Tender Care in Baltimore, MD

Tender Care is an assisted living community in Baltimore, MD.

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1701 North Bentalou Street, Baltimore, MD 21216

For more information about senior living options: (866) 208-4318

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Overall Review of Tender Care

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Caregivers are consistently praised

Residents and families describe caregivers as kind, professional, and attentive to needs.

Across the reviews, families repeatedly emphasize that the aides and nurses show compassion, respect, and professionalism. Multiple caregivers are described as gentle with clients who need help with daily life, and several reviewers say they trusted the team enough to feel at ease when family members couldn’t be there. A number of comments also highlight continuity and caregiver–client rapport, including caregivers who became “like family.”

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Response and scheduling flexibility

Reviewers frequently mention fast response and flexible scheduling during changing needs.

Several reviews describe an ability to step in quickly for an urgent need and keep care going as situations shift. Families also mention flexible scheduling and help adjusting when support requirements changed, including needs at night and short-term temporary care. Communication is a recurring point too, with reviewers saying the office or leadership stayed reachable, checked in, and provided updates.

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Daily assistance and personal support

Residents and families describe hands-on help with daily routines and mobility needs.

Reviews frequently tie the care to real-life assistance—help with bathing, dressing, transfers, mobility support, and other activities of daily living. Some reviewers specifically mention clients who were bedbound or recovering after hospital stays and surgeries, where aides helped with day-to-day tasks and helped make the home workable again. Meal preparation and safe, dependable daily support also come up alongside routine personal care.

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Specialized help for health needs

Reviews describe care that supports complex conditions alongside daily assistance.

A subset of reviews mention guidance and hands-on support for more complex health situations, including dementia care and coordination around medical recovery. Care is described as organized and attentive, with reviewers noting caregivers who understood what the moment required and helped families navigate next steps during difficult periods. The community also offers diabetes-diet support and medication management as part of its care services, aligning with how health needs are discussed in reviews.

How we summarize

Counts show how many written reviews mention each theme; a review can touch several themes, and only frequently mentioned themes become a section.

Features

Housing

  • 3 resident community capacity 3 resident community capacity

Types of Care

  • Assisted Living Assisted Living

Amenities

  • Cable or satellite TV Cable or satellite TV
  • Dining room Dining room
  • Fully furnished Fully furnished
  • Garden Garden
  • Housekeeping services Housekeeping services
  • Move-in coordination Move-in coordination
  • Outdoor space Outdoor space
  • Telephone Telephone
  • Wi-Fi/high-speed internet available Wi-Fi/high-speed internet available

Transportation

  • Baltimore-Washington International (9 miles away) Baltimore-Washington International (9 miles away)

Care Services

  • 24-hour supervision 24-hour supervision
  • Activities of daily living assistance Activities of daily living assistance
  • Assistance with bathing Assistance with bathing
  • Assistance with dressing Assistance with dressing
  • Assistance with transfers Assistance with transfers
  • Coordination with health care providers Coordination with health care providers
  • Diabetes diet Diabetes diet
  • Meal preparation and service Meal preparation and service
  • Medication management Medication management
  • Special dietary restrictions Special dietary restrictions
  • Transportation arrangement (medical) Transportation arrangement (medical)
  • Transportation to doctors appointments Transportation to doctors appointments

Dining

  • Diabetes diet Diabetes diet
  • Special dietary restrictions Special dietary restrictions

Activities

  • Community-sponsored activities Community-sponsored activities
  • Scheduled daily activities Scheduled daily activities

Nearby Places of Interest

Pharmacies

  • CVS Pharmacy (1 miles)
  • Walgreens (1.4 miles)
  • Walgreens (1.7 miles)
  • Rite Aid (1.9 miles)
  • Walgreens (1.9 miles)
  • Walgreens (2 miles)
  • Walgreens (2 miles)

Restaurants

  • Burger King (1.7 miles)
  • Trinacria Macaroni Works (1.9 miles)
  • Pickles Pub (2.3 miles)
  • The Yard (2.3 miles)
  • Pratt Street Ale House (2.4 miles)
  • McDonald's (2.6 miles)
  • Phillips Seafood (2.9 miles)

Physicians

  • University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Professional Building (1.8 miles)
  • Wozniak Marcella University of Maryland Medical Center Neurology (2.2 miles)
  • University Health Center (2.2 miles)
  • Scottish Rite Speech & Language Center (2.7 miles)
  • East Baltimore Medical Center (2.7 miles)
  • Pine Heights Integrative Health (2.8 miles)
  • Jai Medical Center (2.9 miles)

Hospitals

  • UMMC Midtown Campus (1.9 miles)
  • Baltimore VA Medical Center (2 miles)
  • University of Maryland Medical Center (2.1 miles)
  • MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (2.6 miles)
  • Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore (3.1 miles)
  • Johns Hopkins Outpatient Pharmacy (3.2 miles)
  • Kennedy Krieger Institute (3.3 miles)

Transportation

  • Penn Station (2 miles)

Cafes

  • Ceremony Coffee Roasters (2 miles)
  • Dooby's (2.1 miles)
  • Miss Shirley's Cafe, Roland Park (2.8 miles)
  • Starbucks (3.2 miles)
  • Pitango Bakery + Cafe (3.8 miles)
  • Starbucks (4.4 miles)
  • Starbucks (4.5 miles)

Parks

  • Rash Field (3 miles)
  • Federal Hill Park (3.1 miles)
  • Harbor Point Central Plaza (3.5 miles)
  • Patterson Park (4.3 miles)
  • Patterson Park Annex (4.4 miles)
  • Lake Roland (4.6 miles)
  • Canton Waterfront Park (4.8 miles)

Places of Worship

  • Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church (5.1 miles)

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