Converse Home

    272 Church St, Burlington, VT 05401
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care

    Clean welcoming care, somewhat pricey

    I placed a loved one here and have been very pleased: clean, welcoming rooms, a small memory unit with personalized care, knowledgeable and caring staff who go above and beyond, excellent meals in a nice dining room, and plenty of engaging activities in lovely gardens and a gazebo. The setting and team are trustworthy and professional-my only reservation is that it's somewhat pricey.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Memory care community services

    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.47·(17)

    Overall rating

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

      5.0
    • Staff

      4.4
    • Meals

      4.7
    • Amenities

      4.0
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Welcoming, comfortable rooms
    • Clean facilities
    • Small, intimate memory care unit (under 20 residents)
    • Knowledgeable, caring, and competent staff
    • High-quality dementia and assisted living care
    • Team-based, appropriate care plans
    • Nice dining room with a good/excellent chef and meals
    • Engaging and plentiful activities
    • Attractive grounds with garden and gazebo
    • Warm, home-like atmosphere
    • Trustworthy and highly recommended by reviewers
    • Friendly residents

    Cons

    • Expensive / cost concerns
    • Small size means limited capacity
    • At least one reviewer did not sample the food (limited firsthand feedback on meals)

    Summary of reviews

    Overall sentiment is strongly positive across the provided review summaries. Multiple reviewers emphasize high-quality, person-centered care, especially for residents with dementia, and consistently praise the staff as kind, competent, knowledgeable, and caring. Many summaries describe the facility as warm and welcoming, producing an atmosphere that feels homelike rather than institutional. A recurring theme is trust: several reviewers explicitly say they would choose Converse Home for a loved one and highly recommend it.

    Care quality and staff: Reviews repeatedly highlight excellent dementia and assisted living care. Staff are described with an array of positive attributes — caring, competent, knowledgeable, team-oriented — and reviewers note appropriate care plans and a team approach to resident needs. The small memory unit (noted as under 20 residents) supports impressions of attentive, individualized care. Words and phrases like "high level of care," "loving care," and "best care imaginable" appear in multiple summaries, indicating consistent satisfaction with clinical and day-to-day caregiving.

    Facilities and atmosphere: The physical environment receives frequent praise. Rooms are described as comfortable and clean; the building is characterized as nice, and the grounds as pretty and beautiful. Outdoor features such as a garden and a gazebo are specifically mentioned, reinforcing the impression of pleasant, restful outdoor space for residents and visitors. The small size of the community is framed positively in many comments (intimate, warm), though size also relates to the main potential drawbacks noted below.

    Dining: Dining and food quality are generally presented positively. Several reviewers mention a nice dining room and a good or excellent chef, with at least one summary calling out excellent meals. One summary does note a meal plan and menu availability but also explicitly states the food was not tasted by that reviewer; this introduces a small degree of uncertainty in the dataset about whether every reviewer sampled the cuisine. Overall, the balance of comments on dining is favorable.

    Activities and social life: Reviews indicate engaging and plentiful activities, and friendly residents, contributing to a lively, social environment. The existence of multiple activities and a pleasant communal dining area support the picture of an active assisted-living community where social interaction and programming are priorities.

    Notable concerns and patterns: The most consistent concern across the summaries is cost — several reviewers (or at least one explicitly) describe the community as expensive. The small size, while often a positive for individualized care and atmosphere, also implies limited capacity; the memory unit being under 20 residents suggests availability could be constrained and that prospective families may face wait lists or limited options. Finally, although dining generally receives praise, at least one reviewer did not taste the food, so there is a sliver of incomplete firsthand feedback about meals in these summaries.

    Recommendation and overall takeaways: Taken together, the reviews paint Converse Home as a small, well-kept, and warmly run assisted living and memory care community with strong clinical and day-to-day caregiving, attractive grounds and common areas, good dining in most accounts, and robust activities. The facility appears especially well-regarded for dementia care and for families seeking a trusting, team-oriented environment. Prospective residents and families should weigh the likely higher cost and the limited size/capacity against the clear strengths in care quality, staff, and atmosphere. If budget and availability are manageable, the reviews indicate Converse Home is a strong choice for high-quality, compassionate assisted living and memory care.

