Greentree Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation

    4 Greentree Dr, Waterford, CT, 06385
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    2.0

    Beautiful building, understaffed and unsafe

    I had a mixed experience. I loved the beautiful, welcoming building, a large private room with a garden view, friendly/front-desk staff, good meals, activities and solid rehab services. But care was uneven - chronic understaffing, long response times, missed or mishandled meds, bedpan delays, occasional neglect (soiled bedding, lost/stolen items) and spotty admin accountability made me worry about safety. If you go, expect warm staff and nice amenities but be prepared to advocate constantly.

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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

    3.96 · 121 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      3.1
    • Staff

      3.8
    • Meals

      2.3
    • Amenities

      3.6
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Friendly, welcoming front desk and reception staff
    • Many compassionate and caring nurses and CNAs (some named outstanding)
    • Occasional outstanding nurses and aides who go the extra mile
    • Clean and well-appointed areas reported by several reviewers
    • Private, large rooms with garden views available
    • Pleasant dining area and social spaces
    • Regular activities and social events (music, ice cream socials, hairdresser)
    • Some consistently good meals and attentive foodservice reported
    • Responsive social worker and coordination of doctor/hospital appointments (in some cases)
    • Successful rehab outcomes for some residents
    • 24-hour care and transportation support for medical appointments
    • Medical staff familiar with residents’ conditions in positive reports
    • Two-person assistance and good personal-care moments reported
    • Well-kept gardens and ample parking
    • Positive reports of specific programs (e.g., CHF program, rehab)

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and short-staffed shifts
    • Inconsistent quality of nursing and CNA care
    • Delays in assistance (bathroom, bedpan, catheter care) and long nurse response times
    • Neglect incidents (residents left in soiled clothes, dirty diapers, dehydration concerns)
    • Medication handling problems, lax controlled-substance policy, and missing meds
    • Care coordination failures (missed dental/hearing services, missed therapy evaluations)
    • Poor communication from administration and social work in multiple reports
    • Facility cleanliness issues in several reviews (gnats, overflowing trash, dirty towels, bathrooms)
    • Food problems: small portions, unidentifiable meat, salty or mushy food, poor temperature control
    • Personal items lost or stolen (clothes, hearing aids) and promises of reimbursement not kept
    • Safety concerns (needles left out, broken equipment, staff screaming at patients)
    • High staff turnover, management/ownership unresponsiveness, and HR concerns
    • Inconsistent infection control and occasional bad odors (urine smell)
    • Call buttons sometimes out of reach and staff seen chatting/using phones instead of assisting
    • Reports of inappropriate staff attire and unprofessional behavior

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is highly mixed, with strong polarization between reviewers who praise individuals and amenities and those who report significant care and safety concerns. Many reviews highlight excellent personal interactions: front desk/reception staff are repeatedly called amazing and welcoming, some nurses and CNAs (some named) are described as compassionate, attentive, and going above and beyond. Several residents and families report clean, well-appointed rooms (including large private rooms with garden views), a pleasant dining area, active social programming (music events, ice cream socials, weekly hair services), and successful rehab outcomes for specific patients. In these accounts staff are professional, the social worker is responsive, transportation and appointment coordination are handled well, and families feel supported during recuperation.

    Conversely, a sizable portion of reviews detail persistent problems that raise concerns about the facility’s ability to provide consistent, safe care. The most frequent and serious theme is understaffing and inconsistent caregiving: reviewers describe long delays for bathroom assistance, unattended bedpans, residents left in soiled clothing for hours, missed medication timing, and general unresponsiveness from nursing staff. Multiple accounts describe neglectful situations (dirty diapers left on roommates, dehydration not recognized, failure to diagnose pain) and safety lapses (insulin needles left on tables, broken bed mechanisms, staff screaming at patients). Several reviewers explicitly say the facility is money-driven or should be shut down, reflecting acute dissatisfaction from families who experienced harm or neglect.

    Care coordination and clinical follow-through also appear inconsistent. Several reviews note missed or delayed services such as dental work, hearing aids not addressed (including hearing aids lost in transport), speech therapy evaluations not provided, and therapy that was described as poor or insufficient. Medication handling and controlled-substance management are recurrent issues: reviewers report lax policies, misplaced medications after discharge, staff holding meds briefly before administration, and administrative pushback when errors are questioned. These incidents compound concerns about clinical oversight and patient safety.

