Stamford Senior AdvisorWhat does a nursing home provide in Connecticut?
A Connecticut nursing home, licensed by DPH as a chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision, provides 24-hour licensed nursing, short-term rehab after hospital stays and long-term care for people who cannot live safely with less help.
Homes certified by CMS have star ratings, inspection results and staffing data, and every Connecticut home reports rates and payer mix to DPH's Nursing Facility Registry.
How many nursing homes are in Fairfield County?
DPH's 2025 Nursing Facility Registry lists 35 nursing homes in Fairfield County with 4,576 licensed beds; CMS rates 35 of them, 9 with four or five stars overall.
The median home reported a private-room rate of $616 a day and had 70% of residents on Medicaid. Every home has its own page in the directory.
Who pays for nursing home care?
Medicare pays for short skilled stays after a qualifying hospital admission; long-term care is paid privately until HUSKY C eligibility, after which Connecticut Medicaid pays and the resident keeps $75 a month for personal needs.
Spousal protections let the spouse at home keep up to $162,660 in assets in 2026.
How do we compare Fairfield County nursing homes?
Use CMS's ratings, the latest inspection and its deficiency count, staffing hours and turnover, plus DPH's registry figures for occupancy, daily rate and Medicaid share; our facility pages put them side by side with the county median.
Then visit. Ask to see the latest statement of deficiencies and the plan of correction, meet the director of nursing, and ask how many aides on each shift are agency staff.
What should we know about short-term rehab in a nursing home?
Short-term rehab after a hospital stay is usually paid by Medicare for as long as daily skilled care is needed, up to 100 days per benefit period with coinsurance after day 20, and many Fairfield County homes run separate rehab units.
Ask how many therapy sessions a day patients receive, whether therapists work weekends and how discharge planning starts.
Where is nursing homes licensed across Fairfield County?
Here is how the state and CMS records distribute licensed nursing homes across Fairfield County's towns; 8 of the 23 towns have none.
At a glance
| Nursing homes in Connecticut is | Nursing homes in Connecticut is not | |
|---|---|---|
| Care | 24-hour licensed nursing and rehab | Residential help only |
| Ratings | CMS stars and inspections | Unrated |
| HUSKY C | Pays long stays for eligible residents ($1,600 asset limit) | Free under Medicare for long stays |
