Stamford Senior AdvisorMaplewood at Strawberry Hill holds Connecticut Department of Public Health assisted living services agency license ALSA.0000269, status active, at 73 Strawberry Hill Ave in Norwalk; current license term December 11, 2025 to September 30, 2027.
What do DPH's records say about Maplewood at Strawberry Hill?
Yes: DPH's eLicense export lists Maplewood at Strawberry Hill as an active assisted living services agency, license ALSA.0000269, first issued December 15, 2025 and due to expire September 30, 2027.
| Record | Value |
|---|---|
| License | ALSA.0000269 (DPH, assisted living services agency) |
| Status in the eLicense export | Active |
| Licensee of record | Maplewood at Strawberry Hill (business) |
| Original issue date | December 15, 2025 (about 1 years ago) |
| Current term | December 11, 2025 to September 30, 2027 |
| Address on the license | 73 Strawberry Hill Ave, Norwalk 06855 |
| DPH record last refreshed | September 18, 2026 |
| Earlier ALSA licenses at this address | 1 |
Of the 43 active ALSA licenses in Fairfield County's 23 towns, 32 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.
Did Maplewood at Strawberry Hill have a different operator before?
Yes: the eLicense export shows 1 earlier assisted living services agency license recorded at 73 Strawberry Hill Ave, the most recent under the name Maplewood at Strawberry Hill.
- Maplewood at Strawberry Hill — ALSA.0000172, closed, issued October 6, 2014
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 Maplewood at Strawberry Hill care for someone with dementia?
Connecticut does not publish which assisted living agencies run approved dementia special care units, so the state record cannot answer this for Maplewood at Strawberry Hill; ask the community directly and ask to see its written dementia care disclosure.
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.
What are the alternatives to Maplewood at Strawberry Hill nearby?
The closest other licensed ALSA is Brightview on New Canaan in Norwalk, about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, licensed since 2016.
| Facility / agency | Miles away | Town | First issued | Earlier licenses at address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brightview on New Canaan 162 New Canaan Ave, 06850 | 2.5 | Norwalk | 01/22/2016 | 0 |
| Bridges by Epoch at Norwalk 123 Richards Ave, 06854 | 2.9 | Norwalk | 03/15/2026 | 2 |
| The Residence at Selleck's Woods 1 Parklands Dr, 06820 | 3.7 | Darien | 03/27/2019 | 1 |
| Maplewood at Darien 599 Boston Post Rd, 06820 | 3.9 | Darien | 12/15/2025 | 0 |
| The Residence at Westport 1141 Post Rd E, 06880 | 4.4 | Westport | 08/26/2020 | 0 |
Where is Maplewood at Strawberry Hill and what is nearby?
Maplewood at Strawberry Hill is in Norwalk, part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region (WestCOG); the nearest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital data is Norwalk Hospital, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
Norwalk has about 15,632 residents 65 and older (17.0% of the town) in the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 American Community Survey, and 3 active ALSA licenses in DPH's export. Next is Stamford Hospital at about 8.0 miles. Distances are straight lines between coordinates.
If nursing care is needed later, the nearest CMS-certified nursing homes are Norwalk Care Center (1.2 mi, CMS 2 of 5) and Notre Dame Convalescent Homes Inc. (1.8 mi, CMS 2 of 5).
Has DPH taken regulatory action against Maplewood at Strawberry Hill?
No. The Department of Public Health's list of facility regulatory action orders does not include Maplewood at Strawberry Hill.
Routine inspection findings are not posted at all: DPH does not publish ALSA inspection reports in bulk, and the state auditors recommended in 2023 that it create a searchable resource that would include them. Ask the agency for its most recent licensure inspection letter and plan of correction.
What questions does Maplewood at Strawberry Hill's record raise?
Start with what the record raises: ask when the current operator took over from Maplewood at Strawberry Hill 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.
