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Life Care Center of The South Shore

  • Date Updated:  September 01, 2024
  • CMS Overall 5-Star Rating:  
  • Address:  309 DRIFTWAY BOX 830
    SCITUATE MA 02066 Map
  • Phone:  781-545-1370
  • Website:   Click Here
  • Medicare Provider Number:  225282
  • Participating in Medicare Since:  January 05, 1985
  • No. of Certified Beds:  117
  • No. of Residents:   80
  • Occupancy:   68.38% ( as of 09/29/2024 )
  • Amount Fined:  $42,568.50
  • Complaints Filed:   2
  • Accepts:  Medicare and Medicaid

  About Life Care Center of The South Shore

Life Care Center Of The South Shore, located in SCITUATE, MA, is a for-profit organization that accepts Medicare and Medicaid. It is not part of a continuing care retirement community. It is not located in a hospital. Life Care Center Of The South Shore offers a range of services including skilled nursing, long-term care, short-term rehabilitation, and specialized memory care. The center is equipped with modern amenities and a supportive environment designed to enhance the quality of life for its residents. With a focus on personalized care plans and community engagement.

  • Life Care Center of The South Shore is ranked #7 out of 9 facilities within a 10 mile radius and #81 out of 122 facilities within a 25 mile radius. See Ranking Report
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  • CMS 5-Star Overall Rating is (2 out of 5):
  • Current Trend:   Improving
  • Total Nursing Hours Spent Per Resident Per Day: 3.83
    (The national average is 3.80 )
  • The percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission is 27.94% .
  •    There is no indication of abuse occuring at Life Care Center of The South Shore. (CMS flags facilities where abuse has either happened or is very likely.)

  Life Care Center of The South Shore Owner & Operator Information

Business Entity Name:

SOUTH SHORE MEDICAL INVESTORS LLC

Owners:

Managers and Directors:

  Life Care Center of The South Shore Ratings and Inspection Scores

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regularly inspects every skilled nursing facility. The results of the multi-day inspection is a series of star ratings. The health inspection scores are an absolute value, so you can compare one facility's score directly to another.

Ratings

Overall Rating 2:
Health Inspection Rating 2:
Quality Rating 4:
Staffing Rating 3:

Inspection Scores

Cycle 1 Score (as of January 31, 2024) 52
Cycle 2 Score (as of May 18, 2022) 162
Cycle 3 Score (as of July 25, 2019) 72
Weighted All Cycles Score 92

  Nursing Hours Spent Per Patient

CMS provides detailed information about how long nursing staff spends with residents. This data includes nursing subcategories of Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and non-nursing Certified Nursing Assistants. More hours spend per patient should can indicate a better facility or it could indicate more complicated situations.

The nursing staff of Life Care Center of The South Shore spends MORE time on average with its residents than the state average for total nursing hours spent per resident and MORE time than the national average for total nursing hours spent per resident.

Type Facility State / National Avg
Registered Nurse (RN)
Hours 0.84 0.64 / 0.66
Case Mix 0.63 0.65 / 0.66
Adjusted 0.88 NA / NA
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Hours 0.95 0.96 / 0.88
Case Mix 0.83 NA / NA
Adjusted 1.00 NA / NA
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
Hours 2.04 2.17 / 2.26
Case Mix 2.14 NA / NA
Adjusted 2.15 NA / NA
Total Licensed Staff
Hours 1.78 1.61 / 1.54
Physical Therapist (PT)
Hours 0.08 0.07 / 0.07
Total Nursing Hours Spent per Resident on Average
Hours 3.83 3.78 / 3.80
Case Mix 3.60 3.72 / 3.79
Adjusted 4.03 NA / NA

  Quality Measures

Quality measures are based both on patient survey information and on the results of actual claims that are filed with CMS. It is not clear what period is covered in the measures.

Desc. Perc./ State Avg. / Comparison
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission (qm521)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
27.9% / 23.1%
Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit (qm522)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
6.8% / 11.3%
Better
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm551)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
1.7% / 1.7%
Worse
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm552)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
1.3% / 1.4%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased (qm401) 12.9% / 15.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight (qm404) 4.8% / 5.5%
Better
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder (qm405) 74.7% / 60.6%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder (qm406) 0.3% / 1.2%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection (qm407) 3.9% / 2.2%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms (qm408) 5.3% / 4.3%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained (qm409) 0.0% / 0.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury (qm410) 3.7% / 3.6%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm415) 96.3% / 89.8%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication (qm419) 19.2% / 20.3%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm430) 90.6% / 75.5%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication (qm434) 0.0% / 1.5%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened (qm451) 15.6% / 16.0%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication (qm452) 20.7% / 18.6%
Worse
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers (qm453) 6.9% / 6.6%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm454) 94.3% / 93.3%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function (qm471) 89.5% / 74.8%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm472) 92.1% / 73.9%
Better

