Silver Springs Care Center

    33 Roy St, Meriden, CT 06450
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate staff, clean facility, thriving

    I'm very pleased with the care my mom receives here. The staff are compassionate, professional, and learn each resident personally - Julie and Emily have been easy to work with and keep us informed. The facility is clean and well-maintained, with an engaged community, great meals, and a lovely patio for visits; her physical and mental health have improved. I feel fortunate and would recommend this place for loved ones.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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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

    2.37·(46)

    Overall rating

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

      2.3
    • Staff

      2.4
    • Meals

      2.0
    • Amenities

      2.0
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate frontline staff
    • Dedicated long‑term employees
    • Strong clinical assessment and early change detection
    • Supportive social work and family communication
    • Engaging recreation program
    • Accessible outdoor patio and garden space
    • Positive nursing and therapy interactions during rehab
    • Warm admissions and unit staff responsiveness
    • Some consistently helpful and courteous aides

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing with reliance on temporary/substitute workers
    • Unprofessional staff conduct and poor communication tone
    • Inconsistent medication administration and consent processes
    • Delays in personal care and unreliable call‑button response
    • Sanitation and environmental maintenance weaknesses (including mold and surface‑cleaning gaps)
    • Laundry and personal property management failures
    • Unreliable wound‑care and clinical‑supply practices
    • Variable food quality and inconsistent meal service
    • Limited and uneven activity engagement for residents
    • Perceived management disorganization and lack of responsiveness
    • Safety and emergency‑response concerns
    • Allegations of severe safety incidents requiring regulatory review

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a highly polarized picture of care at this facility. A number of accounts describe staff who are compassionate, attentive, and clinically capable—examples include caregivers and nurses who are praised for early recognition of health changes, efficient care delivery in some clinical situations, and social work staff who maintain timely communication with families. The recreation department and an accessible patio/garden area are frequently highlighted as meaningful contributors to residents’ quality of life. Several families also cited individual employees by name as reliable points of contact who create a welcoming environment.

    Counterbalancing those positives are consistent operational weaknesses that recur across reviews. Staffing reliability appears to be a major issue: many comments point to heavy use of temporary or substitute workers, inconsistent staffing levels, and uneven performance between permanent and fill‑in personnel. Reviewers also raised concerns about unprofessional conduct and communication tone from some employees, which affects resident experience and family trust. Related operational gaps include delayed responses to call buttons and inconsistent assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing and dressing.

    Clinical and safety practices are another area of mixed reports. Some families describe strong clinical skills and good monitoring, while others describe medication‑administration errors, medications given without clear consent, and gaps in wound‑care or replacement of clinical supplies. There are also statements indicating worry about emergency responsiveness and broader safety practices; a small number of reviews reference very serious incidents that reviewers felt merited external or regulatory attention.

    Facility condition and service delivery show similar variability. Several reviews praise well‑maintained common areas and positive meal experiences, but numerous others point to sanitation and environmental maintenance problems—examples include mold concerns, surface‑cleaning shortfalls, intermittent water issues, and unpleasant odors in areas. Laundry management and personal property handling were frequently identified as problematic (mislabeling, loss, or damage). Dining service was described as inconsistent, with multiple reports of poor meal quality and cold food.

    Management and responsiveness to concerns receive mixed assessments. Some families report clear, helpful communication from administrative staff and social work (naming specific staff who were easy to work with), while others describe perceived disorganization, unhelpful leadership, and advice to seek state or ombudsman review. The cumulative pattern is one of uneven performance: there are pockets of high‑quality, person‑centered care alongside operational and compliance risks that warrant attention.

    For prospective residents and families: consider an in‑person visit to observe staffing consistency across shifts, review medication‑administration and wound‑care protocols, inspect cleanliness and maintenance in multiple areas, and ask management about turnover, use of agency staff, and incident reporting. If you have specific safety or clinical concerns, document them and consider contacting the state survey agency or ombudsman for guidance and verification.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

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

    Location

    Map showing location of Silver Springs Care Center

    Silver Springs Care Center is located at 33 Roy St, Meriden, CT, 06450.

    About Silver Springs Care Center

    Silver Springs Care Center sits over on 33 Roy Street in Meriden, Connecticut, and offers 159 beds in a skilled nursing setting, where folks can find a pretty full range of clinical programs, like long-term care for people who are justice-involved or otherwise difficult to place, plus quite a focus on individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia, and they've got a locked dementia unit as well for those who need extra attention. The Greater Hartford Memory Care Centers offer specialized memory care, while complex care programs and transitional services cover conditions like COPD, CHF, and recovery after open-heart surgery, and there's IV services available too, which might help those with more medical needs. Silver Springs provides assisted living, independent living, dementia care, memory care, hospice care, and respite care, including short-term rehab services, to help both residents and caregivers when a break is needed. Rehab and therapy stand out with Touchpoints Rehab and Touchpoints Therapy, offering physical, occupational, and speech therapy up to seven days a week, both for residents and outpatients, and there are prehabilitation programs like "Beyond the Joint" Prehab and Prebook to help get people ready before joint or spinal surgery even happens. The team includes a Certified Dementia Practitioner of the Year from 2018, and there's a Behavioral Program involving psycho education and individualized counseling, sometimes with a Registered Dietitian. Silver Springs also offers a Resident Relocation Guide to help with guided moves, whether from a local spot or far away, to another iCare Health Network center, since they're managed by iCare Management, LLC, which runs a bunch of similar places designed around personalized, multidisciplinary care. Folks have recognized Silver Springs for good work-they've earned the Silver Quality Award from the American Health Care Association and scored as a Five Star nursing home with CMS. You'll find a main entrance and lobby, the place is led by Raymond Hackling, LNHA, and while there aren't details on every feature or amenity, the setting aims to give various types of care under one roof, with help for different health and daily living needs. The facility does have a website if you want to learn more, and for checking on license details, you'd want to contact the provider or the licensing department directly.

    People often ask...

    Silver Springs Care Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 33 Roy St, Meriden, CT 06450.

    No, Silver Springs Care 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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