Wolcott Hall Nursing Center, located in Torrington, Connecticut, is a certified skilled nursing facility that has 87 beds and provides care for people who need short-term rehab, long-term nursing, and special therapy services, and there's memory care, dementia programs, and hospice care offered as well, and the center also helps people who need IV services, pulmonary care, wound and pain management, and manages chronic and complex conditions that aren't easy to handle at home anymore, and they have a Short Term Rehabilitation Unit for folks recovering from surgery, injury, or illness, including knee or hip replacement or cardiac events, and besides 24-hour licensed nurses, you have a team of dietitians, case managers, social workers, certified nursing assistants, therapists, a therapeutic recreation director, plus consulting doctors who visit on site, and they use updated rehab equipment and offer programs like Apple Specialty Services for Parkinson's disease, LSVT therapy, cognitive care, speech language pathology, swallowing evaluations, and both verbal and nonverbal communication support, and if a caregiver can't be around for a while, respite care is available.
There are residential options nearby, including apartments, single-family houses, condos, and townhomes-though the rental policy is not listed-and residents' pets are welcome. The building has accessible entrances, security features like gated entries, and a doorman, and inside you'll find renovated rooms with flat-screen TVs, phones, wireless internet, electric beds, and fine dining along with a large rehab gym, fitness centers, pools, patios, and barbecue areas, plus a rehabilitative dining program so special dietary needs are addressed. They run family and resident support groups, and have daily recreation and therapeutic activity programs tailored to resident needs, with care planning based on what a person and their family want and need.
Their nurses and care team deliver 3.53 hours of nurse staffing per resident per day, and the center holds 60 certified Medicare/Medicaid beds, and the latest reported issues include citations for not meeting certain safety, pharmacy, and respiratory care standards, along with several infection-related and quality-of-life deficiencies-35 noted in total-so it's important people are aware of that before choosing, and Apple Rehab manages the center with Ryan Vess as administrator since 2013 and Brian Foley owning all shares. The facility doesn't always allow visitors due to public health precautions, but keeps families in touch with video calls and phone calls. Staff do home safety evaluations for residents returning from hospital stays, and therapists handle everything from balance training to daily living activities. There is a COPD program to help people avoid going back to the hospital, with weekly rounds by respiratory therapists, and you'll find care for injuries, illness, rehab therapies, and support for patients with mental or physical problems needing 24-hour nursing attention.
