Overview
Hewitt Health & Rehabilitation Center has a Medicare overall rating of 1 out of 5, below the Connecticut average of 3.0. It ranks 4th of 4 nursing homes in Shelton. Its strongest area is quality of care (3 of 5), and its weakest is staffing (1 of 5).
Its most recent standard inspection, on May 19, 2025, found 17 health deficiencies, more than the Connecticut average of 12.7. 5 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $8,018 in the past three years.
Hewitt Health & Rehabilitation Center is a for-profit facility with 206 certified beds, caring for about 112 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1967.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- May 19, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 17
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 5
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $8,018
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 206
- Average residents per day
- 112
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- January 1, 1967
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes