Blackstone Valley Health And Rehabilitation

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

51.6% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 142 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 32.6% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 43 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.37 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 64% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 16% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 123 beds and averages 115.3 residents a day — about 94% occupied, or roughly 8 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.22 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.38 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.80 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 2.87 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.36 on weekdays — 15% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.44 to 0.25 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 42% is about the same as the national median of 45%. 1 administrator has left in the past year.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are more than at the previous inspection — worsening. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

28 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 18 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · D2025-04-29 · tag F0644 — isolated
  Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure that a Level II [comprehensive evaluation that identifies the specialized services required] Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASARR- evaluation done if it was determined by the Level I [initial pre-screening] screen that a resident had an intellectual or developmental disability and/or serious mental illness [SMI] and if a resident was in need of additional support services at the facility) screen was submitted for two Residents (#93) and (#74), out of a total sample of 25 residents. Specifically, for Resident's #93 and #74, the facility failed to request a Level II PASARR evaluation when both Residents demonstrated a change in psychosocial condition requiring emergency mental health intervention. Findings include: 1. Resident #93 was admitted to the facility in May 2024 with diagnoses including Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Review of Resident #93's PASARR Level I screen dated 5/17/24,…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-04-29 · tag F0657 — failed to keep the care plan current — isolated
  Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that the Resident and/or Resident Representative was provided the right to participate in the care plan process for one Resident (#46), out of a total sample of 25 residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure that quarterly care plan meetings were conducted as required for Resident #46. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled Resident Assessment and Care Planning Policies and Procedures, last revised February 2022, included the following: -Residents and their families .are invited to attend and participate in the resident's assessment and care planning conferences (admission, quarterly, annual, and significant change in status). -A timely advance notice of the care planning conference is provided to the resident and interested family members. -Social services maintain a record of such notices. -Attendance will be taken and kept in the resident's record. -All care plans will be reviewed with the attendees for further…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-04-29 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record reviews, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure two Residents (#32 and #113) out of a total sample of 25 residents, remained free from accidents and hazards. Specifically, 1. For Resident #32, the facility failed to secure smoking materials at the nurses station after the Resident participated in smoking activities, ensure the Resident disposed of smoking materials safely, and perform one out of three quarterly Safe Smoking Assessments. 2. For Resident #113, the facility failed to include the Resident's name and photograph as part of the Wandering Resident Red Binder located at the facility front desk and unit nurses' stations, when the Resident was evaluated as being at risk for elopement. Findings include: 1. Review of the facility policy titled: Facility Smoking, effective date January 2025, indicated the following: -The purpose of this policy is to protect residents' rights while ensuring the highest level of safety for both residents and staff from the serious consequences that may…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-04-29 · tag F0692 — failed to prevent malnutrition and dehydration — isolated
  Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility staff failed to ensure appropriate care and services were provided for one Resident (#45) out of a total sample of 25 residents, when the Resident was identified as being at risk for altered nutrition status. Specifically, for Resident #45, the facility failed to perform a nutritional assessment when the Resident was admitted to the facility and implement interventions thereafter when the Resident was identified as having experienced a significant weight loss. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled: Nutrition/Weight Policy, effective 12/1/24, indicated the following: -When weights demonstrate undesired trends, or progressive insidious weight change, or significant weight change (gains or losses) the licensed nurse will document the weight change in the EMR (Electronic Medical Record). -The threshold for significant unplanned and undesired weight change (loss/gain) will be based on the following criteria: a. 1 month -5% weight…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-04-29 · tag F0695 — failed to provide proper breathing / tracheostomy care — isolated
  Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to provide respiratory care and services consistent with professional standards of practice for two Residents (#36 and #93) out of a total sample of 25 residents. Specifically, 1. for Resident #36, the facility failed to ensure a clean and sanitary oxygen concentrator (device used to deliver supplemental oxygen) filters in accordance with the manufacturers' guidelines when the air intake gross particle filter was observed with a thick coating of dust, placing the Resident at risk of equipment malfunction and inhaling dust particulate matter. 2. for Resident #93, the facility failed to maintain the Resident's oxygen concentrator filter as required, placing the Resident at risk for impaired oxygen supply delivery and inhaling contaminated oxygen. Findings include: Review of the Invacare Platinum XL II user manual dated, 8/9/06, indicated: -Remove each filter and clean at least once a week depending on environmental conditions. Note:…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-04-29 · tag F0756 — failed to review each resident's drug regimen — isolated
  Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure Medication Regimen Reviews (MRRs) were responded to and/or implemented timely for one Resident (#34), out of five applicable residents reviewed for unnecessary medications, out of a total sample of 25 residents. Specifically, for Resident #34, the facility failed to ensure that duplicate recommendations from the Consultant Pharmacist were reviewed and responded to by the Provider and/or nursing staff, and that orders were implemented timely relative to: -obtaining a Vitamin D level made on 5/3/24, 6/2/24, and 7/2/24. -discontinuation of Loratadine (antihistamine medication) made on 10/2/24, 11/4/24, 12/6/24, and 1/2/25. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled Drug Regimen Review, dated 4/2022, indicated the following: -Consultant Pharmacist reviews the medication regimen of each active resident at least monthly -Findings and recommendations are reported to the Director of Nurses (DON) and the Medical Director. -The Consultant Pharmacist documents the date each medication regimen review is completed…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-04-29 · tag F0757 — failed to avoid unnecessary drugs — isolated
  Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure one Resident (#34) was not administered unnecessary medications, of five applicable residents reviewed for unnecessary medications, out of a total sample of 25 residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure the Consultant Pharmacist Recommendation to discontinue scheduled Loratadine (antihistamine medication), that was approved by the Provider on 10/8/24, was discontinued and Resident #34 continued to receive the scheduled doses of the medication until it was discontinued on 2/4/25 (over three months later). Findings include: Resident #34 was admitted to the facility in May 2024 with diagnoses including Dementia and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Review of the Consultant Pharmacist Progress Notes indicated the following repeated recommendations: -10/2/24: to the Medial Doctor (MD) - Recommend continued need for Loratadine medication -11/4/24: to Nursing - Recommend follow through with Consultant Pharmacist's Recommendation to discontinue Loratadine. -12/6/24: to Nursing - Recommend follow through with…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-04-29 · tag F0759 — failed to keep medication error rate low — isolated
  Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to maintain a medication pass error rate of less than five percent (%) for two Residents (#11 and #47), out of five applicable residents, out of 29 medication pass opportunities. The medication error rate was observed to be 6.9%. Specifically, 1. For Resident #11, the Resident was administered the wrong medication dosage form when a Ferrous Sulfate tablet was administered and Ferrous Sulfate Oral Solution was ordered. 2. For Resident #47, the Resident was administered the incorrect dosage of Fish Oil when 2000 mg (milligrams) of Fish Oil was administered and 1000 mg of Fish Oil was ordered. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled Medication and Treatment Orders, effective June 2022, indicated the following: -Policy: Orders for medications and treatments will be consistent with principles of safe and effective order writing. -Medications shall be administered only upon the written order of physician/NP/PA licensed in MA. Review of the facility policy titled Specific Medication Administration…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-04-29 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — isolated
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, and interview, the facility failed to follow professional standards of practice for food safety and sanitation in the facility's main kitchen to prevent contamination and the potential spread of foodborne illnesses. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure that food items stored in the walk-in refrigerator in the facility main kitchen area were properly labeled and dated as required. Findings include: Review of the 2022 Food Code by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicated but was not limited to: -501.17 Ready-to-Eat, Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Date Marking. (A) Except when Packaging Food using a Reduced Oxygen Packaging method as specified under §3-502.12, and except as specified in (E) and (F) of this section, refrigerated, READY-TO-EAT, TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD prepared and held in a FOOD ESTABLISHMENT for more than 24 hours: > shall be clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the FOOD shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded when held at a temperature of 5ºC (41ºF) or less for a maximum…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-04-29 · tag F0825 — isolated
  Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure that specialized rehabilitation services were provided to assist in maintaining the highest practicable level functioning for one Resident (#74) out of a total sample size of 25 residents. Specifically, for Resident #74, the facility failed to ensure that Physical Therapy (PT) Evaluations were completed timely as ordered by the Physician for symptoms of bilateral knee pain and stiffness. Findings include: Resident #74 was admitted to the facility in June 2024 with diagnoses including bilateral primary Osteoarthritis of the knees. Review of the Facility Policy titled Scope of Services, Rehabilitation, revised February 2022 indicated: -Residents are screened and/or evaluated by Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy according to demonstrated need in a specific area -Such therapy encompasses examination and analysis of patients to maximize functional independence: >A therapy screen to assess the need for skilled service >An initial evaluation and assessment of the patient prior to provision of services >A…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 3 rows in the source record cover these 2 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

1 organizational owner listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

This home reported $1.0M paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in MA