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Civita Care Center at Newington

A nursing home in Newington, Connecticut 06111

240 Church St, Newington, Connecticut 06111. (860) 667-2256.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 52 citations in 11 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean8
Star ratings
CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Immediate jeopardy
CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

20 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Connecticut average is 13.3.

Last standard inspection Nov 12, 2025.

Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on Dec 19, 2025

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

52 citations in 11 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

52 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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All 52 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 25 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Apr 17, 2026: complaint inspection3 citations
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 19, 2026.

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 26, 2026.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 26, 2026.

Feb 11, 2026: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 16, 2026.

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Rule F0842. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 20, 2026.

Dec 19, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. J: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 22, 2025.

Nov 18, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 15, 2025.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 15, 2025.

Nov 12, 2025: standard inspection13 citations
  • Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

    Rule F0584. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).

    Rule F0603. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.

    Rule F0638. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Observe each nurse aide’s job performance and give regular training.

    Rule F0730. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

    Rule F0755. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

    Rule F0803. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

    Rule F0881. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

    Rule F0883. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

  • Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member’s vaccination status.

    Rule F0887. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

Nov 12, 2025: standard and complaint inspection1 citation
  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

Aug 28, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

    Rule F0580. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 1, 2025.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 1, 2025.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 1, 2025.

Apr 7, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

    Rule F0609. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2025.

Oct 31, 2024: complaint inspection6 citations
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

    Rule F0600. H: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 19, 2024.

  • Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Rule F0550. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 20, 2024.

  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

    Rule F0657. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 11, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 19, 2024.

  • Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.

    Rule F0712. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 19, 2024.

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Rule F0842. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 19, 2024.

Aug 6, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident’s most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

    Rule F0655. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 26, 2024.

Jul 15, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations
  • Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.

    Rule F0569. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 30, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 30, 2024.

  • Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

    Rule F0921. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 30, 2024.

Apr 17, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2024.

  • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2024.

Dec 12, 2023: standard inspection14 citations
  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0697. G: actual harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Honor the resident’s right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.

    Rule F0578. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

    Rule F0584. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Not prohibit or in any way discourage a resident from communicating with federal, state, or local officials.

    Rule F0586. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident’s most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

    Rule F0655. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

    Rule F0755. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

    Rule F0758. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.

    Rule F0802. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

    Rule F0803. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Rule F0842. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 23, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Feb 1, 1979.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • CMS marks it with its abuse icon: cited for abuse or neglect that harmed a resident.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as for profit, limited liability company.
  • 180 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 4 fines in the last three years, $103,446 in all.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 25 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Fines and payment denials, newest first
DateKindAmount
Feb 11, 2026Fine$16,680
Feb 11, 2026Fine$14,505
Oct 31, 2024Fine$60,333
Dec 12, 2023Fine$11,928

Who does the caring?

3.38 nurse hours per resident per day

The Connecticut average is 3.90.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeConnecticut average
Nurse hours per resident per day3.383.90
Of which registered nurses0.380.71
At weekends3.093.48
Nursing staff turnover45.1%37.3%
Registered nurse turnover63.6%38%
Administrators who left6Not given

Who owns it?

  • Ct6 Opco Holdco LLC owns 100% directly since Oct 1, 2024.
  • 12 owners or officers are people: Eli Schwarcz (owns 5% or more through other companies, 50%); Yehuda L Pepper (owns 5% or more through other companies, 50%); Eli Schwarcz (holds 5% or more of the mortgage, 15%); Eli Schwarcz (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jeffrey M Kagan (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); David Templer (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Samuel Friedman (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Yehuda L Pepper (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Yehuda L Pepper (on the governing body (managing control)); Yehuda L Pepper (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Christal Altius (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Christal Altius (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
  • Part of Civita Care Centers (6 homes in CMS’s data).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
240 Church LLCHolds 5% or more of the mortgage100%Oct 1, 2024
Ct6 Opco Holdco LLCOwns 5% or more directly100%Oct 1, 2024
Esnh LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies50%Oct 1, 2024
Jpnh LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies50%Oct 1, 2024
240 Church LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Oct 1, 2024
Esnh LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Oct 1, 2024
Sfnh LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Oct 1, 2024
Jpnh LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Oct 1, 2024
Everflow Healthcare LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Oct 1, 2024
Ct6 Propco Holdco LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Oct 1, 2024

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 2 of 5 (Connecticut average 3.7).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating1 of 5
Health inspections1 of 5
Staffing2 of 5
Quality measures2 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 4.7 miles, this one had the 1st most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (20; the middle value was 10.5).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Source:

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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