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10 Best Nursing Homes in Ridgewood, CT

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Ridgewood is home to many senior care options, including nursing homes. The term “nursing home” is often used as a catchall for any type of senior care. But it can also refer to actual nursing homes, or skilled nursing facilities, which provide the highest level of medical and rehabilitative care outside of a hospital. Of the 221 nursing homes, assisted living, and memory care communities in Ridgewood, the best fit for your loved one will depend on their budget and needs. The cost of nursing home care in Ridgewood is about $10,048, but costs tend to increase as care needs increase.

To learn more, browse our 4945 reviews and explore the services and amenities available in your area. You may also consider nearby communities such as Morris Cove, South End and Momauguin.

 

Nursing Homes Facilities near Ridgewood, CT

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Photo of Autumn Lake Healthcare Cromwell
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Pond Point Health Care Ctr
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Worthington Manor
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Worthington Manor in East Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut is an assisted living residence built on tradition and dedication to community. This quiet and serene little town has many delicious restaurants and local businesses to haunt on a Saturday shopping spree. East Berlin is a gorgeous...
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Marlborough Health Care Center (MHCC) is a 120 bed Skilled Nursing facility located in a beautiful country setting in Marlborough, CT just minutes from Glastonbury off Route 2. MHCC has been a part of the community for over 30 years and is well known for its commitment to...
Photo of Rocky Hill Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of West River Rehab Center
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
West River Rehab Center is dedicated to the rehabilitation of body, mind and spirit. We recognize that recovery depends not only on our professional staff and modern equipment but on an environment that restores confidence and the sense of well-being. Because of our professional staff and high...
Photo of Mariner Health of Southern Ct
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Brookdale Rocky Hill
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Photo of Crestwood Manor Inc
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Photo of Sheltering Arms
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Sheltering Arms is a retirement care residence for men and women 60 years of age and older which offers a less restrictive but dignified alternative for seniors who could benefit from supervised living. Residents spend their “golden years” in comfort enjoying companionship, home style meals,...
Photo of Gilmore Manor Inc
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Maple View Health and Rehab
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Smithfield Gardens
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Crosby Commons
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Jefferson House
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Jefferson House, a department of Hartford Hospital since 1873, offers a continuum of care on its campus to meet the needs of the aged and infirm. Accommodations and services include an Independent and assisted living complex, sub acute, palliative and long term skilled nursing beds, a rest home...
Photo of Alterra Clare Bridge of Glastonbury
Provides: Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Photo of St Lucian'S Residence, Inc
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Elton Residential Care Home
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Card Home For the Aged
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Oak Hollow Nursing Ctr
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of The Retreat
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center
Provides: Memory Care, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
It is our mission to provide our residents and their families with superior care delivered by staff dedicated in the principles of kindness, compassion, service and excellence in an environment where the individuality, dignity and value of those who are served, as well as those who serve, is...
Photo of Bridges by Epoch at Trumbull
Provides: Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.

Cost of nursing homes in Ridgewood, CT

The average cost of senior living in Ridgewood is $10,048 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Middletown, CT with an average of $8,263 per month.

Nursing homes costs in Ridgewood, CT, vs. state and national averages

Ridgewood, CT
$10,048/mo
U.S. national average
$5,847/mo

Nursing homes costs in Ridgewood, CT, vs. other senior living options

$9,616/mo
Nursing Homes
$10,048/mo

Nursing homes costs in Ridgewood, CT, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$9,187/mo
Private
$9,479/mo

Senior living costs in Ridgewood vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 4 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Ridgewood, CT
Column state: Connecticut
Column national: U.S.
Community typeRidgewood, CTConnecticutU.S.
Nursing Homes$10,048/mo$9,332/mo$5,847/mo
Assisted Living$7,199/mo$7,821/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$9,616/mo$9,388/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living$4,427/mo$4,243/mo$3,520/mo
Nursing Homes
Ridgewood, CT:$10,048/mo
Connecticut:$9,332/mo
U.S.:$5,847/mo
Assisted Living
Ridgewood, CT:$7,199/mo
Connecticut:$7,821/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Ridgewood, CT:$9,616/mo
Connecticut:$9,388/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Ridgewood, CT:$4,427/mo
Connecticut:$4,243/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Nursing homes costs in Ridgewood, CT, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly nursing homes costs have shifted over the past five years in Ridgewood and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

Ridgewood, CTCT stateNational

Nursing homes cost trends in Ridgewood, CT

The table below shows how monthly nursing homes costs in Ridgewood have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 average costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Ridgewood, CT$7,076/mo$6,965/mo+1.6%
Connecticut$7,379/mo$7,197/mo+2.5%
National$6,098/mo$5,866/mo+4.0%
Ridgewood, CT
2024 average cost:$7,076/mo
2023 average cost:$6,965/mo
Percent change:+1.6%
Connecticut
2024 average cost:$7,379/mo
2023 average cost:$7,197/mo
Percent change:+2.5%
National
2024 average cost:$6,098/mo
2023 average cost:$5,866/mo
Percent change:+4.0%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about nursing homes in Ridgewood

Recent reviews for nursing homes in Ridgewood

St. James Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

3.7
Cleanliness was, I would say, above average. That was the thing they did the best. The only activities they had consistently were movies, bingo and once a month a one man band kind of thing. there were two people to a room, and they could bring a tv or dresser but the rest was hospital beds and ...
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The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Heath Care Center at Nesconset

5.0
The meals are fine, just typical hospital type food. The doctors have called as they've seen her, but nobody else has really reached out in the week she's been there.

Ocean Meadow Memory Care in Clinton, CT

5.0
They have been great. It is a smaller facility so it feels much homier. The staff seems to be very in tune with all of the residents there. They get really personalized care, we really could not be happier. I looked at 4 different places and this one was by far the best and the least the ...
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Ridgewood nursing homes services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Ridgewood nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Ridgewood, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in Ridgewood nursing homes

Nursing homes communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of nursing homes partners in Ridgewood that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Ridgewood, CTNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
52%
2.5%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
40.7%
9.7%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
77.4%
23.7%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
81%
24%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
60.6%
10%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
31.7%
0.8%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
74.7%
20.4%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
50.2%
6.9%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
58.8%
17.5%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Ridgewood nursing homes

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Ridgewood Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Ridgewood, CTNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
49.8%
4%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
40.7%
0.3%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
51.1%
5.5%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
15.8%
1.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Ridgewood nursing homes

Nursing homes communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Ridgewood partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Ridgewood, CTNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
30.8%
0.6%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
45.7%
1.4%
No sugar
No sugar
42.1%
1.4%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
42.5%
3.5%
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Availability of select dining options in Ridgewood nursing homes

Our nursing homes communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Ridgewood communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Ridgewood, CTNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
45.2%
0.2%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
46.2%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
40.7%
0.3%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
24%
0.7%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Ridgewood nursing homes

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered nursing homes communities in Ridgewood offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Ridgewood, CTNational
Activity director
Activity director
48%
0.4%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
39.4%
0.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
38.5%
0.3%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
48%
6.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
49.8%
0.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
56.6%
6.6%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
44.8%
0.4%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
41.6%
0.3%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
47.1%
0.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
49.8%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
48.4%
0.4%
Dances
Dances
36.2%
0.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
33.9%
0.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
49.8%
0.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions

Ocean Meadow Memory Care, Arden Courts Avon, A Memory Care Community and Colebrook Village at Hebron are the top-rated nursing homes facilities near Ridgewood, Connecticut. See full list of communities.
There are 221 nursing homes facilities near Ridgewood, Connecticut. See the full list.
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