Village Crest Center For Health & Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1971-09-02. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (860) 354-9365 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Village Crest Center For Health & Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 73.7/100, placing it #6542 of 14703 facilities nationally and #92 of 191 in Connecticut. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Village Crest Center For Health & Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 3 hours 39 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 31 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 56 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 13 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 21 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 38.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $24,418. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $24,418, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 72.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Village Crest Center For Health & Rehabilitation ranks 6542nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.7/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within CT, it ranks 92nd out of 191 nursing homes. In New Milford, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,603 nationally and RN hours rank #8,615 nationally (#127 in CT). Our composite quality score of 73.7/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in New Milford, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/connecticut/new-milford/