The home failed to make food and drinks appealing and served them at a safe, appetizing temperature. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 804 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
Life Care Center of the North Shore
LYNN, MA · Medicare-certified · 123 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall
Life Care Center of the North Shore in Lynn, MA has a 5-star overall rating, with strong quality measures and 4-star health inspection and staffing scores. It reports 3.78 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, below the 4.1 federal benchmark, and had $0 in fines over the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.7789 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: April 3, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.7789.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.91
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.64
- Nurse aides
- 2.22
- Weekend nursing
- 3.26
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 25%
Registered nurse turnover: 24%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
8.8%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.3%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
6.3%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.3%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
5.8%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
6.1%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
10.1%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
18.8%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.2%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.4%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
28.2%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
8.4%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
90.9%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
67%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
38.3%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
20.7%Improving
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to promptly tell the resident, doctor, and family about changes or problems affecting the resident. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 580 — 42 CFR §483.10(g)(14) — S/S: D
The home failed to safeguard residents’ private information and keep each resident’s medical records properly maintained. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 842 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited April 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA · 194 homes · 3.5 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 115.1 residents on an average day (94% of 123 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.