Nursing home
Fairhaven Healthcare Center
476 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Lme Family Holdings (15 facilities) · 169 certified beds
Fairhaven Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lowell, Massachusetts. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.52 hours per resident per day, below the Massachusetts average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Sep 26, 2025 cited 13 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $15,030In 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 Fairhaven 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) | 3.52 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.28 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.13 | 2.26 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.8% | 39.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 13.0 | 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 $15,030, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Fairhaven 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
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 26, 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 · Sep 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 26, 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
- 476 Varnum Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854 - CMS certification #
- 225458
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 169
- Avg residents/day
- 120.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1990-07-01
- Chain
- Lme Family Holdings (15 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Lme Family Holdings
Lme Family Holdings operates 15 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Lme Family Holdings facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Fairhaven Healthcare Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice, diabetes care
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Fairhaven 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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Lowell General Hospital, Lowell. 0.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- D'Youville Senior Care, Lowell. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Better Life At Home LLC, Lowell. 1.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 01854 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Chelmsford, Chelmsford, 3.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Of Lowell, Lowell, 3.8 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Nashua Dialysis, Nashua, 9.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 01854.
Tufts Medicine Care At Home, office in Lowell, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Compassus - Southern Massachusetts, office in North Andover, 12.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Care Dimensions, Inc, office in Danvers, 21.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Atrius Health Inc, Chelmsford. 3.5 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, 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 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| 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 Fairhaven Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Fairhaven Healthcare Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Fairhaven Healthcare Center staffed?
Fairhaven Healthcare Center reports 3.52 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Massachusetts average of 3.86.
Has Fairhaven Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 13 deficiencies.
How many beds does Fairhaven Healthcare Center have?
Fairhaven Healthcare Center is certified for 169 beds.