Welles Country Village

Is Welles Country Village a licensed assisted living provider in Connecticut?

Yes. Care at Welles Country Village, 46 Welles Rd, Vernon, CT 06066, is provided under Connecticut DPH Assisted Living Services Agency license ALSA.0000258, held by Juniper Homecare, LLC. The license is active and runs to March 31, 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 Juniper Homecare, LLC. That legal name is what you will find in eLicense and on DPH correspondence, even though families know the community as Welles Country Village.

How long has Welles Country Village held its DPH license?

Welles Country Village's current license was issued May 29, 2025, about 1 year ago, and DPH records show no earlier assisted living license at this address.

A recent license means a shorter public track record. 2 of the 3 active ALSAs in Tolland County were licensed in 2020 or later, so that is not unusual, but ask for the date and outcome of the agency's first DPH survey.

Has DPH taken enforcement action against Welles Country Village?

None reported. Juniper Homecare, 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 258), and report a concern through DPH's complaint portal.

Does Welles Country Village offer memory care?

Welles Country Village 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. Juniper Communities runs the assisted living services here; check directly whether its Wellspring memory care program is offered at this location.

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).

2 other agencies in Tolland County list memory care, including Colebrook Village at Hebron, The Ivy at Ellington. See the memory care list.

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

Where is Welles Country Village located in Vernon, CT?

Welles Country Village is at 46 Welles Rd, Vernon, CT 06066, in Tolland County. Hospitals families in Vernon commonly use include Manchester Memorial Hospital and Rockville General Hospital.

Vernon, including the Rockville section, is in Tolland County on I-84 east of Manchester.

Welles Country Village is the only licensed assisted living agency based in Vernon on the current DPH list.

If needs later go beyond assisted living, Vernon has 2 DPH-licensed nursing homes (Complete Care at Fox Hill, Vernon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center); 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.

How does Welles Country Village compare with other assisted living in Tolland County?

Welles Country Village is one of 3 licensed Assisted Living Services Agencies in Tolland County. 2 of them list memory care (0 as dedicated memory care communities), and 1 are mid-renewal on the current DPH record.

Nearby and similar agencies in Tolland County, from the same DPH records:

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How much does Welles Country Village cost per month?

Connecticut does not publish prices for individual assisted living communities, so ask Welles Country Village for its written rate sheet. Across Greater Hartford, this site's 2026 research puts typical assisted living at $6,000–$8,500/mo.

Most communities price rent (the MRC apartment) and care (the agency's services) separately, and care is often tiered by hours or points. Get both in writing, and ask what happens to the care fee after a hospital stay or a fall.

HUSKY C Medicaid does not pay assisted living rent. The Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) can pay for the agency's care services in participating communities; see our CHCPE guide.

What should you ask when touring Welles Country Village?

Ask Welles Country Village for three documents before anything else (its latest DPH survey letter, its rate sheet and the residency agreement), then cover staffing and move-out triggers.

• How do you handle a hospital discharge back to the community?
• Can family visit at mealtimes and in the evening without an appointment?
• Which company holds the DPH Assisted Living Services Agency license here, and is it the same company that owns the building?
• What is the full monthly fee for my parent's care level, and what triggers a move to a higher tier?
• How many aides and nurses are on duty overnight, and for how many residents?
• Which care needs would require a move to a nursing home?
• How long have the executive director and the agency's supervisor of assisted living services been in their roles?

Visit twice, once at a meal. If problems come up after move-in, the CT Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program advocates for assisted living residents as well as nursing home residents.

How does moving into Welles Country Village work?

Moving into Welles Country Village starts with a nursing assessment by the agency's registered nurse, who writes the service plan your parent's care is built on; Connecticut rules have the ALSA review that plan at least every 120 days.

• Housing and care terms. The Managed Residential Community's residency agreement covers the apartment and the ALSA's terms cover care; they may be one document or two. Read the admission, discharge and fee-increase terms before paying a deposit.
• Medications. Find out whether your parent will self-administer, get help from certified aides, or have a nurse give medications, since that changes both care and cost.
• Payment. Rent is private pay; long-term care insurance, VA Aid & Attendance and, in participating communities, CHCPE can offset the care portion.

If Welles Country Village has no opening, ask to join its waitlist and keep touring; availability across the Capitol Region changes month to month.

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