Cambridge Health and Rehabilitation Center

Cambridge Health and Rehabilitation Center sits at 2428 Easton Turnpike in Fairfield, Connecticut, and it's a skilled nursing facility with 160 beds, handling both long-term care and short-term rehabilitation, and the folks here get services like occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy all under one roof, which means they don't have to leave the building for most of their needs. Staff mainly speak English, though some can help in other languages, and they're open every day from 8 in the morning to 8 at night, with those hours also working for visits in person or by video, so families can stay in touch easily enough. Cambridge belongs to National Health Care Associates, and offers everything from regular health care and nursing home services, to specialized work like brain injury and dementia care, hospice care, IV therapy, respite care for short stays, and pet therapy visits for people who enjoy animals, so they cover a lot of different needs. People coming here also get access to post-acute services like therapy, telehealth, diagnostic help, home care, and more hospice care through partner programs, so care continues smoothly whether someone's staying short-term after illness or living here for longer. The McKnight's Excellence in Technology Award recognized them for a technology partnership with Circadia Health, and US News listed them in 2023 as one of the Best Nursing Homes for Short-Term Rehabilitation, and they're known as a Certified Great Place to Work, which seems to show that staff satisfaction and tech use get some attention here. They use a Passport™ care model, focused on each person's unique needs, and the staff say they strive to create an uplifting, engaging community with plenty of daily activities, events, and an approach where everyone gets care made for them, whether managing a chronic illness or recovering from an injury. There are different care types-short-term, long-term, and rehab-that let people transition between services as needed, and the building itself houses both skilled nursing and assisted living communities under one roof or part of the same campus, so people don't have to move far when their needs change over time. Right now, Cambridge isn't taking new patients but is open to future admissions, and anyone interested can check their website, cambridgem.com, for more information or get started on the admissions application when spots open up again, and with all the different therapy services, health care options, and daily structure, a lot of older folks find it meets their needs in a straightforward, steady way.