Stamford Senior AdvisorAtria Darien holds Connecticut Department of Public Health assisted living services agency license ALSA.0000158, status active, at 50 Ledge Rd in Darien; current license term April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027.
What does Connecticut's license record show for Atria Darien?
Yes: DPH's eLicense export lists Atria Darien as an active assisted living services agency, license ALSA.0000158, first issued June 22, 2011 and due to expire March 31, 2027.
| Record | Value |
|---|---|
| License | ALSA.0000158 (DPH, assisted living services agency) |
| Status in the eLicense export | Active |
| Licensee of record | Atria Darien (limited liability company) |
| Original issue date | June 22, 2011 (about 15 years ago) |
| Current term | April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027 |
| Address on the license | 50 Ledge Rd, Darien 06820 |
| DPH record last refreshed | April 17, 2025 |
| Earlier ALSA licenses at this address | 1 |
12 of the 43 active ALSA licenses in the county predate it. Because Connecticut's license attaches to the care agency rather than the residence, a new license date can mean a new operator rather than a new building.
Did Atria Darien have a different operator before?
Yes: the eLicense export shows 1 earlier assisted living services agency license recorded at 50 Ledge Rd, the most recent under the name Atria Darien.
- Atria Darien — ALSA.0000121, closed, issued July 1, 2009
A string of licenses at one address usually reflects a sale or a change of management company. Ask when the current operator took over, which managers and nurses stayed, and whether the residency agreement changed with the new license.
Can Atria Darien care for someone with dementia?
The public license data does not say: DPH keeps no published list of dementia special care units, so families have to ask Atria Darien whether it runs one and request the disclosure document that goes with it.
An ALSA that serves residents in a dementia special care unit must have adequate staff, file a staffing plan with DPH, and train licensed direct care staff in dementia care every year. There is no minimum staffing ratio. How Connecticut regulates dementia care in assisted living.
Which assisted living agencies are closest to Atria Darien?
The closest other licensed ALSA is Maplewood at Darien in Darien, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, licensed since 2025.
| Facility / agency | Miles away | Town | First issued | Earlier licenses at address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood at Darien 599 Boston Post Rd, 06820 | 1.2 | Darien | 12/15/2025 | 0 |
| The Residence at Selleck's Woods 1 Parklands Dr, 06820 | 1.4 | Darien | 03/27/2019 | 1 |
| Bridges by Epoch at Norwalk 123 Richards Ave, 06854 | 2.4 | Norwalk | 03/15/2026 | 2 |
| Atria Stamford 77 3rd St, 06905 | 2.9 | Stamford | 06/23/2011 | 0 |
| The Residence at Summer Street 14 2nd St, 06905 | 3.1 | Stamford | 07/30/2018 | 1 |
Which hospitals are near Atria Darien?
Atria Darien is in Darien, part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region (WestCOG); the nearest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital data is Stamford Hospital, about 3.5 miles away in a straight line.
Darien has about 3,001 residents 65 and older (13.7% of the town) in the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 American Community Survey, and 3 active ALSA licenses in DPH's export. Next is Norwalk Hospital at about 4.9 miles. Distances are straight lines between coordinates.
If nursing care is needed later, the nearest CMS-certified nursing homes are Stamford Care Center (1.7 mi, CMS 2 of 5) and Ark Healthcare Rehabilitation at St. Camillus (2.7 mi, CMS 3 of 5).
Has DPH taken regulatory action against Atria Darien?
DPH's posted regulatory action orders do not name Atria Darien. That list is short and covers formal consent orders only.
The absence of an order says little about day-to-day quality, because ALSA inspection results are not posted online. Ask to see the last DPH inspection results and how any cited items were corrected.
What should we ask on a tour of Atria Darien?
Start with what the record raises: ask when the current operator took over from Atria Darien and what changed for residents.
- Ask for the residency agreement and the ALSA service agreement side by side: the MRC charges for housing and core services, the ALSA for care.
- Ask who the assisted living supervisor (the required registered nurse) is, and how the 24-hour on-call nurse is reached at night.
- Ask for the fee schedule and the history of increases; MRCs must give 90 days' notice of recurring-fee increases and ALSAs 60 days.
- Ask whether the community accepts residents whose assisted living services are paid by the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders, and what rent is charged if so.