    Cleanliness and facility upkeep are another divided theme. Many reviewers praise a spotless, modern, and nicely decorated facility with pleasant outdoor spaces, clean dining areas, and well-maintained gardens. However, multiple other reviews describe extreme cleanliness failures — overflowing trash, gnats in resident rooms, dirty towels on the floor, disgusting bathrooms, persistent urine odors, and bed/linen problems. These contradictory observations suggest variability over time or differences between units/shifts.

    Dining and foodservice are frequently mentioned with both praise and criticism. Some residents describe exceptional meals, pleasant snacks, and good portions, while others report barely edible food, very small portions, mushy items left out for hours, overly salty or hard food, and unidentifiable entrees. Food experiences appear inconsistent across time or among different residents.

    Management, communication, and administrative behavior emerge as a major pattern in negative reviews. Several families report poor communication about major decisions (one account cites a conservatorship handled without proper notification), promised reimbursements not honored, unanswered questions, and unhelpful corporate/ownership responses. At the same time, other reviews single out particular administrators or teams as great and responsive, reinforcing the overall theme of inconsistent leadership experiences.

    Personnel culture and professional practices show wide variability. Positive reviews note kind, respectful, and professional staff who are familiar with residents’ medical conditions and who provide dignified care. Negative reports describe staff gossiping, being on phones in hallways, inappropriate clothing, inconsistent adherence to dietary or medication guidelines, and apparent high turnover or reliance on temporary staff. There are specific allegations of personal belongings being gone through or stolen, which alongside reports of lost hearing aids and clothes contributes to an impression of lax property controls in some cases.

    Taken together, the reviews portray a facility with substantial strengths — welcoming reception, strong individual caregivers, attractive physical amenities, varied programming, and successful rehab experiences for some residents — but also with recurring, serious weaknesses in staffing consistency, clinical oversight, safety protocols, cleanliness, and management communication. The breadth and severity of negative reports (neglect, safety concerns, medication and controlled substance mishandling, lost personal items, and administrative unresponsiveness) are notable and appear repeatedly enough that prospective residents and families should weigh both the positive anecdotes and the negative patterns carefully. The variability in experiences suggests that outcomes may depend heavily on unit staffing, specific caregivers on duty, and the responsiveness of particular administrators or teams at different times.

    Location

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    About Greentree Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation

    Greentree Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation sits on Greentree Drive in Waterford, Connecticut, and has been run by Kenneth Kopchik since 1998, with a family-owned and operated approach that tends to make things feel a little more personal, and the place has 90 certified beds and usually has about 83 residents per day, so it's not too crowded but there are always people around. The staff focuses on meeting each resident's recovery goals, whether for a short stay after surgery or for long-term care needs, and there's a lot of effort put into short-term rehabilitation with the main aim to get people back home and active in their community as soon as possible. The place specializes in orthopedic rehab for folks recovering from things like knee or hip replacements, offers sub-acute transitional care for people coming out of the hospital-especially if they're recovering from strokes or surgery-and has therapists working one-on-one with residents in a well-equipped, modern gym. There are services for dementia, chronic illnesses, end-of-life support, and outpatient rehab, so people from around the area can come in for physical, occupational, or speech therapy even after main recovery is done, and there's also IV services and help with most insurance plans, pushing for a smoother experience for everyone.

    Greentree Manor tries to keep things patient-centered and comfortable, providing things like restaurant-style dining with a registered dietitian, menus that change with the seasons, and heart-healthy options in an upscale dining room, which isn't too common in all places. Each resident's care plan is made by a team including nurses, rehabilitation staff, and therapy professionals, looking at physical, emotional, and even spiritual needs, and that sort of teamwork does matter when there's a wide range of services like this. Management has had control for many years and the place runs as a for-profit corporation and has connections with the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities and Ryders Health Management, which helps with access to wider support networks.

    Now, Greentree Manor has received a five-star rating from the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid, which speaks to some strengths, but inspection reports also show 57 total deficiencies, including three related to infection-control standards and others concerning resident assessment, care planning, and freedom from abuse or neglect, and while there's been no actual harm reported, the possibility for harm was there based on those findings-so it's honest to say the place has room for improvement. The facility's nurse turnover rate sits at about 65.6%, which is higher than the state's average, and the nurse staffing hours per resident per day are also a bit below the state average, so it's wise for families to ask questions about care staff availability and continuity before deciding. Greentree Manor works hard to support not only physical recovery but also the comfort of residents through services and amenities aimed at daily needs, but, as with any facility, paying attention to the inspection history and staffing patterns is smart when looking into long-term care or rehabilitation options. More information can be found on their website at greentree-manor.net for those wanting to learn more or see what the place looks like.

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