Ridgefield is slightly over an hour’s drive from Connecticut’s state capital, Hartford, and roughly 90 minutes from NYC. Like most other cities in this part of Connecticut, Ridgefield has very high housing costs. The city’s also home to a higher-than-average percentage of seniors at 19.6%. Danbury Hospital, which draws high marks from U.S. News and World Report, is located 10 miles to Ridgefield’s north.
According to the 2021 Genworth Financial Cost of Care Survey, seniors in Ridgefield pay an average of $5,339 a month for home care services focused on activities of daily living. Home health care, which offers more skilled medical services, costs the same.
Below we’ve compiled a comprehensive directory of every home care provider in Ridgefield– complete with services offered and reviews from families who’ve actually used the service. In addition to our in-depth provider listings, we’ve compiled resources to help seniors and their families to access all the tools they need to age in place safely and gracefully.