Complete Care at Harrington Court

    59 Harrington Ct, Colchester, CT 06415
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Friendly staff excellent rehab clean

    I had a very positive experience here. The staff were consistently friendly, caring, and responsive; rehab/PT/OT was excellent and helped my loved one regain independence, rooms and grounds were clean and home-like, activities kept residents engaged, and admissions/front-desk were welcoming-I would recommend this facility for rehab or long-term care.

    Loved one of resident
    Sep 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

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

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Memory care community services

    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.11·(153)

    Overall rating

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

      3.7
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      2.6
    • Amenities

      3.9
    • Value

      1.8

    Pros

    • Strong rehabilitation program (physical, occupational, speech therapy)
    • Compassionate CNAs and nursing staff
    • Engaged and active recreation/activities program
    • Clean and well-maintained facility and grounds
    • Spacious resident rooms
    • Secure visitor screening and front-desk procedures
    • Attentive admissions and case-management support
    • Responsive night-shift staff
    • Family-like, supportive community atmosphere
    • Documented therapy-driven functional gains
    • Long-tenured, dedicated staff members
    • Accessible meeting spaces for family conferences

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and high staff turnover
    • Delayed response to call bells and resident needs
    • Medication-administration delays and medication-management gaps
    • Inconsistent infection-control practices and outbreak management
    • Sanitation and incontinence-care concerns in units
    • Variable food quality and irregular meal timing
    • Weak administrative communication and limited phone responsiveness
    • Gaps in end-of-life communication and billing practices
    • Personal-item and medication security lapses
    • Inconsistent supervisory engagement and leadership oversight
    • Inefficient admission paperwork and intake processes
    • Safety-process gaps for transfers, toileting, and fall risk
    • Mixed rehabilitation delivery quality across clinicians
    • Limited off-site outing availability due to cost constraints

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a polarized picture of Complete Care at Harrington Court: a facility that offers a number of genuine clinical strengths alongside operational inconsistencies that affect resident experience. Therapy services—physical, occupational and speech therapy—are a repeatedly noted asset, with multiple accounts of therapists helping residents regain function and return home. Many families and residents praised CNAs, several nurses, and specific admissions and activity staff for compassionate, attentive caregiving and clear case-management support. The building, grounds and resident rooms are often described as clean, spacious and secure, with a welcoming community atmosphere and robust on-site activities.

    At the same time, the facility displays several recurring operational weaknesses. Staffing levels and staff turnover were frequent concerns; reviewers described variability in daytime coverage, long call-bell waits, and uneven responsiveness to routine care needs. These issues are linked to medication-administration delays, perceived gaps in medication verification, and broader medication-management shortcomings. Infection-control and outbreak management were also flagged, including inconsistencies in personal protective measures and quarantine practices during illness events.

    Dining and housekeeping feedback is mixed. While some reviewers praised cleanliness and the dining response to special needs, others described inconsistent meal quality and irregular meal timing. Sanitation and incontinence-care practices were called into question in some units, and there were multiple mentions of odor concerns and delayed room cleanings. Safety-process gaps were noted as well—reviewers described concerns about transfer and toileting assistance, fall-risk management, and slow responses to pain or other clinical needs until supervisory escalation.

    Management, communication and administrative processes form another pattern in the comments. Several families described slow or poor communication from leadership, difficulty reaching staff by phone (especially after hours), delayed admission paperwork, and troubling billing practices including invoices sent during hospice and billing questions following a resident’s death. There were also concerns about personal-item security and phone-system reliability. Conversely, individual leaders and long-standing staff members received specific praise, indicating variability in supervisory engagement across units and shifts.

    For a prospective resident or family: the facility demonstrates clear strengths in rehabilitation, several committed clinical staff, and a pleasant physical environment. Those strengths coexist with operational risks related to staffing consistency, medication and infection-control practices, dining reliability, and administrative communication. Visiting in person, asking for current staffing ratios on the intended unit, reviewing medication and infection-control protocols, clarifying billing procedures, and meeting key therapy and nursing staff before placement would help assess whether the current operating conditions match your expectations and care needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Complete Care at Harrington Court is located at 59 Harrington Ct, Colchester, CT, 06415.

    About Complete Care at Harrington Court

    Complete Care at Harrington Court is a nursing home with 130 certified beds, typically caring for around 114 residents each day, and is managed by Complete Care. The home offers care services tailored for different needs, including long-term care, assisted living, memory care, dementia care, orthopedic rehab, stroke recovery, wound care, respiratory care, cardiac care, hospice care, and short-term rehabilitation, with specialized programs like DD Services, IV Services, Therapy Services, and Pet Therapy. The facility tries to provide a welcoming and comfortable environment, designing rooms and common areas for comfort and accessibility, and has amenities and activity programs aimed at making daily life better for residents, with a focus on both comfort and independence.

    Residents get personalized care plans, and the staff works to build strong relationships in hopes of providing skilled support and fostering a sense of community. A dedicated team of medical professionals is on site to provide clinical care, but nurse staffing falls a bit below the state average at 3.14 hours per resident per day, and nurse turnover is a little higher than the average at 41.1 percent. The facility has been cited for 35 total deficiencies, including three related to infection control. There have been two complaint reports, one from December 3, 2024, and another from March 28, 2025, each reporting a deficiency related to abuse prevention, and the home has also been cited for not fully protecting residents from abuse, neglect, and exploitation, though no actual serious harm was noted, only the potential for more than minimal harm.

    The home belongs to the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities, and uses specific names and terms for its different care programs and services, which makes it easier for families to understand the options available. The facility's main focus is trying to support each resident with complete care services, built around their individual needs and health conditions, and to do so with a compassionate approach, but as with any facility it has areas that need improvement.

    People often ask...

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