Civita Care Center at Milford

    2028 Bridgeport Ave, Milford, CT 06460
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    3.3ยท116 reviews

    Excellent care friendly staff clean

    I placed my father here and I'm very pleased - the staff are friendly, attentive and professional, therapists helped his mobility with excellent wound care, prosthetic fitting and gym therapy, and admissions/social work were welcoming and communicative. The building felt clean and home-like, they accommodated short- and long-term needs, and administration was hands-on and caring. I would gladly recommend this facility to family and friends.

    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

    3.31ยท(116)

    Overall rating

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

      2.9
    • Staff

      3.4
    • Meals

      2.6
    • Amenities

      1.9
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing and caregiving staff
    • Attentive admissions and social-work support
    • Strong rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Effective wound-care and prosthetic coordination
    • Accommodating business-office and administrative assistance
    • Supportive short-term rehab options with flexible stays
    • Friendly front-desk and reception staff
    • Coordinated clinical teamwork on many shifts
    • Helpful physical-therapy and gym resources
    • Ability to arrange prosthetic fittings and specialty therapies

    Cons

    • Sanitation and odor concerns in resident rooms and common areas
    • Gaps in medication-administration and pharmacy availability
    • Inconsistent staffing levels and slow call-button response
    • Weak family communication and poor phone responsiveness
    • Gaps in basic care responsiveness (bathing, dressing, toileting)
    • Maintenance and building-condition deficiencies
    • Noise and privacy limitations in shared multi-bed rooms
    • Inconsistent dining quality and delayed meal service
    • Inconsistent clinical recordkeeping and discharge processes
    • Infection-control and pest-control concerns
    • Allegations of financial misconduct and improper access attempts
    • Variable staff conduct and communication tone

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews describe a facility with sharply mixed experiences: many families and patients praise compassionate caregivers, effective rehabilitation teams, and helpful administrative or admissions personnel, while other accounts raise substantive operational concerns. Positive observations center on individualized therapy outcomes, attentive short-term rehab services, wound-care capabilities, and a welcoming admissions/social-work experience. These strengths suggest the facility can provide high-quality, outcome-oriented rehabilitation and certain forms of clinical care when staffing and processes align.

    Conversely, a consistent pattern of operational weaknesses emerges across reviews. Cleanliness and sanitation are recurrent issues; multiple accounts reference odor concerns and unsatisfactory environmental maintenance in rooms and common areas. Maintenance deficits and an aging building envelope contribute to an environment that some describe as needing renovation. Shared rooms with thin curtains are repeatedly noted as limiting privacy and increasing noise, which affects resident comfort and rest periods.

    Clinical and care-delivery concerns are also prominent. Reviewers describe gaps in medication administration and pharmacy availability, delays answering call buttons, and inconsistent basic-care responsiveness (bathing, dressing, toileting). There are reports indicating uneven clinical recordkeeping, discharge coordination, and communication with families โ€” including poor phone responsiveness and insufficient notification about significant events. A subset of accounts cites infection-control and pest-control concerns and references clinical escalations that resulted in hospital transfer; these notes point to variability in clinical monitoring and escalation practices.

    Management and staff culture appear variable by unit and shift. Several reviews commend individual staff members, therapists, and certain administrators for being attentive and proactive; others describe tone and conduct issues, inconsistent supervision, and staffing instability that appear to affect day-to-day care. There are also serious allegations surrounding financial misconduct and attempted improper access to resident funds; such claims were raised by reviewers and merit verification through regulatory records and facility inquiry.

    Dining and ancillary services receive mixed feedback. Some families report acceptable food and helpful therapy-related amenities, while others report delayed meal service, limited meal options at times, and inconsistent dining quality. Activities and social programming are not a prominent theme in most reports; where mentioned, impressions vary from adequate to insufficient.

    For prospective residents and families: this facility appears capable of delivering strong rehabilitative and certain clinical services under favorable staffing and management conditions, but it also exhibits recurring operational weaknesses that can materially affect comfort and safety. Before placement, visitors should conduct an in-person tour (including a meal observation), review recent health-inspection and complaint records, ask about current staffing ratios and medication/pharmacy protocols, evaluate room assignments for privacy and noise, confirm infection-control measures, and discuss financial safeguards and family-communication plans with the admissions team. Speaking directly with the facilityโ€™s social worker and clinical leadership about individual care plans and escalation procedures is advisable to assess consistency between the facilityโ€™s strengths and the specific needs of the prospective resident.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1ยท/ 5
    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.
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    Location

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    Civita Care Center at Milford is located at 2028 Bridgeport Ave, Milford, CT, 06460.

    About Civita Care Center at Milford

    Civita Care Center at Milford sits at 2028 Bridgeport Ave in Milford, Connecticut, and provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services with a focus on care and togetherness. This privately held, for-profit nursing home holds 120 certified beds and belongs to Civita Care Centers, with management under Denise Quarles since August 2020 and a recent change of ownership in the past year. The team includes a hospice representative, Pamela Gambardella, a CNA and nursing student, Jaemease Edwards, a Master's of Public Health student, Annabelle Farrell, a Doctor of Physical Therapy student, Mia Fortin, and Kim Hall as the Business Office Manager. The facility accepts Medicaid and Medicare and allows for both private and shared suites.

    There's a wide range of care offered for residents, depending on needs, including short-term rehabilitation, skilled nursing, intermediate care for frail individuals, hospice care, IV care, dementia care, brain injury care, wound care management, and dedicated therapy services. Residents receive meals prepared and served on-site, laundry, housekeeping, fresh linens, cable, telephone, and use of outdoor spaces. The staff aims to deliver care with a feeling of community and is set up to support people moving from the hospital and recovering before going back home.

    Civita Care Center at Milford stands out with specialized care types and team members with health and therapy training, plus features like a DDIT collection point, but it's worth noting that inspection reports show 55 total deficiencies, including infection-control and food service violations, as well as four infection-related deficiencies and citations for not always meeting treatment standards or resident goals, so while the staff turnover and average nurse staffing hours are about average, inspection ratings for health, quality, and overall experience are much below average. The facility is managed by Ct Opco Holding LLC, with indirect ownership by several entities and individuals, and has a team of 51-200 employees working across different care levels, always in a way that tries to support every resident's particular needs, whether for brain injury, memory loss, wounds, or end-of-life care. The website, civitamilford.com, shares more on their approach and services.

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    Civita Care Center at Milford offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 2028 Bridgeport Ave, Milford, CT 06460.

    No, Civita Care Center at Milford 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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