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National Health Care Associates, Inc.

Nursing Home · Plantsville, Connecticut

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What the day-to-day looks like

Setting
Nursing Home

Benefits

LPN package described as competitive compensation with a 10% defined contribution retirement plan; tuition assistance for advancing education; CNA sign-on up to $1000 and shift differentials on related postings.

Who they are

You would work at Summit Center for Health & Rehabilitation on Summit Street in Plantsville, an affiliate of National Health Care Associates. The building focuses on post-hospital skilled nursing and short-term rehab for aging residents.

  • Nursing Home · Plantsville, Connecticut
More about National Health Care Associates, Inc.

As an LPN here you give direct nursing care, pass meds, manage wounds, update care plans, and supervise CNAs. The employer has been family-run since 1984, with more than 35 care centers across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. Staff who stayed describe tuition help that carried them from CNA to LPN to RN to BSN, plus mentorship on the floor and a path that can aim toward Nursing Home Administrator licensure. LPN postings for this site list competitive compensation and a 10% defined contribution retirement plan. Pay detail on the public web is clearer for CNAs than for RNs: one Marlborough, MA posting under the same parent listed $20.50–$24.25/hr and a sign-on up to $1,000, with shift differentials called out elsewhere. Great Place to Work certification appears on National and Summit materials. Indeed’s work wellbeing score for the company sits at 64/100 (Low) from 382 responses, so the day-to-day feel is mixed even where growth stories are strong.

Kindness, Compassion, Service, Excellence — post-hospital nursing and short-term rehab focus.

Why nurses stay

How they describe the culture

family-runtuition supportinternal advancementmentorshipskilled nursingshort-term rehabkindnesscompassion

What nurses say in reviews

Indeed work wellbeing score Low at 64/100 based on 382 responses; happiness and satisfaction rated low, purpose and stress-free below average. Employer-featured voices highlight tuition help, advancement from CNA into nursing leadership, and peer support at affiliate centers.

The good

  • Tuition assistance used by staff advancing CNA → LPN → RN → BSN
  • Internal ladder toward Nursing Home Administrator licensure with mentorship at Summit
  • LPN benefits include 10% defined contribution retirement plan
  • Great Place to Work Certified for National and Summit Plantsville
  • CNA postings list sign-on up to $1000 and shift differentials
  • Clear LPN scope: meds, wounds, care plans, CNA supervision in skilled nursing/rehab

The hard parts

  • Indeed work wellbeing score Low (64/100) from 382 responses
  • Happiness and satisfaction rated low on that same survey
  • No CT-specific RN base pay figures in the validated set
  • Union status and scheduling/float rules not stated
I came for the sign-on bonus. I stayed because on my hardest night, my whole team stayed with me.
A nurse, on why they stayed

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