Stamford Senior AdvisorWhat types of senior care are available in Fairfield County?
Fairfield County families choose among assisted living (an apartment in a managed residential community plus care from a licensed ALSA), memory care (a dementia special care unit run by an ALSA), residential care homes, nursing homes, care at home from home health or homemaker-companion agencies, adult day centers and hospice.
Independent living with no ALSA services needs no care license at all. Each guide below explains what the license allows, what it costs at Connecticut's 2025 medians, and how many licenses the state lists in the county.
How do I choose the right care type?
Work from needs, not labels: daily help with stable health points to assisted living, exit-seeking dementia to a dementia special care unit, continuous nursing to a nursing home, and a parent who mainly needs supervision, meals and medication help may fit a residential care home.
Our comparisons put two options side by side, and the situation guides start from what just happened.
Which care types do Medicare or Connecticut programs pay for?
Medicare pays for short skilled nursing stays after a qualifying hospital admission, intermittent home health and hospice; HUSKY C pays for long-term nursing home care; and the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders pays for home care and for assisted living services in approved communities, but not rent.
VA pension with Aid and Attendance can help veterans and surviving spouses with any of these costs.
Care types guides
Assisted living in Fairfield County, Connecticut
How assisted living works in Connecticut, what it costs at the 2025 state median, who it suits, and how to find every licensed assisted living services agency in Fairfield County.
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Memory care in Fairfield County, Connecticut
How memory care works in Connecticut: dementia special care units inside licensed assisted living agencies, staffing plans, training, cost, and how to verify a Fairfield County program.
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What a Connecticut residential care home offers, who it suits, what it costs and every licensed residential care home in Fairfield County.
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Nursing homes in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Nursing homes in Fairfield County, CT: how many there are, CMS ratings, DPH-reported daily rates and Medicaid share, Medicare rehab rules and HUSKY C.
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In-home care in Fairfield County, Connecticut
In-home care in Fairfield County, CT: DPH-licensed home health agencies, homemaker-companion agencies, the $36-an-hour state median, Medicare home health and CHCPE.
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Hospice care in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hospice in Fairfield County, CT: who qualifies, what Medicare's hospice benefit covers, where care is given, and Medicare-certified hospices with county offices.
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