  Hospitals Near Life Care Center of The South Shore

Quite often skilled nursing facilities and hospitals work closely together to help patients recover or manage a terminal illness. Hospitals deals with acute care while nursing homes treat patients for a longer period of time. New residents at skilled nursing homes typically come from a hospital and nursing home residents may be readmitted to a hospital if their recovery does not proceed well. (Hospital readmission rates are closely monitored by CMS.) Consequently it is important that you consider which hospitals are near a nursing home which choosing one. Below is a list of hospitals near Life Care Center of The South Shore.

This information is based on the most recent Hospital data. Historical data is not available.

Hospital 5-Star Overall Rating
MORTON HOSPITAL
88 WASHINGTON STREET
TAUNTON, MA 02780
1
ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER
736 CAMBRIDGE STREET
BRIGHTON, MA 02135
2
GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER
235 NORTH PEARL STREET
BROCKTON, MA 02301
2
MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE
585 LEBANON STREET
MELROSE, MA 02176
2
SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE BROCKTON HOSPITAL
680 CENTER STREET
BROCKTON, MA 02302
2
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1 BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER PLACE
BOSTON, MA 02118
3
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
1493 CAMBRIDGE STREET
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138
3
CARNEY HOSPITAL
2100 DORCHESTER AVENUE
BOSTON, MA 02124
3
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
800 WASHINGTON STREET
BOSTON, MA 02111
3
WINCHESTER HOSPITAL
41 HIGHLAND AVENUE
WINCHESTER, MA 01890
4
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON
199 REEDSDALE ROAD
MILTON, MA 02186
4
VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - JAMAICA PLAIN
150 S. HUNTINGTON AVENUE
JAMAICA PLAIN, MA 02130
4
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH
275 SANDWICH STREET
PLYMOUTH, MA 02360
4
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER
330 BROOKLINE AVENUE
BOSTON, MA 02215
4
SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL
55 FOGG ROAD
SOUTH WEYMOUTH, MA 02190
4
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
75 FRANCIS STREET
BOSTON, MA 02115
5
NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER -
81 HIGHLAND AVENUE
SALEM, MA 01970
5
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
55 FRUIT STREET
BOSTON, MA 02114
5
MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL
330 MOUNT AUBURN STREET
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138
5
NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL
125 PARKER HILL AVENUE
BOSTON, MA 02120
5

Ratings History for Life Care Center of The South Shore

  Medical Professionals Associated with Life Care Center of The South Shore

These are the doctors who are affiliated with Life Care Center of The South Shore. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

  • JOHN STEVENSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PEMBROKE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC )

  Local Nursing Homes

Below is a list of nursing homes in near Life Care Center of The South Shore (including this home). This list is ranked based on the nursing home's health inspection scores (alse referred to as the "weighted all cycles score"). We also show the home's 5-star overall rating in the list. (If a nursing home has been flaged by CMS for abuse, we will added an icon (  ) to the home to indicate this.)

The data is based on the dataset as of September 01, 2024.

