Memory Care Communities in Plantsville, CT

"Large bright apartments with lots of sunlight. Easy access to shopping and I-84. The staff are very friendly and seem to be happy there. I see a lot of faces that were here when I visited a friend a before COVID and that is a good sign. I've been looking locally for my parents and this seems to be a great fit!"

"I'm living in a cottage here at Avery Heights. I've been here almost six months now. I just turned 70 about 2 or 3 months ago, so I'm one of the younger people here, although I have a friend here who is the same age. They're all nice folks that live here. It's the most active, independent living place I have seen. They interact a lot here, and they have activities. It's great. They have been here a long, long time, and it has a good reputation. Some of the staff members are excellent; some are kind of slack. On the whole, it's a nice community. I can walk up the hill and go to the big building, The Heights, and that's where everything happens. The food is good. It's wholesome. The chefs pay attention to what food they're using, but it's somewhat repetitive. They have a lot on the menu, but the menu doesn't change much. They have quite a few activities that happen once a week or maybe once a month. They also have places where they go 4 or 5 days a week; the transportation is always going somewhere. They have movies in the main building every day in the afternoon and evening. You can do all kinds of stuff. You can volunteer, too. They have a nice library, which I like. The value for money is excellent for me. Every cottage apartment costs differently, but mine is great. It's 625 square feet, which is small, but I'm doing what I can do here."

"It was an excellent facility. It is pleasing and very clean. The tour we had was excellent - not rushed, very informative. We had a lot of questions which were answered satisfactorily. As for the activities, they were talking about their travel club at the facility while we were there. In another room, they were having discussions about the Presidents’ Week. There was some baking going on in the kitchen. The food was excellent and the dining room was fine."

"Wonderful, caring staff. Well maintained facility. We're very happy with River Ridge."

"We have brought my aunt into Arden Courts of Avon, and they were all wonderful. She is there for a short-term respite. The reason we chose them was that they were very welcoming, the location was convenient to our home, and it didn't seem like a hospital-type setting. It feels very home. The staff who assisted us were excellent, professional, warm, and welcoming. We're very happy with the staff. We're very pleased with the facilities."

"My brother has been at Brookdale West Hartford, and he's been treated exceptionally well. The nurse is terrific. The wellness court director is terrific. The one who actually rented us the space was unbelievable. Everybody has just been so good. My brother has some real issues right now, and they've been so understanding of his needs and his condition. He's been hurt for a while, and this is the first time we've really been comfortable with the care, attention, and understanding. We're delighted with Brookdale West Hartford. It's very expensive, but we have to say it's fine. It suits what he needs. I would say it's competitive. He's got a studio that's very large and very comfortable for him. When you walk in, it's just very warm and homey. There's a really nice dining room, and the food is terrific. There are TV rooms and a library. They had a musician in today, a guitar, and a singer singing songs that most old people would know. Every day they have a whole list of things that are going on that are very good, so the facility itself has got really everything we want. I'm just absolutely very impressed with the staff. The leadership team there is the best we've seen."

"My parents moved to PW five years ago. They started out in independent living with a lovely first floor apartment with a garden-view terrace. They greatly enjoyed the fine dining, afternoon teas, use of public space, and many cultural events. Mom joined clubs and committees and made many new friendships with both staff and residents. Dad eventually moved to Memory Care which was very well run. He is currently in the Long-term care at the Health center where he is also being looked after very well. After falling ill with PAH, Mom first used Residential in-apartment services before entering into long-term living in the Health Center. She passed away this summer after a one-year illness. Every step of the way, Mom was supported by a very caring staff, whether it was Nurses, Aides, Social Workers, Reception, Hostess/Waitressing crew, Maintenance or Housekeeping. Our family was kept advised of every important medical or emotional concern. Mom passed suddenly and quickly-- with loving caregivers by her side until family could arrive. We couldn't be more grateful."

"I visited and the staff was really great. They had a nice restaurant and everybody seemed happy. I just think that the studio was too small, but it would still have been sufficient. I liked it a lot."

"We liked it a lot. I think if my mother decides to go to an assisted living facility, it will probably be this one. I thought the dining room was very pleasant. We saw a one-bedroom and a studio apartment. Both of them were empty, so we were trying to figure out what it would look like with furniture. I think they were on the small side, but they seemed very adequate. "

Lunabrook Village at Torrington provides expert care at an exceptional value for assisted and memory care living. Our Egis Memory Support Neighborhood offers support services and stage appropriate activities to assist residents with moderate to advanced dementia to feel comfortable and supported. Lunabrook Village features two enclosed courtyards which provide safe wandering spaces, quaint dining rooms so families can dine together, a fitness room, pub-style activity space for social interaction, private and semi-private apartments each with handicapped accessible bathrooms. Out visionary Crossroads program enables residents with milder memory loss to live more independently but with additional memory and safety support as needed. With a fresh new approach to memory care, Lunabrook Village unites comfort with a safety first design that has in mind the needs of our residents with a family atmosphere where staff know their residents intimately. To learn more about this provider's license and review other available state reports, please visit: State of Connecticut License Lookup

"Buckingham Heights was only dedicated exclusively to memory care so that they can address every need at every stage, whatever happens to your loved one who's got dementia. Suzanne assisted us with the tour and she was wonderful. She's been there a long time and can answer any question you have. The other shining star thing that I would say about the place was that they had a lot of staff who have been there for many years. They have relatively low turnover and there is a lot of staff. They have like a 5-year, 15-year, and 20-year club for those staff who have been there that long. The dining area looked very nice. The rooms were basic but pleasant. The idea there was not to spend all your time in your room. So, the room was just a place to dress and bathe and sleep. But the life of the place was based on keeping the residents engaged and active. When it comes to the activities, they are appropriate for people with memory issues. They have an inner courtyard that is freely available for residents to go into on their own. For the outside patios, you need to have somebody with you. Even their physical facilities were designed to give the most freedom and autonomy to their residents."

"I thought Maplewood at Orange was great. The staff was very nice, very open, very talkative, and letting me know everything. They were getting ready for a production of snowflakes or something that night. It was like a dance or something like that. Very, very nice, very clean, very well-kept rooms. They had lunch for us, my mom said they were good. I gave her the lunch because she didn't come with us. She liked it. They were having lunch when I came. And they explained that if she couldn't get downstairs herself, they would either bring up a wheelchair and bring her down, or send food to her room. They had a beauty salon, a fitness center, and a PT place. They had arts and crafts and a library. They have a patio outside with a garden. You could see it through the dining room. There was nothing dirty, it was very clean."

By The River in Marlborough is a new concept senior living home that allows residents to enjoy a home environment without the stress of maintaining a household. Caregivers are built in the model and are standing by to help as little or as much as you need without extra hidden costs. We provide home-cooked meals in an open-concept kitchen and family-style dining. Residents enjoy open spaces, large porches and a spacious room in a beautiful country setting in Marlborough CT. To learn more about this provider's license and review other available state reports, please visit: State of Connecticut License Lookup

"It is lovely. The apartments were nicer than any other place we had seen. The layout was very good. The bathrooms were very large with a lot of grab bars and safety features. Architecturally, this was the best place we saw. There are a lot of big windows, the ceilings are high, the hallways are wide and that makes a huge difference more than other things that people might be looking for. All the residents we talked to had wonderful things to say about this facility spontaneously which I thought was pretty interesting. Everybody looked pretty happy. The staff who helped us with the tour were excellent. They were well-informed, very understanding, and very interested in feedback and preferences. The dining area and the food were excellent. "