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HarborChase of Branford

173 Alps Road, Branford, CT 06405

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5.0 out of 5 stars

HarborChase of Branford

5 on all. But everything was good, but my mom passed away and I'm having trouble getting a refund for partial rent. Other than that everything is great.

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About the facility

You can participate in a variety of activities to keep you physically fit and mentally sharp. Walking clubs, dancing, tai chi, and other physical activities will help you maintain and improve your mobility. You can also partake in mentally stimulating activities like open-ended discussions about broad topics, such as science, or challenges like puzzles or trivia.

You’ll enjoy chef-prepared meals, served in a charming dining room with a coffered ceiling and elegant chandeliers. Your apartment will stay neat and clean with regular housekeeping, laundry, and trash removal. The community also provides scheduled transportation for appointments and outings.

Senior living options offered

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

HarborChase of Branford

Pricing

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    StudioStarting at $4,000/mo
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    1 BedroomStarting at $4,600/mo
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Amenities

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Healthcare Services

  • Memory Care
  • Incontinence Care
  • Medication Management
  • Staffing & Ancillary Services

Meals & Dining

  • Room Service
  • Vegetarian
  • Kosher
  • Professional Chef

Room Amenities

  • Bath Tubs
  • Cable or Satellite TV
  • Kitchenette
  • Air Conditioned
  • Full kitchen
  • Handicap Accessible

Community Amenities

On-site dining options

  • Private Dining Room

Transportation & parking

  • Complimentary Transportation
  • Uncovered Parking
  • Property Convenient to Public Transit
  • Resident Parking Available

Pets

  • Dogs Allowed
  • Weight Limit (lbs)

Common areas

  • Outdoor Common Areas
  • Beauty Salon
  • Library
  • TV Lounge

Recreational areas

  • Raised Garden Beds
  • Movie or Theater Room
  • Billiards Lounge
  • Game Room

Services

  • Laundry Service / Drycleaning
  • Beautician
  • Grocery Shopping and Errands
  • Housekeeping

Languages spoken

  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • English

Activities

  • Activities Off-site
  • Tai Chi
  • Live Musical Performances
  • Cards / Pinochle Club

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Pet friendly

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Care types offered

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Reviews

for HarborChase of Branford

8.9 out of 10
Review Score38 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
3.8
Cleanliness
4.1
Friendliness
4.0
Care Services
3.4
Staff
3.8
Meals & Dining
4.2
Activities
3.8
Value for Cost
3.6

A Place for Mom has scored HarborChase of Branford with 8.9 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 6 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, HarborChase of Branford has 38 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 3.8 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 9/22/26

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Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

September 22, 2026

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

HarborChase of Branford

5 on all. But everything was good, but my mom passed away and I'm having trouble getting a refund for partial rent. Other than that everything is great.

Phillip

Assisted Living

Family/friend

February 25, 2026

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Caring professional facility

The personnel were very warm and welcoming. The physical facility was suitable with individual apartments activities in the morning and afternoon and community dining room

Donna M

Assisted Living

Family/friend

November 4, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

A great place

Everything is great, except the bills are confusing. The food is excellent, the staff is caring and attentive. Great Italian chef, nice rooms with good views. Community feel, wonderful activities.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

April 4, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Our family's experience

The care services were not needed and our loved one did not attend the activities. We only used the facility for 2 weeks or so we can't really evaluate the value for cost. Yes, we would recommend HarborChase of Branford to other families based on the experience

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

March 11, 2025

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
2.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
2.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Lack of care

Other than the food, it was not a good experience for many reasons. They didn't want to take care of my father and wanted to put him in the dementia section. His mind was 100% so it was very unsettling to the family.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

January 24, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Pleasant experience

All categories are a 5 but the dining/meals is a 3-4. I have reviewed issues with them and they are being addressed. Hopefully they will be resolved. Yes, I would recommend this community to other families based on the experience I have had so far

Elizabeth W

Memory Care

Family/friend

October 13, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Great Memory Care

My mom spent only 6 weeks in another memory care unit at a higher price facility that sent her to the ED twice for agitation and “medication management”. This resulted in a 2 week hospital stay where she fell, was restrained, over medicated, developed an UTI, and massively de-conditioned. Following this, she spent 7 weeks in a geriatric psychiatric unit. She was well cared for started to walk again, and despite all meds being slowly weened off, she fell 2xs one time hitting her head, but at least this facility allowed her some dignity and ability to walk. She continued to sharply decline. Our family could not return her to the former high cost memory unit as their poor oversight contributed to all of her issues. Harbor Chase provided total care, allowed my stepfather to visit 2-3 times a day, and appropriately recommended hospice services. While I wish I could go back and choose Harbor Chase from the onset of her wondering my father could not manage alone, we are happy with the care.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 30, 2024

