Nursing home
Benjamin Healthcare Center
120 Fisher Avenue, Boston, MA 02120 · Map
Non profit - Other · 205 certified beds
Benjamin Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Boston, Massachusetts. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.40 hours per resident per day, below the Massachusetts average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Apr 30, 2025 cited 22 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 1 fine totaling $95,036In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Benjamin Healthcare Center compares
This facility vs. the Massachusetts and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Massachusetts avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.40 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.19 | 2.26 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 98.4% | 39.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 22.0 | 8.9 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $95,036, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Benjamin Healthcare Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Sep 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jul 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 120 Fisher Avenue
Boston, MA 02120 - CMS certification #
- 225654
- Ownership
- Non profit - Other
- Certified beds
- 205
- Avg residents/day
- 81.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1995-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Benjamin Healthcare Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, transportation
- Workplace safety 3 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 5 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Benjamin Healthcare Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Nov 7, 2024: referral inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Mar 3, 2025. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $25,210 proposed, $6,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as The Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center, INC.
Details
- Serious: Construction: fall protection (1926.501(b)(4)(i)). Penalty $13,574 proposed, $6,000 now. To be fixed by Feb 7, 2025.
- Serious: Cited rule 1926.503(a)(1). Penalty $11,636 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 14, 2025.
- Mar 16, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Aug 12, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as The Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center, INC.
- Aug 19, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed May 27, 2021. 3 violations cited (3 serious). Penalties: $9,446 proposed, $6,612 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as The Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center, INC.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)). Penalty $9,446 proposed, $6,612 now. To be fixed by Dec 29, 2020.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Dec 29, 2020.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Dec 29, 2020.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Brigham And Women'S Hospital, Boston. 0.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Sherrill House, Boston. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Kind Home Healthcare, Roxbury. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02120 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Brigham And Women'S Hospital, Boston, 0.5 miles away, straight line
Children'S Hospital Boston - Dialysis, Boston, 0.7 miles away, straight line
Davita Brookline Dialysis, Brookline, 0.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02120.
Longwood Hospice, office in Brookline, 1.6 miles away, straight line
Beacon Hospice, An Amedisys Company, office in Charlestown, 4.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Good Shepherd Community Care, office in Newton, 5.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Brigham And Womens Physicians Organization Inc, Boston. 0.5 miles away, straight line. 6 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| City of Boston Inspectional Services Department, Health Division kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Benjamin Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Benjamin Healthcare Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Benjamin Healthcare Center staffed?
Benjamin Healthcare Center reports 3.40 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Massachusetts average of 3.86.
Has Benjamin Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 22 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Benjamin Healthcare Center have?
Benjamin Healthcare Center is certified for 205 beds.