Independent Living Communities in Bedford, NH

"I love the fact that Merrimack Meadows have townhouse apartments. I love the quietness here and that it is walkable. You can walk through this whole complex or even outside of it. If somebody is looking for a place where they can stay inside the complex and still have exercise, you've got it here. They have an exercise room, so you can always use that, a nice heated pool in the winter, and just being comfortable in the summer. The people are friendly, too."

"Regency Heights had very nice rooms. They were very nicely laid out. They have a heated garage that you can drive into and they have elevators getting up on the floors. It was very, very clean with very professional people in there. It was very festive. They were having a Halloween party, and it was a very nice setting. They had activities that were offered and their activity rooms were very well used. They also have an outside barbecue. The staff was very nice and very friendly."

"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."

"I'm going to the nursing home portion of The Baldwin because I didn't want to be in a place where I felt I was at a nursing home. It's new. It's beautiful. They have a lot of activities. I didn't qualify for assisted living. I have too much disease progression with Parkinson's. They offer PT, OT, voice therapy, and pool therapy, and the nurse-to-patient ratio is high. The cost is also 50% cheaper than what I'm paying for 24/7 home care. The first time I went, I toured with the person in charge of sales. She showed me the restaurants. They have two restaurants and a cafe, which serves lattes and those kinds of coffee drinks during the day, and some sandwiches. She showed me what some of the rooms look like. They have a community kitchen in that unit for the residents. Sometimes they will make food, or sometimes there are food demonstrations or whatever. They have several living rooms with beautiful fireplaces. They have enclosed rooms, so that if you have relatives or company or need a lawyer to have papers signed or whatever, you have total privacy. That was a surprise because most nursing homes that I see don't have any room where you can go, where it's private. Another good thing is that they work with a moving company. The moving company came to my house. They had the dimensions of the architectural plan of my room, and they measured all the furniture that I wanted to bring, and they figured out where in the room it would fit based on cable, TV, or Wi-Fi outlets for your computer. They took all of that into consideration. They have also taken into consideration the windows when they're placing your furniture. The rooms come with all darkening blackout shades because I have five windows in that room, and it has a lot of daylight coming into them. I have unbelievable views; I have views of 180 degrees. It's not depressing like most nursing homes. They're all private suites. The bathroom is extremely huge. I can get a wheelchair in the shower. I have multiple sprayers, and you don't see that every day. If you want to have privacy, you can go into your room, and you don't have a roommate. The activities are unbelievable. They have a fantastic library, and all the books in that library were donated by residents. They have a huge concert piano in the main lobby. They have someone every week playing that concert piano. They have everything. For men, they have woodworking shops. For women, they got art classes. They have dance classes, gardening, and field trips continuously. They have a shuttle bus that is handicap accessible with a lift for wheelchairs, and they'll take you to all your doctor's appointments within an 8-mile radius. If it's beyond 8 miles, they will still take you, but there'll be a fee for the additional mileage. They will take you even into Boston if you have a doctor's appointment in Boston. I can't say enough good things about what they offer. They have thought of everything. They signed up with a moving company. Not only do they move your furniture, but they also help pack everything. What's going to happen is the day that I move, in the morning they'll pack up all my furniture here and then go to the nursing home, and when I go, everything will be where it's supposed to be."

"Connect55+ Londonderry is a very beautiful setting with gorgeous rooms. The rooms have lots of room in them. Their two-bedroom places are excellent. They are completely furnished with a refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, good kitchen area, large bedroom, and a good sized den. They have several activities every day of the week that they do for the people that live there. We went in one of the rooms and we couldn't hear anything from any of the other rooms or down the hallways. It was a very, very quiet place. It was very nice. We went into the activity room, which was very large, and they were doing bingo there. No one knew us, but all the people in there were saying hi to us. They were very friendly. The cleanliness was excellent. There was no trash anywhere. The carpets were freshly cleaned and the room was undergoing maintenance. That's because they're fixing it up so it has a walk-in shower. It's absolutely beautiful and the staff was excellent."

