Assisted Living Communities in Hackettstown, NJ

"I toured Mira Vie at Warren. The sales director was great. Everybody looked happy, and I met a couple of the employees. It was great, and the service looked good. They showed me the game area, some rooms, and the whole place. The facility looked good. It's not as new as the other facility, but it was great. The outside areas were nice. The food and menu looked good."

"Everyone at Juniper Village at Chatham was helpful and I saw the entire place. It's very good. I would definitely go there. I know people who have gone there and they're really happy with the food, the service, the clientele, the activities that they have, and pretty much everything. It's very well known. I also know people in the assisted living and memory care and they're also very happy with it. I have eaten there, it's very good, and it's presented really nicely. It's almost like going to a very nice restaurant. Everyone is dressed and there's no odor, just a nice aroma from the food in the cafeteria. They're very accommodating, and I was very impressed with them. Their amenities are very nice, they bring in entertainment for the residents, and they do whatever it takes to get them there."

"why is there no atm or little shop for residents to get things they need. it would allow them to feel more independant. they would not have to rely on others for daily needs. place is beautiful and staff is great."

"I was impressed. They're doing a complete renovation. I was shown a nice, renovated, assisted living studio apartment, but to go in there immediately might be a little disruptive because of the renovations going on. They had a large recreation room, the menu looked very nice, and the staff person was very accommodating."

"I liked Mira Vie at Montville very much out of all the ones that I've seen. It was very warm and inviting. The staff was very friendly and it pretty much had everything that my mom would need. The facilities were very, very clean. It's not a brand new facility but everything seems to be well-maintained and very spacious. The lady who gave the tour was very good, too."

"They primarily had 2-bedroom apartments, and my uncle did not want a 2-bedroom apartment. He wanted his own private apartment. The staff was wonderful. The food was wonderful. The tour was great. Even though the bedroom was private, he doesn't want to share the apartment with another person. Food was fine."

"I toured Mira Vie at Fanwood, and I liked it a lot. It was in the center of town. You could walk to some stores, and I liked that. It was very clean. It was a place that I would be interested in, but it was a little over my price range. The one-bedroom was nicely laid out and very clean. The staff was nice. They even gave me a little goody bag to leave with and made fresh baked scones. It was an excellent place."

"Spring Hills has exceptional activities staff. Speaking as a family member of a resident in the memory care section, known as Spring Cottage, I can say that the activities staff are incredible. They provide physical activity such as chair yoga and group exercise, as well as involve the Spring Cottage residents in events, BBQs, and other activities held in the community. They are really incredible at keeping them engaged! Well done."

"I went to Spring Hills Somerset and it was very large. It was very upscale and very nice, but it was not for my mom. Everything was lovely, but you would have to bring your own furniture there. The staff was very good."

"It is very nice. It is an older facility, but kept well. People were friendly, and informative. I know they have the independent, assisted-living, and memory care too. I looked at the independent, and assisted-living part. The memory care is in a different building. They have a little store that the residents run. They have all kinds of arts, and crafts. They have an area where there are birds, and rabbits for the residents to care for. This facility has a homey atmosphere. "

"My mom was here. It is an excellent facility. Unfortunately, the administration changed direction as far as being able to service residents who were on Medicaid. And that's why my mom had to leave. So that was not a happy experience on her part, but I have nothing but good things to say. The staff is wonderful there, and it's a very clean and well taken care of facility. It's just that the Administration has decided they're not going to accept any Medicaid. They had their little happy hour social activities. They had the usual things, bingo and arts and crafts. They did offer trips into the community, but she wasn't too interested in that. The food was okay, it's fine but not as good as it used to be."

"Heath Village is just not conducive, I don’t think, for my mother. They have more hotel room living where she would be in just a bed and that would be it. I wasn’t that thrilled for her at Health Village. If you had the money, it’s a nice place. It’s almost like a country club if you’re doing independent. My monther needs care, so independent is not where we could put her. I really hadn’t talked to them much, but the prices were about the same. I have to worry about what happens if she lives beyond her money, so I keep that in mind. We know people there who are very happy, because we belong to a senior group, and they think it’s phenomenal. They had different restaurants that you could go to, so the food is probably 5 stars. And as far as the facilities are concerned, I would rate it as 4 stars if you need nursing care. The people that live there think that the staff is actually phenomenal and when we went to visit with my mother, they could not have been nicer. We’re heading up there at the end of this month to take a look again and see what else is available. The activities are something that they don’t have much of, and most of the women and the guys that we know are independent so we really don’t know that much about their activities. It’s a nice community if you’re active. It’s reasonable, but I don’t know about the Medicaid aspect and that’s something why we’re going up there to find out. "

"I visited the Colonial Manor at Panther Valley. It's very homey and it's not one of the larger facilities, but it just feels like home. My mother likes it quite a bit. It's not overwhelming, the people are very nice. It's family-oriented, which is very nice. We took her to see it and she really loved it. The owner of the facility gave us the tour and she was wonderful. She's been in touch with us regularly and she allowed us to bring my mother to see the place. She showed us the whole facility. She showed us how the rooms are like. We met some of the residents that were there and the staff; they're just very welcoming. The rooms were much larger than we expected them to be. Every time a new resident comes into the facility, a room is renovated, and the carpet is replaced. I think the bathroom is also replaced and updated regularly. It's got a big beautiful window in it overlooking a pond. It's very peaceful. The closet space is amazing. They have 2 very large closets. The bathroom space is nice and it's a very nice size room. We didn't try any food but she gave us a sample menu from both times we saw the place. I don't know if the menus are given out monthly or weekly, but the residents get to view what's being offered. They have substitutions if the resident is not happy with it. There is food you can order. Their menu was very nicely put together, to. They even have a diabetic menu. We have spoken to some of the residents and some of the family members of the residents who said that it was excellent there. The time we visited, they had somebody come in and play live music. They have a ballroom, which is very pretty, and they had a lot of the residents in there. There was a gentleman playing music and some of the residents were dancing. It's very social, which is very nice. Mom was able to go in there and talked to some of the residents. That was the only thing we were able to see that time. They have a small salon there for the residents that want their hair done. They have a doctor on staff and there is a physical therapist that sees the residents twice a week. They have bus trips regularly into town. They can also schedule it if other residents want to go into town, get together and take a ride. They supply laundry services and maid service, too. They gave us an activity list. There are different types of exercise classes. There's bingo, movie nights, live music that comes in, and every Sunday they have a mass service with communion for residents who want to have that. It's absolutely amazing. We also weigh it in terms of financial reasons, considering the cost of other facilities, and this place is incredible because everything is included. We found out from all the other places that you have your monthly payment and then everything else that is required runs between $1300-2000 extra so this here is ridiculously reasonable; considering what we're paying for 3 meals a day and the care. They seem to keep the residents as active as they want to be. They do push a little bit to keep them on their schedules and try to keep them active, but there seems to be a range of the type of things that different people want to do. Someone may not be sociable enough to go to their music events, so they seem to have a very nice layout for that too. There are areas that are quiet like the library and the theater room where you can have family over to watch a movie with you if you're not comfortable yet being with strangers. I think they make it comfortable and very easy for different types of people."

"We are going to move my mom to Colonial Manor at the end of July. The place is small. There are only 10 residents there. It is very homey and comfortable. They have a lot of property around, so there is a lot of greenery. It is just an all-around nice little place. It is also a nice place that we can afford. The day that my mother visited Colonial Manor, they had somebody there who was doing a reading from a novel. Also they would do shopping trips. "