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Cobalt Lodge Health Care and Rehabilitation Center

29 MIDDLE HADDAM RD, COBALT, CT, 06414

(860) 267-9034

60 licensed beds

★★★★★1/5CMS Five-Star overall1/5 health inspections1/5 staffing1/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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29 Middle Haddam Rd

Cobalt, CT 06414

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CMS facility ID

075232

Care type

Nursing home

County

Lower Ct River Vly

Facility name

Cobalt Lodge Health Care and Rehabilitation Center

Street address

29 MIDDLE HADDAM RD

City / state / ZIP

Cobalt, CT 06414

Phone

(860) 267-9034

About this facility — Cobalt Lodge Health Care and Rehabilitation Center

Cobalt Lodge Health Care and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Cobalt, Connecticut. It is licensed for 60 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Connecticut (120 beds).

It is one of 1 senior care facility in Cobalt and 191 skilled nursing facilities across Connecticut. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Cobalt Lodge Health Care and Rehabilitation Center 60 times across 12 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $37,440 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Ownership type

For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Zgorski, Marc

Direct owner · Officer — 45% stake — since 2007

Zgorski, Todd

Direct owner · Managing employee · Officer — 45% stake — since 2007

Zgorski, Joyce

Direct owner · Officer — 10% stake — since 2007

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since

1974-09-30

CMS overall rating

1 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

32 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

$37,440 total

Last standard inspection

2024-11-19

Nurse staffing

1.8 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$312 per day (≈ $9,480/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

65% Medicaid · 7% Medicare · 28% private/other

Occupancy

48% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

36% below the CT median of $490/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 2 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2026-06-03Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0600

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2026-06-30

2025-09-29Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

G · Actual harmFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2025-09-30

10 earlier / fire-safety inspections (58 citations)

2025-09-08Health inspectionComplaint-triggered6 citations

F-0580

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

Corrected 2025-10-01

F-0600

G · Actual harmFrom a complaint

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2025-09-09

F-0658

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2025-10-01

F-0689

J · Immediate jeopardyFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2025-09-09

F-0730

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

Corrected 2025-10-01

F-0947

F · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

Corrected 2025-10-01

2024-11-19Health inspection24 citations

F-0565

E · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0578

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0580

D · No harm found

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0609

D · No harm found

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0610

D · No harm found

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0623

C · No harm found

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0658

E · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0688

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0692

D · No harm found

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0726

B · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0730

B · No harm found

Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0755

E · No harm found

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0756

D · No harm found

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0760

D · No harm found

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0761

E · No harm found

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0803

E · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0812

C · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0867

E · No harm found

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0880

F · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0883

E · No harm found

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0887

D · No harm found

Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.

Corrected 2024-12-31

F-0947

B · No harm found

Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

Corrected 2024-12-31

2024-06-10Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2024-06-28

2023-12-07Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations

F-0656

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2024-01-16

F-0700

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.

Corrected 2024-01-08

2023-08-03Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations

F-0684

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2023-09-20

F-0842

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Corrected 2023-09-20

2022-08-23Health inspection10 citations

F-0609

D · No harm found

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Corrected 2022-08-31

F-0610

D · No harm found

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Corrected 2022-08-31

F-0676

E · No harm found

Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

Corrected 2022-08-31

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2022-08-31

F-0694

E · No harm found

Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2022-08-31

F-0732

C · No harm found

Post nurse staffing information every day.

Corrected 2022-08-31

F-0761

E · No harm found

Corrected 2022-08-31

F-0791

D · No harm found

Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.

Corrected 2022-08-31

F-0842

B · No harm found

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Corrected 2022-08-31

F-0883

E · No harm found

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

Corrected 2022-08-31

2019-10-31Health inspection4 citations

F-0583

E · No harm found

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Corrected 2019-11-13

F-0610

D · No harm found

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Corrected 2019-11-13

F-0842

D · No harm found

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Corrected 2019-11-13

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2019-11-13

2024-11-19Fire-safety inspection6 citations

E-0013

D · No harm found

Develop Emergency Preparedness policies and procedures.

Corrected 2024-12-31

E-0020

D · No harm found

Establish policies and procedures including evacuation.

Corrected 2024-12-31

K-0711

D · No harm found

Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.

Corrected 2024-12-31

K-0712

E · No harm found

Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

Corrected 2024-12-31

K-0761

D · No harm found

To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

Corrected 2024-12-31

K-0918

D · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2024-12-31

2022-08-23Fire-safety inspection1 citation

K-0222

E · No harm found

Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.

Corrected 2022-11-14

2019-10-31Fire-safety inspection2 citations

K-0311

D · No harm found

Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.

Corrected 2019-12-30

K-0372

F · No harm found

Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

Corrected 2019-12-30

Federal penalties

2025-09-08Fine$37,440

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 075232.

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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