The Residence at Summer Street

What do DPH's records say about The Residence at Summer Street?

The Residence at Summer Street appears in the Department of Public Health's active ALSA roster as ALSA.0000200; the license was originally issued July 30, 2018 and its current term ends June 30, 2028.

Of the 43 active ALSA licenses in Fairfield County's 23 towns, 20 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.

Has the license at 14 2nd St changed hands?

Yes: the eLicense export shows 1 earlier assisted living services agency license recorded at 14 2nd St, the most recent under the name The Residence at Summer Street.

• The Residence at Summer Street — ALSA, pending

Operator changes are common in Connecticut assisted living. The new license is a clean slate on paper, so ask the current team about staffing continuity and request a copy of the most recent DPH licensure inspection result.

Is there a dementia unit at The Residence at Summer Street?

Connecticut does not publish which assisted living agencies run approved dementia special care units, so the state record cannot answer this for The Residence at Summer Street; 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 The Residence at Summer Street nearby?

The closest other licensed ALSA is Atria Stamford in Stamford, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line, licensed since 2011.

Where is The Residence at Summer Street and what is nearby?

The Residence at Summer Street is in Stamford, part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region (WestCOG); the nearest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital data is Stamford Hospital, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

Stamford has about 22,192 residents 65 and older (16.2% of the town) in the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 American Community Survey, and 7 active ALSA licenses in DPH's export. Next is Greenwich Hospital at about 4.6 miles. Distances are straight lines between coordinates.

If nursing care is needed later, the nearest CMS-certified nursing homes are Ark Healthcare Rehabilitation at St. Camillus (1.2 mi, CMS 3 of 5) and Edgehill (1.3 mi, CMS 5 of 5).

Has The Residence at Summer Street been under a DPH consent order?

None is published: The Residence at Summer Street does not appear on DPH's Health Care Facility Regulatory Action Orders page, which lists the consent orders the department has posted for facilities.

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 questions does The Residence at Summer Street's record raise?

Use the state data to steer the tour: ask when the current operator took over from The Residence at Summer Street 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.