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Assisted Living in South Dartmouth, MA

  • Your guide to South Dartmouth, Massachusetts assisted living facilities. With so many senior housing options available, how do you know which one is right for your family?

    Our Senior Living Advisors live in the South Dartmouth area and can provide you with an insider's view of local communities including pricing information and distinctive features.

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    The official website for the city of South Dartmouth is http://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us.

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  • Facts about South Dartmouth

    South Dartmouth is also known as: South Dartmouth.

    Popular neighborhoods in South Dartmouth include: Bliss Corner and Smith Mills.

    Dartmouth, Massachusetts is a coastal New England town and was the first area of Southeastern Massachusetts settled. Dartmouth itself is part of the Farm Coast New England comprising a chain of historic coastal villages, vineyards and farms. It celebrated its 350th birthday June 8, 2014. It is also part of the Massachusetts South Coast. The local daily newspaper is The Standard-Times.The northern part of Dartmouth has the town's large commercial districts with a mall, various retail plazas featuring many chain retail stores and many diverse restaurants. Cultural eateries include Portuguese, Indian, Italian, Thai, Chinese, with many standard American fare. Although it does not abut Buzzard's Bay, there are several waterways including Lake Noquochoke, Cornell Pond, Shingle Island River and Paskamansett River. There are several working farms in town and vineyards. All vineyards in the town are part of the Coastal Wine Tour. The town also has a thriving agricultural heritage and many of the working farms are protected.The southern part of Dartmouth borders Buzzards Bay where a lively fishing and boating community thrives; off its coast, Martha's Vineyard and Cuttyhunk can be seen. The New Bedford Yacht Club in Padanaram hosts a bi-annual Regatta. With unique historic villages and selection of coastal real estate, it has for many generations been a summering community. Notable affluent sections within South Dartmouth are Nonquitt, Round Hill, Barney's Joy, and Mishaum Point. Still it has its fair share of year round residents lending to thriving seasonal activities all year.Dartmouth is the third-largest town (by land area) in Massachusetts, after Plymouth and Middleborough. The distance from Dartmouth's northern most border with Freetown to Buzzards Bay in the south is approximately 16 miles (26 km).The villages of Hixville, Bliss Corner, Padanaram, Smith Mills, and Russells Mills are located within the town. Dartmouth shares borders with Westport to the west, Freetown and Fall River to the north, Buzzards Bay to the south, and New Bedford to the east with boat shuttles traveling multiple times daily to Martha's Vineyard and Cuttyhunk.

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The Cottages at Dartmouth Village

A visiting podiatrist helps keep your feet healthy, a visiting dentist helps residents maintain their dental health, speech therapy is available on-site by a visiting speech therapist, this community provides complimentary transportation, the staff speaks French in the community, the staff speaks Russian in the property, and Spanish is spoken at this location.

Autumn Glen

This community can provide pet care, vegetarian food is provided, residents can self manage their diabetic care, residents who drive will find parking available to them, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, Norwegian is spoken at this location, and this community was built in 1997.

The Cedars Assisted Living

A dentist visits this location regularly, this community is its own stand alone building, resident parking is available to residents who drive, transportation at cost can be arranged, the staff speaks German in the community, Mandarin is spoken at this location, and Portuguese is spoken at this location.

Whalers Cove

Appetizing and nourishing meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, vegetarian food is provided, an on-call doctor is available to help, staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, trained staff monitors medication and reminds residents when it’s time to take them, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and hospice is an option available at this location.

Atria Fairhaven

Appetizing meals are provided to residents, residents have Kosher food as a menu option, 64 is the minimum age allowed for residents, residents can self manage their diabetes, staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, the facility has staff that can help you with your insulin to manage diabetic needs, and resident parking is available to residents who drive.

The Landmark of Fall River

Appetizing and expertly prepared meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, 65 is the minimum age allowed for residents, staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, this community provides complimentary transportation, respite care is offered, this community was built in 1960, and this location was renovated in 1999.

Sakonnet Bay Retirement Living

Appetizing and healthy meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, residents have vegetarian meals as a menu option, the minimum allowable age of residents is 55, residents can self manage their diabetes, staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, complimentary transportation is on hand for residents, and respite care is offered.

Atria Aquidneck Place

The minimum allowable age of residents is 55, a visiting podiatrist helps keep your feet healthy, this community has been built specifically to support memory and dementia care, Arabic is spoken at this location, Chinese is spoken at this location, the staff speaks Hungarian in the property, and this location was renovated in 2009.