Franciscan Family Care Center,
Medicare-certified hospice in Meriden, CT
Medicare-certified87% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 267 Finch Avenue, Meriden, CT 06451
- Phone
- (203) 238-1441
- Listed under
- Serves nursing home residents, Serves assisted living residents, Nonprofit
- Medicare CCN
- 071530
- Ownership
- Nonprofit
- Medicare-certified since
- Oct 18, 1996
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 87%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 84%
- Hospice Care Index
- 10 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 18
- Levels of care
- Routine home care only
- County
- New Haven
What families said
From the CAHPS Hospice Survey, sent by CMS-approved vendors to family caregivers after a patient's death (Oct 2023–Sep 2025). Share of families answering the most positive way:
| Communicated well with the family | 83% |
| Provided timely help | 77% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 96% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 92% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 86% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 87% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 84% |
Quality measures
| Hospice Care Index (0–10, higher is better) | 10 of 10 |
| Patients who got all 7 recommended care processes at admission (comprehensive assessment) | 80.9% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 69.7% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $12,674 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 41% |
| Assisted living | 20% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 38% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 24% |
| Dementia | 15% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 20% |
| Stroke | 27% |
Family survey scores cover families of patients who died under this hospice's care, collected by CMS-approved survey vendors. A missing score usually means the hospice is new or small, not that it is poor. You can switch hospices once per benefit period — see Medicare.gov.