Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Masonicare Health Center
22 Masonic Avenue, Wallingford, CT · (203) 679-5900
- Certified beds
- 260
- Residents per day
- 231
- Ownership
- Non-Profit
- Chain
- No chain reported
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- January 1, 1967
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How this home got 3 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in Connecticut.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★+1 star
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★3 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among Connecticut homes
Masonicare Health Center carries 106 inspection points. That is fewer than 24% of Connecticut's 190 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in Connecticut: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–29 pts
- 4★ 29–53 pts
- 3★ 53–79 pts
- 2★ 79–116.75 pts
- 1★ over 116.75 pts
Bars show every rated home in Connecticut by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
46 health citations on record since 2022. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
Harm and immediate-jeopardy citations (1)
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G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Everything else, by area of care
Quality of Life and Care10E
- E
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- E
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- D
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
- D
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Resident Rights9E
- D
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.
- C
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- E
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.
- E
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.
- D
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
- D
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- E
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- D
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- C
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Nursing and Physician Services5E
- E
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- E
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
- D
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
- C
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- D
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning5D
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation4F
- F
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- F
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- E
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
- E
Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).
Infection Control4E
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Pharmacy Service3D
- D
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.
- D
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- D
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.
Administration3C
- C
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
- C
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
- B
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Nutrition and Dietary2F
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspection history
2026-08-06
23 health deficiencies · 12 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (6 deficiencies)
2024-12-09
12 health deficiencies · 19 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Resident Rights (3 deficiencies)
2022-03-18
11 health deficiencies · 8 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Resident Rights (4 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 4 h 7 min of nursing staff time a day, 32 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
4 h 7 min
Connecticut average
3 h 54 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 98% of nursing staff and 100% of registered nurses left in the past year.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Fines and payment denials
$13,085 in federal fines on record over the past three years.
| Date | Penalty | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-13 | Fine | $13,085 |
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.7 pts better | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days0.4 pts better | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine2.6 pts better | 91.7% | 89.1% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine4.5 pts better | 98.2% | 93.7% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury1.7 pts worse | 5.3% | 3.6% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms22.3 pts better | 2.7% | 25.0% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight0.4 pts worse | 6.8% | 6.4% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication10.7 pts better | 7.3% | 18.0% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication1.6 pts better | 16.1% | 17.7% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrainedAbout the same | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened6.9 pts worse | 21.7% | 14.8% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased2.9 pts worse | 20.6% | 17.7% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.3 pts better | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection0.3 pts better | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence7 pts worse | 31.0% | 24.0% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers2.2 pts better | 1.7% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine6 pts better | 78.5% | 72.5% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit5.2 pts better | 5.2% | 10.4% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication0.8 pts better | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine8.5 pts better | 81.5% | 73.0% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission6 pts better | 17.5% | 23.5% | 23.4% |
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Who owns and runs it
11 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu, Steven | W-2 Managing Employee · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Beaulieu, Steven | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Birney, Patrick | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Buckner, Newton | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Earle, Christopher | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Masonicare Inc | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Polito, Robert | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Venoit, Jon-Paul | W-2 Managing Employee · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Venoit, Jon-Paul | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Venoit, Jon-Paul | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Wood, Courtney | W-2 Managing Employee · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
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Fire safety
39 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Smoke15E
- E
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- D
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
- D
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
- D
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- D
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- E
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- E
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- D
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- D
Have an alternate power supply for its alarm system.
- D
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
- D
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
- D
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- E
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems10E
- E
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- D
Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of medical gas and medical vacuum systems.
- D
Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.
- E
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- D
Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.
- D
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
- D
Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.
- E
Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of medical gas and medical vacuum systems.
- D
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- D
Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.
Miscellaneous6D
- D
Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
- D
Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
- D
Have restrictions on the use of portable space heaters.
- D
Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
- D
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
- D
To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
Egress5D
- D
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
- D
Have exits that are accessible at all times.
- D
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
- D
Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
- D
Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
Emergency Preparedness2D
- D
Establish staff and initial training requirements.
- D
Establish policies and procedures including evacuation.
Services1D
- D
Meet other general requirements that are deficient.
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