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

HarborChase of Branford

Our experience, food and activities excellent. Communication with our family fair at best. When he needed an aide and rung his buzzer, it would take between 30- 45 min at least. High turn over rate with employees. Some aides are nice some are not. The higher ups were not always truthful with my family. Mediocre excellent overall.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 26, 2024

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
2.0
Activities
2.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Our family experience

It was much better when my mother started there. There is new management and it is just not as good as it once was. [name removed] and [name removed] left and they were keys to success there. Their replacements are simply not very friendly or caring. And the nursing at the facility is the worse one could imagine. They are not helpful, caring or friendly. We have had numerous issues with the nursing staff, especially the head nurse. We had to finally take the nursing aspect of it into our own hands because they could not be trusted.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

April 16, 2024

1.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Our experience

My sister was barely there and went back to hospital. Originally she was incorrectly assessed of her ability to care for self. The nurse who initially assessed her only listened to what she said she could do instead of having my sister show her. It took several days for her to be reassessed. When she was released she went to your sister facility for rehab. There she was poorly managed. Her lab values showed she was going into kidney failure and she was ordered IV therapy but she did not get this until the next day when she was in sever condition. She went back to hospital and shortly after that went on hospice and passed away. [name removed] at HarborChase was always difficult to reach.

DL

Assisted Living

Family/friend

March 15, 2024

1.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
2.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Review for HarborChase of Branford

Harbor Chase is not a safe place at this time. It is so understaffed that my loved one didn't receive the hygiene care she was told to expect (and needed). She often didn't receive her medications at all, or had to ask that she be given them. Medication record keeping is haphazard. It appears that there are not enough staff members in the medical team or in the patient care team. They offer incentives to sign on, then place new conditions on them. The Executive Director tried to excuse staff's mistakes by offering alternative explanations that blamed my loved one. I hope APFM will assess whether it should refer Harbor Chase to other families. We are currently looking at other residences.

Christine

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 20, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Very Happy with HarborChase of Branford!

In general, very pleased. Staff is warm and very caring. Excellent food. My Mom loves the pretty dining room. Maintenance requests for things that need repair in the room are a bit of a challenge. Still working through the list. I rated overall a little lower due to maintenance delays. Otherwise, we are very happy with HarborChase of Branford!

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

September 20, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Review for HarborChase of Branford

The people we met with were welcoming and reassuring that they would take good care of our mother. Place is a bit dated and the head nurse is not very accommodating, but most everyone else is extremely nice. Food is excellent.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

September 20, 2023

1.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
2.0
Friendliness
2.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
1.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

Anonymous

I had a relative there for four years until. Ovid hit. She got sick and they kept giving her cough medicine. One week later went to hospital and passed away. Could not get her belongings for four months snd then they cleaned our apartment without family going to pack it up. Would not recommend

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 16, 2023

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
2.0
Activities
2.0
Staff
2.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Review for HarborChase of Branford

I would encourage advocates for family members to be vocal and stay involved!This community is local. At the time, ownership was different. It has now been taken over and hopefully things will improve. My loved one is used to living here and has friends. Moving her would create more of a disruption. For someone who is more able-bodied and required less direct care, I think it would be fine.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Resident/client

June 29, 2023

3.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
2.0
Care Services
2.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

HarborChase of Branford

Rating is largely based before the acquisition. Since the acquisition, food is better and staffing level and responsiveness is very uneven. Impossible to know how it will turn out. Given the level of chaos, I can not currently recommend the facility.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

May 11, 2023

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
2.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Could use improvement

Cleanliness of the facility is great, the cleaning services to the rooms not so much. Staff are friendly in person but when I call since I live out of state many times do not get return call back this includes nursing department and business department. I would give customer service a "1". It took a while for my loved one to be assessed when she got to ALF. She struggled with getting the help she needed. There are still times she does not get PM care that is part of her plan. Breakfast is good but the other meals are premade and not great quality.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

April 5, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

We toured The Hearth at Gardenside and it was a great place. The people were friendly. The setting was nice. The location just wasn't as convenient for us personally. This facility would have been one of my top choices if it was closer to home.

Anthony R

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 16, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

A good experience

[Name removed] was incredibly helpful and informative, my father is very happy there. [She] did a great job helping us out during this time and made it a very smooth transition. She was able to accommodate my father with a nice room and was quick to call my sister and I back about any issues.

Michelle

Assisted Living

Toured community

October 27, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

This was a wonderful community. They didn't feel they could care for my loved one after their assessment.

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