Name Health Inspection Score / Overall Rating
Newbridge On The Charles Skilled Nursing Facility
(DEDHAM, MA)
2 / 5:
Care One at Wilmington
(WILMINGTON, MA)
4 / 5:
Brookhaven at Lexington
(LEXINGTON, MA)
6.667 / 5:
Continuing Care at Brooksby Village
(PEABODY, MA)
7.333 / 5:
Hannah B G Shaw Home
(MIDDLEBORO, MA)
9.333 / 5:
Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton
(BOSTON, MA)
9.333 / 5:
Bay Path at Duxbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr
(DUXBURY, MA)
12 / 5:
Linden Ponds
(HINGHAM, MA)
12 / 5:
Life Care Center of Plymouth
(PLYMOUTH, MA)
13.333 / 5:
Recuperative Services Unit-Hebrew Rehab Center
(BOSTON, MA)
15.333 / 5:
The Boston Home, Inc
(BOSTON, MA)
17.333 / 5:
Phillips Manor Nursing Home
(LYNN, MA)
18 / 4:
Life Care Center of West Bridgewater
(WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA)
18.667 / 5:
Sherrill House
(BOSTON, MA)
18.667 / 5:
Leonard Florence Center For Living
(CHELSEA, MA)
22.667 / 5:
Lafayette Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing
(MARBLEHEAD, MA)
23.333 / 5:
Aberjona Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(WINCHESTER, MA)
25.333 / 5:
Greenwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(WAKEFIELD, MA)
26.667 / 5:
Dwyer Home
(WEYMOUTH, MA)
28.667 / 5:
Dexter House Healthcare
(MALDEN, MA)
30 / 4:
Pilgrim Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center
(PEABODY, MA)
30.667 / 4:
Cardigan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(SCITUATE, MA)
31.333 / 5:
New England Homes For The Deaf, Inc
(DANVERS, MA)
32 / 5:
Katzman Family Center For Living
(CHELSEA, MA)
32.333 / 5:
Regalcare at Taunton
(TAUNTON, MA)
34 / 4:
Care One at Weymouth
(WEYMOUTH, MA)
34 / 4:
Alliance Health at Braintree
(BRAINTREE, MA)
34.667 / 5:
Neville Center at Fresh Pond For Nursing and Rehab
(CAMBRIDGE, MA)
35.333 / 5:
Pope Nursing Home
(WEYMOUTH, MA)
37.333 / 3:
Abbott Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(LYNN, MA)
37.333 / 4:
Oakhill Healthcare
(MIDDLEBORO, MA)
38.667 / 4:
Cambridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(CAMBRIDGE, MA)
40.667 / 5:
Jesmond Nursing Home
(NAHANT, MA)
40.667 / 4:
Belmont Manor Nursing Home, In
(BELMONT, MA)
41.333 / 4:
Winchester Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(WINCHESTER, MA)
41.333 / 4:
Care One at Lexington
(LEXINGTON, MA)
42 / 4:
The Elmhurst Healthcare
(MELROSE, MA)
42 / 4:
Devereux Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(MARBLEHEAD, MA)
42 / 4:
Webster Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
(ROCKLAND, MA)
42.667 / 5:
Alliance Health at West Acres
(BROCKTON, MA)
43.333 / 4:
Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center
(BOSTON, MA)
43.333 / 5:
Life Care Center of The North Shore
(LYNN, MA)
43.333 / 4:
John Scott House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(BRAINTREE, MA)
45.333 / 4:
German Center For Extended Care
(BOSTON, MA)
45.333 / 4:
Harbor House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(HINGHAM, MA)
46 / 3:
South Cove Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(QUINCY, MA)
46.667 / 4:
The Bostonian Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Ctr
(DORCHESTER, MA)
46.667 / 3:
Copley at Stoughton Nursing Care Center
(STOUGHTON, MA)
47.333 / 5:
Regalcare at Quincy
(QUINCY, MA)
47.333 / 3:
Benjamin Healthcare Center
(BOSTON, MA)
47.333 / 4:
The Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea
(CHELSEA, MA)
50 / 3:
Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr
(SAUGUS, MA)
50 / 3:
Wingate at Silver Lake
(KINGSTON, MA)
52 / 3:
Woburn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(WOBURN, MA)
52 / 3:
New England Sinai Hospital Transitional Care Unit
(STOUGHTON, MA)
52.667 / 2:
Marian Manor of Taunton
(TAUNTON, MA)
53.333 / 3:
Queen Anne Nursing Home, Inc
(HINGHAM, MA)
53.333 / 4:
Alliance Health at Marina Bay
(QUINCY, MA)
55.333 / 3:
Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(BOSTON, MA)
55.333 / 4:
Baypointe Rehab Center
(BROCKTON, MA)
56 / 4:
Jeffrey and Susan Brudnick Center For Living
(PEABODY, MA)
56.667 / 4:
Bear Mountain at Reading
(READING, MA)
59.333 / 2:
St Joseph Manor Health Care Inc
(BROCKTON, MA)
60 / 3:
Life Care Center of Raynham
(RAYNHAM, MA)
60.667 / 3:
North End Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
