The home failed to have enough qualified staff to properly provide food and nutrition services. Cited January 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 801 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
Nursing home report
LIFE CARE CENTER OF THE SOUTH SHORE
SCITUATE, MA · Medicare-certified · 117 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall
LIFE CARE CENTER OF THE SOUTH SHORE (SCITUATE, MA) has a 5 out of 5 star overall rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and 4 stars each for staffing and quality measures. It reported 3.73 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, below the 4.1 federal benchmark, with $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.732 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: March 27, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.732.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.69
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.95
- Nurse aides
- 2.09
- Weekend nursing
- 3.35
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 36%
Registered nurse turnover: 33%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
24.6%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
3.6%Steady
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
3.7%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0.7%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
5.8%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
10%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
7%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
19%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.8%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
23.5%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
3.6%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
94.4%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
92.5%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
89.1%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
86%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited January 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
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 2022 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited May 2022 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: F
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited May 2022 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: F
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 3 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 13 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
- 99.1 residents on an average day (85% of 117 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident & family councils
- Medicare history
- Certified for 41 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.