The Best Memory Care Communities in Hampden County, MA

"Stone Brook is a beautiful place! We have been very impressed with the apartments, the dining room and meals as well as the wonderful staff and employees! We especially would like to compliment the manner in which Stone Brook has managed to maintain excellent communication with families and care of the residents during the COVID 19 pandemic. As a Nurse and Daughter, I cannot say enough about the care and consideration Stone Brook has taken to ensure the health and safety of everyone who lives there. I would highly recommend Stone Brook to those who are looking. "

"Since moving into Cedarbrook Village, my mom is doing so much better than when she was living alone. The caring, attentive staff and warm community have made all the difference. She's thriving with the social interaction and enjoys the many wonderful activities offered. The place is beautiful and very well maintained. It truly feels like she has a new lease on life, and we couldn’t be more grateful."

"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."

"We will be moving into Avery Heights. The feeling we got walking in the front door was that it was an active, friendly place. Everybody was upbeat and walking around with smiles on. The staff was very friendly, outgoing, helpful, and very happy to be there doing programs with the actual residents. We had lunch with them, and it was okay. Everything was well kept. Everything looked like it had been maintained well. They have a fairly new pool on the ground floor and there are lots of other group activity rooms. There are plenty of places for people to be. I was very impressed with the rooms. We saw an older room that had not been through the rehab process yet. It has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. There's plenty of square footage and a very nice balcony looking over a beautiful garden. There's great lighting in the room. It's a lovely space."

"We chose here because of their memory impairment component called Morning Star, and that's really what attracted me to it. The staff was outstanding, very caring and very attentive to my mom and to me and they made this experience so much easier for us. She is in a studio apartment by herself and it has a small window, a bed and a bath. The dining area and the food were excellent. She raves about how her day goes and her interaction with the other residents. She is improving considerably. I was impressed with them and how outstanding, Michelle, the marketing director is."

"Because Heritage Woods is cost effective for us, we decided on this community for my father. They seem effective for the cost that they were charging as opposed to some of the other possibilities. I didn't think any of the other facilities would have anything more to offer to warrant what they were charging. First off, I like best the fact that they gave us pretty much an open platform. They told us, 'Whatever you need, let me know and we'll make it happen,' and they have followed up with it. The staff there has been very, very gracious. I have not seen one person with a bad attitude yet. Right now my dad is in a shared room. There isn't another person in his room at the moment, but they may eventually be. However, not only does he have his own space for his bedroom and what-not, he's also got a little kitchenette. It is a shared kitchen area. He also has very spacious bedroom and bathroom. He can wheel his wheelchair directly into the bathroom and shower. My dad is also very pleased with the food. They also have some very fun activities like football for the guys, etc. Just recently, they had a concert there. My dad called me the other night and said, 'You know what? It doesn't get any better than this.' He is extremely happy with where he is right now. "

"We have chosen Ruth's House for my mom, and she will move in. I loved this facility. I found them to be friendly, and I thought the food was good. The facility was clean. I just loved that they had a ton of activities. There was also a lot included with the cost. They will give her showers, and they're going to give her her pills. It's a beautiful and friendly place. I have tried their food and it was very good. They had a theater room, a library with a little bird that sits on its cage, and the common areas were beautiful. They would take them out to lunch, and they had lots of entertainment. The staff is all friendly and really helpful. My mother started choking at lunch and everybody rushed over to help her. Even the housekeepers we met were nice. All the residents that we met during lunch were very happy, and everybody that I know who has his mom or a relative there has been very happy."

"East Village is strictly assisted living, and I didn’t really need assisted living at this time. It was nice, but it is really out of my price range. They allow pets, have a nice location, and is more upscale. The staff was very good and capable. We talked to one of the therapists, and we saw the physical therapy room. I wasn’t that impressed, but it is nice. "

"We found The Arbors. It is close to home, so the travel is easy. We like that they had a lot of activities. They do cards, church services, and memory care activities although my mother is not involved in those. They also have a bus, and they bring their tenants to different activities outside the facility. The staff is very friendly and very attentive. The place is very nice and very clean, and they maintain it well. They have 3 entrées every sitting, and they have 2 sittings every day. The dining room is nice. "

"The Linda Manor is a really good place. When we first brought my father in, he was in a very severe condition, but they really helped him. Dad loves it there. He does exercises with the other residents. He loves his own apartment, and it looks pretty good. The food is also really good. The staff is incredible; they treat him very well. The price is also very good. Dad has really good friends there. They have bingo, music, and people coming in to play the piano."

"The tour was fantastic. The facility was like a 5-star resort. Everything was beyond expectations. It was just beautiful. It was fancier and better than I expected. The staff during the tour was amazing and super friendly. The memory care woman was just the best. They had all kinds of great programs and they're very involved with the residents. It was very impressive. The food was fantastic. The individual rooms were very spacious. They had a common area and different restaurants within the facility. They went the extra length to personalize the rooms and then showcase each resident."

"Mclean is good and my mother-in-law is very well taken care of. We do have a little bit of problem with the level of care where they make us pay more money through what they consider to be special care which we don't agree with. We also had to bring in our own furniture. The rooms are nice, the staff is very strong and professional and it's a nice place, but it's very expensive. They have all sorts of activities."

"Can't say enough about this place. My mom was there a few months back after surgery and they were fantastic. She recently had to go back and arrived just after lunch. After getting settled in her lunch showed up and the chef/nutritionist came to the door to say hi. He welcomed her back and said "now as I recall your favorites were..." and rattled off what he had made for her for lunch. The care here is great but it's things like this that make all the difference in the world. Highly reccomend."

"It was brand new. The interior was very contemporary, and it was beautiful, but for a seventy-five-year-old -- my mom -- it was too institutional, and she was very uncomfortable with how gray it was. It looked cold and institutional to her. It was all in one building so they gave us information on all of the levels of care there. I thought the staff was wonderful; I liked them a lot. The rooms were beautiful, too. I really thought the facility was beautiful, but that's not what she thought. She thought the room was beautiful, but she didn't like the coloring. I think we're dealing with differences in age group here, and I'm not the one who's going to live there. I thought it was in a beautiful area. They had a movie theater, although it wasn't as big as the one I saw in another facility. They had a billiards room, an arts-and-crafts room, and I thought it was beautiful."