Masonicare Health Center

    22 Masonic Ave, Wallingford, CT 06492
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

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

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.23·(79)

    Overall rating

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

      2.8
    • Staff

      3.0
    • Meals

      1.9
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing and aide staff
    • Effective rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Supportive hospice and end-of-life care
    • Active, varied resident activities and social programs
    • On-site clinical and support services (physician offices, salon, gift shop)
    • Clean and renovated units in parts of the campus
    • Individualized care plans and favorable patient–staff ratios in some units
    • Smooth admissions and responsive billing/administrative assistance
    • Campus access and proximity to independent-living neighbors
    • Pleasant interactions with laundry, kitchen, and security staff

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and high turnover
    • Variable staff conduct, reliability, and empathy
    • Poor family communication and care-coordination processes
    • Inconsistent medication-management practices and clinical oversight
    • Sanitation and housekeeping lapses in several units
    • Aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance
    • Unreliable meal-service quality and dining inconsistencies
    • Weak administrative accountability and slow complaint resolution
    • Frequent therapy and service cancellations or rescheduling
    • Personal-item management and laundry-process weaknesses
    • Insufficient discharge and post-acute transition coordination
    • Limited family-support services and constrained visiting flexibility

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: The reviews describe a facility with a wide range of experiences — in some units and interactions families describe attentive, skilled, and compassionate care while other accounts point to operational weaknesses that affect resident experience. Positive accounts highlight strong rehabilitation outcomes, effective hospice care, individualized attention from nurses and aides, and active programming. Negative accounts emphasize inconsistent staffing, communication breakdowns, and environmental and administrative issues that create variability in day-to-day care.

    Care quality and clinical services: Clinical strengths include effective PT/OT programs, rehabilitation that enabled some residents to return home, and hospice teams that families found supportive. Many reviewers singled out individual caregivers and therapists for excellence. Conversely, reviews also describe inconsistent clinical oversight (including medication-management concerns and delayed responses to clinical needs) and variability in the quality of care across different units and shifts. High use of agency nurses and post‑COVID turnover are cited as contributors to uneven care continuity.

    Staff and management: Staff behavior and responsiveness appear highly variable. Numerous reviews praise specific nurses, CNAs, and support staff for compassion and attentiveness, while other accounts describe limited empathy, slow responses to call bells, and a few instances of unprofessional conduct. Several reviews point to weak caseworker communication, lack of an assigned care team, hurried or poorly organized family conferences, and slow administrative follow-up on complaints and insurance appeals. These patterns suggest gaps in leadership accountability and care‑coordination processes.

    Dining, activities, and resident engagement: Activity programming is a clear strength in parts of the campus: reviewers note abundant, campus-wide activities and opportunities for social engagement, which families found meaningful. Dining quality is inconsistent across reports — some reviewers praise fresh meals and attractive dining rooms, while others describe microwaved or poorly presented food and service lapses. Meal experience appears to vary by unit and timeframe.

    Facilities, housekeeping, and belongings: The physical plant is mixed. Certain areas have recent renovations, attractive public spaces, and well‑appointed rooms; other units show signs of deferred maintenance — dated furniture, torn drapery, taped elevators, and cleanliness shortfalls. Housekeeping and laundry processes were identified as inconsistent, with several accounts of missing or damaged clothing and personal items. Sanitation concerns and uneven housekeeping attention were recurring themes.

    Notable operational patterns: Common threads include inconsistent staffing and scheduling (including therapy cancellations and holiday service gaps), communication breakdowns with families (about clinical changes, hospice placement, and discharge planning), and slow responsiveness from administrative teams (billing, appeals, and complaint resolution). These operational weaknesses appear to drive much of the variability in family satisfaction: when staffing, communication, and leadership follow-through are strong, outcomes and family impressions are positive; when they are weak, families report significant distress.

    Bottom line for prospective families: The facility offers notable clinical and social strengths in certain units — effective rehab, supportive hospice, engaged activity programming, and many individual caregivers who receive strong praise. However, variability in staffing, communication, cleanliness, and facility maintenance are significant patterns that merit careful review before placement. Prospective residents and families should tour specific units, ask about current staffing levels and care-team assignments, review recent maintenance and hygiene practices, and clarify discharge and billing processes to understand how consistent the experience is likely to be for their particular needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Masonicare Health Center is located at 22 Masonic Ave, Wallingford, CT, 06492.

