Birch Healthcare Center
Nursing Home Facility
62 Rochester Hill Road, Rochester, NH 03867
Colonial Hill Center, a 79-bed center that is surrounded by the quiet, natural beauty of New England, has been proudly serving the Rochester community since 1986. Colonial Hill offers skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation and long-term care with 24-hour nursing coverage in a home-like setting, as well as Physical, Occupational, Speech and Respiratory Therapy services up to 7 days a week. Staff and physicians work closely with patients and families to create an individual treatment plan based on the needs and goals of our patients and residents, while offering hotel-like amenities such as concierge services to ensure a comfortable stay.
Operated by Genesis HealthCare, which runs 507 communities in our directory.
Birch Healthcare Center is licensed for 79 beds, about typical for the area, where senior care communities in Rochester average about 94 beds.
Federal reporting puts occupancy at about 88% of its licensed beds.
Medicare rates this community 2 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. The individual scores differ noticeably: 1 star for staffing against 3 stars for health inspections, so it is worth reading both before deciding. Its most recent standard health inspection was in September 2025 and recorded 3 deficiencies.
Residents receive about 3.5 hours of nursing care per day on average, including 0.6 hours from a registered nurse. Nursing staff turnover over the past year was about 48%.
Inspection record
In its last three standard inspections and any complaint visits, federal inspectors cited 10 problems at Birch Healthcare Center. 1 finding involved harm to a resident. 1 came from investigating complaints by residents or families.
In the last three years Medicare fined this home once, a total of $10,655.
Findings from the most recent inspection cycle
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Resident Rights
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Quality of Life and Care
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
A citation on its own does not mean poor care, and most are corrected within weeks. What matters most is how serious the findings were and whether the same problems keep coming back. When you visit, it is fair to ask the administrator what inspectors found and what has changed since.
Birch Healthcare Center offers memory care, nursing home care, hospice care, respite care, and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type for-profit corporation
- Beds / units 79
- Occupancy 88%
- Nursing hours per resident/day 3.5
- Annual staff turnover 48%
- Last health inspection September 2025
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