Nursing home report
CHELMSFORD, MA · Medicare-certified · 124 beds
Palm Springs Post Acute (Chelmsford, MA) has a 2 out of 5 overall rating, with 2-star health inspection and staffing ratings and 3-star quality measures. Reported nurse staffing is 3.62 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were $0 fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.6204 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.6204.
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 needed care and help with daily activities for residents who could not do them on their own. Cited November 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 677 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(2) — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited November 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited August 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited March 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. Cited March 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 697 — 42 CFR §483.25(k) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 7 health deficiencies.
Now operated by Palm Springs Post Acute, previously Vantage Health & Rehab of Chelmsford.
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.
