The Best Home Health Care Agencies in Connecticut

As the US population grows older, more of us are going to need some kind of help with our daily routines or to recover from specific afflictions. Much of that care will take place outside of a hospital or residential care setting. We believe that one of the best ways to live longer or to recover faster is through health care services that are delivered in your home.

There are many benefits to receiving health care at home. First, it is often more convenient for patients, since they don’t have to travel to a facility. Second, it can be less expensive than receiving care in a hospital or other setting. Third, patients may feel more comfortable and relaxed in their own homes. Home treatment has been shown to lead to faster recoveries and better overall outcomes than similar treatments administered in a hospital or group home setting.

Home Health Care Agencies in Connecticut

There are 77 home health care companies registered with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid that serve the Highland, Arkansas area. Because home health care agencies visit your home, you may be in an agency's service area even if they do not have an office in Highland.

The list below shows the best home health care agencies in the market ranked by their overall 5-star quality of care rating. (Click here to see the worst home health care agencies in Connecticut.)

Name	5-Star Quality of Care Rating
ALL POINTE HOMECARE LLC 675 WEST JOHNSON AVENUE CHESHIRE, CT 06410	-:
CT HOSPICE INC THE 100 DOUBLE BEACH ROAD BRANFORD, CT 06405	-:
PRIMARY PREVENTION HOME CARE LLC 254 BURNSIDE AVENUE, SUITE 1 EAST HARTFORD, CT 06108	-:
AVEANNA HEALTHCARE 999 ORONOQUE LANE STRATFORD, CT 06614	-:
EQUINOX HOME CARE, LLC 80 FERRY BOULEVARD, SUITE 205 STRATFORD, CT 06615	-:
STAFF MATES HOMECARE 5 WEST MAIN STREET HEBRON, CT 06248	-:
PATIENT CARE 1344 SILAS DEANE HIGHWAY, SUITE 513 ROCKY HILL, CT 06067	-:
UNISON HOME CARE SERVICES 700 W JOHNSON AVE, STE 114 CHESHIRE, CT 06410	-:
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT PLUS LLC 1233 SILAS DEANE HWY, 2RD FLOOR WETHERSFIELD, CT 06109	-:
HARRIOTT HOME HEALTH SERVICES LLC 10 LOVE LANE HARTFORD, CT 06112	-:
CENTERWELL HOME HEALTH 99 HAWLEY LANE, SUITE 1101 STRATFORD, CT 06614	-:
HOSPICE AT HOME 765 FAIRFIELD AVE BRIDGEPORT, CT 06604	-:
HOME CARE VNA 330 MAIN STREET, SUITE C-3 HARTFORD, CT 06106	-:
4 YOUR PEACE OF MIND, LLC 435 BUCKLAND ROAD, SUITE 201 SOUTH WINDSOR, CT 06074	-:
CENTER FOR HOSPICE CARE SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT INC 227 DUNHAM STREET NORWICH, CT 06360	-:
STERLING CARE LLC 235 GLENVILLE ROAD GREENWICH, CT 06831	5:
ELARA CARING 136 BERLIN ROAD CROMWELL, CT 06416	5:
HEALTH CARE CONNECTORS LLC 1 SOUND SHORE DR STE 201 GREENWICH, CT 06830	5:
PATIENT CARE 400 CAPITAL BOULEVARD, STE 103 ROCKY HILL, CT 06067	5:
TOTALCARE HOMECARE 2321 WHITNEY AVE STE 503 HAMDEN, CT 06518	4.5:
BERLIN VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION 240 KENSINGTON RD BERLIN, CT 06037	4.5:
ALL ABOUT YOU HOME CARE SERVICES 21 CHURCH STREET NAUGATUCK, CT 06770	4.5:
GLOBAL HORIZON HOME CARE 2 BARNARD LANE BLOOMFIELD, CT 06002	4.5:
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH 12 PROGRESS DR., STE 1 SHELTON, CT 06484	4.5:
PATIENT CARE 56 QUARRY ROAD TRUMBULL, CT 06611	4.5:
CENTERWELL HOME HEALTH 30 STANFORD DRIVE FARMINGTON, CT 06032	4.5:
TRINITY HEALTH OF NEW ENGLAND AT HOME 76 BATTERSON PARK ROAD FARMINGTON, CT 06032	4:
ORANGE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION 605A ORANGE CENTER RD ORANGE, CT 06477	4:
MASONICARE HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE, INC 97 BARNES RD, STE 4 WALLINGFORD, CT 06492	4:
THERE FOR YOU HOME CARE SERVICES 534 FROST ROAD WATERBURY, CT 06705	4:
CONSTELLATION HOME CARE 14 WESTPORT AVENUE NORWALK, CT 06851	4:
PATHWELL HEALTH 99 HAWLEY LN, STE 1001, STRATFORD, CT 06614	4:
VISITING NURSES OF THE LOWER V 61 MAIN ST CENTERBROOK, CT 06409	3.5:
STRATFORD VNA 3060 MAIN STREET STRATFORD, CT 06614	3.5:
ENLIVEN HOME HEALTH 2189 SILAS DEANE HWY, SUITE 7 ROCKY HILL, CT 06067	3.5:
NURSES AT HOME INC 1251 SOUTH MAIN STREET MIDDLETOWN, CT 06457	3.5:
BRISTOL HOSPITAL HOME CARE AGENCY 32 VALLEY STREET, STE D, BRISTOL, CT 06010	3.5:
LIGHTHOUSE HOME HEALTH CARE LLC 129 MAIN STREET OLD SAYBROOK, CT 06475	3.5:
INFINITY HOMECARE SERVICES, LLC 653 MAIN STREET PLANTSVILLE, CT 06479	3.5:
WESTERN CONNECTICUT HOME CARE INC 100 SAW MILL ROAD DANBURY, CT 06810	3.5:
VNA HEALTH AT HOME 365 MAIN STREET, SUITE 3A WATERTOWN, CT 06795	3.5:
MASTERS IN HOME CARE, LLC 40 COLD SPRING ROAD ROCKY HILL, CT 06067	3.5:
WESTBROOK VISITING NURSES & PUBLIC HEALTH 866 BOSTON POST ROAD WESTBROOK, CT 06498	3:
MCLEAN HOME CARE AND HOSPICE 75 GREAT POND RD SIMSBURY, CT 06070	3:
FARMINGTON VALLEY VNA 8 OLD MILL LANE SIMBURY, CT 06070	3:
VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY, INC. 32 UNION ST WINSTED, CT 06098	3:
MIDDLESEX HEALTH CARE AT HOME AND HOSPICE PROGRAM 117 MAIN STREET MIDDLETOWN, CT 06457	3:
HOME HEALTH SPECIALTY SERVICES INC 2258 WHITNEY AVENUE, BUILDING2 HAMDEN, CT 06518	3:
VISITING NURSE & HEALTH SERVICES OF CONNECTICUT 8 KEYNOTE DRIVE VERNON, CT 06066	3:
HOME CARE PLUS, INC 500 BIC DRIVE, SUITE 200 MILFORD, CT 06461	3:

