Penacook Place

    150 Water St, Haverhill, MA 01830
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Reviews

    4.03·(79)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.8
    • Staff

      4.2
    • Meals

      2.4
    • Amenities

      2.2
    • Value

      3.5

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing and aide staff
    • Engaging, varied activity program (bingo, live music, singalongs, church services)
    • Effective rehabilitation and physical-therapy services
    • Supportive and communicative administration and social staff
    • Hospice and bereavement support availability
    • Home-like, modern common areas
    • Friendly, welcoming visitation experience
    • Long staff tenure and continuity in some departments
    • Volunteer opportunities and community involvement
    • Onsite faith-based services

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and inconsistent staffing levels
    • Delayed response times and inconsistent assistance
    • Inconsistent sanitation and infection-control practices
    • Unreliable meal quality, portioning, and temperature control
    • Medication-administration delays and gaps in clinical oversight
    • Laundry and personal-item management weaknesses
    • Small resident rooms and aging in-room infrastructure
    • Communication and management responsiveness issues
    • Intermittent pest-control and kitchen-hygiene concerns
    • Service variability linked to leadership or staffing changes

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a polarized picture of care at the facility. Many families emphasize strong interpersonal strengths — caregivers, CNAs and several nursing staff are frequently described as compassionate, attentive and willing to go beyond expectations. When staffing and leadership align, families note effective rehabilitation outcomes, proactive communication from administration, integrated hospice support, and a welcoming, home-like environment that includes faith-based programming and a varied activities schedule.

    Care quality is a mixed experience. Positive accounts highlight dedicated night-shift nurses and aides who provide respectful, hands-on support and continuity for residents. Conversely, a recurrent operational theme is understaffing: when staffing levels dip, reviewers describe longer call-button waits, delayed assistance with personal care and feeding, inconsistencies in bathing schedules, and lapses in laundry handling. These capacity constraints appear to be the root cause of many of the negative service experiences families described.

    Dining and nutrition also show wide variability. Several reviewers praised meal quality and staff who accommodated preferences, while others cited small portions, cold food and limited selection. A number of comments raise concerns about kitchen cleanliness and occasional shutdowns of dining services for cleaning, suggesting inconsistent food-service processes and quality control.

    The facility’s activity program is a clear strength in many accounts. Organized options such as bingo, live musicians, singalongs, service attendance and volunteer-led events contribute to a positive social environment and were repeatedly noted as meaningful for residents’ quality of life.

    Physical plant observations are mixed. Some families describe clean, modern, comfortable common areas and home-like rooms; others describe small rooms with inoperable equipment (televisions, phones), parking limitations and isolated sanitation or pest-control concerns in particular units. Issues with in-room infrastructure and small room size are recurring logistical complaints.

    Management and clinical oversight show inconsistent patterns. Several reviewers praise responsive leadership and clear family communication; others cite a decline in services after leadership changes, poor management responsiveness, forgotten clinical orders and hesitancy to engage physicians promptly. These gaps in coordination appear to contribute to family frustration and uneven clinical follow-up, including delays in medication administration and physician availability.

    Notable patterns across the reviews are the extremes of experience: some families found the facility exemplary in care, communication and rehabilitation outcomes, while others encountered significant operational problems tied to staffing, sanitation, dining and management responsiveness. Prospective residents and families would benefit from an on-site tour that inspects kitchen and dining areas, asks about current staffing ratios and recent leadership changes, reviews medication- and clinical-oversight procedures, and confirms room dimensions and in-room equipment functionality before placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Penacook Place is located at 150 Water St, Haverhill, MA, 01830.

    About Penacook Place

    Penacook Place Nursing & Rehab Center sits in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and has 160 beds for people who need round-the-clock care, and you'll find it as part of the Covenant Health system, which is a Catholic group with a long history of serving others, and you'll see them working with dignity and respect for every resident. Folks come here for different reasons, whether it's short-term rehab stays, long-term nursing care, or just a need for memory care, especially for those living with Alzheimer's disease, and they do provide palliative and respite care if someone needs comfort or just temporary support. Residents have help with things like bathing, dressing, and medication, and the staff, including a long-serving licensed practical nurse named Snow Bote, looks out for everyone's well-being, day and night, and they've trained their teams to manage wound care, fall prevention, end-of-life care, sepsis smart programs, and mental health support for depression and anxiety. You'll notice a busy calendar with events, outings, music, dances, even exhibitions, plus support groups and community projects like backpack drives or making lunches for those in need, so there's always something keeping people busy if they want it. Nutrition counseling and psychiatric counseling are available so residents can get support for their bodies and minds, and there are common areas and activity rooms for socializing and recreation. You won't find fancy names for programs, but care plans get personalized for each resident, making sure their needs and wishes matter. Penacook Place is close to other Covenant Health centers across New England, working together to improve how seniors live while keeping care simple, gentle, and trusting-just as you'd want for any loved one.

    People often ask...

    Penacook Place offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 150 Water St, Haverhill, MA 01830.

    No, Penacook Place does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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