Health & Fitness
30 CT Nursing Homes Receive Lowest Rating From Federal Gov't
These 30 nursing homes in Connecticut have the federal government's lowest rating after a change in the way the homes are graded.
CONNECTICUT — The federal government has given 30 nursing homes in Connecticut a one-star rating after tweaking the way it assesses thousands of nursing homes nationwide. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last month revised its inspection process and began providing improved staffing details and new quality metrics. The changes were aimed at providing more transparent and meaningful information about the quality of care that residents receive.
Below are the ratings for each of the 225 nursing homes in Connecticut as of April 24, according to the agency’s Nursing Home Compare tool. The site provides detailed information about every Medicare-certified nursing home in America. Nursing homes with five stars are considered to have above-average quality while those with one star are considered to have below-average quality.
Here are the ratings for all 225 nursing homes in CT.
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AARON MANOR NURSING & REHABILITATION in Chester
ALZHEIMERS RESOURCE CENTER OF CONNECTICUT in Plantsville
AUTUMN LAKE HEALTHCARE AT NORWALK
AVALON HEALTH CARE CENTER AT STONERIDGE
AVERY NURSING HOME in Hartford
BEECHWOOD in New London
BRIDE BROOK HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER in Niantic
CALEB HITCHCOCK HEALTH CARE CE in Bloomfield
CHESHIRE HOUSE HEALTH CARE FAC
CHESTELM HEALTH CARE in Moodus
COOK WILLOW CONVALESCENT HOSPI in Plymouth
DAVIS PLACE in Danielson
FAIRVIEW in Groton
FILOSA, FOR NURSING & REHABILITATION in Danbury
GLADEVIEW HEALTH CARE CENTER in Old Saybrook
GLEN HILL REHABILITATION & NURSING CENTER in Danbury
GRIMES CENTER in New Haven
GROVE MANOR NURSING HOME, INC in Waterbury
HANCOCK HALL in Danbury
HUGHES HEALTH AND REHABILITATION in West Hartford
JEFFERSON HOUSE in Newington
LEEWAY, INC in New Haven
LORD CHAMBERLAIN MANOR in Stratford
LORD CHAMBERLAIN NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER in Stratford
LOURDES HEALTH CARE CENTER, IN in Wilton
LUTHERAN HOME OF SOUTHBURY INC in Southbury
MARLBOROUGH HEALTH CARE CENTER
MATTATUCK HEALTH CARE FAC in Waterbury
MATULAITIS NURSING HOME in Putnam
MCLEAN HEALTH CENTER in Simsbury
MONSIGNOR BOJNOWSKI MANOR in New Britain
MYSTIC HEALTHCARE & REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC
NEWINGTON RAPID RECOVERY REHAB CENTER
NOTRE DAME CONVALESCENT HOME I in Norwalk
PENDLETON HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER in Mystic
PIERCE MEM BAPTIST HOME in Brooklyn
PILGRIM MANOR in Cromwell
POMPERAUG WOODS HEALTH CENTER in Southbury
RIVER GLEN HEALTH CARE CTR in Southbury
SHADY KNOLL in Seymour
SPRINGS AT WATERMARK 3030 PARK, THE in Bridgeport
ST JOSEPH'S RESIDENCE in Enfield
ST MARY HOME in West Hartford
VALERIE MANOR in Torrington
VILLA MARIA NURSING & REHAB COMMUNITY, INC in Plainfield
VILLAGE CREST CENTER FOR HEALTH & REHABILITATION in New Milford
WAVENY CARE CENTER in New Canaan
WEST HARTFORD HEALTH & REHABILITATION
WEST RIVER REHAB CENTER in Milford
WESTVIEW NURSING CARE & REHAB in Dayville
WHITNEY CENTER in Hamden
4-Star Rated Nursing Homes In CT (Above average)
APPLE REHAB LAUREL WOODS in East Haven
AUTUMN LAKE HEALTHCARE AT BUCKS HILL
BEL AIR MANOR in Newington
BISHOP WICKE HEALTH & REHAB CT in Shelton
BRADLEY HOME & PAVILLION, THE in Meriden
CANDLEWOOD VALLEY HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER in New Milford
