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10 Best Independent Living Communities in South Barnstead, NH

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The cost of independent living in South Barnstead is about $3,451 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 150 options.

Read 2375 reviews, see photos, and learn about amenities that make independent living the ideal next step for adults 55+ who wish to enjoy friendships and hobbies without the hassle of cooking and home maintenance. You may also consider nearby communities such as Concord, Dover and Laconia.

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This place is wonderful, we have had no complaints. The staff is super friendly they are very professional. It is a pretty expensive community. There aren't really any care services provided since it is...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Sugar Hill Retirement Community features apartments and cottages for active independent living that sold as shares in a cooperative style of ownership.There are also Assisted Living suites available. We are proud to be sponsored by Huggins Hospital located here in Wolfeboro, only minutes away...
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I would tell my friends that hands down this is an awesome place to bring a loved one. The community seems to be caring and patient with my loved ones needs. The director down to the receptionist was...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
assisted living facility located on Route 4 just outside of downtown Durham, New Hampshire. A pre-admission assessment of all applicants, required by the state of New Hampshire, is done to determine the appropriate level of care required by the individual. This also determines if Harmony Homes...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The Village at Dover Point, an AGELESS LIFESTYLE™ Community, located in Dover New Hampshire is a community for adults to live, whether they are Independent or need some assistance. Our full menu of Care-cierge services and support is available to you as you need them. Just 10 minutes from the...
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Harmony Homes is just that harmonious. They have a quaint staff and make the living space very beautiful and peaceful looking.
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Harmony Homes is an assisted living community in Durham, NH. Set in the heart of New Hampshire, and is located on a sprawling property, complete with walking paths. Watching the beauty of the seasons changing in New Hampshire is reason enough to make Harmony Homes your home. Because Harmony Homes...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The Golden Crest The Golden Crest Senior Wellness Resort is a comfortable assisted living community located in beautiful rural Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Our resort-style community provides an enriching and activity-filled environment overlooking farmland with spectacular views of...
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The staff at The Golden Crest are very friendly, ready to help and are available to answer your questions. They keep the community well maintained. Mom thinks the food is good most of the time. She enjoys...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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My loved one is a resident at Peabody Home and things are very good for her at this facility. She has friends and is well liked by the staff.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Peabody Home, home of independent, assisted living, and nursing, located in the heart of Franklin, NH. We are highly known for our consistent activities that we have for our residents. We make living fun! We encourage family and friend to have luncheons with the residents. We have fun activities...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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My loved one was previously a resident at Courville At Manchester and it was a great experience. They have a great staff. I would recommend this facility to others.
Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Myrtle Manor is an assisted living facility located in Manchester, N.H., which was established in 1988 by the Dumont family (Suzy and Ray) and continues to be a family run facility. We are located on the corner of Myrtle and Chestnut Street, close to downtown and bus routes. We provide 24 hour...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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I write this to those of you who, like me, feel guilty and scared at not being able to care for your loved one who is suffering from ever-developing memory loss any longer. You want him/her to be honored...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Meredith Bay Colony Club overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee in central New Hampshire provides the perfect retirement and assisted living location. We are the region's newest not-for-profit retirement community having opened our state-of-the-art facility in 2009. We very quickly achieved 'Full'...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
RiverWoods is a nationally-accredited Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Exeter, NH. RiverWoods offers Independent Living as well as direct admission to Assisted Living Care and all of the benefits that come with choosing the Seacoast’s premier CCRC/life care community. Located on 200...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Eventide Home, a non-profit nursing and assisted living facility, located in Exeter, New Hampshire, and has been providing health care services to women over the age of 65 since 1952.Our nursing home provides housing and health care services to 19 women, 15 of whom have private rooms. The...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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My parents lived here for quite a long time before advancing care needs necessitated a move, and throughout their stay I thought Meetinghouse did an excellent job. It was a very friendly place, and the...
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Two of our loved ones started their journey at other places for different reasons, but thankfully we were able to move them both to memory care at Wentworth Senior Living. The care at WSL is superior to all...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.

Cost of independent living in South Barnstead, NH

The average cost of senior living in South Barnstead is $3,451 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Laconia, NH with an average of $3,451 per month.

Independent living costs in South Barnstead, NH, vs. state and national averages

South Barnstead, NH
$3,451/mo
U.S. national average
$3,532/mo

Independent living costs in South Barnstead, NH, vs. other senior living options

$7,848/mo
Independent Living
$3,451/mo

Independent living costs in South Barnstead, NH, by floor plan type

1 Bedroom
$2,903/mo
2 Bedroom
$3,234/mo

Senior living costs in South Barnstead vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: South Barnstead, NH
Column state: New Hampshire
Column national: U.S.
Community typeSouth Barnstead, NHNew HampshireU.S.
Independent Living$3,451/mo$4,356/mo$3,532/mo
Assisted Living$6,260/mo$7,572/mo$5,909/mo
Memory Care$7,848/mo$8,825/mo$7,121/mo
Independent Living
South Barnstead, NH:$3,451/mo
New Hampshire:$4,356/mo
U.S.:$3,532/mo
Assisted Living
South Barnstead, NH:$6,260/mo
New Hampshire:$7,572/mo
U.S.:$5,909/mo
Memory Care
South Barnstead, NH:$7,848/mo
New Hampshire:$8,825/mo
U.S.:$7,121/mo
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What families are saying about independent living in South Barnstead

Recent reviews for independent living in South Barnstead

Benchmark at Bedford Falls

5.0
I'd give them all a 5. I wish he were still there It's like having an apartment with help 24/7. Everyone is amazing and willing to help with anything and everything It's like home

Meetinghouse at Riverfront in Manchester, NH

5.0
You feel like you just walked into a large family home. Clean, bright and friendly. Had lunch with a friend her while visiting and food was just like a nice restraunt. Everyone was happy and healthy. Staff new everyone name and the residents seems to like each other!

Harmony Homes By the Bay in Durham, NH

4.7
I honestly can not understand why someone would say that they walked in Harmony Homes By the Bay and thought it was dark and dirty. The opposite is true. After experience with countless nursing/assisted living facilities, I chose for mom to live here, both of us could not be happier! It’s ...
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South Barnstead independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in South Barnstead independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in South Barnstead, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select dietary accommodations in South Barnstead independent living

Independent living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of South Barnstead partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
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Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
19.9%
21.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
39.1%
35.8%
No sugar
No sugar
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Vegetarian
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Pureed meals
Pureed meals
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Availability of select dining options in South Barnstead independent living

Our independent living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of South Barnstead communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
33.1%
37.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
38.4%
44.8%
Room service
Room service
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38.2%
Anytime dining
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Availability of select programs and activities in South Barnstead independent living

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered independent living communities in South Barnstead offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
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Activity director
Activity director
39.7%
46.6%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
27.8%
29.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
28.5%
34.2%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
43.7%
48.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
43.7%
50.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
49%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
38.4%
44.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
29.1%
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Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
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43.1%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
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Live performances
Live performances
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Dances
Dances
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Fitness center
Fitness center
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Fitness classes
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Carriage Hill Assisted Living, Hillsbrook Village at Allenstown and Holiday Maple Suites are the top-rated independent living facilities near South Barnstead, New Hampshire. See full list of communities.
There are 150 independent living facilities near South Barnstead, New Hampshire. See the full list.
The best independent living facilities near you in South Barnstead, New Hampshire are Carriage Hill Assisted Living, Hillsbrook Village at Allenstown and Spring Village at Summerhill. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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