The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited January 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
Sancta Maria Nursing Facility
CAMBRIDGE, MA · Medicare-certified · 141 beds
Needs attention
Non-profit
1 of 5 overall
Sancta Maria Nursing Facility in Cambridge, MA has a 1 out of 5 overall rating, with a 1-star staffing rating and 2-star health inspection rating; it has no fines in the last 24 months but is flagged for the lowest overall rating. Recent inspection issues included medication storage, infection prevention and control, and antibiotic-use monitoring.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
Quality measures
Last inspection: February 26, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0lowest overall rating
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports not reported.
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
11.5%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
3%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
3.7%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.8%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
6%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
8.8%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
17.5%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
8.3%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
2.2%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.4%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
20.3%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
2.1%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
93.2%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
94.9%Improving
What the inspectors found
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 January 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: F
The home failed to monitor antibiotic use properly. Cited January 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 881 — 42 CFR §483.80 — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited February 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure nurses and nurse aides had the needed skills to care for each resident and support their well-being. Cited February 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 726 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: E
Recent history
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 12 health deficiencies.
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Health inspection found 13 health deficiencies.
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Health inspection found 13 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Church related
- Occupancy
- 125.4 residents on an average day (89% of 141 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 33 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.