Assisted Living for Ridgefield Families

Most Ridgefield families look in Ridgefield first, which is sensible. If you have already toured locally and are widening the search, the question worth asking is what a community a short drive south offers that a local one does not.

The Greens at Cannondale is at 435 Danbury Road in Wilton, south of Ridgefield on Route 7. Here is the honest comparison.

Care on one campus

The clearest difference is structural. Many assisted living communities provide assisted living and memory care, and arrange something elsewhere if a resident needs skilled nursing or rehabilitation after a fall or a hospital stay.

Our campus includes Wilton Meadows Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, which provides short-term rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing, and the Nuvance Health Geriatric Assessment Program. That means a resident whose needs change is moving across a campus rather than to a different organization in a different town, and the family is not researching communities a second time under pressure.

If your parent is currently well and you expect that to hold for years, this may not be your deciding factor. If there has already been a fall, a hospital stay, or a diagnosis that suggests needs will change, it usually is.

Ask us how transitions between the two work and what is committed in writing before you move in.

Getting here from Ridgefield

Join Route 7 and head south into Wilton. Route 7 is also called Danbury Road, and we share the campus with Wilton Meadows at 439 Danbury Road.

The route avoids I-95 and the Merritt Parkway entirely, which for most Ridgefield families makes it a more straightforward drive than the distance suggests.

Keeping care connected

If your parent sees physicians north of Wilton, transportation including sitter services is among the services we provide — ask us what that covers for regular appointments. The Nuvance Health Geriatric Assessment Program is also on our campus, which is useful for the kind of whole-picture evaluation that is hard to arrange when several specialists are involved.

Frequently asked questions

Why would a Ridgefield family choose a community in Wilton? Usually for the campus. Assisted living, memory care, short-term rehabilitation, skilled nursing and geriatric assessment are all in one place, so a change in needs does not mean a change of organization. If that is not a concern for your family, a community closer to home may suit you better and we will say so.

How do I get there from Ridgefield? Take Route 7 south into Wilton. The route avoids both I-95 and the Merritt Parkway. Call 203.761.1191 and we will talk you through it from your address.