Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center
174 Forest Hills Street, Boston, MA 02130 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Ascentria Care Alliance (5 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Boston, Massachusetts. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.27 hours per resident per day, above the Massachusetts average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on May 21, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care 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) | 4.27 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.45 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.50 | 2.26 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 26.1% | 39.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 8.9 | 9.5 | below 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 May 21, 2025 inspection was corrected by June 18, 2025
What inspectors found at Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care 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
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 21, 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 · May 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 21, 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 13, 2024 · 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 · Jun 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Jun 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jun 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 13, 2024 · 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 · Jun 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 13, 2024 · 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
- 174 Forest Hills Street
Boston, MA 02130 - CMS certification #
- 225469
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 110.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1990-07-01
- Chain
- Ascentria Care Alliance (5 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Ascentria Care Alliance
Ascentria Care Alliance operates 5 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Ascentria Care Alliance facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, nurse 24 hours a day, staff speak spanish
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2021
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care 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.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
Traditional long term care and designated memory care unit
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24-hour skilled nursing care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Staff speak Spanish.
Our Center’s goal is to provide our Spanish-speaking patients and their families a comfortable care environment whether their stay is for short-term rehabilitation or long-term care.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Aug 29, 2021 to Aug 26, 2023. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $43,912 owed to 48 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Laurel Ridge Rehabilitation & SCC (Lutheran Home of Jamaica Plain, Inc.). Case 1991468.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Feb 1, 2011.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Brigham And Women Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain. 1.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Benjamin Healthcare Center, Boston. 1.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Kind Home Healthcare, Roxbury. 0.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02130 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dci Brigham/Faulkner, Jamaica Plain, 1.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmc Mary Eliza Mahoney Dialysis Center (Bma Of Massachusetts), Roxbury, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Brigham And Women'S Hospital, Boston, 2.0 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 19 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02130.
Longwood Hospice, office in Brookline, 2.7 miles away, straight line
Good Shepherd Community Care, office in Newton, 4.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
First Choice Healthcare Inc, office in Newton, 5.5 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Dimock Community Health Center, Inc., Roxbury. 1.0 mile 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: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| 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: 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 Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center staffed?
Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center reports 4.27 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Massachusetts average of 3.86.
Has Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center have?
Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center is certified for 120 beds.