Nursing home report
PLYMOUTH, MA · Medicare-certified · 150 beds
LIFE CARE CENTER OF PLYMOUTH has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and quality measures and 4 stars for staffing. It reported 4.07 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, just below the 4.1 federal benchmark, and had no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.0698 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.0698.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
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 April 2022 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to reasonably accommodate each resident’s needs and preferences. Cited April 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 558 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The home failed to properly assess a resident after a major change in condition. Cited April 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 637 — 42 CFR §483.20(b)(2) — S/S: D
The home failed to create and carry out a timely plan to meet a new resident’s most immediate needs after admission. Cited April 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 655 — 42 CFR §483.21 — S/S: D
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 April 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 656 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(1) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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.
