Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care)
75 Great Pond Rd, Simsbury, CT 06070 · Map
Non profit - Other · 72 certified beds
Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Simsbury, Connecticut. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.43 hours per resident per day, above the Connecticut average of 3.83. Its most recent inspection on Apr 30, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) compares
This facility vs. the Connecticut and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Connecticut avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 5.43 | 3.83 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.84 | 0.70 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.31 | 2.28 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 33.0% | 37.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 12.8 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care)
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 16, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Aug 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 15, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 15, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 15, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 15, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 15, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 15, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 75 Great Pond Rd
Simsbury, CT 06070 - CMS certification #
- 075216
- Ownership
- Non profit - Other
- Certified beds
- 72
- Avg residents/day
- 56.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1972-03-28
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Programs Medicare-certified hospice at this address; Medicare-certified home health agency at this address
- Website says Works with hospice, transportation, 3 meals a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2006
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, 1 violation cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
We also offer Hospice and Home Care services to residents throughout Hartford County and the Farmington Valley.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Scheduled transportation to appointments, outings, shopping and more
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Restaurant-style, cooked-to-order dining with three meals daily
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Medicare agencies at this address
- Medicare-certified hospice at this address. Medicare-certified hospice MCLEAN HOME CARE AND HOSPICE (Medicare CCN 071524) lists this same street address. Ownership type: Non-Profit. Medicare certified since 01/05/1995. (CMS Hospice - General Information, as of Aug 19, 2026)
- Medicare-certified home health agency at this address. Medicare-certified home health agency MCLEAN HOME CARE AND HOSPICE (Medicare CCN 077166) lists this same street address. Ownership type: NON-PROFIT. Medicare certified since 12/13/1985. (CMS Home Health Care Agencies, as of May 27, 2026)
A shared street address is a fact about location. CMS does not say whether the agency is run by the community.
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.
- Findings for Nov 26, 2006 to Nov 22, 2008. Violations found: Overtime, Child labor. Back wages: $2,074 owed to 1 employee. Civil money penalties assessed: $1,320. Employer as DOL recorded it: McLean Home (McLean Affiliates, Inc.). Case 1529227.
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.
- Jun 7, 2022: monitoring inspection, partial (health). Case closed Feb 24, 2023. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $1,761 proposed, $1,233 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Mclean Affiliates.
Details
- Other than serious: Recording work-related injuries and illnesses (1904.4(a)). Penalty $1,761 proposed, $1,233 now. To be fixed by Jan 19, 2023.
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
- St Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford. 10.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Ark Healthcare & Rehabilitation at Governor's Ho, Simsbury. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Mclean Home Care And Hospice, Simsbury. 0.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 06070 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Bloomfield Dialysis, Bloomfield, 4.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Dci - Avon Dialysis Inc, Avon, 5.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmc Of Western Hartford, Bloomfield, 6.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 06070.
Mclean Home Care And Hospice, office in Simsbury, 0.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Farmington Valley Vna Inc, office in Simbury, 1.3 miles away, straight line
Trinity Health Of New England At Home, office in Hartford, 9.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Mclean Fund, Simsbury. 0.0 miles away, straight line. 9 geriatric medicine doctors 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.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | Nothing on record | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| 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 | See above |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | See above |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) a good nursing home?
CMS gives Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) staffed?
Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) reports 5.43 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Connecticut average of 3.83.
Has Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) have?
Mclean Health Center (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) is certified for 72 beds.