Saint John Paul II Center

    33 Lincoln Ave, Danbury, CT 68107
    • 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
    • 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

    3.64·(11)

    Overall rating

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

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      3.6
    • Amenities

      2.5
    • Value

      3.6

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive caregiving staff
    • Personable and friendly nursing team
    • Supportive hospice services with grief follow-up
    • Access to pastoral care and visiting geriatric psychiatrist
    • Engaging activity program
    • Spacious rooms and pleasant interior appearance
    • Dedicated memory-care unit with specialized attention
    • Employee recognition initiatives
    • Night shift staff perceived as attentive
    • Overall sense of safety

    Cons

    • Inconsistent clinical monitoring and inadequate equipment maintenance
    • Chronic understaffing and workload pressures
    • Limited physician availability and communication
    • Weak administrative and billing processes
    • Delays in routine dental and oral-care services
    • Gaps in family communication about roommate and care matters
    • Insufficient access to specialty clinical services (e.g., wound care)
    • Aging infrastructure and maintenance deficiencies
    • Remote location contributing to long family travel times
    • Inconsistent meal-service information and oversight

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews describe a facility with clear strengths in frontline caregiving and some programmatic supports, alongside persistent operational and clinical-oversight challenges. Families consistently praise aides, many nurses, hospice staff, pastoral services, and a visiting geriatric psychiatrist. The memory-care unit and activity program receive positive mentions, and several reviewers noted spacious rooms, a generally pleasant appearance, and initiatives aimed at staff recognition. These elements suggest a culture in which many direct-care employees are engaged and compassionate.

    At the same time, recurring themes point to systemic weaknesses that can affect the resident experience. Several reviewers indicated gaps in clinical monitoring (for example, inconsistent vital-sign checks and broken equipment) and limited specialty coverage such as regular wound-care clinician visits. Advanced-practice clinicians were described as overburdened and the attending physician as minimally communicative; together these patterns indicate constrained clinical capacity and uneven medical oversight. Staffing levels and workload pressure were raised as contributors to inconsistent responsiveness and occasional lapses in feeding assistance or oral-care follow-through.

    Administrative and operational processes are another area of concern. Reviewers cited billing confusion and delays for routine services (dental cleanings were specifically mentioned as delayed), and communication with families about room assignments or roommate changes was described as uneven. Maintenance and physical-plant issues were also referenced: while some found the facility attractive and roomy, others described aging infrastructure and maintenance shortfalls. The site's large scale and distance from some families contribute to travel burdens that limit visitation for some relatives.

    Dining and activities appear mixed from the available comments: the activity program is viewed positively, but reviewers provided little consistent information about meal quality, and at least one account suggested problems with feeding assistance. Management-level strengths (for example, employee recognition) coexist with operational shortfalls (administration and billing), producing a mixed overall picture.

    For prospective residents and families, the salient trade-off is between engaged, compassionate direct-care staff and documented operational/clinical gaps. When evaluating the community in person, potential questions should address current staffing ratios and shift coverage, physician and specialist availability (wound care, dental/oral services), equipment maintenance and clinical-monitoring protocols, billing and administrative processes, roommate-change communication practices, and the facility’s plan for infrastructure upkeep. These targeted inquiries can help determine whether the facility’s strong interpersonal care culture is supported by reliable clinical and administrative systems for an individual resident’s needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 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

    Saint John Paul II Center is located at 33 Lincoln Ave, Danbury, CT, 68107.

    About Saint John Paul II Center

    Saint John Paul II Center in Danbury, CT, is part of Genesis HealthCare and has 141 beds offering skilled nursing, short-term rehab, long-term care, brain injury care, dementia care, and hospice. This senior living community helps frail residents who need a high level of care, including those with memory issues like Alzheimer's, with a locked dementia unit and specialized memory support for safety, medication management, and activities to reduce confusion and wandering. Residents get help with daily living like bathing, dressing, transfers, and incontinence, and they have access to 24-hour supervision with a call system for emergencies. Meals are made by chefs and meal planners, and there are options for nutritious dining in a shared or private dining room, plus a convenience shop for small items and a pharmaceutical delivery service for medicines. The center features a recreation area, arts room, walking paths, pet therapy, a barber and salon, an on-site chapel for faith needs, and devotional activities. People can stay short-term for rehab after hospital stays or for respite if family needs a break, and the staff offers therapy and high-acuity health care for those who need close medical attention, even for non-ambulatory or bedbound residents. Social and cultural events like movie nights, gardening, education activities, mail and newspaper delivery, and a peaceful courtyard with a pond bring people together, and there are parking and transportation options. The location sits close to parks and restaurants like Starbucks and McDonald's, and the facility earns ratings based on care, safety, and neighborhood livability. Saint John Paul II Center covers various care needs by blending rehabilitation, memory care, hospice, IV services, and everyday support in a secure, supervised setting with simple access to outdoor areas and private spaces for visits from family.

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    Saint John Paul II Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 33 Lincoln Ave, Danbury, CT 68107.

    No, Saint John Paul II Center 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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