Stamford Senior AdvisorWho licenses nursing homes in Fairfield County?
The Connecticut Department of Public Health licenses nursing homes as chronic and convalescent nursing homes (CCNH) and, for a lighter level of care, rest homes with nursing supervision (RHNS); homes that take Medicare or Medicaid are also certified by CMS, which publishes their star ratings and inspection results.
DPH's Facility Licensing and Investigations Section carries out both the state licensure work and the federal certification surveys on CMS's behalf. A home can hold both license levels, which shows up in DPH's registry as separate CCNH and RHNS bed counts.
How many nursing homes are in Fairfield County?
DPH's 2025 Nursing Facility Registry lists 35 nursing homes in Fairfield County with 4,576 licensed beds; CMS rates 35 of them, 9 with four or five stars overall.
On the registry date the median home was 92% occupied, and the median share of residents covered or pending under Medicaid was 70%. Each home's page on this site reproduces its CMS ratings, staffing and inspection data alongside DPH's registry figures; the nursing home roster sorts them by any column.
How often are Connecticut nursing homes inspected?
Under federal rules every Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing home receives an unannounced standard health inspection no more than about 15 months after the last one, plus complaint investigations whenever needed, and CMS publishes the results on Care Compare.
CMS's data shows the date of each home's latest standard inspection, how many health deficiencies were cited in it, how many came from complaint visits, and any fines or payment denials in a three-year window. Our facility pages compare each home's latest count with the Fairfield County median. DPH also posts a short list of facility consent orders on its Regulatory Action Orders page.
What does DPH's Nursing Facility Registry show?
Each year DPH's Nursing Facility Registry reports every home's licensed and occupied beds, the private-pay daily rate it charges for private and semi-private rooms, how many residents are paid by Medicaid, Medicare, VA, insurance or privately, and residents' ages, sex and marital status.
That is unusually detailed public data, and it answers questions families otherwise struggle to get answered on a tour: what the private rate really is, and whether most residents are on Medicaid, which suggests a home is used to residents converting from private pay. See every Fairfield County home's reported daily rate.
What protections do nursing home residents have in Connecticut?
Residents of certified nursing homes have federal rights covering care planning, dignity, freedom from abuse and unnecessary restraints, privacy, visits, and notice and appeal rights before a transfer or discharge, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman (1-866-388-1888) advocates for them free of charge.
A resident on HUSKY C keeps a personal needs allowance of $75 a month for personal spending. Complaints about care go to DPH through its online complaint form or 860-509-7400; suspected abuse of someone 60 or older can also be reported to Protective Services for the Elderly at 1-888-385-4225.
At a glance
| Connecticut nursing home data includes | Connecticut nursing home data does not include | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | CMS overall, inspection, staffing and quality stars | A state rating system |
| Prices | Facility-reported private and semi-private daily rates | Negotiated or discounted rates |
| Residents | Payer mix and age mix from DPH's registry | Names or individual records |
Sources include the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies (19-13-D105 and related sections), the Connecticut General Statutes as summarized by the Office of Legislative Research, DPH, DSS and Aging and Disability Services pages, CareScout and VA rate tables as cited above; see our editorial standards.
