The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: G
Nursing home report
BRIARWOOD REHABILITATION & HEALTHCARE CENTER
NEEDHAM, MA · Medicare-certified · 120 beds
Needs attention
For-profitChain member
4 of 5 overall
BRIARWOOD REHABILITATION & HEALTHCARE CENTER in Needham, MA has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, with strong health inspection and quality ratings but only average staffing. It reports 4.01 nurse staffing hours per resident day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, and it had $8,788 in fines in the last 24 months with a recent federal penalty.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.0064 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: August 20, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $8,788recent federal penalty
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.0064.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.75
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.89
- Nurse aides
- 2.37
- Weekend nursing
- 3.49
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 19%
Registered nurse turnover: 25%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
18.8%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.8%Steady
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
6.1%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
2.8%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
8%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
10.6%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
15.2%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.7%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.2%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
7.8%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
69%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
93.9%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
94%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
92.5%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
91.9%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited May 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: F
The home failed to have a plan for how it would carry out quality improvement and oversight activities. Cited May 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 865 — 42 CFR §483.75 — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to keep medication mistakes below the allowed level. Cited July 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 759 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(1) — S/S: E
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate dialysis care for a resident who needed it. Cited July 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 698 — 42 CFR §483.25(l) — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- PENALTY
A federal fine of $8,788 was recorded.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 17 health deficiencies.
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Penalties & enforcement
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $8,788 in total fines.
- $8,788
Federal fine
Feb 18, 2025
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of MARQUIS HEALTH SERVICES · 88 homes · 3 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 110 residents on an average day (92% of 120 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 35 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.