Arden Care Center
850 Mix Ave, Hamden, CT, 06514
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Abuse Flag
CMS has flagged this facility for a substantiated finding of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation in its current or recent inspection cycle. Ask the facility for the specific citation and corrective-action plan during your visit, and consider contacting your state's long-term care ombudsman for context.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
Special Focus Candidate
CMS has identified this facility as a Special Focus Candidate — a track record of serious quality issues that places it one step away from full Special Focus Facility designation.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Highbridge Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 271 · avg 223 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 37.4% — near the Connecticut averageConnecticut avg: 37.1% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 59.1% — higher than most Connecticut nursing homesConnecticut avg: 37.8% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 2 departed — near the Connecticut averageConnecticut avg: 0.4 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 3 fines · $101,228 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 075228
- Certified beds
- 271 beds · avg 223 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Arden Care Center Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Highbridge Healthcare
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Highbridge Healthcare chain — 6 facilities across 3 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.5 / 5.
Disclosed owners (6 on record)
- Barry Mendlovic
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 20% · since 2024
- Channa d Perera
Contracted Managing Employee · since 2024
- Fred Diaz
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2024
- Jill Bennett
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2024
- Joel Paskes
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 40% · since 2024
- Usher Egert
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 40% · since 2024
Recent change of ownership
June 2024 (2 years ago) · acquired from Arden House
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 94)
- D0842·Apr 15, 2026Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- E0760·Apr 15, 2026Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- D0658·Apr 15, 2026Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0656·Apr 15, 2026Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D0609·Apr 15, 2026Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D0600·Apr 15, 2026Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D0580·Apr 15, 2026Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- D0687·Mar 9, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate foot care.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20241 fine · $16K
- 20232 fines · $86K
Most recent events
- Feb 28, 2024Fine · $16K
- Oct 19, 2023Fine · $72K
- Jul 25, 2023Fine · $13K
Largest single fine on record: $72K.
Fire-safety citations
32 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Feb 26, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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