Shady Oaks Assisted Living

Is Shady Oaks Assisted Living a licensed assisted living provider in Connecticut?

Yes. Care at Shady Oaks Assisted Living, 344 Stevens St, Bristol, CT 06010, is provided under Connecticut DPH Assisted Living Services Agency license ALSA.0AL0002, held by Shady Oaks Assisted Living LLC. The license is active and runs to September 30, 2027.

In Connecticut the license belongs to the care agency, not the building. The apartments are a Managed Residential Community that registers with DPH; the ALSA is the entity DPH surveys and can discipline, so its license number is the one to check.

The licensee name on the state record is Shady Oaks Assisted Living LLC. That legal name is what you will find in eLicense and on DPH correspondence, even though families know the community as Shady Oaks Assisted Living.

Has DPH taken enforcement action against Shady Oaks Assisted Living?

None reported. Shady Oaks Assisted Living LLC does not appear in any DPH Regulatory Action Report from 2022 through 2026 or on DPH's Health Care Facility Regulatory Action Orders page, the two places DPH publishes consent orders, fines and other formal actions.

DPH surveys ALSAs for licensure and investigates complaints, but it does not post routine ALSA inspection reports online; a 2024 legislative audit recommended a public, searchable source for them, and it has not been built. To see the latest survey, ask the agency for its most recent DPH survey letter and any plan of correction. Agencies receive these directly and can share them.

Check the license yourself in the eLicense License Lookup (number AL0002), and report a concern through DPH's complaint portal.

Does Shady Oaks Assisted Living offer memory care?

Shady Oaks Assisted Living does not list a memory care unit in its published information, so plan on traditional assisted living only unless the community confirms a DPH-approved dementia special care unit or program in writing. Operator says it cares for residents with dementia but does not describe a separate secured memory care unit.

Connecticut law (CGS § 19a-562) requires every dementia special care unit to give families a written disclosure covering its philosophy, placement and discharge criteria, staffing ratios and training, the physical setting, activities and extra fees. Ask for it before you tour. Since 2022 each ALSA must also file a list of its units and a staffing plan with DPH (DPH Blast Fax 2022-2).

26 other agencies in Hartford County list memory care, including All American Assisted Living at Enfield, Alto South Windsor, Arbor Rose at Jerome Home, Arden Courts of Avon. See the memory care list.

Care levels checked October 24, 2026 at shadyoaksassistedliving.com.

Where is Shady Oaks Assisted Living located in Bristol, CT?

Shady Oaks Assisted Living is at 344 Stevens St, Bristol, CT 06010, in Hartford County. Hospitals families in Bristol commonly use include Bristol Hospital and The Hospital of Central Connecticut.

Bristol, west of New Britain on Route 6 and Route 72, is served by Bristol Hospital.

1 other licensed assisted living agency operates in Bristol: KindCare Assisted Living of Bristol.

If needs later go beyond assisted living, Bristol has 2 DPH-licensed nursing homes (The Pines at Bristol, Village Green of Bristol); see the nursing home list.

Veterans and surviving spouses are served by VA Connecticut (Newington campus) and may qualify for VA Aid & Attendance toward assisted living costs.

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