Stamford Senior AdvisorThe Cascades holds Connecticut Department of Public Health assisted living services agency license ALSA.0000097, status active, at 13 Park Lawn Dr in Bethel; current license term January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027.
What does Connecticut's license record show for The Cascades?
Yes: DPH's eLicense export lists The Cascades as an active assisted living services agency, license ALSA.0000097, first issued January 1, 2008 and due to expire December 31, 2027.
| Record | Value |
|---|---|
| License | ALSA.0000097 (DPH, assisted living services agency) |
| Status in the eLicense export | Active |
| Licensee of record | The Cascades (limited liability company) |
| Original issue date | January 1, 2008 (about 18 years ago) |
| Current term | January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027 |
| Address on the license | 13 Park Lawn Dr, Bethel 06801 |
| DPH record last refreshed | February 19, 2026 |
| Earlier ALSA licenses at this address | 0 |
Of the 43 active ALSA licenses in Fairfield County's 23 towns, 0 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 The Cascades's address?
DPH's records show no other ALSA license at this street address; The Cascades's license, issued in 2008, is the only one recorded there.
Stability on the license record is a good starting point. Pair it with questions about the nurse supervisor's tenure and how many aides are agency staff rather than employees.
Does The Cascades offer memory care?
No state dataset answers it. DPH does not post its list of dementia special care units, so the question goes to The Cascades, 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.
Does The Cascades share a site with other licensed care?
The same street address also holds Bethel Health Care Center (nursing home, license CCNH.002218C, 161 licensed beds), Cascades (residential care home, license RCH.0001868).
A shared address can make a later move to nursing care simpler, but admission is never automatic; ask how priority works and whether the nursing home accepts HUSKY C (Medicaid) once private funds run out.
How does The Cascades compare with nearby licensed communities?
The closest other licensed ALSA is Maplewood at Stony Hill in Bethel, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line, licensed since 2025.
| Facility / agency | Miles away | Town | First issued | Earlier licenses at address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood at Stony Hill 46 Stony Hill Rd, 06801 | 0.8 | Bethel | 12/15/2025 | 1 |
| The Village at Brookfield Common 246A Federal Rd, 06804 | 1.5 | Brookfield | 12/01/2009 | 0 |
| Maplewood at Newtown 166 Mount Pleasant Rd, 06470 | 1.6 | Newtown | 12/15/2025 | 2 |
| Charter Senior Living of Brookfield 291 Federal Road, 06804 | 1.7 | Brookfield | 03/09/2022 | 1 |
| Spring Village at Danbury 8 Glen Hill Rd, 06811 | 2.7 | Danbury | 02/15/2019 | 1 |
What medical care is close to The Cascades in Bethel?
The Cascades is in Bethel, part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region (WestCOG); the nearest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital data is Danbury Hospital, about 4.5 miles away in a straight line.
Bethel has about 3,408 residents 65 and older (16.4% 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 17.7 miles. Distances are straight lines between coordinates.
If nursing care is needed later, the nearest CMS-certified nursing homes are Bethel Health Care Center (same ZIP code, CMS 4 of 5) and Civita Care Center Danbury (2.7 mi, CMS 2 of 5).
Has The Cascades been under a DPH consent order?
DPH's posted regulatory action orders do not name The Cascades. That list is short and covers formal consent orders only.
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 should we ask on a tour of The Cascades?
Use the state data to steer the tour: 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.
