Nursing Home Communities in Manchester, NH

"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. "

"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'm going to the nursing home portion of The Baldwin because I didn't want to be in a place where I felt I was at a nursing home. It's new. It's beautiful. They have a lot of activities. I didn't qualify for assisted living. I have too much disease progression with Parkinson's. They offer PT, OT, voice therapy, and pool therapy, and the nurse-to-patient ratio is high. The cost is also 50% cheaper than what I'm paying for 24/7 home care. The first time I went, I toured with the person in charge of sales. She showed me the restaurants. They have two restaurants and a cafe, which serves lattes and those kinds of coffee drinks during the day, and some sandwiches. She showed me what some of the rooms look like. They have a community kitchen in that unit for the residents. Sometimes they will make food, or sometimes there are food demonstrations or whatever. They have several living rooms with beautiful fireplaces. They have enclosed rooms, so that if you have relatives or company or need a lawyer to have papers signed or whatever, you have total privacy. That was a surprise because most nursing homes that I see don't have any room where you can go, where it's private. Another good thing is that they work with a moving company. The moving company came to my house. They had the dimensions of the architectural plan of my room, and they measured all the furniture that I wanted to bring, and they figured out where in the room it would fit based on cable, TV, or Wi-Fi outlets for your computer. They took all of that into consideration. They have also taken into consideration the windows when they're placing your furniture. The rooms come with all darkening blackout shades because I have five windows in that room, and it has a lot of daylight coming into them. I have unbelievable views; I have views of 180 degrees. It's not depressing like most nursing homes. They're all private suites. The bathroom is extremely huge. I can get a wheelchair in the shower. I have multiple sprayers, and you don't see that every day. If you want to have privacy, you can go into your room, and you don't have a roommate. The activities are unbelievable. They have a fantastic library, and all the books in that library were donated by residents. They have a huge concert piano in the main lobby. They have someone every week playing that concert piano. They have everything. For men, they have woodworking shops. For women, they got art classes. They have dance classes, gardening, and field trips continuously. They have a shuttle bus that is handicap accessible with a lift for wheelchairs, and they'll take you to all your doctor's appointments within an 8-mile radius. If it's beyond 8 miles, they will still take you, but there'll be a fee for the additional mileage. They will take you even into Boston if you have a doctor's appointment in Boston. I can't say enough good things about what they offer. They have thought of everything. They signed up with a moving company. Not only do they move your furniture, but they also help pack everything. What's going to happen is the day that I move, in the morning they'll pack up all my furniture here and then go to the nursing home, and when I go, everything will be where it's supposed to be."

"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 :) "

"The Elms Care and Rehabilitation Center was great to my grandfather, myself and the rest of my family. The staff made everybody feel really comfortable, even with my grandfather being very tough to deal with at that point. He was there for a few weeks after he received treatment at the hospital for lung cancer. Sadly, he went home and received hospice care after and passed away shortly after. The staff at the assisted living facility was very wonderful to all of us. "

"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%. "

"My sister was at Crestwood with stage 4 lung cancer. At first she had reservations about being there because the facility is old but the staff soon won her over. The staff was amazing! They helped her and our family through a difficult time. "