Meadow Ridge

    100 Redding Rd, Redding, CT 06896
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • 24-hour nursing
    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Diabetes care
    • Hospice waiver
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program
    • Physical therapy
    • Rehabilitation program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Internet
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Memory care community services

    • Care with behavioral issues
    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space

    Community services

    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Continuing learning programs
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.84·(262)

    Overall rating

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

      4.8
    • Staff

      4.9
    • Meals

      4.8
    • Amenities

      4.7
    • Value

      2.4

    Pros

    • Compassionate, respectful nursing and aide care
    • Skilled physical and occupational therapy supporting recovery
    • Friendly, knowledgeable staff across care, dining, and support teams
    • Helpful social work, care planning, and family communication
    • Smooth admissions, tours, and transitions into rehabilitation
    • Varied dining options, appealing menus, and a popular Bistro
    • Spacious, well-appointed apartments and attractive common areas
    • Beautiful landscaped grounds, gardens, and natural-light-filled atrium
    • Broad activities, classes, performances, outings, and resident groups
    • Welcoming, socially active resident community
    • On-site rehabilitation and health services
    • Pet-friendly visits and accommodating family spaces

    Cons

    • Uneven call-button response times, particularly overnight and on weekends
    • Variable weekend staffing and availability of services
    • Reported gaps in physician access and clinical follow-through
    • Variable rehabilitation scheduling and limited therapy-space capacity
    • Inconsistent meal preparation
    • Unit maintenance response and pest-control concerns (reported)
    • Fall-risk monitoring and clinical escalation concerns (reported)
    • Infection-control separation and communication concerns (reported)
    • Inconsistent communication and administrative follow-through
    • High entrance and ongoing costs

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews are predominantly positive about Meadow Ridge’s independent-living community and Ridge Crest’s skilled nursing and rehabilitation services. Residents and families frequently describe staff as warm, professional, attentive, and respectful. Rehabilitation accounts often praise nursing care and physical and occupational therapy, with several families describing improved strength, mobility, or readiness to return home. Social workers and care teams are also credited with helping families understand care plans and transitions. However, a few accounts raise important concerns about delayed responses, especially overnight or on weekends, as well as physician availability and clinical follow-through. These contrasting experiences suggest that responsiveness may vary by shift or circumstance; prospective residents should ask about staffing coverage, escalation procedures, and how quickly medical concerns are addressed.

    Dining is a notable strength in many accounts. Reviewers praise the range and quality of meals, the Bistro and other dining venues, accommodating service, and options for visitors. A smaller set of comments describes inconsistent preparation, and one rehabilitation resident said bathing was scheduled less often than expected. Overall, the dining experience appears strong, though service consistency and individual care schedules may be worth confirming.

    The independent-living setting is often described as spacious, attractive, and well maintained, with landscaped grounds, gardens, a large indoor atrium, and amenities such as a pool, theater, fitness areas, and walking spaces. Residents and visitors also highlight a wide range of activities, outings, classes, and social opportunities, as well as a welcoming resident culture. The on-site care and rehabilitation options are valued by residents who appreciate being able to receive support close to home. Some reviewers, however, cite high costs; one account also raises concerns about unit repairs and pest control, which contrasts with the many positive comments about cleanliness and upkeep.

    Admissions tours and move-in assistance are generally described as helpful and informative. Families often value staff communication and support, although isolated accounts describe difficulty obtaining information or resolving administrative matters, including a delayed deposit refund. A few highly negative rehabilitation accounts also raise concerns about fall-risk monitoring, clinical escalation, and infection-control communication. These accounts are not representative of the overall tone of the reviews, but they are significant enough to warrant specific questions during a tour or care-planning discussion. Overall, the reviews portray a highly regarded community with strong hospitality, amenities, and rehabilitation experiences, alongside areas where response times, medical access, staffing consistency, and administrative follow-through may be less predictable.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Meadow Ridge is located at 100 Redding Rd, Redding, CT, 06896.