CAROLTON CHRONIC & CONV HOSP, in Fairfield
CHERRY BROOK HEALTH CARE CENTE in Collinsville
COLONIAL HEALTH & REHAB CENTER OF PLAINFIELD LLC
CONNECTICUT BAPTIST HOMES, INC in Meriden
CURTIS HOME ST ELIZABETH CENTER in Meriden
EDGEHILL HEALTH CENTER in Stamford
ELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME, INC in Cheshire
FOX HILL CENTER in Rockville
FRESH RIVER HEALTHCARE in East Windsor
GEER NURSING AND REHABILITATION in Canaan
GOVERNOR'S HOUSE REHABILITATION & NURSING CENTER in Simsbury
KIMBERLY HALL NORTH in Windsor
KIMBERLY HALL-SOUTH CENTER in Windsor
LUDLOWE CENTER FOR HEALTH & REHABILITATION, LLC in Fairfield
MARY WADE HOME, INC in Clinton
MILFORD HEALTH CARE CENTER INC
NEWTOWN REHABILITATION & HEALTH CARE CENTER
PARKWAY PAVILION HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER in Enfield
PINES AT BRISTOL FOR NURSING & REHABILITATION, THE
QUINNIPAC VALLEY CENTER in Wallingford
REGENCY HOUSE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in Wallingford
ROSE HAVEN, LTD in Litchfield
SEABURY RETIREMENT COMMUNITY in Bloomfield
SILVER SPRINGS CARE CENTER in Meriden
SKYVIEW CENTER in Wallingford
SOUTHINGTON CARE CENTER in Southington
SPRINGS AT WATERMARK EAST HILL, THE in Southbury
ST JOSEPHS LIVING CENTER in Windham
TOUCHPOINTS AT CHESTNUT in East Windsor
WADSWORTH GLEN HEALTH CARE CEN in Middletown
WATER'S EDGE CENTER FOR HEALTH & REHAB in Middletown
WILLOWS REHABILITATION & NURSING CENTER in Woodbridge
WILTON MEADOWS HEALTH CARE CEN
3-Star Rated Nursing Homes In CT (Average)
BAYVIEW HEALTH CARE in Waterford
BEACON BROOK HEALTH CENTER in Naugatuck
BICKFORD HEALTH CARE CENTER in Windsor Locks
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER in Fairfield
EVERGREEN WOODS in North Branford
GARDNER HEIGHTS HEALTH CARE CENTER, INC in Shelton
GLENDALE CENTER in Naugatuck
GOLDEN HILL REHAB PAVILION in Milford
GRANDVIEW REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER in New Britain
GREENWICH WOODS REHABILITATION
HAMDEN REHABILITATION & HEALTH CARE CENTER
HARBOR VILLAGE SOUTH HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CEN in New London
INGRAHAM MANOR in Bristol
JEROME HOME in New Britain
JEWISH SENIOR SERVICES in Bridgeport
LAUREL RIDGE HEALTH CARE CENTE in Ridgefield
LEDGECREST HEALTH CARE in Kensington
MAPLE VIEW MANOR in Rocky Hill
MASONICARE HEALTH CENTER in Wallingford
MERIDIAN MANOR in Waterbury
MILLER MEMORIAL COMMUNITY in Meriden
NEW LONDON SUB-ACUTE AND NURSING
NOBLE HORIZONS in Salisbury
SAINT JOHN PAUL I I CENTER in Danbury
SALMON BROOK CENTER in Glastonbury
SHERIDEN WOODS in Bristol
THREE RIVERS in Norwich
TWIN MAPLES HEALTHCARE, INC in Durham
VANDERMAN PLACE in Willimantic
WESTFIELD CARE & REHAB CENTER in Meriden
WESTSIDE CARE CENTER in Manchester
WHITNEY REHABILITATION CARE CENTER in Hamden
WINDSOR HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC
WITHERELL, NATHANIEL in Greenwich
WOLCOTT HALL NURSING CTR in Torrington
2-Star Rated Nursing Homes In CT (Below average)
ABBOTT TERR HEALTH CTR in Waterbury
AMBERWOODS OF FARMINGTON in Farmington
APPLE REHAB FARMINGTON VALLEY in Plainville
BLAIR MANOR in Enfield
CHELSEA PLACE CARE CENTER in Hartford
CHESHIRE REGIONAL REHAB CENTER
CHESTERFIELDS HEALTH CARE CENTER in Chester
CRESTFIELD REHABILITATION CENTER & FENWOOD MANOR in Manchester
ELLIS MANOR in Hartford
EVERGREEN HEALTH CARE CENTER in Stafford Springs
GLASTONBURY HEALTH CARE CENTER in Glastonbury
GREENTREE MANOR NURSING & REHA in Waterford
HARRINGTON COURT in Colchester
