Waterbury Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation

    177 Whitewood Rd, Waterbury, CT 06708
    • 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
    • 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

    3.68·(31)

    Overall rating

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

      4.3
    • Staff

      4.4
    • Meals

      1.8
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing and aide care
    • Effective, goal-oriented physical and occupational therapy
    • Strong rehabilitation support and gym access
    • Clean, well-maintained rooms and housekeeping
    • Responsive management and social-work support
    • Bilingual (Spanish-speaking) staff availability
    • Supportive palliative-care involvement
    • Friendly, home-like staff–resident interactions

    Cons

    • Inconsistent meal quality and dining service
    • Variable clinical responsiveness and follow-up care
    • Inconsistent rehabilitation delivery for some residents
    • Overcrowded shared rooms and capacity constraints
    • Intermittent maintenance and room-equipment lapses
    • Perceived ownership/financial priorities affecting confidence
    • Inconsistent family communication and coordination

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression is mixed but leans positive for hands‑on clinical rehabilitation and bedside care. Many accounts describe attentive, patient nursing staff and aides, along with highly regarded therapy services that contributed to measurable improvement for residents. Housekeeping and environmental cleanliness are frequently characterized as strong, and several reviewers highlighted supportive social-work involvement and accessible bilingual staff. Management presence and responsiveness are also cited as strengths in numerous experiences.

    Care quality and staffing are a central strength for many families: nursing teams, CNAs, and named rehabilitation clinicians receive repeated praise for compassion, patience, and effective therapy outcomes. The facility’s rehabilitative resources — including gym access and focused PT/OT programs — are frequently described as instrumental to recovery. That said, there is notable variability in clinical responsiveness and follow-up: some accounts describe delays in attending to clinical needs, missed appointments, or inconsistent pain-management follow-through, indicating uneven performance across shifts or units.

    Dining is a clear area of concern. Multiple comments refer to poor meal taste and kitchen/meal-service shortcomings. While cleanliness of dining areas is not broadly criticized, the quality and palatability of food and consistency of meal service emerge as recurring operational weaknesses that prospective residents and families should consider.

    Facility condition is described in two contrasting ways. Many reviewers praise immaculate rooms and solid housekeeping, but others describe capacity and maintenance issues — specifically crowded multi‑occupancy rooms (with plans noted to reduce occupancy), and intermittent room-equipment deficits or cosmetic damage. These accounts suggest generally good routine cleaning but occasional lapses in room upkeep or infrastructure maintenance.

    Management and communication receive mixed assessments: several families appreciate proactive administration, helpful social workers, and an easy advocacy process when present, while other experiences point to inconsistent family communication and concerns about the tone or responsiveness of certain staff. There are also perceptions that ownership or financial priorities sometimes undermine confidence in operational decisions; these perceptions are serious for families and warrant direct questions during tours or intake conversations.

    Notable patterns: strong rehabilitation and compassionate bedside care are the facility’s most consistent positives. The most frequent operational shortcomings concern dining quality, variable clinical follow-through, room occupancy levels, and sporadic maintenance issues. For prospective residents and families, recommended focus areas when evaluating this facility include confirming current room occupancy configuration, asking for sample menus and meal plans, reviewing therapy schedules and staffing continuity, and discussing communication protocols and escalation pathways with administration.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Waterbury Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation is located at 177 Whitewood Rd, Waterbury, CT, 06708.

    About Waterbury Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation

    Waterbury Center For Nursing & Rehabilitation sits on Whitewood Road in Waterbury, CT near Waterbury Hospital, St MARY'S Hospital, and Midstate Hospital, and you'll find it's a nursing home with a bit of everything for folks who need different levels of care. The place has 120 certified beds and sees an average of 114 residents every day, and the nurse staffing level comes out to about 3.52 nurse hours per resident, while the nurse turnover rate sits at 24.5%. It's run under the name Waterbury Center For Nursing & Rehabilitation, with Maria Serrano as the administrator and managerial control directed by Menajem Salamon since late 2021. Essential Healthcare oversees the affiliation, and ownership is split mainly between Menajem Salamon, Joseph Landa, Mordejai Salamon, and Sari Landa.

    You've got options here, with home health care that's Medicare-Certified, long-term skilled nursing, and also home care that's non-medical. They offer adult day services, independent and assisted living, active adult living, memory care, rehabilitation, hospice, dementia care, and even pet therapy. There's a special amputee rehab program which uses unique rail and harness systems so folks can build up their walking ability and confidence, and they claim it's the first of its kind in Connecticut. The care team helps with things like IV therapy, wound care, orthopedic needs, ventilator support, brain injury care, methadone services, and a range of clinical support for both primary issues like trach or oxygen therapy and secondary conditions such as cardiology, ophthalmology, urology, dermatology, dental services, and more.

    The staff is described as dedicated, knowledgeable, and willing to answer questions-they treat residents like family and aim for a nurturing, caring atmosphere. The place offers custom exercise plans to help people regain mobility and work toward independence. Residents can find specialized dementia units, a wander guard unit for safety, and semi and sub-acute rooms. There are diagnostic tools like ultrasound and X-ray services, and amenities like dining rooms make it more comfortable for day-to-day living. Folks can use short-term rehabilitation, such as for physical recovery after surgery, or stay longer for ongoing skilled nursing.

    Medicare and HMO insurance plans are accepted. The facility has a patient-centered approach, focusing on each person's needs and recovery goals. While there's commitment to clinical standards, the inspection reports have noted 24 deficiencies, including 4 related to infection control, and other findings connected to nutrition, dietary standards, infection practices, and food sourcing. Current ratings average at 3.0 out of 2 online reviews.

    People come here for nursing and rehab-sometimes it's for brain injury, dementia, needing help with balance after amputation, or needing more constant care as they age or recover. The staff includes people ready to give therapy, help with daily needs, and be there for families looking for relief with hospice or respite services. This is a for-profit partnership, not a non-profit, and they put effort into tailoring care to help folks function as independently as possible.

    People often ask...

    Waterbury Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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