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    Location

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    Converse Home is located at 272 Church St, Burlington, VT, 05401.

    About Converse Home

    Converse Home sits right in the heart of Burlington and has served seniors with care and support for over 125 years, although the building itself goes back even further-first built about 1799, then added to in 1833, 1835, and 1932, with a history as a family home, a girls' school, and a home for aged women since 1921, officially named Converse Home in 1954. The community is private, non-profit, and offers 66 total units, including 49 studios and 17 one-bedroom apartments, all adapted for senior needs with features like kitchenettes and private bathrooms; there are gardenview and single room options too. Residents find spacious living areas, a country kitchen, den, library, beautiful landscaped gardens, a private dining room, and common spaces that feel peaceful.

    Converse Home provides a wide range of support, including independent living, assisted living, memory care, and dementia care, with extra help from staff for daily routines-bathing, dressing, transfers, and medication management-along with hospice, respite, and companion care. The community's staffed by caregivers trained in the Best Friends™ approach, which focuses on respect, empathy, humor, and building close relationships with each resident, and they keep a close caregiver-to-resident ratio as part of their required licensing and regular health and safety checks, with an active license verified by Care.com and certified under Act 68 until 2033.

    Seniors living here enjoy emergency alert systems, 24-hour supervision, laundry, housekeeping, linen services, maintenance, and meal preparation by a professional chef, who takes any dietary restrictions into account. Social, recreational, cultural, educational, and wellness programs run every week, such as movie nights, transportation outings, and specialized Alzheimer's care activities. The memory care services offer extra support and engagement for those with dementia, with a focus on quality of life and safe routines. The home's near the University of Vermont Medical Center and other hospitals, and it's easy for residents to get out and enjoy Burlington's social and cultural events.

    Converse Home remains guided by a long history and person-centered values. They focus on support, trust, and the little things that help residents feel cared for and included every day.

    People often ask...

    Converse Home offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $7,797 per month.

    Converse Home offers assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement community.

    There are 31 photos of Converse Home on Mirador.

    Yes, Converse Home allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 272 Church St, Burlington, VT 05401.

    No, Converse Home 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.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Vermont, the DAIL Division of Licensing & Protection licenses residential and assisted living care homes, posting health, investigation, and revisit survey findings.

    License numberconverse-home
    Facility typeAssisted Living Residence

    Inspection Reports

    6

    Reports

    12

    Citations

    0

    Complaints

    2

    Years

    29 Jan 2026Investigation
    Identified deficiencies related to reporting incidents and maintaining resident records, and found violations of residents' rights during the investigation.
    • 5.12 b (2) Records/ReportsRecords/Reports
    • 5.12 c (5) Records/ReportsRecords/Reports
    • 6.12 Resident's RightsResident's Rights
    10 Nov 2025Investigation
    Approved acceptable plans of correction following the survey; may follow up to verify substantial compliance.
    15 Oct 2025Investigation
    Accepted the plans of correction after the survey; follow-up will verify substantial compliance.
    29 Jul 2024Investigation
    Investigated; corrective actions accepted by the agency after the survey.
    06 Jun 2024Inspection
    Identified deficiencies in resident assessments, service plans, self-administered medications, staff education, food handling, and safety practices such as storage of sharp objects and water temperature.
    • 5.9.c.(1)Admission assessment within 14 days
    • 5.9.c.(2)Resident service plan prior to move-in and quarterly updates
    • 5.10.h.(3)Self-administered medications policy updated
    • 5.11.bStaff education on First Aid and Emergency Response
    • 5.18Mandatory education policy for all staff
    • 5.18Policy on reporting resident-to-resident conflicts
    • 9.1Storage of sharp objects
    • 9.6.dWater temperature not exceeding 120°F
    • 7.2.bFood labeling and temperature control
    04 Mar 2024Investigation
    Investigated the complaint and found no regulatory deficiencies.

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