HEBREW CENTER FOR HEALTH AND REHABILITATION in West Hartford
LITCHFIELD WOODS HEALTH CARE C in Torrington
LONG RIDGE POST-ACUTE CARE in Stamford
MADISON HOUSE in Madison
MEADOW RIDGE in Putnam
MIDDLESEX HEALTH CARE CENTER in Middletown
MONTOWESE HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER in North Haven
NORTHBRIDGE HEALTH CARE CENTER in Bridgeport
PARKVILLE CARE CENTER in Hartford
ST CAMILLUS REHABILITATION & NURSING CENTER in Stamford
THE RESERVOIR in West Hartford
TRINITY HILL CARE CENTER in Hartford
VERNON MANOR HEALTH CARE CENTER in Vernon
VILLAGE GREEN OF BRISTOL REHAB & HEALTH CENTER in Forestville
WATROUS NURSING CENTER in Madison
WOODLAKE AT TOLLAND REHABILITATION & NURSING CENTE in Tolland
1-Star Rated Nursing Homes In CT (Much below average)
ADVANCED CENTER FOR NURSING & REHABILITATION in New Haven
APPLE REHAB AVON in Avon
ARDEN HOUSE in Hamden
AUTUMN LAKE HEALTHCARE AT NEW BRITAIN
BIRMINGHAM HEALTH CENTER in Derby
COBALT LODGE HEALTH CARE & REH in Cobalt
DOUGLAS MANOR in Windham
HARBOR VILLAGE NORTH HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CEN in New London
HEWITT HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER, INC in Shelton
MAEFAIR HEALTH CARE CENTER in Trumbull
ORCHARD GROVE SPECIALTY CARE CENTER, LLC in Uncasville
REGALCARE AT GREENWICH in Greenwich
RIVERSIDE HEALTH & REHABILITAT in East Hartford
ROSEGARDEN HEALTH & REHAB CENTER, THE in Waterbury
ST JOSEPH'S CENTER in Trumbull
TALMADGE PARK REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER in East Haven
TORRINGTON HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER
WATERBURY GARDENS NURSING AND REHAB
WESTERN REHABILITATION CARE CENTER in Danbury
WESTPORT REHABILITATION COMPLEX
Notably, the agency is once again providing health inspection ratings, which were recently unfrozen. Now, every long-term care facility has had an opportunity to answer questions using the new survey process, according to CMS.
The threshold for staffing levels is also much more stringent now. Under the previous method, automatic one-star ratings (out of five) would be doled out to nursing homes that reported having no registered nurse on site for at least seven days in a quarter. That threshold has since been lowered to four days.
Nursing homes provide round-the-clock care to people who can’t be cared for at home and staffing has the “greatest impact” on the quality of care, the federal agency said — more staff, better quality. The updates will hopefully improve quality industry-wide, the agency said, and give consumers more confidence in their decisions.
“CMS is committed to safeguarding the health and safety of nursing home residents by ensuring they are receiving the highest quality of care possible,” agency Administrator Seema Verm said in a news release.
The changes appear to have had a wide-ranging effect. There are more than 15,000 Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes in the country, and the CMS doled out one-star ratings to over 1,600 of them, according to Kaiser Health News. Most were reportedly downgraded because payroll records showed no registered nurse hours for at least four days. Other homes reportedly failed to submit payroll documents or couldn’t be verified.
CMS is a federal agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It administers the Medicare program and works with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and health insurance portability standards.
Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.
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