    About Meadow Ridge

    Meadow Ridge sits on 136 acres in Redding, Connecticut, where people can enjoy wide-open spaces, walking trails, and elegant indoor spaces like a three-story atrium and an indoor pool with high ceilings, wooden beams, and big windows for lots of natural light, and the apartments themselves, which go from 850 to 2,600 square feet, have things like custom closets, patios or balconies, fireplaces, stone countertops, and crown molding, which makes the place look upscale, but at the same time, residents can count on 24-hour nurse coverage, monitored call systems, and different levels of care right on the same campus. Here, the Ridge Crest Health Center offers help for recovery after hospital stays and delivers services for both long-term nursing care and short-term rehabilitation, and there's a separate memory care unit for people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia, built to keep them safe and comfortable while reducing confusion. Staff make sure to personalize care, whether it's independent living for those wanting an active, maintenance-free life, or assisted living help with day-to-day things like medication, dressing, or bathing, or home care from a trained aide, and there's a Lifecare contract that helps residents stay in familiar surroundings even as their needs change over time.

    Meadow Ridge has won awards in senior living for care, activities, support, and friendliness, and people living here include authors, businesspeople, artists, and travelers, which creates an active, interesting community with social activities, classes, and entertainment on a regular schedule. Residents can gather for meals in restaurant-style dining rooms and private bistros, and there's a focus on healthy, nutritious food with gourmet touches that make meals a pleasant part of the day. There are places for spiritual support with devotional services both on campus and elsewhere, and there's a library, billiards room, card and game room, salon, dog park, and fitness center, so people always have somewhere to go or something to do, and the Wi-Fi lets residents stay connected however they want, though the exact internet or satellite details aren't listed. The apartments are age-restricted and maintenance-free, so active seniors can come and go as they please without worrying about lawn care or repairs.

    Meadow Ridge does a lot to ensure everyone is included, with protections in place against discrimination based on gender identity or orientation, and LGBTQ individuals are protected in public areas, housing, and employment policies too. The campus supports accessibility, but the details on parking, garages, floors, and certain entrance features aren't clear. Residents and their families can check out photo and video galleries of daily life, tour the campus, and use an online portal for community news and events, and there's always 24-hour staff available. Meadow Ridge, at 100 Redding Road, covers a lot of needs and offers support designed to help residents live well, stay social, and get care when they need it. More information can be found at meadowridge.com.

    About Benchmark Senior Living

    Meadow Ridge is managed by Benchmark Senior Living.

    Benchmark Senior Living, founded in 1997 by Chairman and CEO Tom Grape, has established itself as New England's largest senior living provider and a leading force in transforming senior care throughout the Northeast. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company emerged from Grape's vision to set industry standards after helping write the legislation that brought assisted living to Massachusetts in 1994. Operating approximately 66 communities across eight states—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia—Benchmark serves thousands of residents through its comprehensive care model.

    People often ask...

    Meadow Ridge offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, continuing care retirement community, and skilled nursing.

    There are 56 photos of Meadow Ridge on Mirador.

    Yes, Meadow Ridge allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 100 Redding Rd, Redding, CT 06896.

    No, Meadow Ridge 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.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Connecticut, the Department of Public Health licenses assisted living services and residential care homes and posts the resulting inspection reports and plans of correction.

    License number930030
    Facility typeAssisted Living Services Agency
    License classActive
    LicenseeREDDING LIFE CARE, LLC
    EffectiveOctober 1st, 2008
    ExpiresSeptember 30th, 2028
    Special certificationALSA.0000088
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    Inspection Reports

    6

    Reports

    1

    Citations

    0

    Complaints

    7

    Years

    10 Feb 2025Inspection
    Concluded no deficiencies were identified during the renewal survey and approved license issuance.
    17 Feb 2022Inspection
    Found violations of state statutes/regulations during a licensing process and noted license renewal for a prior period.
    • —General Statutes/Regulations violations
    22 Dec 2020Inspection
    Concluded that no deficiencies were cited during a COVID-19 focused survey.
    27 Oct 2020Inspection
    Found no deficiencies identified during a COVID-19 focused survey assessing infection prevention and control practices.
    27 Oct 2020Inspection
    Found no deficiencies.
    25 Sept 2019Inspection
    Conducted a renewal license review and found violations not identified during the onsite evaluation.

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