Independent Living and Assisted Living and Continuing Care
Essex Meadows
30 Bokum Rd, Essex, CT 06426 · Map
State license activeEssex Meadows is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living, continuing care community in Essex, Connecticut. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Independent Living | $5,335 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Essex Meadows says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
Most people who drive do, but with all the transportation options available as part of our service, a car isn’t a necessity.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: cottage or villa.
So we provide assisted living services — taking medicines, bathing, dressing, meals, transportation and housekeeping — in the comfort, privacy, and familiarity of the resident’s apartment or cottage.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Not published online
Ask the community for its most recent state inspection report.
License
Active
Assisted Living Service Agency ALSA.0000105, ALSA.0000206, ALSA.0000251, current license dated Jan 1, 2009.
State inspection recordNot published online by the state
Connecticut does not post assisted living inspection reports on a public website. Ask the community for its recent inspection reports and plans of correction, or call the Department of Public Health's Facility Licensing and Investigations Section at 860-509-7400. Source. You can also ask the community for its most recent state inspection report.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Service Agency
- License number
- ALSA.0000105, ALSA.0000206, ALSA.0000251
- License status
- Active
- Current license dated
- 2009-01-01
- County
- Middlesex County
- Executive Director
- Kathleen Dess
Source: Connecticut state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Executive Director name from public records we reviewed, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Connecticut, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Connecticut
- Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE): Assisted Living Services. The state's Home Care Program for Elders can pay for assisted living services (not room and board) for eligible people 65 and older, but only in certain settings: state-funded congregate housing, HUD housing, four affordable assisted living demonstration sites, and a private assisted living pilot with limited slots and a waiting list. (state page)
- Waitlist. Assisted living services in private communities run as a pilot with a limited number of slots and a waiting list. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked9 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| State inspection reports | Not published online by the state | |
| Connecticut Medicaid provider list | Dec 12, 2018 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Essex Meadows provide?
Essex Meadows is licensed by the state of Connecticut for independent living, assisted living, continuing care in Essex, Connecticut.
Does Lilisity rate Essex Meadows?
No. We publish state licensing details for Essex Meadows but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Essex Meadows cost?
Assisted Living in Connecticut typically starts at $4,100 to $6,300 a month. Based on 33 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Essex Meadows?
Use Essex Meadows's website, essexmeadows.com, or visit at 30 Bokum Rd, Essex, CT 06426.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid