Charter Senior Living of Brookfield

Is Charter Senior Living of Brookfield in Brookfield licensed by the state?

Charter Senior Living of Brookfield appears in the Department of Public Health's active ALSA roster as ALSA.0000233; the license was originally issued March 9, 2022 and its current term ends December 31, 2027.

Of the 43 active ALSA licenses in Fairfield County's 23 towns, 25 were issued earlier than this one. Connecticut licenses the agency that delivers assisted living services, not the apartment building, so the license number is the thing to verify.

What is the license history at Charter Senior Living of Brookfield's address?

Yes: the eLicense export shows 1 earlier assisted living services agency license recorded at 291 Federal Road, the most recent under the name Rivermere of Brookfield.

• Rivermere of Brookfield — ALSA, pending

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.

Does Charter Senior Living of Brookfield offer memory care?

No state dataset answers it. DPH does not post its list of dementia special care units, so the question goes to Charter Senior Living of Brookfield, along with a request for the unit's staffing plan and disclosure statement.

The law asks for adequate staff, a staffing plan filed with DPH and yearly dementia training. Auditors noted in 2023 that memory care has no minimum staffing requirement, which makes the night-shift number worth asking about. How Connecticut regulates dementia care in assisted living.

Which assisted living agencies are closest to Charter Senior Living of Brookfield?

The closest other licensed ALSA is The Village at Brookfield Common in Brookfield, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line, licensed since 2009.

Where is Charter Senior Living of Brookfield and what is nearby?

Charter Senior Living of Brookfield is in Brookfield, part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region (WestCOG); the nearest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital data is Danbury Hospital, about 5.7 miles away in a straight line.

Brookfield has about 3,326 residents 65 and older (18.8% of the town) in the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 American Community Survey, and 2 active ALSA licenses in DPH's export. Next is Griffin Hospital at about 18.6 miles. Distances are straight lines between coordinates.

If nursing care is needed later, the nearest CMS-certified nursing homes are Bethel Health Care Center (1.7 mi, CMS 4 of 5) and Autumn Lake at Glen Hill (3.4 mi, CMS 3 of 5).

Has Charter Senior Living of Brookfield been under a DPH consent order?

No. The Department of Public Health's list of facility regulatory action orders does not include Charter Senior Living of Brookfield.

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 families ask Charter Senior Living of Brookfield before moving in?

Start with what the record raises: ask when the current operator took over from Rivermere of Brookfield 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.