Memory Care Communities in Concord, NH

"My mother will be moving into The Courville at Bedford - Carlyle. What I like about it is it's small, so I feel that there will be more personalized care. The staff was very upbeat, very positive, and very nice. They seemed to care about their residents. They gave my mom some food to take home with her, and I ate the cookies. The cookies were good. It seemed very updated and very clean. The residents all seemed to be very happy. It seemed welcoming. The dining area was set up similar to a restaurant. I toured some facilities that it was more like a cafeteria with big tables. This place had little tables with four people sitting, so it seemed more pleasant."

"The Arbors of Bedford was a very nice place and the price was comparable, but they would not accept Medicaid. It was clean and spacious, and the rooms were nice. Even if there were two residents in one room, they didn't look like hospital rooms. The residents were able to go out in the patio areas without having to have somebody with them necessarily. The people that we met there were very friendly and they obviously took good care of the residents. For meals, they said they would be offering two different things. They gave us some very good smelling baked bread when we left."

"I toured Bridges by EPOCH at Nashua. It was impeccable. Everything anybody would like to have. The price was correct. The food was great because they sat me down and gave me a sandwich. It's a beautiful place. The only reason that I pulled away from it is the fact that I would like to be close to my wife. In my time, I would like to go to the same place, but they don't have that. They only have memory care."

"Forestview Manor was inviting. I had a very warm kind of reception there. It was very good. The woman who gave me the tour was very good as well. The room I saw seemed spacious. I saw how people set the place up, in terms of their own furniture. This place particularly focuses on memory or cognitive care. They seemed to emphasize that. Even within the rooms, they had ways of helping people with memory issues and such. I saw the area where the dining takes place. There was a library and they had exercise options. They had people doing painting and a person doing crossword puzzles and they had movement exercises and such. There were different options. They had an outside area that eventually if we start getting warm weather, I'm sure they'll go out to use it."

"My mom moved to Brookdale Spruce Wood. It was the nicest one that I went to, and it's not outrageously expensive. They also had a handicapped apartment, which is what I was looking for. The food is not fabulous, but it's okay. The staff is great, and everything is done well. It'as a very clean place."

"I went to Granite Ledges of Concord. It was comparable to the other place I went to. It looked more like a ski lodge from the outside, which was kind of cool looking. The inside was beautiful, it was clean. The residents were out and about sitting comfortably in their chairs, because it wasn't suppertime that night. She was very informative about her facility, very nice, and very friendly. They had a couple of different dining areas and it was like restaurant style. That's beautiful. They had a TV room. I think most of the residents were watching a movie. They had the salon. They had a little library, a sitting room type library, which was very nice."

"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."

Canterbury Hall LLC is located in Canterbury, NH. This stunning historic hall is located in a picturesque green area near the Louden Country Club and the Canterbury Shaker Village. Seniors can spend their retirement relaxing in a tranquil setting, while still having the option of driving the 6 miles into Louden for shopping and other city amenities. Canterbury Hall LLC is a memory care facility staffed by a highly trained care team including registered nurses. Seniors benefit from around-the-clock care, including assistance with bathing, washing and other daily activities, medication reminders, massage treatments and continence care. Short-term stays and hospice care services are both offered. The facility boasts large grounds including a butterfly garden and a lovingly maintained patio area. Residents are welcome to join the gardening club and take part in tending the garden. An indoor games area, TV lounge and arts and crafts room offer additional entertainment options. The facility regularly organizes off-site excursions, dances, educational seminars and other activities. Meals are provided and seniors can order food to their room at any time. Pets are welcome, and a pet care service is available for seniors who require assistance caring for their beloved animals.To learn more about this provider’s license and review other available state reports, please visit: New Hampshire Online Licensing Facility Search

"Mount Carmel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center doesn't have the glitz and glamour that the other place does. It's a nursing home. They are older buildings. What's nice is that mom is very involved in her faith, and the Catholic chapel there is wonderful, and that's more important to my mom than some of the things that they offer at the other place, like happy hour. The room is more hospital-like or dorm-like. My mom did rehab at Mount Carmel, and she liked it. The rehab was great. My mother said, "They won't let me stay because they only have rehab and then nursing." I'm like, "You're only assisted living mom, and right now you're OK on your own." She was there for a month. If she liked it, that says a lot, because she is usually pretty judgmental."