(BOSTON, MA)
61.667 / 3:
Champion Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(BROCKTON, MA)
63.333 / 3:
Life Care Center of Stoneham
(STONEHAM, MA)
64 / 3:
Walpole Healthcare
(WALPOLE, MA)
64.667 / 4:
Southwood at Norwell Nursing Ctr
(NORWELL, MA)
65 / 4:
Lighthouse Nursing Care Center
(REVERE, MA)
68.667 / 1:
Presentation Rehab and Skilled Care Center
(BOSTON, MA)
69.333 / 1:
Sancta Maria Nursing Facility
(CAMBRIDGE, MA)
74.667 / 3:
Stone Rehabilitation and Senior Living
(NEWTON UPPER FALLS, MA)
77.333 / 3:
Hancock Park Rehabiliation and Nursing Center
(QUINCY, MA)
78.667 / 3:
Marian Manor
(BOSTON, MA)
81.333 / 2:
Maristhill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(WALTHAM, MA)
81.5 / 2:
Foremost at Sharon LLC
(SHARON, MA)
85.333 / 2:
West Roxbury Health and Rehabilitation Center
(WEST ROXBURY, MA)
86 / 2:
The Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Everett
(EVERETT, MA)
86 / 2:
Victoria Haven Nursing Facility
(NORWOOD, MA)
86.667 / 3:
Life Care Center of The South Shore
(SCITUATE, MA)
92 / 2:
Southshore Health Care Center
(ROCKLAND, MA)
93.333 / 2:
Care One at Peabody
(PEABODY, MA)
94 / 2:
Brighton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(BRIGHTON, MA)
94.667 / 2:
Vantage at Wakefield LLC
(WAKEFIELD, MA)
96.833 / 2:
Blue Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center
(STOUGHTON, MA)
97.333 / 2:
Bear Hill Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
(STONEHAM, MA)
97.667 / 2:
Alliance Health at Rosewood
(PEABODY, MA)
100 / 2:
Care One at Brookline
(BROOKLINE, MA)
100.667 / 2:
Royal Braintree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(BRAINTREE, MA)
101.333 / 2:
Wilmington Rehab Center
(WILMINGTON, MA)
106.667 / 1:
Saugus Center
(SAUGUS, MA)
112.667 / 2:
Care One at Randolph
(RANDOLPH, MA)
122.333 / 2:
Melrose Healthcare
(MELROSE, MA)
128 / 1:
Mattapan Health and Rehabilitation Center
(MATTAPAN, MA)
130.667 / 1:
The Ellis Nursing Home
(NORWOOD, MA)
134 / 1:
Salem Rehab Center
(SALEM, MA)
139.333 / 1:
St Joseph Rehab and Nursing Care Center
(DORCHESTER, MA)
143.667 / 2:
Watertown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(WATERTOWN, MA)
145.333 / 1:
Medford Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(MEDFORD, MA)
146 / 1:
Regalcare at Courtyard-Medford
(MEDFORD, MA)
162.667 / 1:
Southeast Health Care Center
(NORTH EASTON, MA)
163 / 1:
Colony Center For Health and Rehabilitation
(ABINGTON, MA)
164.333 / 1:
Hellenic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(CANTON, MA)
168 / 1:
Pine Knoll Nursing Center
(LEXINGTON, MA)
173.167 / 1:
Sachem Center For Health and Rehabilitation
(EAST BRIDGEWATER, MA)
175.333 / 1:
Wedgemere Healthcare
(TAUNTON, MA)
179.5 / 1:
Park Avenue Health Center
(ARLINGTON, MA)
181 / 1:
Parkway Health and Rehabilitation Center
(BOSTON, MA)
209.333 / 1:
Affinity Healthcare
(BRAINTREE, MA)
214.667 / 1:
Eastpointe Rehab Center
(CHELSEA, MA)
217.667 / 1:
Advocate Healthcare of East Boston, LLC
(EAST BOSTON, MA)
219.5 / 1:
Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(WALTHAM, MA)
242.667 / 2:
The Guardian Center
(BROCKTON, MA)
284 / 1:
Brush Hill Care Center
(MILTON, MA)
286 / 1:
Norwood Healthcare
(NORWOOD, MA)
309 / 1:
Plymouth Harborside Healthcare
(PLYMOUTH, MA)
325.333 / 1:
West Newton Healthcare
(WEST NEWTON, MA)
338 / 1:
Royal Norwell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC
(NORWELL, MA)
340.333 / 1:
Regalcare at Glen Ridge
(MEDFORD, MA)
351.667 / 1:
Plymouth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
(PLYMOUTH, MA)
401 / 1:
Charlwell House Health and Rehabilitation
(NORWOOD, MA)
625.333 / 1:

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Best and Worst Nursing Homes in SCITUATE, MA

Here is our analysis of the Best Nursing Homes in SCITUATE and Worst Nursing Homes in SCITUATE so that you can make better decisions when choosing a nursing home. You should also use these lists after choosing a home to stay abreast of changes.

Ownership Details for Life Care Center of The South Shore

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Noted Deficiencies for Life Care Center of The South Shore

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Nursing Hours Analysis for Life Care Center of The South Shore

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