Autumn Glen at Dartmouth

My mom has been living at Autumn Glen, Assisted Living for the past 10 months. From day 1, she has been treated like a member of the family with kindness, professionalism, caring, encouragement and an extra hug! The facility is extremely clean, up to date, with a beautiful, warm and welcoming atmosphere. Upon entering, you are greeted with a warm smile and hello from the reception staff. The dining room offers a daily menu with an assortment of home-cooked meals. The meals are delicious!! The nurses and nursing aides are attentive, knowledgeable, professional and able to help or work with family so my mom has the best of care and health!! The housekeeping staff and facilities are also a part of the family and often visit and are an extra set of eyes on the well-being of mom. Jen and the activities staff offer a daily calendar of events, games, social time, movies to participate. Often special themed events include family as well. Autumn Glen staff go above and beyond with each resident to offer specialized care to everyone. I truly cannot say enough about this wonderful home. Thank you to Erin and Ana for helping us find a loving place in your Autumn Glen family for my mom. She is so happy!!

My dad moved in to Autumn Glen a few weeks ago! He is loving being part of the Autumn Glen family. Everyone is so welcoming! My dad felt like part of a family as soon as he moved in. The staff is fantastic! He is adjusting very well to living in this community and making friends participating in the social activities. He has said that it has exceeded his expectations and loves the delicious meals and enjoying them with the new friends he has made. It is a relief for me and my sister to know that he is well taken care of!

When it was clear that my mother needed additional care in her 80s, my aunt set up five visits in three days for us to tour assisted living facilities (with memory care) for my wonderfully and stubbornly independent mother, who insisted it was a waste of time because she was just going to stay at home. Autumn Glen was the only place out of the five where my mother was able to relax and finally admit that she did need some help. It was because Ann Lamere of Autumn Glen took the time, during that initial visit, to get to know who Mom is, and to listen to her individual concerns. She also acknowledged how difficult it was for Mom to even consider a huge transition like moving from her beloved home to a strange place to live with people she didn’t know. My father passed away 12 years ago, and she’s been sad ever since. Beyond the personal care, I knew that socialization would help her physical health and her mental health immensely, and I could see that Autumn Glen would be a terrific option. We finally made the move to Autumn Glen four months ago, and got my mother a room in their Avita memory care. It wasn’t easy at first, and my mother complained, and would often prefer to stay in bed. But in time, she adjusted, and the wonderful staff relentlessly encouraged her to join the group activities and took her on fun outings. She is so much more active now than she was during all the years since my father’s passing. She lost 13 pounds in 4 months, and her face lights up so much more often than when she was living alone. Today, I brought her to her primary care doctor, who has been seeing her since right after my dad died. She said she’d *never* seen my mother smile the way she did at her appointment today. Autumn Glen is the reason for this huge change. The activities and positive energy the entire staff bring to their day-to-day interactions with each resident has made an incredible difference in my mother. She’s always been an incredibly curious and cheerful person, and she has a wonderfully spicy personality and great sense of humor. But she was on a downward slope since my father passed, and some of that cheer was diminished and replaced by depression. Now that she is at Autumn Glen, surrounded by people who keep her busy and love and appreciate her for exactly who she is, I am confident that her memory and mental health will be preserved for much longer than if she’d continued to stay alone in her house. The food is very good, and they keep the residents on a schedule, so they have predictable patterns throughout their day. The nursing staff is very attentive, conscientious, and patient. I recommend Autumn Glen very highly and have been very happy with how they have cared for my mother.

From our first encounter with the sales director Ann, we were very impressed with Autumn Glen. Ann was so helpful during the stressful time of determining the best placement for our mother when independent living was no longer the best option. The entire staff are so pleasant and they will do anything to help both families and residents become acclimated. They love the residents, and I nearly always saw hugs shared between residents and employees when I was there. There are activities all day each day of every type: exercise, mindfulness, games, musical, artistic, cooking, wine tastings, and outings. The staff go above and beyond to stimulate the minds and bodies of the residents. There are lovely family activities, too, like a recent cookout in May and the Christmas party in December. The food is also excellent. It could take your loved one a bit of time to settle in and to become accustomed to the routine, but overall, we are very satisfied with the care our mother received at Autumn Glen.

If it was possible to give AG ten stars, I would. They have provided the most exceptional care for our loved one for over 3 years. From the start, they were encouraging to always do a schedule of activities that have allowed our loved one to enjoy a quality of life not imagined. The facility is in a lovely setting and the caregivers who are working here are very concerned and caring for all the residents. I have seen a consistency in staff from day one. If you have a loved one who is experiencing memory loss, this is an excellent facility. As you can see from the photos I have included, AG always does an amazing job with a family & friends celebration.