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Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit

145 Ward Hill Avenue, Bradford, MA 01835 · Essex County · (978) 372-8000

20 certified beds, about 16 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 2016

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Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
5 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 225783 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on July 24, 2025, 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 7.18 hours per resident per day, against 3.86 across Massachusetts and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 1.83 of those hours.

64.1% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Massachusetts average 38.2%).

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
July 24, 2025Standard inspection · 0 citations
July 16, 2024Standard inspection · 0 citations
May 31, 2023Standard inspection · 0 citations

Fire safety inspections

11 fire safety citations on file: 8 on July 24, 2025, 3 on July 16, 2024.

Every fire safety citation11 citations
  1. F
    Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
    K 345 · July 24, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. F
    Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
    K 372 · July 24, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. F
    Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
    K 521 · July 24, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. F
    Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
    K 712 · July 24, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. F
    To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
    K 761 · July 24, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. E
    Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
    K 353 · July 24, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  7. E
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · July 24, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  8. E
    Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
    K 920 · July 24, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  9. E
    Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
    K 222 · July 16, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  10. D
    Satisfy building requirements after a repair, renovation, modification, or change of user/occupancy.
    K 111 · July 16, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  11. D
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · July 16, 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)7.183.863.86
Registered nurses1.830.650.69
All nursing staff on weekends5.943.483.42
Nurse aides2.89
Licensed practical nurses2.46
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)64.1%38.2%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover81.8%42.6%42.9%
Administrators who left1

CMS expects 4.73 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 7.68 on weekdays and 5.94 on weekends, 23% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 7.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 6.31 in April to June 2025 to 7.18 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20267.181.837.685.94 7.0%0 of 9016
Oct to Dec 20256.471.656.915.35 10.0%0 of 9217
Jul to Sep 20255.531.285.874.66 18.4%0 of 9219
Apr to Jun 20256.311.456.765.18 19.2%0 of 9118
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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How staff pay reports work · CNA pay by state

Quality measures

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

MeasureThis homeMassachusettsUS
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.41.6
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
20.625.723.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
16.611.912.0

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (71.5% 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

71.5% 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. 457 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

11.9% 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. 461 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

5.2% 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. 265 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

52.7% 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. 220 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

1.2% 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. 251 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

2.5% 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. 251 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

95.8% 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. 190 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: BRN CORPORATION.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Whittier Healthcare Holdings II Inc5% or greater direct ownership interestOrganization100%03/28/2016
Whittier Healthcare Trust5% or greater indirect ownership interestOrganization12/14/2012
Arcidi, Alfred5% or greater indirect ownership interestIndividual11/07/2012
Arcidi, Michael5% or greater indirect ownership interestIndividual11/07/2012
Arcidi, Philip5% or greater indirect ownership interestIndividual12/14/2012
D'apolito, DeborahW-2 managing employeeIndividual03/28/2016
Durkin, AdriaW-2 managing employeeIndividual02/28/2019
Wilkins, ZacharyW-2 managing employeeIndividual02/28/2019
Arcidi, AlfredCorporate directorIndividual02/04/2019
Arcidi, MichaelCorporate directorIndividual10/14/2003
Arcidi, PhilipCorporate directorIndividual10/14/2003
Arcidi, AlfredCorporate officerIndividual02/04/2019
Arcidi, MichaelCorporate officerIndividual10/14/2003
Arcidi, PhilipCorporate officerIndividual02/04/2019
Greenleaf VI II Inc.Operational/managerial controlOrganization01/01/2013
Arcidi, AlfredOperational/managerial controlIndividual10/14/2003
Arcidi, MichaelOperational/managerial controlIndividual10/14/2003
Arcidi, PhilipOperational/managerial controlIndividual10/14/2003

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.

Questions to ask on a visit

Chosen from this home's own inspection record.

  1. How long has the current administrator been here?CMS counts 1 administrator who left in the period it measured.

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Common questions

What is Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit get at its last inspection?
0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on July 24, 2025. The Massachusetts average is 6.8.
Has Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit 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 Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit?
CMS lists 18 owners and managers. Legal business name: BRN CORPORATION.

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