"My mother is at Hanover Hill Health Care Center. They help her with her medication, and they give her showers. They provide all three meals a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sometimes it is served in their room, but most of the time it is in the dining room. The staff are very nice. It is probably one of the best places my mother's been to because she doesn't have to do much for herself anymore. There is a nursing staff. If she has a problem, they come in and check her out. It's much more convenient for her right now. The other occupant in the room would be able to have the same size bed. A curtain can be drawn in between. They each have a chair. They share a big dresser and a closet type of thing for coats. They also share a dresser for smaller garments. My mom has a nightstand to put her own personal stuff in. They have peg boards on the side of the wall, so they can put pictures up. There is a TV. The place seems to be very clean. I go there every Sunday to visit her, and they do a very good job cleaning. My mom actually is a pretty tough critic, so when she says the food's good, it usually is. She used to complain about all of the other places she was at. I ask her now, and she says it's really good. There is a bathroom in the room, too. The staff does a really good job. They seem to keep the patients very relaxed, so it's a good environment. They seem to be very, very informative and very knowledgeable. A lot of them are nurses and LNAs. They also have social workers that you can talk to. There is a rehab area. They have a big gym, where they take people if they want to do some exercises or go exercise for their PT. They keep the front yard very nice. Everything is pretty much up to date. I would say it's pretty much what you would see in a hospital. Like any nursing home, they do take a lot of her money from social security."

"We moved Mom into Villa Crest assisted living. She's been there for a few weeks now, and she's comfortable and happy. It has been absolutely wonderful. I can't say enough about it. The staff has been amazing. Everyone is so friendly. It was very organized and clean. It's just a happy community. She has a studio and it is adorable. It has a nice little kitchen area if she chose to use it. It's very pleasant. I'm very happy. They come and they invite her daily to activities, and yesterday she did cornhole. She didn't even know what it was, and I thought that was pretty impressive. She's done some bingo. She's trying different things, which just really warms my heart. She's a pretty picky eater, and she's been eating much better than she was at home. She hasn't complained at all. She eats whatever they give them, she says, except for fish. They seem to have quite a variety of activities, some are consistent, like they consistently have bingo. They have religious kinds of activities she could choose to go to if she wanted to. So far it seems to be very appealing. No one wants to pay thousands of dollars, but for what she's getting and the peace of mind, the facility and the food, I would say it's reasonable. I'm very, very happy."

"We chose Peabody Home because I think their facility was a good fit for my father, and it was close to where we lived. It's in a small town. There are some restaurants and shopping there, but it's not in the city. The staff have been great. They are very attentive to my father's needs and our needs. He has a single room. It's large and bright with big windows that overlook the river. There was a nice community room. People are friendly. The other residents were also friendly. They have games. It was a good place to be. In memory care, their activities are more on puzzles and games like that. As far as amenities, there is just a courtyard, a little walking area, and a sitting area. There's a restaurant on the campus. There are places for haircuts, like a barbershop. There's PT and OT. It was a new facility. It was just built a few years ago so it's clean and updated. Being in the memory care, they kept them as busy as they could."

"Bedford Hills is very good, and they had a rehab center. The rooms are very clean, and the grounds are beautiful. The dining area is very neat and clean. "

"I've visited here, and it's a very nice facility. The people are very nice, and they all have very positive things to say about the place. The staff were attentive. The rooms are very clean and open. We took a tour of their dining area, and it's really nice. Its setup almost like a restaurant. We saw people playing games and puzzles, and for me that's very positive. "