Avery Heights

Is Avery Heights a licensed assisted living provider in Connecticut?

Yes. Care at Avery Heights, 705 New Britain Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, is provided under Connecticut DPH Assisted Living Services Agency license ALSA.0AL0016, held by Avery Heights Assisted Living Services Agency. The license is active and runs to March 31, 2027.

In Connecticut the license belongs to the care agency, not the building. The apartments are a Managed Residential Community that registers with DPH; the ALSA is the entity DPH surveys and can discipline, so its license number is the one to check.

The licensee name on the state record is Avery Heights Assisted Living Services Agency. That legal name is what you will find in eLicense and on DPH correspondence, even though families know the community as Avery Heights.

How long has Avery Heights held its DPH license?

Avery Heights's current license was issued April 1, 2009, about 17 years ago, and DPH records show no earlier assisted living license at this address.

That makes it one of the longest continuously licensed agencies in Hartford County: 12 of the 35 active ALSAs there hold licenses issued before 2010.

Has DPH taken enforcement action against Avery Heights?

None reported. Avery Heights Assisted Living Services Agency does not appear in any DPH Regulatory Action Report from 2022 through 2026 or on DPH's Health Care Facility Regulatory Action Orders page, the two places DPH publishes consent orders, fines and other formal actions.

DPH surveys ALSAs for licensure and investigates complaints, but it does not post routine ALSA inspection reports online; a 2024 legislative audit recommended a public, searchable source for them, and it has not been built. To see the latest survey, ask the agency for its most recent DPH survey letter and any plan of correction. Agencies receive these directly and can share them.

Check the license yourself in the eLicense License Lookup (number AL0016), and report a concern through DPH's complaint portal.

Does Avery Heights offer memory care in Hartford?

Yes, according to the operator. Operator lists assisted living, memory care, home health, short-term rehab and long-term care. In Connecticut that is the agency's dementia special care unit or program, which requires DPH approval and a signed disclosure for every resident.

Connecticut law (CGS § 19a-562) requires every dementia special care unit to give families a written disclosure covering its philosophy, placement and discharge criteria, staffing ratios and training, the physical setting, activities and extra fees. Ask for it before you tour. Since 2022 each ALSA must also file a list of its units and a staffing plan with DPH (DPH Blast Fax 2022-2).

Care levels checked October 24, 2026 at averyheights.org.

Where is Avery Heights located in Hartford, CT?

Avery Heights is at 705 New Britain Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, in Hartford County. Hospitals families in Hartford commonly use include Hartford Hospital and Saint Francis Hospital.

Hartford is the state capital; the New Britain Avenue corridor in the South End sits near Trinity College and the Barry Square neighborhood.

Avery Heights is the only licensed assisted living agency based in Hartford on the current DPH list.

If needs later go beyond assisted living, Hartford has 4 DPH-licensed nursing homes (Avery Heights, Chelsea Place Care Center, Parkville Care Center, and more); see the nursing home list.

Veterans and surviving spouses are served by VA Connecticut (Newington campus) and may qualify for VA Aid & Attendance toward assisted living costs.

How does Avery Heights compare with other assisted living in Hartford County?

Avery Heights is one of 35 licensed Assisted Living Services Agencies in Hartford County. 26 of them list memory care (4 as dedicated memory care communities), and 9 are mid-renewal on the current DPH record.

The licensee is a nonprofit corporation, as 5 of the county's 35 agencies are.

Nearby and similar agencies in Hartford County, from the same DPH records:

*Operator-stated.

How much does Avery Heights cost per month?

Connecticut does not publish prices for individual assisted living communities, so ask Avery Heights for its written rate sheet. Across Greater Hartford, this site's 2026 research puts typical assisted living at $6,000–$8,500/mo and memory care at $7,500–$10,000/mo.

Most communities price rent (the MRC apartment) and care (the agency's services) separately, and care is often tiered by hours or points. Get both in writing, and ask what happens to the care fee after a hospital stay or a fall.

HUSKY C Medicaid does not pay assisted living rent. The Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) can pay for the agency's care services in participating communities; see our CHCPE guide.

What should you ask when touring Avery Heights?

Ask Avery Heights for three documents before anything else (its latest DPH survey letter, its rate sheet and the residency agreement), then cover staffing and move-out triggers.

• May we see your dementia special care unit disclosure statement, and when was it last updated?
• Has DPH approved your dementia special care unit or program, and what staffing plan did you file?
• What annual dementia-specific training do direct-care staff complete?
• What is the full monthly fee for my parent's care level, and what triggers a move to a higher tier?
• How many aides and nurses are on duty overnight, and for how many residents?
• Which care needs would require a move to a nursing home?
• How long have the executive director and the agency's supervisor of assisted living services been in their roles?
• How are medications handled — self-administered, aide-assisted, or given by a nurse — and how are errors tracked?

Visit twice, once at a meal. If problems come up after move-in, the CT Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program advocates for assisted living residents as well as nursing home residents.

How does moving into Avery Heights work?

Moving into Avery Heights starts with a nursing assessment by the agency's registered nurse, who writes the service plan your parent's care is built on; Connecticut rules have the ALSA review that plan at least every 120 days.

• Housing and care terms. The Managed Residential Community's residency agreement covers the apartment and the ALSA's terms cover care; they may be one document or two. Read the admission, discharge and fee-increase terms before paying a deposit.
• Memory care admission. Placement in Avery Heights's dementia special care unit follows the criteria in its written disclosure; ask how a resident moves between assisted living and memory care, and what that does to the monthly fee.
• Medications. Find out whether your parent will self-administer, get help from certified aides, or have a nurse give medications, since that changes both care and cost.
• Payment. Rent is private pay; long-term care insurance, VA Aid & Attendance and, in participating communities, CHCPE can offset the care portion.

Most moves take two to four weeks once an apartment opens; a hospital discharge can shrink that to days, which is when a second look at the paperwork helps most.

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