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Life Care Center of Plymouth

94 Obery Street, Plymouth, MA 02360 · Plymouth County · (508) 747-9800

150 certified beds, about 142 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1995

CMS high performing icon Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
5 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 225666 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on June 16, 2026, inspectors cited 0 health deficiencies (the Massachusetts average is 6.8, the national average 9.2).

CMS lists no health citations for this home in the inspections on file.

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 4.07 hours per resident per day, against 3.86 across Massachusetts and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.66 of those hours.

28.2% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Massachusetts average 38.2%).

CMS links it to Life Care Centers of America, an affiliated group of 194 nursing homes.

Health inspections

Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.

Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit

Where its citations fall on CMS's grid

CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 0 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
0D
0E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
June 16, 2026Standard inspection · 0 citations
March 17, 2025Standard inspection · 0 citations
January 26, 2024Standard inspection · 0 citations

Fire safety inspections

9 fire safety citations on file: 2 on June 16, 2026, 6 on March 17, 2025, 1 on January 26, 2024.

Every fire safety citation9 citations
  1. C
    Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
    K 345 · June 16, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. C
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · June 16, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. F
    Use approved construction type or materials.
    K 161 · March 17, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. D
    Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
    K 291 · March 17, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. D
    Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
    K 353 · March 17, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. D
    Install properly constructed and protected linen or trash chutes.
    K 541 · March 17, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  7. C
    Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
    K 711 · March 17, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  8. C
    To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
    K 761 · March 17, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  9. D
    Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
    K 321 · January 26, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)

Fines and payment denials

CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

MeasureThis homeMassachusettsUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)4.073.863.86
Registered nurses0.660.650.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.573.483.42
Nurse aides2.15
Licensed practical nurses1.26
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)28.2%38.2%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover21.7%42.6%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 3.99 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.

Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records

Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 4.27 on weekdays and 3.57 on weekends, 16% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.04 in April to June 2025 to 4.07 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20264.070.664.273.57 0.0%0 of 90142
Oct to Dec 20253.980.624.173.51 0.0%0 of 92142
Jul to Sep 20253.920.654.113.45 0.0%0 of 92139
Apr to Jun 20254.040.654.223.59 0.0%0 of 91133
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Massachusetts, Jan to Mar 20263.790.613.943.415.0%0.4% of days

Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.

Staff pay reports

Staff pay at this home

No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review. If you work here, your report helps start one.

Official wage estimates for Massachusetts

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Massachusetts, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$22.44$21.32 to $23.9438,130
LPNs and LVNs$38.57$34.91 to $40.6613,210
Registered nurses$50.27$42.05 to $65.4488,200
United States, nursing care facilities
CNAs (nursing assistants)$20.67$17.91 to $22.55534,270
LPNs and LVNs$33.86$30.05 to $37.40188,210
Registered nurses$41.11$37.85 to $47.68142,270

Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.

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Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

MeasureThis homeMassachusettsUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
6.316.413.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.50.80.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.81.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.03.53.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.11.41.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
5.515.414.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.04.24.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
13.821.415.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
26.425.723.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
11.811.912.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.01.91.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
1.51.51.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Life Care Center of Plymouth's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (66.2% of residents, after adjusting for how sick they were). How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

66.2% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Massachusetts: 121 better, 19 worse

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 1,091 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

10.1% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Massachusetts: 4 better, 15 worse

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 1,054 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

6.5% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Massachusetts: 5 better, 4 worse

Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 657 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

81.1% this home

Median of homes: Massachusetts51.6% · US 56.6%

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 418 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.9% this home

Median of homes: Massachusetts0.4% · US 0.0%

Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 685 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.4% this home

Median of homes: Massachusetts2.0% · US 1.7%

Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 685 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

99.6% this home

Median of homes: Massachusetts99.5% · US 98.7%

Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 474 residents counted.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: PLYMOUTH MEDICAL INVESTORS LLC. CMS links this home to Life Care Centers of America, a group of 194 nursing homes averaging 3.4 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Developers Investment Company IncDirect ownership interestOrganization12/03/1993
Preston, ForrestIndirect ownership interestIndividual12/03/1993
Bonfardeci, JohnManaging control - governing bodyIndividual11/14/2014
Freitas, GabriellaManaging control - governing bodyIndividual12/15/2024
Long, ZofiaManaging control - governing bodyIndividual03/15/2004
Cross, CindyCorporate officerIndividual04/21/1994
Henry, TerryCorporate officerIndividual08/16/1999
Lay, LisaCorporate officerIndividual02/09/2018
Swanker, RichardCorporate officerIndividual04/01/2011
Thurmond, JoanCorporate officerIndividual09/22/2000
Developers Investment Company IncOperational/managerial controlOrganization01/01/2017
Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Operational/managerial controlOrganization11/30/1993
Bonfardeci, JohnOperational/managerial controlIndividual11/14/2014
Fletcher, ToddOperational/managerial controlIndividual12/13/2024
Freitas, GabriellaOperational/managerial controlIndividual12/15/2024
Long, ZofiaOperational/managerial controlIndividual03/15/2004
Preston, AubreyOperational/managerial controlIndividual12/13/2024
Stevenson, JohnOperational/managerial controlIndividual02/01/2023
Ziegler, JamesOperational/managerial controlIndividual12/13/2024
Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Adp of the SNFOrganization03/28/2025
Bonfardeci, JohnAdp of the SNFIndividual03/28/2025
Preston, ForrestAdp of the SNFIndividual09/17/2002
Stevenson, JohnAdp of the SNFIndividual03/28/2025

As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.

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Common questions

What is Life Care Center of Plymouth's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Life Care Center of Plymouth 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Life Care Center of Plymouth get at its last inspection?
0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on June 16, 2026. The Massachusetts average is 6.8.
Has Life Care Center of Plymouth been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Life Care Center of Plymouth accept Medicaid?
It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
Who owns Life Care Center of Plymouth?
CMS lists 23 owners and managers, and links the home to Life Care Centers of America. Legal business name: PLYMOUTH MEDICAL INVESTORS LLC.

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