Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation

Care and services

From the community’s website

What Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation 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. Transportation Services (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Apartment types named: studio, two-bedroom. We offer studio, one or two-bedroom apartments designed to make life easier for seniors. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)

Staff pay and workplace safety

Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.

Federal wage and hour cases

The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.

DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Apr 13, 2024.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.

OSHA workplace safety inspections

OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.

• Aug 31, 2026: complaint inspection, partial (safety). Case open. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Robert C. Geer Memorial Hospital, INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
• Nov 15, 2021: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 22, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Robert C. Geer Memorial Hospital, INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
• Dec 3, 2019: complaint inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Feb 13, 2020. 10 violations cited (8 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $14,747 proposed, $10,323 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
  Details

  • Serious: Design and construction of exit routes (1910.36(h)(2)). Penalty $4,424 proposed, $3,097 now. To be fixed by Feb 10, 2020.
  • Serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(a)(3)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
  • Serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(b)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 13, 2020.
  • Serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(b)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 13, 2020.
  • Serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(b)(5)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 13, 2020.
  • Serious: Compressed gas cylinders (1910.101(b)). Penalty $4,424 proposed, $3,097 now. To be fixed by Mar 13, 2020.
  • Serious: Cited rule 1910.102(a). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 13, 2020.
  • Serious: Machine guarding (1910.212(a)(1)). Penalty $5,899 proposed, $4,129 now. To be fixed by Mar 13, 2020.
  • Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(g)(1)(ii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
  • Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(g)(1)(iii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 10, 2020.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Sharon Hospital, Sharon. 12.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Noble Horizons, Salisbury. 4.7 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Visiting Nurse & Hospice Of Litchfield County, Inc., Winsted. 14.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Walgreens. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 06018 as rural (rural area).

Dialysis within 15 miles

South Berkshire County Dialysis Center, Great Barrington, 12.3 miles away, straight line

Hospice

3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 06018.
Visiting Nurse & Hospice Of Litchfield County, Inc, office in Winsted, 14.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Hartford Healthcare Medical Group Specialists PLLC, Torrington. 17.4 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.

Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.

Emergency and natural hazard risk

Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.

Flood zone

Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)

A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.

What we checked

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.