Assisted Living, Senior Care & Aging Parents in Connecticut

Connecticut’s nursing home prices are among the highest in the Northeast. But so are their ratings. Twenty-five percent get five stars in Medicare’s “overall” category, as of this writing. The average in the Northeast is 22 percent. Nationally, it’s 18.

 

Approximate number of facilities:

• Nursing homes: 238
• Assisted living residences: 263*

 

Types of care available:

• Adult day care
• Home care
• Home health-care
• Assisted living facilities
• Residential care homes (homes for the aged, rest homes, personal-care homes, board and care homes, adult family living)
• Nursing homes

 

Estimated average prices:**

• Adult day care: $75 per day
• Home care: $20 per hour
• Home health-care: $24 per hour
• Assisted living: $4,650 per month
• Nursing home, semi-private room: $360 per day
• Nursing home, private room: $390 per day

 

State websites for seniors:

• Connecticut Tax Tips for Senior Citizens
• Department of Public Health
• Public Health Code
• Public health code for assisted living services (PDF download)

 

Where to report elder abuse:

• In domestic/community care: 1-888-385-4225 or 1-860-424-5241
• In nursing homes: 1-860-424-5241

 

Government financial assistance (partial list):

• Medicaid
• CHOICES (Connecticut’s program for Health insurance assistance, Outrach, Information and referral, Counseling, Eligibility Screening)

• Connecticut National Family Caregiver Support Program

 

Top-10 largest cities:

• Bridgeport
• New Haven
• Hartford
• Stamford
• Waterbury
• Norwalk
• Danbury
• New Britain
• West Hartford
• Greenwich

 

Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***

Bloomfield
Seabury Retirement Community

 

Bridgeport
Bridgeport Manor

 

Bristol
Countryside Manor of Bristol

 

Brooklyn
Pierce Memorial Baptist Home

 

Cheshire
Elim Park Baptist Home
The Highlands Health Care Center

 

Cromwell
Pilgrim Manor

 

Danbury
Filosa, for Nursing & Rehabilitation
Glen Hill Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
Hancock Hall

 

Dayville
Westview Nursing Care and Rehabilitation

 

Derby
Marshall Lane Manor

 

Enfield
St. Joseph Residence

 

Essex
Essex Meadows Health Center

 

Greenwich
Nathaniel Witherell

 

Groton
Fairview

 

Hamden
Whitney Center

 

Meriden
The Bradley Home and Pavillion
Connecticut Baptist Homes

 

Middlebury
Middlebury Convalescent Home

 

Milford
Golden Hill Health Care Center

 

Moodus
Chestelm Health Care

 

Mystic
Avalon Health Care Center at Stoneridge
Mystic Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
Pendleton Health & Rehabilitation Center

 

Naugatuck
Beacon Brook Health Center

 

New Britain
Jerome Home
Monsignor Bojnowski Manor

 

New Haven
Leeway
Paradigm Healthcare Center of New Haven

 

Newington
Newington Health Care Center

 

New London
Beechwood

 

New Milford
Candlewood Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center

 

Newtown
Masonicare at Newtown

 

Niantic
Bride Brook Health & Rehabilitation Center

 

North Branford
Evergreen Woods

 

Plainfield
Villa Maria Nursing and Rehabilitation Community

 

Plantsville
Alzheimers Resource Center of Connecticut

 

Putnam
Holy Spirit Health Care
Matulaitis Nursing Home

 

Salisbury
Noble Horizons

 

Seymour
Shady Knoll

 

Sharon
Sharon Health Care Center

 

Shelton
Bishop Wicke Health and Rehabilitation Center

 

Southbury
River Glen Health Care Center

 

Southington
Southington Care Center

 

Vernon
Vernon Manor Health Care Center

 

Wallingford
Village Green of Wallingford Rehabilitation and Health Center

 

Waterbury
Aurora Senior Living of Buck Hill
Cheshire House Health Care Facility

 

Watertown
Watertown Convalarium

 

Waterford
Bayview Health Care
Greentree Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation

 

West Hartford
Hughes Health and Rehabilitation

 

West Redding
Meadow Ridge

 

Wilton
Lourdes Health Care Center

 

Windham
Douglas Manor
St. Joseph’s Living Center

 

Windsor
Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation – Windsor

 

 

*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.

**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.

***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.