Gardner Heights

Gardner Heights sits at 172 Rocky Rest Road in Shelton, Connecticut, and you'll notice right away it's a large nursing home facility-a part of Apple Rehab Gardner-with 130 beds, hotel-like surroundings, and a dedicated care team that treats residents like family, always aiming for a supportive and comfortable environment, and you can see that in their thoughtful approach-there's skilled nursing care, home health agency services, assisted living, and special programs for everything from dementia and Alzheimer's to cardiac and pulmonary needs, with a locked dementia unit called Safe Harbor Neighborhood for memory care, and there's short-term rehab, long-term care, subacute care, and even brain injury services, so they really cover a lot of needs, plus they've got clinical trials, community resources, support groups, and help with opioid use and mental health crises, which makes a difference for families who need more than the basics, and you'll find plenty of therapy options too, like physical, occupational, and speech therapies focusing on balance, mobility, swallowing, cognitive support, and even Parkinson's management with LSVT, and every care plan gets tailored to the individual by a team that includes case managers, social workers, dietitians, licensed nurses, and consulting physicians, who keep families involved and offer comprehensive discharge planning and family education groups, while on the comfort side, the place comes with fine dining in a charming dining room, wireless internet, telephones, flat-screen TVs, electric beds, renovated rooms, and a big modern rehab gym, and they use new therapeutic methods and equipment for rehabilitation and recovery, so residents can get back on their feet with help from neuromuscular and memory retention programs, or just enjoy daily recreational activities and pet therapy, and the facility also has emergency services, I.V. therapy, peritoneal dialysis, pain management, hospice, and respite services, so there's a lot of support for both post-acute and chronic conditions, and even though they aren't currently accepting new patients, their 4.7 rating from 17 reviews and list of amenities suggest folks have good things to say, and while the staff all speak English and no specialties are listed, the facility stays focused on comprehensive, innovative care and seeing residents through every stage, and when you look around you'll spot extra services like podiatry, optometry, audiology, dentistry, dietary counseling, and home safety evaluations, and for extra peace of mind, there's access to support and advocacy resources, a health library, a care guide, an easy symptom checker, and behavioral health recovery tools, so all in all Gardner Heights puts strong effort into providing a solid, no-nonsense environment for seniors and their families.