Every Medicare-certified nursing home in Connecticut, graded on inspections, staffing, turnover
and enforcement history.
6 homes in the state sit in the federal Special Focus programme.
Wadsworth Glen Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Middletown is a 102-bed for-profit home, and the numbers worth knowing about are its staffing and its inspection record. The federal data puts total nurse staffing at 0.02 hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86, a gap of roughly the entire national figure, and weekend staffing drops about 43 percent below what the home manages on weekdays. Annual turnover sits at 51.9 percent, higher than the 45.8 percent national average. On inspections, the home carries 46 deficiencies, including one at the harm or jeopardy level and seven tied to abuse, with its most recent inspection dated August 11, 2025. CMS rates its staffing 1 out of 5 stars.
Mystic Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center runs 100 certified beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and the numbers here deserve a careful look before you decide anything. Nurse staffing sits at 3.35 hours per resident day, roughly 13% under the national average, and it thins out further on weekends, running about 7% below the home's own weekday level. Staff turnover hits 58.8% against a national average of 45.8%, meaning well over half the nursing team leaves each year. The current inspection record carries 41 deficiencies, including 3 at the harm or jeopardy level and 6 tied to abuse, with two fines totaling $38,860. The most recent inspection was January 14, 2026.
Civita Care Center At Newington runs on 3.12 nursing hours per resident per day, about 19% under the national average, and weekend coverage dips roughly 8% below its own weekday level. The current record carries 57 deficiencies, six of them at harm or jeopardy level, four tied to abuse, plus four fines totaling $120,238. Staff turnover sits at 49.3%, above the national 45.8%. Ownership is a for-profit limited liability company across 180 beds, and its last inspection was November 2025. When a home is cited this often for harm-level and abuse-related problems while staffing less than average, those are the things worth asking about directly before you decide.
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Windsor runs 108 certified beds under corporate ownership, and the staffing numbers are the first thing that stand out. At 3.34 nurse hours per resident day, it sits about 14 percent under the national average of 3.86, and weekends dip roughly 6 percent below its own weekday levels, so coverage thins out exactly when families tend to visit. Annual turnover lands at 50.6 percent against a national 45.8 percent, which means the aides and nurses caring for your relative are likely to change often over a year. On inspections, the record shows 53 deficiencies, including one at the harm level and six tied to abuse, plus $190,822 in fines across two penalties. The most recent inspection was March 11, 2026.
New London Sub-Acute And Nursing carries 83 deficiencies on its current record, and the ones that matter most are serious: 10 at the harm or jeopardy level and 11 tied to abuse. That record, plus six fines totaling $92,590, put the Waterford home in CMS's Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the country's poorest performers. Nurse staffing sits at 3.61 hours per resident day, about 6% under the national average, and weekends run roughly 9% thinner than weekdays. Annual turnover of 42.6% is slightly better than the national figure, and the most recent inspection was in March 2025. The company is a for-profit limited liability company.
Grandview runs 4.00 nurse hours per resident day, a bit above the national average, so the raw staffing number looks fine at first glance. The problem is who's actually there from one week to the next: turnover is 64.1% against a national 45.8%, and weekends run roughly 10% thinner than weekdays. On top of that, CMS has cited 71 deficiencies, six at harm or jeopardy level and 17 abuse-related, with $485,942 in fines across five penalties, and the home sits in the Special Focus Facility program. That program is reserved for the country's most persistently troubled homes, and a 2025-07-24 inspection keeps it current rather than resolved.
Arden Care Center runs 271 beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and the numbers are hard to dress up. Nurse staffing sits at 3.53 hours per resident day, roughly 9% under the national figure, and it thins out further on weekends. Turnover at 38.1% is actually better than average, but it isn't enough to offset 94 deficiencies on the current record, 4 at harm or jeopardy level, 21 tied to abuse, plus three fines totaling $101,228. CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, which is reserved for homes with a persistent pattern of serious problems. The last inspection was February 2025.
Noble Horizons runs a tale of two report cards. Its staffing numbers look strong on paper, 3.74 nurse hours per resident day, close to the national average, with a five-star CMS staffing rating. Turnover sits at 35.5%, well below the national 45.8%, which suggests people stay. But the inspection record is where things fall apart: 51 deficiencies on file, five of them at the harm or jeopardy level and four tied to abuse. Three fines totaling $62,302 have been levied, and the most recent inspection, in February 2026, wasn't long ago. Weekend coverage runs about 9% thinner than weekdays. A nonprofit corporation owns the 91-bed home. Strong retention can't offset that many serious findings.
Bickford Health Care Center in Windsor Locks has a staffing rating of one out of five stars, and the health inspection record is the same, one star. That's not a snapshot problem: the home carries 100 deficiencies, five of them serious enough to cause harm or put residents in immediate jeopardy, and ten tied to abuse. Federal fines total $122,338 across three penalties, and CMS has placed the home in its Special Focus Facility program, which is reserved for the country's most persistently troubled nursing homes. The quality measure rating sits at three stars, but strong clinical numbers can't offset a staffing shortfall and an inspection history this deep. If you're considering this home, ask directly what's changed since the January 2026 inspection.
Cobalt Lodge runs on 1.77 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, and the national average is 3.86, so it's working with roughly half the direct care you'd see elsewhere. Weekend coverage drops about 15% below its own weekday level, which matters because that's when families often visit and when problems tend to surface. Staff turnover sits at 72.2% against a 45.8% national figure, meaning most of the people caring for residents are new to the building. The current record holds 50 deficiencies, including 3 at the harm or jeopardy level and 6 tied to abuse, plus a $37,440 fine. CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, and its last inspection was November 2024.
Apple Rehab Avon runs 60 beds, and the nurse staffing number is the first thing worth your attention: 3.31 hours per resident per day, roughly 14 percent under the national average. Weekends dip about 6 percent below the home's own weekday coverage, and turnover sits at 55.2 percent against a national average of 45.8 percent, so the aides and nurses cycling through are both fewer and less likely to still be there next year.
The inspection record shows 46 deficiencies, seven tied to abuse, none rising to harm or jeopardy, plus one $78,309 fine. The most recent inspection was in November 2025, so it's current. Nothing here is catastrophic on paper, but thin staffing and heavy turnover are the conditions that make bad days possible.