    About Masonicare Health Center

    Masonicare Health Center stands as a large healthcare facility that serves nearly 5,000 patients and residents each day, and over the years, it's grown to offer many types of care under one roof, so if someone needs home health services like Visiting Nurses and Therapists coming out to help, or they need homemaking and companionship, or they're looking for hospice and palliative care at home, they're able to find that here. There's a strong focus on health and wellness services too, and that includes things like a Behavioral Health Hospital, an Intensive Outpatient Program, a Hearing Center for hearing health, as well as outpatient therapy for folks who just need to come in for treatment and go home, and if someone needs skilled nursing or short-term rehab, that's provided as well. There are medical alert devices, so people who might fall or need urgent help can get it fast, and this is important for many folks as they age. Within Residential Living, Masonicare Health Center offers different options such as Independent Living if someone wants to take care of themselves but with a little support, Assisted Living where more daily help is provided, Memory Care for those facing memory loss, and programs like Masonicare Moves and Adult Day services, plus opportunities for Short-Term Trial Stays if someone wants to try it out before making a decision. Assisted living apartments have entrances that make them easy to access, and there are amenities and programs aimed at supporting seniors' daily lives and keeping them engaged and active, with both therapeutic and wellness activities happening throughout the week. The facility's equipped with specialized care units, and the staff's trained to help meet many kinds of health needs, physical and mental, and there's a dedicated team committed to supporting each person's well-being. Outpatient services are available for those who come and go, while skilled nursing is there for those needing more hands-on help. Masonicare Health Center continues to focus on a wide continuum of care, making it possible for people to stay as independent as they can, for as long as possible, and the place's designed with elderly residents in mind throughout its communities and healthcare services.

    People often ask...

    Masonicare Health Center offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    There are 20 photos of Masonicare Health Center on Mirador.

    Yes, Masonicare Health Center allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 22 Masonic Ave, Wallingford, CT 06492.

    No, Masonicare Health Center 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 number930758
    Facility typeResidential Care Home
    License classActive
    LicenseeMASONICARE HEALTH CENTER
    Care servedRecreation
    EffectiveJanuary 1st, 2009
    ExpiresDecember 31st, 2026
    Special certificationRCH.1274
    View the official license record

    Inspection Reports

    10

    Reports

    3

    Type A Citations

    1

    Type B Citations

    0

    Complaints

    7

    Years

    19 Dec 2024Inspection
    Investigated the renewal licensure survey and found no deficiencies identified at the two managed communities.
    07 Dec 2023Inspection
    Investigated grant verification and visitation compliance, identified violations, and approved license issuance.
    13 Sept 2023Inspection
    Found deficiencies in medication self-administration oversight, client assessment, and medication management documentation during the survey.
    • Type ASection 19a-13-D105(d)Governing authority and supervision; client service records
    13 Sept 2023Plan of Correction
    Found deficiencies in governance, supervision, and medication self-administration processes along with issues in client service records.
    • Section 19-13-D105(d)Governing authority of an assisted living services agency; supervision of assisted living services; client service records
    21 Aug 2023Inspection
    Identified a staffing violation for failing to employ qualified personnel in required positions and concerns about the RN Designee's past experience and licensure.
    • Type ARegulations of Connecticut State Agencies Section 19-13-D105(g) and 19-13-D105(i)Supervisor of assisted living services; staffing requirements
    21 Aug 2023Inspection
    Identified violations of state health and licensing requirements and issued a violation letter.
    • —
    23 Mar 2023Plan of Correction
    Found noncompliance with fire safety and facility maintenance requirements, including missing drill, hood cleaning, and sprinkler system records.
    • Type ASection 19-13-D6(b) Physical Plant (2)(b) and/or (c) Administration (1) and/or (c) Administration (5)Fire safety code and related administration deficiencies
    • Type BSection 19-13-D6(b) Physical Plant (2)(b) and/or (c) Administration (1) and/or (c) Administration (5)Kitchen hood cleaning records missing
    • cSection 19-13-D6(b) Physical Plant (2)(b) and/or (c) Administration (1) and/or (c) Administration (5)Sprinkler system testing/inspection records missing (NFPA 25)
    • dSection 19-13-D6(b) Physical Plant (2)(b) and/or (c) Administration (1) and/or (c) Administration (5)Sprinkler system testing records missing (NFPA 25) – second quarter
    23 Mar 2023Inspection
    Identified violations of state statutes and department regulations during the on-site visit.
    • —
    27 Dec 2021Inspection
    Found no deficiencies.
    22 Feb 2019Plan of Correction
    Investigated a medication self-administration incident and found deficiencies in supervision, staff training, and record-keeping.
    • Section 19-13-D105(d) Governing authority of an assisted living services agency; (4)(A) and/or (g) Supervisor of assisted living services; (2) and/or (k) Client service record; (2)(H)(i) and/or (ii) and/or (vi)Governing authority of an assisted living services agency

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