"My tour of Ledgewood Bay Assisted Living was fantastic. The people I encountered were phenomenal. The neighborhood and the facility itself were unbelievable and very well maintained, visually pleasing, and very ecstatically pleasing. I very much enjoyed that facility and would love to be able to put my parents there, but unfortunately, it's out of the price range. I toured a single-bedroom apartment. They come in and do the cleaning, offer laundry, and have three meals a day and a calendar of activities. There's a lot of options. Transportation to appointments and such is also provided, and they have medical on- premises, which is a great feature. The staff who gave the tour was great. She even gave me resources, which was awesome on her part."

"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."

"I'm in White Rock Senior Living Community - Bow NH. It's fine. I've been here almost ten years, and they're great people. We have a good management team right now, and they're very good. The maintenance guy is new, he's great, and everybody loves him."

"I like Pleasant View Retirement. There were a lot of windows and places to sit outdoors, like balconies. They had a lot of different music and things going on. The staff was very nice and sociable. Someone had just moved out in the first room we went to on the first floor, so they were getting ready to redo it. Everything in the room was located well. The lady was getting ready to leave, and she started telling me how much she loved it there. They have one meal a day, which is a buffet. The room was sunny and bright. The staff was great and very good at explaining everything to me. They have an exercise room, library, and salon. Everything was really clean, but it was a little bit of an older building."

"I liked Connect55+ Concord. It had a lot of options and a lot of activities to do. It was very clean and the staff was very nice and very helpful. Cost-wise and where it's located were the reasons why I was most interested in it. I liked it."

"I toured The Independent Living Facility and it seems like the rooms were very clean and you could get them either furnished or unfurnished. They come in and clean the floors, the countertops, and the bedding. I'm going to use their bed when I move because I can't get mine out of my basement. They keep it very well-decorated outside. It had lots of flowers and a porch out front. You can eat there as well during summer. They serve dinners and stuff out there. They're within a couple of hundred feet from car shows and stuff that happened on the town field, so you'll be able to see the fireworks from there instead of having to find a parking spot. Most of us can't drive. The one I met there was Becky. She runs it and I think she owns it too. They have a regular dining area, a normal room with a long table that sits probably 6 or 8, and she has the outside one too. She'll make whatever you want. She was making, I think it was spaghetti and chicken parmesan when I was there. They had a guy that has Alzheimer's or beginning stages of it, and he was in a separate room all by himself with his aide because he said it gets too noisy. The outside could use a little paint job, but other than that, the inside was nice and she got it well-kept. They had some activities too. They've got 2 computers that you can use with Wi-Fi. I don't know if they have movies, but I think they do have bingo. You're not that far from town either. Down the street, you've got a hardware store, and a pizza joint, and if you go down a different street, you can come out where the grocery market is. There's another pizza joint and you can get dental done right there too so everything's within walking distance."

"Crossroad Farm is a small place. I wasn't very impressed with them. They wanted $350,000 just to get in the door. That was for 3 rooms. They had good social programs. Everything had a charge on it because you got to pay for every thing that you want. The staff had to be nice when they want that kind of money. "

"My mother is in D'Youville Life & Wellness Community. We chose it because they have a memory center, and it was well kept. It's everything that I wanted, and then it's probably a little bit more. Everyone's attending to her. There's a doctor and a nurse right there. The nutritionist called me and reviewed every detail, but I haven't seen any of the food. They have a whole whiteboard of activities every day. She can pick what time she wants to do math, music, or whatever. They have different rooms, such as an activity room and a sensory room. They have a mass, a hair salon, and an outdoor balcony. It's really nice. They have everything."

"My father has moved into John H Whitaker Place. The convenience of location and the actual reviews that they got online from a care perspective are the reasons why we chose them. My father has been there for three weeks now. Daily, they come down and ask him to participate in daily activities, and he seems to be doing okay with that. I have not tried the food, but he tells me it's delicious. His room is very roomy, and pleasant, with plenty of closet space, and is very comfortable. There is a community outreach for activities like shopping, they have music, and they have stuff to engage the residents. It's quite good actually. It's nice. The staff are very accommodating. The facility is beautiful."