Nursing Home Communities in Manchester, NH

"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."

"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. "

"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."

"I visited Holy Cross, and it was nice and clean. They had card playing, and they were doing crafts. They seemed nice and very caring. Their dining room was very nice. "

"My sister is at Ridgewood Center because she has cognitive problems and early Alzheimer's. But I really wanted to move her down to Florida. Ridgewood was the nursing home that my sister had worked in at one time. Everybody is very nice. I think it's a good place. It's clean and the staff seems very attentive to the people. They try to keep them busy with different activities. The room is fine, but they have to go to a separate room for the showers. My sister is not crazy about the food and she complains about it a lot. "

"My father doesn't like the food at Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, but he's at a low-sodium diet so he's not going to like any food. The staff that I have dealt with there is very communicative. They answer phone calls, they answer our questions, and we do bi-weekly updates on his progress. They had to move him into a shared room because all the nursing facilities at New Hampshire were required to set aside all the single rooms for COVID patients if the hospitals would meet an overflow. The building is old and looks it, but it's really clean."

"I toured this place on a late afternoon. Staffing was scarce. Patients looked unkept and the overall vibe was poor. I could over hear staff complaining about how “short staffed” they were ... and it was visually dirty."

"We are waiting for Medicaid for my dad to be there at Hillsborough County. I like the staff a lot, it was clean and nice. The whole process was good. It has five floors of long term care. They had a lot of different things going on, and it seemed very secure. They also make sure that people get up and get dressed. "

"We toured Riverwoods Manchester a few times, and the people were very friendly. It was a really nice-sized facility. There were a good number of activities. One of the things we liked about it is that the independent living was connected to the assisted living, memory care, and the full nursing care. If one of my parents had to go to another level of care, the other one could visit all the time or they could move together. They had a nice variety of units with different sizes and prices. They have a full gym, classes like tap dancing, chair yoga, chair Taichi, lectures, and movies. They did not have a swimming pool though (which was something that I was interested in), but they had all of those other things. They also have some nice communal spaces where they set out a continental breakfast and free coffee every morning to encourage people to come out and socialize. They had some nice outdoor patio spaces, and they looked nice."

"The facility is very clean. The mattresses are a bit uncomfortable. The staff are extremely caring, professionally, and well trained."

"My Mom is a five year Resident of PV Nursing home in Derry NH. What a great place to live. Gives my whole family piece of mind and my Mom loves it here. Every staff member from Administrator and Social Services to Nursing and support staff work great with one important goal: create safe and pleasant living for our Senior. Rooms are clean, Meals are hot and delicious. Nursing staff very attentive to all special needs Residents might have. They have great activities for Residents and work very hard to make sure every one is engaged. Thank you Pleasant Valley. I would recommend this facility to any family looking for a great place for Senior."

"I toured The Baldwin. They don't have much available at this point, but I got the last unit in the level I wanted. Even though I already put in my deposit, I went for a tour to see more of the community and get more feedback. The Baldwin was amazing. I could not believe just how wonderful everything was. It was beyond my wildest dreams. I have never seen better staff anywhere. I dealt with several staff members there, and they all were just beyond what I expected. We were in their coffee shop-type section of the place. I had a lobster roll there and it's one of the best lobster rolls I've ever had. It's good-sized and loaded with lobsters. The building was spotless and beautiful. It's brand new. They opened just a few months ago. It's clean. I never expected to find a place like this."

"I really like living here. When I was at home I was not taking care of myself. The Staff and the rehab team have made a big difference to my life style. I probably would not be here if I kept up the life style I was living. My live in partner was not taking care of me. Now I have 3 nutritional meals, my medication is given to me at the time and amounts I need. I get to have planned activities. I cant say more how the staff is accommodating. I am so happy at this stage in my life."

"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 :) "