Assisted Living Communities in Franklin, NH

"We chose Peabody Home because I think their facility was a good fit for my father, and it was close to where we lived. It's in a small town. There are some restaurants and shopping there, but it's not in the city. The staff have been great. They are very attentive to my father's needs and our needs. He has a single room. It's large and bright with big windows that overlook the river. There was a nice community room. People are friendly. The other residents were also friendly. They have games. It was a good place to be. In memory care, their activities are more on puzzles and games like that. As far as amenities, there is just a courtyard, a little walking area, and a sitting area. There's a restaurant on the campus. There are places for haircuts, like a barbershop. There's PT and OT. It was a new facility. It was just built a few years ago so it's clean and updated. Being in the memory care, they kept them as busy as they could."

"I recently spent 80 days the staff was great very responsive to all of my request, I attended weekly meetings with social worker, heath care providers, physical therapist to discuss progress or lack of progress They arrange home care thru the VNA that included PHYSICAL THERAPY and Ocupational therapy and offered other services if needed My experience at Laconia Genisis was better than expected"

"I've visited here, and it's a very nice facility. The people are very nice, and they all have very positive things to say about the place. The staff were attentive. The rooms are very clean and open. We took a tour of their dining area, and it's really nice. Its setup almost like a restaurant. We saw people playing games and puzzles, and for me that's very positive. "

Fox Meadow Retirement Home is a senior living community in Bristol, NH, located in a quaint neighborhood close to Newfound Valley Airport-2N2. Seniors looking to spend their retirement years in a tranquil environment surrounded by nature will find this facility to be ideal. Bordered by dense woodland and situated near Pemigewasset River, the community offers serene views and ample opportunities for residents to go on hikes. Several shops, restaurants and a brewery are within a short distance, and nearby recreational areas include Sugar Hills State Forest, New Found Lake and Wellington State Park. Fox Meadow Retirement Home provides personalized care to individuals looking for a place to call home without the responsibilities of maintaining one. The facility employs attentive staff who help seniors with activities of daily living, such as bathing, grooming, mobility, transfers, laundry, medication management and health monitoring. The community staff includes registered nurses, and a visiting nurse is also available. Additionally, the facility offers respite, catheter and colostomy care services. Residents in the community enjoy chef-prepared meals that include vegetarian diets and Kosher fare. Indoor and outdoor common areas allow for seniors to exercise their physical and mental health with the numerous scheduled on-site activities, and a beautician is present on-site.To learn more about this provider’s license and review other available state reports, please visit: New Hampshire Online Licensing Facility Search

"I went to look at Meredith Bay Colony Club. The administrator was really good. The location is great. The facility was nice. It felt very homey and welcoming. They were doing a really good job in regards to precautions with COVID. They required us to wear masks."

"Heritage Heights is the one that my friend likes in Concord. I like it, too. It's a wonderful place. It has many activities. It was much, much less expensive. I would give it a high review. It would seem like a 5-star hotel with an incredible number of activities and just a beautiful place. I had a wonderful visit there. If you have a scale of 1 to 10, it would be a 10 without a doubt. They let us see different rooms. They let us talk to a couple of the nurses. The person who brought us around was extremely good. I couldn't say enough good things about it. The tour guide was excellent. The apartments were very, very nice. I don't even know whether they were furnished by the person living there or by Heritage Heights, but it was beautifully furnished and just very nice rooms. With regards to food, I looked at the menu and then talked to a couple of the people and it was excellent. They have a unusual thing that I thought was quite nice. You have two choices for your dinner, and they have restaurants there, too. And if you didn't like either of those, you could go to the restaurant and get a free meal. That's one I never thought I'd hear about. Regarding upkeep, it was beautifully taken care of, very clean and nice. In my mind, it was spectacular."

"I went to Havenwood-Heritage Heights. They have apartments all over the place. I would be in the lodge, which is a one-room studio apartment rather than a full apartment. I like the lodge because, in weather like this, you don't have to go out. Like the meals and all the activities, everything, is in the building, so I wouldn't have to go out. Like some of the apartments, you have to go to activities or anything you want to do, and even though they have bus transportation because they have two campuses, you have to go out to go to them. If you're in the lodge, everything is there like the dining room, a little store, the hair salon, and the activities. The staff is all very pleasant. I only met two, the person that I first met when I called for information, and one other person, and they both have been very nice, very helpful, and they always answered my calls. We got a beautiful wreath from my representative for Christmas. It's gorgeous, it's very nice, so I was quite surprised. The place looked well kept. I didn’t see anything like layers of dust. It's well kept up. I just have one problem with the room. As you go into the doorway of the studio, the bathroom is right there, it's not closer into the room where you would be sleeping. It just seems the door should be more near your bed or the inside of the room rather than the little entranceway. It would be nice if the bathroom was more inside the room."

