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10 Best Nursing Homes in South Wendell, MA

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Nursing Homes Facilities near South Wendell, MA

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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.
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.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent 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.
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.
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: Nursing Homes
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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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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.
Provides: Nursing Homes
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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: Nursing Homes
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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: Memory Care, Nursing Homes
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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.
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.
The Blaire House of Worcester is a 75-bed Skilled Nursing Center and is devoted completely to the care of residents with Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. We are family owned and operated by the Essex Group Management Corp, servicing the health care needs of seniors for over 50 years. We...
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 Lodge at Eddy Pond offers spacious apartments ranging in size from studio to two bedroom apartments. Many apartments offer a wonderful view of Eddy Pond, that can be seen from your private balcony. People say “there is just something about this community”. Whether it is the very active...
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Provides: Nursing Homes
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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.
At Apple Valley, a Genesis HealthCare facility, we offer our patients and residents outstanding care, delivered by highly skilled practitioners in a warm and comfortable setting. Our Quality Healthcare Units provide skilled nursing, medical and rehabilitative care for patients and residents....
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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
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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
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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.
Our home was established in 1983. Our home’s configuration is two houses that were located side by side to each other and were connected in 1994 by a newly constructed building. Hence the name, Side By Side. We have thirty-six private furnished rooms and one two-bedroom apartment. This connection...
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: Nursing Homes
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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.
Provides: Nursing Homes
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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: Nursing Homes
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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: Nursing Homes
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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: Memory Care
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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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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.
Alliance Health at Marie Esther is a newly renovated Rest Home for Men and Women of all faiths, conveniently located in Marlboro, surrounded by rolling green grounds and the conveniences of near by businesses. We are proud to provide the highest standards of care in a comfortable, attractive, and...
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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
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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: Nursing Homes
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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.

Cost of nursing homes in South Wendell, MA

The average cost of senior living in South Wendell is $6,746 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include North Adams, MA with an average of $5,132 per month.

Nursing homes costs in South Wendell, MA, vs. nearby cities

South Wendell, MA
$6,746/mo
$6,380/mo

Nursing homes costs in South Wendell, MA, vs. state and national averages

South Wendell, MA
$6,746/mo
U.S. national average
$4,794/mo

Nursing homes costs in South Wendell, MA, vs. other senior living options

$5,943/mo
Nursing Homes
$6,746/mo

Nursing homes costs in South Wendell, MA, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$6,187/mo
Studio
$6,433/mo
1 Bedroom
$6,876/mo
2 Bedroom
$7,345/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$4,145/mo

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

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 4 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: South Wendell, MA
Column state: Massachusetts
Column national: U.S.
Community typeSouth Wendell, MAMassachusettsU.S.
Nursing Homes$6,746/mo$6,886/mo$4,794/mo
Assisted Living$5,943/mo$6,883/mo$4,558/mo
Memory Care$5,943/mo$6,886/mo$4,794/mo
Independent Living$5,163/mo$6,112/mo$4,016/mo
Nursing Homes
South Wendell, MA:$6,746/mo
Massachusetts:$6,886/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Assisted Living
South Wendell, MA:$5,943/mo
Massachusetts:$6,883/mo
U.S.:$4,558/mo
Memory Care
South Wendell, MA:$5,943/mo
Massachusetts:$6,886/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Independent Living
South Wendell, MA:$5,163/mo
Massachusetts:$6,112/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
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Nursing homes costs in South Wendell, MA, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly nursing homes costs have shifted over the past five years in South Wendell and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Nursing homes cost trends in South Wendell, MA

The table below shows how monthly nursing homes costs in South Wendell have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 median costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
South Wendell, MA$7,371/mo$6,654/mo+10.8%
Massachusetts$7,601/mo$7,171/mo+6.0%
National$5,667/mo$5,383/mo+5.3%
South Wendell, MA
2024 average cost:$7,371/mo
2023 average cost:$6,654/mo
Percent change:+10.8%
Massachusetts
2024 average cost:$7,601/mo
2023 average cost:$7,171/mo
Percent change:+6.0%
National
2024 average cost:$5,667/mo
2023 average cost:$5,383/mo
Percent change:+5.3%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

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What families are saying about nursing homes in South Wendell

Recent reviews for nursing homes in South Wendell

Bridges by EPOCH at Nashua

5.0
Everyone is amazing. The care given to my mother (85) is beyond anything that we have ever expected!! Her day is filled with activities that the staff make sure she is engaged in. The food is amazing! The field trips make her smile!! So wonderful!!

Corcoran House in Clinton, MA

4.3
The community is always clean. Every time we visit, my mother's apartment is always clean and the bathroom is always clean. Very high marks for cleanliness. Some of the staff is a bit friendlier than others, but they are all great with the residents. The care could be improved for the higher ...
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Salisbury Nursing & Rehab Ctr in Worcester, MA

4.5
This is a very nice place, very comfortable. This a very clean facility probably the cleanest I have seen. Everyone is pleasant.

South Wendell nursing homes services and amenities

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

Availability of select care services in South Wendell nursing homes

Nursing homes communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of nursing homes partners in South Wendell that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
South Wendell, MANational
Full medication management
Full medication management
34.9%
2.8%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
23.7%
10.6%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
71.7%
23.8%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
76.3%
24.3%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
55.9%
10.9%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
23%
1%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
69.1%
20.3%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
48%
7.5%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
56.6%
19.2%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in South Wendell nursing homes

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of South Wendell Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
South Wendell, MANational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
48%
4.3%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
39.5%
0.3%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
42.8%
6.2%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
12.5%
1.4%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in South Wendell nursing homes

Nursing homes communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of South Wendell partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
South Wendell, MANational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
35.5%
0.7%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
46.1%
1.6%
No sugar
No sugar
42.1%
1.6%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
39.5%
4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
8.6%
0.1%
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100%

Availability of select dining options in South Wendell nursing homes

Our nursing homes communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of South Wendell communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
South Wendell, MANational
Professional chef
Professional chef
40.1%
0.3%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
47.4%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
32.2%
0.5%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
17.1%
0.8%
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Availability of select programs and activities in South Wendell nursing homes

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered nursing homes communities in South Wendell offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
South Wendell, MANational
Activity director
Activity director
51.3%
0.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
33.6%
0.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
34.2%
0.4%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
44.7%
7.2%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
49.3%
0.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
52%
7.2%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
42.1%
0.5%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
31.6%
0.3%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
46.1%
0.4%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
50%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
47.4%
0.5%
Dances
Dances
27.6%
0.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
25%
0.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
49.3%
0.5%
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Artisan at Hudson, Spring Village at Summerhill and Cedarbrook Village at Ware are the top-rated nursing homes facilities near South Wendell, Massachusetts. See full list of communities.
There are 268 nursing homes facilities near South Wendell, Massachusetts. See the full list.
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