Assisted Living Near Colesville, MD — A Small Home, Same County

Assisted living near Colesville, MD

Bright Hands is a 5-resident assisted living home at 14109 Burning Bush Lane, Silver Spring MD 20906 — on the border of Colesville. Many of our families come from Colesville because visiting a parent shouldn't require navigating a highway. We're owner-operated by Nimmi Perera, a Maryland Assisted Living Manager, Certified Medication Technician, and Certified Nursing Assistant with over 10 years of senior-care experience. With only 5 residents and Level 3 licensure , we can care for adults with complex needs — including dementia — in a true home setting.

How close we are to Colesville

14109 Burning Bush Ln is roughly 5 miles from the Colesville center along New Hampshire Ave. Typical drive time is 12-15 minutes off-peak via Randolph Rd or Ednor Rd, 18-22 during rush hour. Get directions from Colesville.

About Colesville

Colesville is a community of about 50,000 in eastern Montgomery County, anchored by Georgia Ave and Connecticut Ave. The housing stock is a mix of mid-century ranch homes, garden apartments, and newer townhomes. Family-oriented and quieter than Wheaton or Bethesda, Colesville has a settled character — many residents have lived there for 40 years and now want care options within the same community their family still lives in.

Key landmarks include the Colesville Center along New Hampshire Ave (anchored by the Giant grocery store and the Colesville Wellness Center), Spring Knolls Park, the Northwest Branch Trail, and the Paint Branch Stream Valley Park. The New Hampshire Ave corridor handles most Colesville families' everyday errands — pharmacies, primary-care offices, and grocery stores — without anyone needing to get on the Beltway or I-95.

Colesville sits in the 20905 ZIP code, east of our home in 20906. The drive between the two areas runs about 5 miles via Randolph Rd or Ednor Rd. For Colesville families considering an assisted living move that keeps a parent within the same county and the same medical-care infrastructure (Holy Cross Hospital, MedStar Montgomery, the major New Hampshire Ave primary-care offices), Bright Hands is one of the closest small-home options.

Why families from Colesville choose Bright Hands

Three reasons Colesville families choose Bright Hands:

1. Drive time — you can check on a parent twice a week without spending an hour in the car. Families who visit frequently tell us the 8-minute drive changes the relationship — they come more often, they stay longer, and they feel less guilt on the days they can't make it.
2. A small home feels familiar — particularly for a parent who has lived in a single-family Colesville house for 30 or 40 years, a 5-resident home with a real kitchen and a quiet back yard is a much closer match than a 120-bed facility off Rockville Pike.
3. Level 3 license means your parent doesn't have to move again — we can keep caring for someone as dementia progresses or medical needs increase, within the bounds of what Maryland Level 3 permits.

The care we provide

At Bright Hands we provide assisted living for adults who need help with daily tasks — bathing, dressing, mobility, meals — as well as residents with dementia, complex medication needs, or post-hospital recovery. We're a Level 3 licensed program, meaning we're authorized by Maryland OHCQ to manage the highest-complexity care permitted in an assisted living setting. Every medication pass is handled by Nimmi personally (CMT certification). A caregiver is awake and in the home overnight — not on-call remotely. See dedicated pages for our memory care and short-term respite stays.

What it costs

Bright Hands is all-inclusive. Pricing starts at $5,000/month; final monthly rate is set after the initial care assessment. We accept private pay, private insurance, SSI, and SSDI. The rate covers the private room, all meals and snacks, medication management, laundry, activities, and 24/7 awake care including overnight. See our full pricing page for a Maryland state-average comparison and what’s included.