Our senior living communities, The Woodlands (independent living) and Harvest Hill (assisted living), are located on the Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (APD) campus in Lebanon, NH. APD is part of Dartmouth Health, which has been recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System through an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the Catholic Health Association of the United States.
This recognition demonstrates APD’s commitment to continuously improving care for patients age 65 and older by aligning with the nationally recognized practices of Age-Friendly Health Systems, known as the 4Ms; What Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility, the foundation of the Age-Friendly Health Systems.
APD’s focus on caring for our elders is further demonstrated by its Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians. APD was the first critical access hospital in the United States to earn this distinction.
In addition to serving residents of Harvest Hill and The Woodlands, APD provides care to elder patients across our tight-knit rural communities in both New Hampshire and Vermont.
The Age-Friendly Health System of care and service has been integrated into our daily practices at Harvest Hill Assisted Living, and staff are formally integrating the 4Ms into resident care. This effort helped Harvest Hill achieve Level 1 accreditation with Age-Friendly Health Systems in January 2025.
“We’ve always followed the 4Ms, but now we have a structured framework,” says Nikki Fortier, executive director of APD Lifecare. “We also updated our resident assessment to ask about ‘What Matters’ for each resident. Having this shared language between hospital and assisted living staff leads to better care.”
In addition to all that Harvest Hill and The Woodlands offer in terms of activities, culture and community, we also provide healthcare services designed to support the unique needs of our resident seniors if they need us.
To learn more about the Alice Peck Day Geriatrics services and team, visit our website. This beautiful, 40-acre campus is also home to The Woodlands and Harvest Hill, part of the APD Lifecare community.