Civita Care Center at Cheshire

    745 Highland Ave, Cheshire, CT 06410
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.86·(77)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.7
    • Meals

      3.0
    • Amenities

      3.2
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing staff
    • Skilled physical and occupational therapy teams
    • Active and creative recreation program
    • Friendly and helpful front-desk and administrative staff
    • Warm, community-like atmosphere and socialization opportunities
    • Effective care coordination for dialysis and specialty transports
    • Strong individualized care planning and family communication
    • Clean, well-maintained common areas and interior spaces
    • Therapy-focused recovery support and positive functional outcomes
    • Accommodating kitchen and special-diet accommodations
    • Organized themed events and regular social activities
    • Staff recognized for exceptional individual contributions
    • Convenient location and accessible grounds
    • Comfortable dining and therapy spaces (gym, music rooms)

    Cons

    • Inconsistent sanitation and odor control in resident areas
    • Incontinence-care delays
    • Variable staff professionalism and conduct
    • Slow or unreliable response to call bells and requests
    • Medication administration and clinical follow-up
    • Inconsistent food quality, portioning, and menu variety
    • Irregular recreational scheduling and limited weekend programs
    • Staffing shortages and reduced coverage during nights/weekends
    • Gaps in admissions/discharge coordination and interdepartmental communication
    • Personal property security and privacy procedural gaps
    • Infection-prevention and wound-care process inconsistencies
    • Building maintenance and exterior condition variability

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews for this facility describe a highly mixed set of experiences: many families and patients praise nursing care, therapy outcomes, and an active recreation program, while other accounts identify important operational and clinical shortfalls. Overall, strengths center on rehabilitation services and individual staff members who provide attentive, person-centered care. Weaknesses tend to cluster around consistency of operations, environmental control, and clinical follow-through.

    Care quality and clinical oversight are themes that divide reviewers. Several families highlight strong, effective physical and occupational therapy programs that contributed to measurable recovery, and many reviewers praised particular nurses and aides for kindness, responsiveness, and clinical skill. At the same time, others described delays in responding to requests, concerns about medication administration and documentation, and inconsistent wound or infection follow-up. Staffing variability — especially evenings, nights, and weekends — appears to contribute to uneven clinical coverage and occasional gaps in continuity of care.

    Staff and management impressions are similarly mixed. Some reviewers described administrative staff as helpful, accessible, and solution-oriented, and individual employees received repeated praise for going beyond expectations. Conversely, there are recurring comments about variable staff professionalism and communication tone, difficulty reaching nursing staff by phone, and instances where families felt management was not sufficiently engaged. These contrasts suggest that the facility’s experience can depend heavily on which staff are on duty and how management addresses issues when they arise.

    Dining and nutrition receive repeated attention. Compliments include accommodating kitchen staff and well-presented meals for certain residents. Criticisms include inconsistent portion sizes, repetitive or corporate-driven menus, food temperature and seasoning issues, and limited non-meat or special-diet options on some days. Families should confirm menu options and portioning for specific dietary needs prior to admission.

    Activities and social programming are a clear area of polarization. Many reviews describe an active, creative recreation program offering crafts, music, themed events, and social opportunities that residents enjoy. Other reviewers noted limited programming hours, minimal weekend offerings, and low engagement for some residents. Prospective residents interested in frequent social or therapeutic activities should inquire about the daily schedule and weekend coverage.

    Facility condition and safety-related items also vary. Multiple reviewers praised clean interior common areas, accessible therapy spaces, and a welcoming dining environment. Other accounts raised sanitation and odor-control concerns in particular units, room clutter or housekeeping variability, privacy breaches, and personal-property security issues. There are also several mentions of infection-prevention and wound-care process inconsistencies that families considered significant; a few serious clinical events prompted follow-up and, in some cases, formal complaints.

    In summary, the facility shows clear strengths in rehabilitation, individualized therapy, and several dedicated staff members who create a supportive environment. However, inconsistent operational practices — notably sanitation control, staffing coverage, call-response times, medication and wound-care processes, food-service consistency, and property/privacy procedures — introduce risk for uneven experiences. Prospective residents and families should tour at different times (including evenings and weekends), ask about staffing ratios and weekend programming, review clinical protocols for medication and wound care, confirm dining and dietary accommodations, and clarify policies for personal-property security and billing before admission.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.

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    Location

    Civita Care Center at Cheshire is located at 745 Highland Ave, Cheshire, CT, 06410.

    About Civita Care Center at Cheshire

    Civita Care Center at Cheshire sits in the Cheshire Village neighborhood at 745 Highland Avenue, where you'll find an apartment-style property that offers a range of care choices for older adults, so there's assisted living and independent living, as well as long-term skilled nursing and short-stay or transitional care, and sometimes folks just need memory care for dementia or Alzheimer's disease, which the center provides with specialized programs, and they do have hospice care too when needed along with home health care and non-medical home care services that are Medicare-certified, and adult day services if someone only needs support during certain hours; the place features unique names for some programs or areas, focusing on tailoring the care to each resident's needs, and although the amenities available aim to keep people comfortable and supported, exact details about things like patios or parking aren't published, and staff speak English, with some also fluent in other languages, which helps provide clear communication. The facility holds up to 120 certified beds, with about 80 residents on an average day, and nurses offer care around the clock, though with an average of 3.27 nursing hours per resident daily, which is lower than the state average, and the staff can be stretched sometimes, but services are meant to cover a wide range like pain management, wound care, occupational and speech therapy, rehabilitation, pet therapy, IV and TPN services, and even programs for people after brain injuries. Civita Care Center has relationships with Genesis HealthCare, which brings more medical options into the building, and they keep a focus on providing a supportive setting for seniors, but it's true the place has faced challenges, since inspection reports show several deficiencies-forty-seven found during recent visits, with five related to infection control, and there've been citations for accidents and safety hazards that mean they sometimes have trouble keeping up with standards, though the facility stays under regulation for infection control, resident rights, and anti-discrimination, and it's also legally protected for LGBTQ residents and people with different income sources. The property has changed hands in the last year and remains off the market for sale or rent, so you won't find it on Trulia, and although there's mention of a focus on enhancing patient experience, you won't see details published about pools, gyms, parking, or outdoor areas, and the office hours aren't posted for the public either, but the overall idea is it's a full-service care center that tries to meet the varied needs of seniors in Cheshire, using specific programs and amenities to support daily life, with policies and fees mostly tied to the rental structure while the actual utilities included aren't listed.

    People often ask...

    Civita Care Center at Cheshire offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 745 Highland Ave, Cheshire, CT 06410.

    No, Civita Care Center at Cheshire does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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