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10 Best Nursing Homes in Rochester, NH

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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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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 Oxford Center, 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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Exceptional care and compassion - wouldn’t choose any other place for my Mom.
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 Harris Hill Center, 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...
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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 Pleasant View, 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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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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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 Willow Manor, 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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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.
SunBridge Care & Rehabilitation for Rochester provides skilled nursing, as well as short- and long-term care in a pleasant, tranquil setting. Our rehabilitative and restorative care programs focus on meeting residents' needs and helping them reach maximum independence. Our air-conditioned...
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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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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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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.
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.
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.
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: 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.
On behalf of our team of caregivers and support staff, thank you for considering our healthcare center. We offer a full range of medical services to meet the individual needs of our residents, including short-term rehabilitative services and long-term skilled care. Working with the resident’s...
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, 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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
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.
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.
We are a geriatric residential assisted living, honoring aging in place, providing end-of-life care, respite care, and adult day care services. We have both private and semi private rooms, with all the comforts of home. It's important our clients maintain the ability to do at they want when they...
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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.

Cost of nursing homes in Rochester, NH

The average cost of senior living in Rochester is $6,833 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Laconia, NH with an average of $5,428 per month.

Nursing homes costs in Rochester, NH, vs. nearby cities

Rochester, NH
$6,833/mo
$6,534/mo

Nursing homes costs in Rochester, NH, vs. state and national averages

Rochester, NH
$6,833/mo
U.S. national average
$4,794/mo

Nursing homes costs in Rochester, NH, vs. other senior living options

$6,606/mo
Nursing Homes
$6,833/mo

Nursing homes costs in Rochester, NH, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$6,277/mo
Studio
$7,180/mo
1 Bedroom
$7,615/mo
2 Bedroom
$8,157/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$4,400/mo

Senior living costs in Rochester 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: Rochester, NH
Column state: New Hampshire
Column national: U.S.
Community typeRochester, NHNew HampshireU.S.
Nursing Homes$6,833/mo$6,240/mo$4,794/mo
Assisted Living$6,514/mo$6,127/mo$4,558/mo
Memory Care$6,606/mo$6,240/mo$4,794/mo
Independent Living$5,538/mo$5,019/mo$4,016/mo
Nursing Homes
Rochester, NH:$6,833/mo
New Hampshire:$6,240/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Assisted Living
Rochester, NH:$6,514/mo
New Hampshire:$6,127/mo
U.S.:$4,558/mo
Memory Care
Rochester, NH:$6,606/mo
New Hampshire:$6,240/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Independent Living
Rochester, NH:$5,538/mo
New Hampshire:$5,019/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
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Nursing homes costs in Rochester, NH, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly nursing homes costs have shifted over the past five years in Rochester 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.

Rochester, NHNH stateNational

Nursing homes cost trends in Rochester, NH

The table below shows how monthly nursing homes costs in Rochester 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
Rochester, NH$7,744/mo$7,513/mo+3.1%
New Hampshire$7,570/mo$7,393/mo+2.4%
National$5,667/mo$5,383/mo+5.3%
Rochester, NH
2024 average cost:$7,744/mo
2023 average cost:$7,513/mo
Percent change:+3.1%
New Hampshire
2024 average cost:$7,570/mo
2023 average cost:$7,393/mo
Percent change:+2.4%
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

Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about nursing homes in Rochester

Recent reviews for nursing homes in Rochester

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

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!!

Avita of Stroudwater in Westbrook, ME

5.0
They did try to take good care of my loved one. They offered daily activities and the community was clean. The food was good. My loved one was only there for a short time as we realized he needed more care than they were able to provide. They oversold themselves on the care that was ...
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Rochester nursing homes services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Rochester nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Rochester, 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 Rochester 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 Rochester that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
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Full medication management
Full medication management
40%
2.8%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
26.9%
10.6%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
81.1%
23.8%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
82.9%
24.3%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
48.6%
10.9%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
17.7%
1%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
80%
20.3%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
43.4%
7.5%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
53.7%
19.2%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Rochester 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 Rochester Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Rochester, NHNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
44%
4.3%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
33.1%
0.3%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
40%
6.2%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
14.3%
1.4%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Rochester 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 Rochester partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Rochester, NHNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
21.1%
0.7%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
37.7%
1.6%
No sugar
No sugar
34.9%
1.6%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
36%
4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
9.1%
0.1%
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Availability of select dining options in Rochester 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 Rochester communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Rochester, NHNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
29.7%
0.3%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
34.9%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
26.3%
0.5%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
15.4%
0.8%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Rochester 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 Rochester offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Rochester, NHNational
Activity director
Activity director
37.1%
0.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
28.6%
0.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
25.7%
0.4%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
38.9%
7.2%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
37.7%
0.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
46.3%
7.2%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
36%
0.5%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
26.3%
0.3%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
32.6%
0.4%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
36.6%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
38.3%
0.5%
Dances
Dances
24%
0.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
19.4%
0.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
38.3%
0.5%
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Carriage Hill Assisted Living, Arbors of Bedford and Assisted Living Center of Salisbury are the top-rated nursing homes facilities near Rochester, New Hampshire. See full list of communities.
There are 269 nursing homes facilities near Rochester, New Hampshire. See the full list.
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