Nursing Homes with Alzheimer's Units

October 10, 2003 98-R-0759

FROM: Robin Cohen, Principal Analyst

Susan Price-Livingston, Research Attorney

RE: Nursing Homes with Alzheimer's Units

You asked (1) how many nursing homes in the state have special care units for people with Alzheimer's disease and (2) how many beds are in these units. Special care units are separate sections in nursing homes for residents with Alzheimer's and related dementias. According to the National Institute on Aging, the idea behind them is that people with dementia might benefit from specially designed programs or environments different from those provided in a traditional nursing home. We have enclosed a portion of a Congressional report that more fully describes these units and their prevalence nationally.

According to the three Connecticut chapters of the Alzheimer's Association, 58 nursing homes in the state have units serving people with an Alzheimer's or related diagnosis. Of those, 37 have special care units, and 20 accept residents with these diagnoses but do not have separate units devoted exclusively to their care.¹ We were unable to get information from one facility.

Table 1 lists the 37 homes that have separate units serving these residents. They have a total of 1,672 beds: 813 in Northern Connecticut, 371 in Fairfield County, and 488 in the South Central region.

Table 1: Nursing Homes with Alzheimer's Special Care Units


*Facility Name*	*Location*	*Number of Beds*
NORTHERN CT
Mediplex of Greater Hartford	Bloomfield	20 beds
Countryside Manor, Inc.	Bristol	16 beds
Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation	Canaan	30 beds
Riverside Health Care Center	East Hartford	46 beds
Kettlebrook Nonprofit Health Care Center	East Windsor	30 beds
Chelsea Place	Hartford	30 beds
Crestfield Rehabilitation Center	Manchester	13 beds
Olympus Health Care of Manchester	Manchester	26 beds
Brittany Farms Health Center	New Britain	60 beds
Hamilton Rehab. and Health Care Center	Norwich	46 beds
Alzheimer's Resource Center	Plantsville	120 beds
Maple View Manor	Rocky Hill	60 beds
West Hill Convalescent Home	Rocky Hill	32 beds
McLean Home	Simsbury	31 beds
Evergreen Health Care	Stafford Springs	60 beds
Vernon Manor	Vernon	28 beds
Hebrew Home and Hospital	West Hartford	42 beds
Windsor Hall	Windsor	61 beds
Windsor Rehabilitation and Health Care	Windsor	30 beds
Kimberly Hall	Windsor	30 beds
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
Bridgeport Manor	Bridgeport	60 beds
Jewish Home for the Elderly	Fairfield	60 beds
Thirty-thirty Park	Fairfield	37 beds
Greenwich Woods	Greenwich	65 beds
Fairfield Manor	Norwalk	36 beds
Courtland Gardens Health Center	Stamford	36 beds
Wm. and Sally Tandet Center for Continuing Care	Stamford	43 beds
Wilton Meadows Health Care Center	Wilton	34 beds
SO. CENTRAL CT
Arden House	Hamden	60 beds
The Kent	Kent	28 beds
Harbor Hill	Middletown	60 beds
Nutmeg Pavilion	New London	46 beds
Laurel Woods	East Haven	40 beds
Gardner Heights	Shelton	30 beds
Lord Chamberlain	Stratford	60 beds
Masonic Geriatric	Wallingford	120 beds
Regency House	Wallingford	44 beds

¹ The chapters apparently do not use the same criteria in compiling their lists: the South Central chapter's list included only facilities with Alzheimer's special care units, while the Northern Connecticut and Fairfield County lists also include homes that care for such residents in mixed skilled care units.


*Nursing Home*	*Location*	*Services Offered*
NORTHERN CT
Brightview of Avon	Avon	Accepts people with Alzheimer's and related dementia diagnoses
Duncaster	Bloomfield	Its 60-bed skilled nursing facility has expertise in dementia care and a large number of residents with dementia
Pierce Memorial Baptist Home	Brooklyn	Has CNA-run dementia care program
Parkway Pavilion Health Care	Enfield	Is creating a separate unit; accepts residents with these diagnoses now
St. Joseph's Residence	Enfield	Accepts residents with these diagnoses
Avery Heights	Hartford	Has secured unit but does not serve Alzheimer's/dementia residents exclusively
Andrew House Health Care	New Britain	Has an “Alzheimer's-friendly” unit with 30 beds that handles predominantly dementia patients
Jerome Home	New Britain	Has one floor where many patients with Alzheimer's reside; offers special program for residents with dementia
Village Manor Health Care, Inc.	Plainfield	Had “comfort club” located in special part of facility with AM/PM program, but is no longer offering it
Plainville Health Care Center	Plainville	Accepts people with these diagnoses and offers special programs
Matulaitis Center	Putnam	Accepts people with these diagnoses
Noble Horizons	Salisbury	Skilled unit offers “8-8” adult day care program (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) for residents with dementia
Valerie Manor	Torrington	59-bed skilled unit is closely monitored with a 24-hour alarm
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
Sylvan Manor	Bridgeport	Estimates 10 residents with dementia housed in mixed secured unit
Mediplex of Darien	Darien	Estimates 60 residents with dementia housed in mixed secured unit
Nathaniel Witherell	Greenwich	Estimates 60-70 residents with dementia, housed in 2 secured units; one unit (40 beds) exclusively for Alzheimer's and dementia-diagnosed patients, but not legally designated a special care unit
Waveny Care Center	New Canaan	Estimates 30 residents with dementia housed in mixed secured unit


*Nursing Home*	*Location*	*Services Offered*
St. Joseph's Manor	Trumbull	Estimates 70-75% of all residents have some form of dementia (297 beds total)
St. Camillus Health Center	Stamford	Accept residents with these diagnoses; intermix population without distinction
SO. CENTRAL CT
Wolcott View Manor	Wolcott	Expect to complete a 30-bed skilled care unit by January; currently have 29 residents who receive special programming

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Number of Beds