"I went to Granite Ledges of Concord. It was comparable to the other place I went to. It looked more like a ski lodge from the outside, which was kind of cool looking. The inside was beautiful, it was clean. The residents were out and about sitting comfortably in their chairs, because it wasn't suppertime that night. She was very informative about her facility, very nice, and very friendly. They had a couple of different dining areas and it was like restaurant style. That's beautiful. They had a TV room. I think most of the residents were watching a movie. They had the salon. They had a little library, a sitting room type library, which was very nice."

"We were so glad to escape a bad care situation and be received into the tender care of Presidential Oaks. Our brother was a difficult case. The facility is bright, spacious , clean and homey. The staff is competent and treats the patients as human beings. We were finally relieved of stress and could go home knowing he was safe and relatively happy. He enjoyed the activities , especially music, scrabble and bingo. A special shout out to Melissa, Jon, Vicky and Brian , who were so friendly and creative. I know there are many others who cared for him, and joked with him, and didn't hold his impatience against him. The staff were all receptive to our needs and flexible. We cannot thank them enough for our brother's life with them and our welcome .They cared for our brother so attentively during the time of his passing. There are many details I could relate; letting us put a bird house outside his window, fixing his Uke, stroking his forehead , laughing at his bizarre sense of humor . Thank you each and every one."

"My Step-mother was in this facility for almost five years and we found them to be very caring and professional. She was always dressed nicely including jewelry, she was taken out for lunches and trips, they had movies and shows at the facility and overall she was in a very happy mood when we visited her. She also ended up in the nursing home section for a period of months and the same was true there also. "

"We looked at Woodcrest Village. It isn't part of a company, it's like a private assisted living run by a family. The owner came out and met us. The staff members were very knowledgeable. They took their time, like they weren't trying to get us out the door in an hour. I think we were there almost three hours. They answered all the questions. The place was very clean. The rooms were all repainted and re-carpeted before a new resident moved in. They had nice grounds to be able to walk on. It was nice. We met a couple of the residents, and everybody seemed to really like where they were. They raved about the food. My parents knew some of the people who moved there, and when they said it was nice, I felt like we were getting an honest opinion, because my folks knew them. It was located right on Main Street, so you could look out the windows and kind of see what was happening in town in some of the rooms. It was nice."

"My dad was in Pleasant View Center for a while. He was in the rehab, but we would go see the nursing home part for different things because it’s all one unit. I thought they were very good about his care. They got him rehabilitated; his therapists were great. I did have a concern with them sometimes leaving him for long periods of time. I would come in and find him tangled up in the sheets, and the bed was wet and it had been a while. I know they’re understaffed; they have 50 rooms to do in an hour. It’s the staffing part, but as far as the professional part and what he needed for his therapies, that was 100%. "

"This is easily the better of the care centers in Concord when it comes to elders. There is a more intensive, more luxurious center located directly in the Concord Hospital parking lot but it was far too intense for my 87 yr old MIL. We had her moved to HH, where they made her feel at home in a private room as she has dementia and would have disturbed a roommate. There is almost always a waiting list. That was frustrating but befits the fact that is is a better center than most. The usual problems of overstretched nursing assistants and the lack of an RN on duty at all times was one of my reasons for distracting a star. I admire the LPNs but really feel an RN should be there. They are better than average about changing underwear and keeping the rooms really clean. Mom was getting so comfortable there it would have been a thought to go ahead and let her stay if they had the same conditions up on the permanent stay floor as downstairs. Someone needs to understand that unless it's a couple in a room together, then permanent stay needs to be all single rooms, even if they must be tiny. People deserve the dignity of their own space, their own bathroom/shower area. The other reason I removed a star was the food. I brought Mom most of her food because the food was a big pool of grease, and nothing there would fit a low fat lifestyle to any measure. But again, that is unfortunately typical. I'd say if you are looking for short term rehab for an elder, there is really no place better locally. If you are looking for long term..well it's really up to your elder if they want to share a room. Perhaps s/he will. If so, the care is great if the food isn't :) "

"My friend has been in Vintage Hill for half a year now. It's a beautiful place. There are only 11 ladies there, and they revamped it this past year. They have a new dining area, and they decorated it wonderfully. It's in the same place, but bigger. The rooms are nice, but aren't spacious. They bring in their own stuff. She has a shared room with nobody in it. If you have to be there, it's a good one. The staff is wonderful, and they're really nice people. The food looks great. They have a beautiful kitchen, and the dining area is beautifully appointed and gorgeous. They take them on trips, they play games, they have crafts and entertainment once in a while, and they can go outside when the weather permits. They have a porch. I would recommend them. It's homey, not fancy; it's country, and the people that run it are very nice too. "