We are Your Care Team Partners

We are Your Care Team Partners

At Ridgefield Station, we’re committed to partnering with you and your healthcare providers to ensure you receive the best possible care across various specialties. We can arrange for a wide range of additional services right here in our assisted living and memory care community, connecting you with the professionals you need to stay healthy and well.

 We also offer transportation to scheduled medical appointments in the area. 

Whether you are already a resident at Ridgefield Station or are transitioning to your new home, you can rest assured knowing the care you need is just nearby. We provide in-house primary care services and have strong partnerships with local care providers like physical, speech, and occupational therapists, mental health counselors, dental providers and more.

Primary Care Coordination

Physicians, Geriatric Care, Lab Services

We work with Dr. Gerald Valletta at Prime Healthcare and Dr. Edward Berman Internal Medicine to bring top-notch healthcare professionals directly to the community. 

We also partner with Quest Home Draw and Preventative Diagnostics for lab draws and onsite diagnostic services. 

Mental Health and Wellness Services

Talk Therapy, Geripsych

When you need a little extra help facing life’s challenges or changes, our collaboration with behavioral health providers ensures you’ll have the support you need along the way.  We collaborate with Supportive Care Behavioral Health to bring in a team of Mental Health therapists and doctors, including neurologist Dr. Sangorigio. 

 With this partnership, residents have:

  • Onsite community visits or telehealth appointments with licensed professionals
  • Services covered by most insurance plans, including Medicare, with no referral necessary
  • Support for a range of life challenges, including existing mental health conditions, loss and grief, depression, anxiety, social isolation and loneliness, and more
  • Support for residents experiencing a medical or health condition change or behavioral changes
  • This service can also be an extra resource to help residents manage symptoms of cognitive decline, dementia, or memory loss

For those seeking inpatient geriatric psychology care, we refer to Sharon Behavioral Health Unit at Sharon Hospital.

Pharmacy Coordination

Our partnerships with Suburban Pharmacy, Bissell Pharmacy and OmniCare CVS ensure that residents and families don’t have to worry about leaving the community to get the medications they need. Our local pharmacies deliver directly to Ridgefield Station.

 

Visiting Nurse and Speech, Physical & Occupational Therapy Resources 

We can connect you with a variety of trusted visiting nursing associations and home health agencies to assist with conditions that need assessment, rehabilitation, and recovery, helping you get back to your daily activities as quickly as possible. Some of these providers are even available to see residents right here in our community.

Onsite providers, at the community as needed:

  • RVNA Health Providers
  • Waveny Home Health
  • Amedisys VNA
  • Powerback Rehab

 

 

Vision, Dental, Hearing & Podiatry Providers

Other specialists in our network of care provide additional services such as dental care and podiatry, some of which are offered onsite at our community. 

Providers we work with:

  • Onsite Dental Care, onsite as needed
  • Ridgefield Family Eyecare
  • Family Foot Care and Surgery of Ridgefield, onsite as needed
  • Newtown Comprehensive Foot Care

 

Hospital, Rehab & Hospice Partnerships

Hospital, Rehabilitation, Skilled Nursing, Hospice, Palliative Care

When a resident needs to go to the hospital or rehab, we can refer families to trusted providers in the area. We keep in touch with residents throughout this entire process, even when they are not in our community, because we want to be able to welcome them back when they’re ready. 

Our local hospitals:

  • Danbury Hospital
  • Norwalk Hospital
  • Northern Westchester Hospital & Northwell Health

We partner with Powerback Rehab.

We also work with the following providers for onsite palliative, hospice, and bereavement support:

  • RVNA Hospice
  • Regional Hospice
  • Waveny

Non-Emergency Transportation

For any non-emergency transportation needs, we work with: 

  • Comfort Care Wheelchair Transport
  • Ultimate Limousine Wheelchair Van
  • Nuvance Health Ambulance
  • HARTransit – Local Transportation