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Memory care in Fair Haven: ranked picks

Fair Haven families searching for memory care are really choosing from providers across the wider New Haven area, since most homes here draw residents from across the metro. The five options below range from small residential care homes to larger nursing facilities, so scores and reviews vary widely on cleanliness, staffing consistency, and how well each place handles the day-to-day realities of dementia care. Our methodology weighs recent reviews, sentiment, and consistency to help you compare them side by side.

Fair Haven itself is a mix of triple-deckers and older residential streets along the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers, without large dedicated memory care campuses in the neighborhood proper. Families here typically look just outside Fair Haven toward the Mary Wade campus and other New Haven facilities, and common requests include help managing transitions from home care or short-term rehab into full-time memory support, plus close attention to medication management and fall prevention for aging parents still connected to Fair Haven's tight-knit family networks.

5 businesses, scored on rating, review volume, recency, sentiment and listing completeness. How we score › · View on map ›

At a glance

#BusinessScoreRatingFromBest for
1Chatham Place at Mary Wade644.9 (42)Families wanting a polished, hotel-like setting
2Mary Wade644 (28)End-of-life and hospice transitions
3Mary Wade Residential Care Home574.8 (5)Long-term, relationship-based care
4New Haven Center For Nursing & Rehabilitation492.2 (37)Only with caution and recent-record checks
5Riverview Residential Care Home441.7 (6)Not recommended without further review

Ranked picks

1
Chatham Place at Mary Wade

Chatham Place at Mary Wade

score 64/100
4.9 from 42 reviews
Families wanting a polishedhotel-like settingclean facilityfriendly caregivers

Near-perfect rating across 42 reviews with consistent praise for cleanliness, warm staff, and active resident programming.

2
Mary Wade

Mary Wade

score 64/100
4 from 28 reviews
End-of-life and hospice transitionscompassionate staffclean facilitysafe secure environment

Compassionate memory care staff and strong family communication stand out, though some reviews cite slow response times and inattentive personal care.

3
Mary Wade Residential Care Home

Mary Wade Residential Care Home

score 57/100
4.8 from 5 reviews
Long-termrelationship-based carecompassionate staffattentive care

Small home with named, consistently praised caregivers and residents who stay for years in a secure, homelike setting.

4
New Haven Center For Nursing & Rehabilitation

New Haven Center For Nursing & Rehabilitation

score 49/100
2.2 from 37 reviews
Only with caution and recent-record checksmedication errorsodor cleanliness issuesunderstaffed

Recent reviews praise the Director of Nursing, but a majority of ratings are one to two stars over documented neglect and safety issues.

5
Riverview Residential Care Home

Riverview Residential Care Home

score 44/100
1.7 from 6 reviews
Not recommended without further reviewunresponsive managementodor cleanliness issuessafe secure environment

Mostly poor ratings point to security gaps and weak oversight, despite one recent mention of caring staff.

Last updated 2026-08-20