How are Home Health Care Agencies Rated?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ("CMS") generates two types of 5-star rating, the Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings and Patient Survey Star Ratings.

Quality of Patient Care Ratings are based on data compiled by CMS based on the percentage of patients whose conditions improve as a result of care provided by the agency. The general guidelines are that these measures should :

• Apply to a substantial proportion of home health patients and have sufficient data to report for a majority of home health agencies.
• Show a reasonable amount of variation among home health agencies and it should be possible for a home health agency to show improvement in performance.
• Have high face validity and clinical relevance.
• Be stable and not show substantial random variation over time.
• Have changed over time based on the results of ongoing monitoring analyses, technical expert panel input, and stakeholder feedback.

Patient improvement is measured in the following ways:

• Timely Initiation of Care
• Improvement in Ambulation
• Improvement in Bed Transferring
• Improvement in Bathing
• Improvement in Shortness of Breath
• Improvement in Management of Oral Medications
• Acute Care Hospitalization

CMS also regularly surveys home health care patients using The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Home Health Care Survey ("HHCAHPS”). Patients are asked to rate the home health care agency according the following:

• Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way
• Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them
• Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them
• Percent Of Patients Who Gave Their Home Health Agency A Rating Of 9 Or 10 On A Scale From 0 (lowest) To 10 (highest)
• Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family

Because CMS loves to generate 5-star ratings, there are also 5-star ratings related to each of these questions.

Other Lists of the Best Home Health Care Agencies

The best home health care agencies in Connecticut

Major Cities in Connecticut

Bridgeport, CT (best, worst)	Hartford, CT (best, worst)
New Haven, CT (best, worst)	Norwich, CT (best, worst)
Waterbury, CT (best, worst)	Danbury, CT (best, worst)
Stamford, CT (best, worst)	Norwalk, CT (best, worst)
New Britain, CT (best, worst)	Bristol, CT (best, worst)
Meriden, CT (best, worst)	West Haven, CT (best, worst)
Milford, CT (best, worst)	Milford city , CT (best, worst)
Middletown, CT (best, worst)	Shelton, CT (best, worst)
Torrington, CT (best, worst)	Naugatuck, CT (best, worst)
New London, CT (best, worst)	Ansonia, CT (best, worst)

Best and Worst Home Health Care Lists in Other States

Alaska (best, worst)	Alabama (best, worst)
Arizona (best, worst)	Arkansas (best, worst)
California (best, worst)	Colorado (best, worst)
Connecticut (best, worst)	Delaware (best, worst)
District of Columbia (best, worst)	Florida (best, worst)
Georgia (best, worst)	Hawaii (best, worst)
Idaho (best, worst)	Illinois (best, worst)
Indiana (best, worst)	Iowa (best, worst)
Kansas (best, worst)	Kentucky (best, worst)
Louisiana (best, worst)	Maine (best, worst)
Maryland (best, worst)	Massachusetts (best, worst)
Michigan (best, worst)	Minnesota (best, worst)
Mississippi (best, worst)	Missouri (best, worst)
Montana (best, worst)	Nebraska (best, worst)
Nevada (best, worst)	New Hampshire (best, worst)
New Jersey (best, worst)	New Mexico (best, worst)
New York (best, worst)	North Carolina (best, worst)
North Dakota (best, worst)	Ohio (best, worst)
Oklahoma (best, worst)	Oregon (best, worst)
Pennsylvania (best, worst)	Rhode Island (best, worst)
South Carolina (best, worst)	South Dakota (best, worst)
Tennessee (best, worst)	Texas (best, worst)
Utah (best, worst)	Vermont (best, worst)
Virginia (best, worst)	Washington (best, worst)
West Virginia (best, worst)	Wisconsin (best, worst)
Wyoming (best, worst)	Guam (best, worst)
U.S. Virgin Islands (best, worst)	Puerto Rico (best, worst)