The Best Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Hillsborough County, NH

"Hunt Community is very near where my friends and some family live, so I can get to see everybody. Everything is beautiful. It's really lovely. I met many people. I went to a luncheon there one day, and they had a musical Christmas program that I went to. It's nice. The only trouble is, I'm living in a big apartment now with two bedrooms, and the one that I would choose will be a one-bedroom and it's so much smaller. It's an open plan, so there is space, but it's just different than what I'm used to. The food I had was delicious. It was excellent. They have one meal a day, and the cafe is always open. You can go in and get whatever. Cleanliness is excellent. It's very clean, it's really beautiful, and it's very upscale. They have a library, an exercise room, a game room, and beautiful outside areas with lots of beautiful shrubs and benches and places to sit outside. I was very, very impressed. I took two people up there with me and they felt the same way. It's very upscale and very beautiful."

"We toured Riverwoods Manchester a few times, and the people were very friendly. It was a really nice-sized facility. There were a good number of activities. One of the things we liked about it is that the independent living was connected to the assisted living, memory care, and the full nursing care. If one of my parents had to go to another level of care, the other one could visit all the time or they could move together. They had a nice variety of units with different sizes and prices. They have a full gym, classes like tap dancing, chair yoga, chair Taichi, lectures, and movies. They did not have a swimming pool though (which was something that I was interested in), but they had all of those other things. They also have some nice communal spaces where they set out a continental breakfast and free coffee every morning to encourage people to come out and socialize. They had some nice outdoor patio spaces, and they looked nice."

"One of my grandfathers is currently at The Huntington at Nashua. It's a beautiful facility. My grandfather has lots of friends and lots of people that check in on him from both the staff and the other residents. During COVID, I tried to call as often as I could because a lot of the residential living places had restrictions about staying in rooms over the last two years. What I thought was really beautiful was that a lot of the residents were calling each other and just talking on the phone. Even though they were two doors down, they couldn't necessarily meet at that time. There are a lot of activities for my grandfather that are both active and passive, which is appreciated. There are community gardens that my grandfather would grow vegetables and flowers in. Currently, they're doing a really, really incredible job at working with my grandfather and my family on a kind of mixed transition. It is where my grandfather can stay in his apartment, but receive a little bit of extra care without having to move to the nursing side of things. It's a gorgeous facility. They have friendly staff, and it's a friendly community. It is a place that cares about its residents. The food is delicious. I went there for dinner last month, and it was great. There are lots of options, too. There are cafe options, sit-down dinner options, and full dining options. For my grandfather's 93rd birthday, we rented a room that was gorgeous. There were people who acted as waitstaff and did the whole thing restaurant style. It was beautiful. I know that they have movie nights and some field trips. They invite entertainment in. Sometimes, they will have a piano player and do a concert. They have a pool for both recreation and exercise. Although it's small, it has one of those water current things that you swim against the current, so you can get some exercise in."

"My parents were at Rivermead. It was a five just because of the cleanliness and the level of care was excellent. The staff was very caring and friendly. Everything was very accessible and very quick service if there was a need. The staff would be in the room very quickly when called. They just really made the seniors feel very comfortable and very well cared for. They've got a library, a swimming pool, haircare, hairdressing, and an auditorium. They would bring in performers and stuff like that. They had a tiny woodshop and a greenhouse. The food was amazing. They did lunch and dinner and it was good. They had a garden where people could grow vegetables. They would take them on trips to museums and different outings. It was pretty expensive, but for the care they got, I think it was high quality. It was good value."

"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."

"Both my parents were in Edgewood and my father's passed on now, but my mother is still there. She's in assisted living now. I like the quality of care, the consistency and the continuity of the caregivers, some of the dining options, and what was of interest to her was a swimming pool. The food was very good. There are a lot of independent living facilities there, apartments and maybe townhomes that some people are having gardens. There is a lot of walking available, some trails, in the neighborhood, in the wooded area, and around. They show some movies, they have a little library, a computer room and there are teaching available company videos. There's a lot to stimulate the mind. They have some speakers that come in. She's only been in assisted living for the last four months. I have visited with her briefly just by phone and then Facetime. They interact well with the residents as I would observe. They're very caring. They maintain them well and they have a dedicated maintenance staff and they are responsive to the residents' request for services and deal with issues pretty promptly. I haven't participated in there but a few when I visited, so it's limited but it was very positive when I did. For an institution, they had a variety in food and the quality of what they served was good and there was consistency."