes Auxiliary runs the fundraising efforts that support life on campus.
News and the blog
Twin Lakes publishes a blog, a news page and a YouTube channel where residents and staff tell it in their own words.
Eighty-four spacious apartment homes with open floor plans, in a centrally located section of campus that connects directly to the dining venues, the fitness center and the main community building.
Speech, physical, occupational and aquatic therapy, home safety evaluations, driving assessments and balance training, for Twin Lakes residents and the broader community, in-patient and outpatient.
A state-certified specialized adult day program for up to twelve participants living with dementia, serving Alamance, Caswell, Guilford and Orange counties, with a monthly support group for caregivers.
Plan your visit
Questions? Reach out, or use the form. Someone who actually works here will answer.
3815 Wade Coble Dr.
Burlington, NC 27215
Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 4:30
336-538-1500
Twin Lakes is centrally located in the heart of North Carolina between the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill Triangle and the Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem Triad, which places us between the campuses and teaching hospitals of Duke, UNC and Wake Forest. Nationally acclaimed Elon University is minutes from our campus. We are easily accessed by two international airports, Amtrak, and two interstate highways. Residents also enjoy being equidistant between the state's beautiful mountain and coastal regions.