The Best Memory Care Communities in Franklin County, MA

"I went to Cedarbrook Village at Ware, and it's only ten miles from where I live now. I liked the place very much, and it would be close to home for me. It's not a big place, and I liked it mainly because it's close to home for me, my friends and family here. And if I went off to another place far away, I probably wouldn't get the visitors that I enjoy. So that's primarily why I want to go. One of the females came here to the house and talked to both myself and my husband. But my husband has recently passed away, so it's just me now. I checked out my apartment, and at the time, I put down the five hundred dollars to hold it. The place wasn't ready for occupancy, and my husband wanted to go there. But then he got ill and we had to stay here at home. But now that I'm alone, I'd like to go to a place like that just to be around people and not be alone. The room was very nice, they had a lovely kitchen, washer, dryer, dishwasher, all the amenities. It was small but quite adequate. We were going to have a one-bedroom. They did have activities and I think they had a media room. They had a chapel, they had an exercise room, they served two meals a day, housekeeping and they had a little pub-type thing. It was quite lovely. Very good. It's right off the main street and there are no grounds to speak of it. It's just a huge building and there's very little grass. If somebody wants to see nature and that sort of thing, they better go somewhere else because it's not like that. We've been invited, and I'm going to take my friend who's also looking for a place, and we're going to have lunch there. The staff I met was very pleasant."

"The greatest strength of the CLK community is the people on staff. From administrators to nurses to LNA's to food service to housekeeping to activities to chaplain, the staff is outstandingly caring and positive. In three and a half years I have watched the staff serve their community with excellence and heart. Those with memory loss are treated with dignity and compassion. The facility and grounds are gorgeous. The food is five star, fresh, creative, and served beautifully. Musical opportunities are regular, excellent, and a lot of fun. Our family is so grateful that our Mom can have this quality of care."

"We're fairly familiar with The Linda Manor because my mother-in-law was there. She was with them for six years. We then went there about four to six weeks ago to make inquiries for mom. The facility was well maintained. They've got a spacious dining area and common area where the TVs are and where they set up bingo and have events during the year for the residents. The grounds were certainly nice. There's a lot of outdoors where they do concerts and other outside events during the year for, not just the residents, but also families to come and visit. At the time, we did certainly take advantage of those. The different tiers of care from rehabilitation to the living situation were comfortable and they're adequately staffed. We certainly had good relationships with the staff and I believe it continues to be the case based on our more recent visit. There were no surprises. I think everything was quite well in order. We were certainly always welcomed in the past and I think that same measure of access and engagement with family in terms of getting support and knowing what's going on was always very good. The COVID protocols were not in place when my mother-in-law was there, but even now, I'm still able to engage pretty efficiently with the staff and the facility amenities and so forth. We got everything that we expected and everything that we asked for. They were engaged, and they had good communication and good planning. There were some things that my mother-in-law liked to do, and planning the activity schedule for her was something we worked on closely with the staff to make sure that if we were not there at a particular time and she wanted to, for instance, go to bingo or whatever the event was, she'd be on a list to come on down and so forth. The staff was helpful with all that. On occasion, we joined her for the meals and we were in her room depending on her mobility from time to time, but she was always happy with the meals, and certainly when we dined there as well, we were happy with the service and the quality. The activities were very good. There were many offerings and my mother-in-law took advantage of some of those. Everything that she wanted to get to was organized. She got to enjoy what she wanted to, and there were certainly plenty of choices."

"We chose Langdon Place of Keene for my mom. We're supposed to move her on Wednesday. We chose them for the hospitality, the cleanliness, and the availability of the right space that we needed. It all just came together perfectly. She will stay in their assisted living. I think that some updates are going to be made to the facility, as far as interior design, but aside from that, the facilities were wonderful. I think the people and the staff were incredible too. They're very giving, very thoughtful, and very caring. They have occupational, physical, and speech therapy on location with the rehab center. They also have heated pools and gardens outside which are just perfect for her. "