Nursing home
Fall River Jewish Home
538 Robeson Street, Fall River, MA 02720 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Azure Healthcare (6 facilities) · 62 certified beds
Fall River Jewish Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Fall River, Massachusetts. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.25 hours per resident per day, below the Massachusetts average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Jun 10, 2025 cited 12 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $52,702In 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 Fall River Jewish Home 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) | 3.25 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.48 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.84 | 2.26 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 56.9% | 39.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 12.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the June 10, 2025 inspection was corrected by July 1, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $52,702, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Fall River Jewish Home
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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 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 · Jun 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 10, 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 · Jun 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 10, 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
- 538 Robeson Street
Fall River, MA 02720 - CMS certification #
- 225317
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 62
- Avg residents/day
- 58.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1988-12-27
- Chain
- Azure Healthcare (6 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Azure Healthcare
Azure Healthcare operates 6 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Azure Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Fall River Jewish Home using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Fall River Jewish Home says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
respite care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our center is known for its dedication to excellent high staff-to-patient ratios and 24/7 nursing coverage.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Smoke-free.
An extremely clean, smoke-free environment
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
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.
- Mar 22, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Oct 19, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Fall River Jewish Home INC.
- Apr 5, 2021: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jan 12, 2023. 3 violations cited (2 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $10,923 proposed, $7,500 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Fall River Jewish Home INC.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $9,557 proposed, $7,000 now.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
- Other than serious: Recording work-related injuries and illnesses (1904.4(a)). Penalty $1,366 proposed, $500 now. To be fixed by Aug 10, 2021.
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
- Southcoast Hospitals Group, Fall River. 0.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Kimwell Nursing and Rehabilitation, Fall River. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Fall River Home Health Services, Fall River. 0.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 4.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02720 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fall River Kidney Center LLC, Fall River, 1.5 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Center Of Tiverton, Tiverton, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Hawthorn Kidney Center, Dartmouth, 8.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 16 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02720.
Hanover Hospice, office in Fall River, 0.7 miles away, straight line
Accentcare Hospice Of Massachusetts, office in Fall River, 1.7 miles away, straight line
Continuum Care Of Mass, LLC, office in Fall River, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Coastal Medical Physicians Inc, Riverside. 12.4 miles away, straight line. 8 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: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very 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 | See above |
| 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 Fall River Jewish Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Fall River Jewish Home an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Fall River Jewish Home staffed?
Fall River Jewish Home reports 3.25 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Massachusetts average of 3.86.
Has Fall River Jewish Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 12 deficiencies.
How many beds does Fall River Jewish Home have?
Fall River Jewish Home is certified for 62 beds.