Nursing Home Communities in Laconia, NH

"Merrimack County nursing home is great. My aunt has been there for six months now. They have counseling for the relatives. They have a recreation room, community room, and exercises if they are capable of doing them. They're doing good with her, and they get to know them. The nurses and the staff are good, and the counseling people are excellent. I went to a meeting with my cousins, and they seem to know what they're doing. She has a very tiny room. The food is good. It has a restaurant or café and a hairdressing salon. They have outdoor places with flowers. I'm impressed. "

"We toured the Mountain View Community. I thought the place was super clean. They had many amenities and very serious care. Everything was first class. The staff was very good and very thorough. The rooms were excellent. They had more going for them than I've seen in other nursing homes."

"Mountain View Nursing Home was very clean and very nice. They're understaffed though. There were some issues going on over there. I'm not pleased with the admissions coordinator, because I've called two or three times for the status of my application and I never get a call back. The rooms were laid out very nice. They're fairly good sized and they all had private showers and bathrooms."

"Havenwood-Heritage Heights do an outstanding job. They're very, very resident-oriented. Their CEO has been there for quite awhile and he has done a really good job, but their set-up is different. It is more expensive. They have new residences. The cottages are a little smaller than the other facility, but they're very nice. Their grounds are beautiful. They're very accessible to Concord, which is the capital of New Hampshire. There's a lot of stuff that goes on. For the staff that I had contact with, they were very, very helpful. From what I hear, our friend is happy there. My friend is still there. From what I've seen, and this has not been a year, it is very attractive, well kept, and safe. They've torn down a lot of the older cottages, which were small. They've replaced them with larger cottages."

"The Presidential Oaks Assisted living home looked very nice, from the inside and outside. It appeared to be very well kept and the residents had a generally mellow and complacent demeanor. I really liked the amount of activities and things that were available to the elderly folks. The staff care seemed extremely thorough and everyone knew each others name. It was very refreshing to see that the people were getting the care and attention they deserve. One thing i didnt like is that it was very small and did not have very many rooms, it felt like it was almost too cozy with not enough stimulation for the very active senior residents. The staff took really great care of the more needy senior residents at Presidential Oaks and you can tell the caretakers really took the time to get to know the residents individual needs and also to take care and be respectful when they were having a tough time. I was really impressed with the way the staff interacted with the residents as more of friends and less as caretakers. It was a great experience and i think that the facility is very well kept. "

"My dad was in Pleasant View Center for a while. He was in the rehab, but we would go see the nursing home part for different things because it’s all one unit. I thought they were very good about his care. They got him rehabilitated; his therapists were great. I did have a concern with them sometimes leaving him for long periods of time. I would come in and find him tangled up in the sheets, and the bed was wet and it had been a while. I know they’re understaffed; they have 50 rooms to do in an hour. It’s the staffing part, but as far as the professional part and what he needed for his therapies, that was 100%. "

"This is easily the better of the care centers in Concord when it comes to elders. There is a more intensive, more luxurious center located directly in the Concord Hospital parking lot but it was far too intense for my 87 yr old MIL. We had her moved to HH, where they made her feel at home in a private room as she has dementia and would have disturbed a roommate. There is almost always a waiting list. That was frustrating but befits the fact that is is a better center than most. The usual problems of overstretched nursing assistants and the lack of an RN on duty at all times was one of my reasons for distracting a star. I admire the LPNs but really feel an RN should be there. They are better than average about changing underwear and keeping the rooms really clean. Mom was getting so comfortable there it would have been a thought to go ahead and let her stay if they had the same conditions up on the permanent stay floor as downstairs. Someone needs to understand that unless it's a couple in a room together, then permanent stay needs to be all single rooms, even if they must be tiny. People deserve the dignity of their own space, their own bathroom/shower area. The other reason I removed a star was the food. I brought Mom most of her food because the food was a big pool of grease, and nothing there would fit a low fat lifestyle to any measure. But again, that is unfortunately typical. I'd say if you are looking for short term rehab for an elder, there is really no place better locally. If you are looking for long term..well it's really up to your elder if they want to share a room. Perhaps s/he will. If so, the care is great if the food isn't :) "