Westfield Care & Rehab Center

    65 Westfield Rd, Meriden, CT 06450
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Tenured staff, clean facility, confidence

    I'm grateful for the caring, tenured staff who are knowledgeable and work hard to meet my mom's needs; the clean, organized facility, great food, and fantastic activities-plus the Apple Rehab affiliation-give me confidence in her excellent care.

    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

    3.50·(8)

    Overall rating

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

      3.0
    • Staff

      4.0
    • Meals

      5.0
    • Amenities

      3.5
    • Value

      3.5

    Pros

    • Caring and compassionate staff
    • Knowledgeable, tenured clinical team
    • Organized, well-run administration
    • Apple Rehab affiliation
    • High-quality dining and meal service
    • Engaging, varied activities program
    • Positive workplace environment
    • Family-oriented care efforts

    Cons

    • Inconsistent cleanliness and housekeeping in resident rooms and common areas
    • Irregular personal-care and bathing assistance
    • Delays in call-bell response and staff responsiveness
    • Inconsistent medication-management practices
    • Variability in staff conduct and communication tone
    • Potential safety and environmental maintenance gaps
    • Variable overall care quality across shifts or units

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews of Westfield Care & Rehab Center present a mixed picture with distinct positive strengths alongside operational weaknesses. Many accounts highlight a committed, experienced clinical team, an organized administrative approach, and the reassurance of an Apple Rehab affiliation. These elements contribute to perceptions of strong leadership and reliable programming in areas such as dining and activities. At the same time, other accounts describe care gaps and environmental concerns that appear to produce highly variable resident experiences.

    Care quality appears inconsistent. Several reviewers described attentive, effective care in which staff worked hard to meet residents’ needs and families expressed gratitude. Conversely, other accounts raised issues such as missed bathing assistance, beds left unattended, and instances where medication access and call‑bell responses were delayed or not timely. Taken together, these comments suggest variability in day‑to‑day clinical follow-through and in the facility’s ability to sustain consistent care practices across all shifts or units.

    Staff-related feedback is similarly polarized. Positive comments emphasize compassionate, tenured, and knowledgeable employees who engage residents and provide thoughtful support. Negative comments focus on concerns about staff conduct and tone, and on responsiveness during busy periods. This pattern is consistent with uneven staffing levels or training gaps that affect resident interactions and the timeliness of care.

    Dining and activities are clear strengths in the reviews. Multiple accounts praise food quality and an active, engaging activities program. Those areas appear to support resident well‑being and social engagement and are cited as reassuring aspects by families and staff alike.

    Facility upkeep and housekeeping show inconsistent performance. While some reviewers described a clean environment, others reported sanitation concerns in resident rooms and shared spaces and noted maintenance or environmental-safety issues. These observations point to a need for more consistent housekeeping schedules and stronger oversight of environmental maintenance to ensure uniform standards facility‑wide.

    Management is described in mixed terms: several families expressed confidence in the facility’s organization and in its Apple Rehab affiliation, while the variability in frontline performance suggests gaps between administrative policies and their implementation. Prospective residents and families may wish to ask specific questions during a visit about staffing ratios, housekeeping and bathing schedules, medication‑management protocols, call‑bell response expectations, and how management monitors and corrects performance inconsistencies.

    Overall, Westfield Care & Rehab Center demonstrates important strengths—experienced staff, engaging programs, and positive dining—alongside notable operational challenges, particularly around consistent housekeeping, personal-care assistance, medication practices, and responsiveness. These patterns indicate that individual experiences may differ markedly depending on unit, shift, and staff assignment; an in-person assessment and targeted questions can help families evaluate whether the facility’s strengths align with a prospective resident’s priorities.

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    Location

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    Westfield Care & Rehab Center is located at 65 Westfield Rd, Meriden, CT, 06450.

    About Westfield Care & Rehab Center

    Westfield Care & Rehab Center sits over on 65 Westfield Rd. in Meriden, Connecticut, and folks in town might remember it best as the old Apple Rehab nursing home, a sizable one-story building with 33,000 square feet that once housed 120 beds and saw use as a COVID-19 recovery center. This property, now set for new use under the city's adaptive reuse zone, is being looked at for conversion into senior apartments for people over 55, with plans aiming to build about 50 single-level units, all with their own direct entrances since the developers want to remove those long hallways from the five wings-something that's a little different from most old nursing homes. The place was bought for about $1.1 million and sits on five acres with big trees off the busy part of Westfield Avenue, right near where the city's looking to connect the grounds to a linear walking trail out back, and there's talk about keeping outdoor features like flower gardens made from old rain gutters, a walking path, a gazebo, raised beds, and even a dog park.

    This center also used to run as a skilled nursing facility, giving both short- and long-term care, memory care for folks with dementia, and post-acute rehabilitation to help seniors get back on their feet. There are specialized programs like wound care and cardiopulmonary therapy, plus twenty-four hour care and supervision with emergency alert systems. Nurses and aides who speak English help with medication, personal care, and getting around, while physicians direct care that's matched to each person's needs. People can expect help with bathing, dressing, transfers, medications, and meals, with a holistic approach that stresses both body and mind wellness.

    The building once included a center atrium, now planned to have a glass entrance a bit like a hotel, and inside, plans call for amenities like a gym, an activity room, a library, community spaces, offices, and a recreation room, all aimed at seniors' interests. Outdoor areas have gardens, spots for sitting, and paths to walk, and parking will be accessible. Residents can join art, games, or wellness programs, take part in scheduled daily activities, or run their own get-togethers. Dining comes with restaurant-style meals, special diets if needed, and the option to eat at any time of day, plus housekeeping, laundry, and support for families. Private rooms have bathrooms, kitchenettes, air conditioning, cable TV, phone, and Wi-Fi, and there are concierge services and transportation available. The center accepts Medicare and Medicaid for payment, making it possible for a wider group of seniors to get care.

    Westfield Care & Rehab Center is part of the Apple Rehab group and is run by staff and physicians focused on careful, attentive support for both recovery and daily needs. It functions as a Continuing Care Retirement Community, providing people the chance to stay as they require more support. The site, built in 1964 and now over fifty years old, is recognized for its senior living and rehabilitation care and also for being part of a city effort to give new life to properties that might otherwise sit empty. The site sees a steady 3.9 rating from a handful of reviews, and while it's seen better days and has some minor drainage issues, it's central location, outdoor features, and community-focused plans give it a unique spot in Meriden's changing landscape.

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