The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited January 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: E
Nursing home report
SHERRILL HOUSE
BOSTON, MA · Medicare-certified · 196 beds
In good standing
Non-profit
2 of 5 overall
Sherrill House (Boston, MA) has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Its staffing and quality measures are rated 4 stars, but health inspections are 2 stars, reported nurse staffing is below the federal benchmark (3.75 vs 4.1 hours per resident per day), there were $0 in fines in the last 24 months, and recent inspection citations included resident rights, food handling, and medication storage issues.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.7495 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: June 24, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.7495.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.77
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.67
- Nurse aides
- 2.31
- Weekend nursing
- 3.42
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 17%
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
11.4%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.4%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
2.3%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
2.5%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
4%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
12%Steady
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
9.6%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
7.7%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.2%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
3.8%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
14.9%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.2%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
97.9%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
98.5%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
82.1%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
86.2%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 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 properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited January 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to keep its areas safe, easy to use, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. Cited October 2022 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 921 — 42 CFR §483.90 — S/S: E
The home failed to create and carry out a timely plan to meet a new resident’s most immediate needs after admission. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 655 — 42 CFR §483.21 — 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 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 165.3 residents on an average day (84% of 196 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident & family councils
- Medicare history
- Certified for 55 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.