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LIFE CARE CENTER OF NASHOBA VALLEY

LITTLETON, MA · Medicare-certified · 120 beds

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4 of 5 overall

4 of 5 stars overall. This facility’s health inspection, staffing, and quality ratings are all 4 of 5, reported nurse staffing is slightly above the federal benchmark (4.17 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day), and there were no fines in the last 24 months; recent inspection citations included care planning and pharmacist drug regimen review issues.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

4.1672 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: August 14, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.1672.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.76
Licensed practical nurses
1.11
Nurse aides
2.30
Weekend nursing
3.64

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 40%
Registered nurse turnover: 52%

Resident outcomes

How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

22.7%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

6.3%Worsening

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

6.4%Improving

Residents with a urinary tract infection

1.4%Improving

Residents who lost too much weight

5.7%Improving

Residents who were physically restrained

0%Steady

Residents needing more help with daily activities

11%Worsening

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

10.9%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

25.9%Improving

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

0.2%Worsening

Residents with a long-term catheter

0.6%Worsening

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

26.6%Worsening

Residents with depressive symptoms

5.4%Improving

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

92.4%Steady

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

97.2%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

89.3%Steady

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

92.4%Steady

What the inspectors found

The nursing home failed to develop and carry out a complete care plan that met each resident’s needs with clear steps and timelines. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 656 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(1) — S/S: D

The home failed to complete and keep the resident’s care plan properly prepared, reviewed, and updated by the right health professionals. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 657 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(2) — S/S: D

The home failed to ensure a licensed pharmacist reviewed residents' medications each month and reported any problems as required. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 756 — 42 CFR §483.45(c) — S/S: D

The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: D

The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited August 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 7 health deficiencies.

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  4. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.

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Operator & ownership

Ownership
For profit - Limited Liability company
Chain
Part of LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA · 194 homes · 3.5 stars avg
Occupancy
112.1 residents on an average day (93% of 120 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 33 years

Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.