Nursing home
Life Care Center of Leominster
370 West Street, Leominster, MA 01453 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities) · 133 certified beds
Life Care Center of Leominster is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Leominster, Massachusetts. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.03 hours per resident per day, above the Massachusetts average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Aug 21, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $55,224In 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 Life Care Center of Leominster 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) | 4.03 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.40 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.35 | 2.26 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 38.7% | 39.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $55,224, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Life Care Center of Leominster
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
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Administration Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 1, 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 · Jul 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 1, 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 · Jul 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 2, 2023
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
- 370 West Street
Leominster, MA 01453 - CMS certification #
- 225038
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 133
- Avg residents/day
- 113.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Chain
- Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Life Care Centers Of America
Life Care Centers Of America operates 194 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Life Care Centers Of America facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Life Care Center of Leominster using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, transportation
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 2 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Life Care Center of Leominster says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Focusing on inpatient rehabilitation with 24-hour skilled nursing care, Life Care Center of Leominster offers therapy seven days a week.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Smoke-free.
Non-smoking facility
(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.
- Apr 7, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed May 17, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Fairlawn Medical Investors, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
- Jun 10, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jun 16, 2022. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $0 proposed, $8,096 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Fairlawn Medical Investors, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $8,096 now. To be fixed by Jan 22, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 22, 2021. Contested by the employer.
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
- Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals, Leominster. 0.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Keystone Center, Leominster. 1.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Health Alliance Home Health And Hospice, Leominster. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 01453 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Leominster Dialysis, LLC, Leominster, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Pdi Fitchburg, Fitchburg, 3.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 01453.
Health Alliance Home Health And Hospice, office in Leominster, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Beacon Hospice, An Amedisys Company, office in Leominster, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Care Central Vna & Hospice, office in Gardner, 10.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Reliant Medical Group Inc, Worcesteer. 16.4 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 moderate, 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 | 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 Life Care Center of Leominster a good nursing home?
CMS gives Life Care Center of Leominster an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Life Care Center of Leominster staffed?
Life Care Center of Leominster reports 4.03 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Massachusetts average of 3.86.
Has Life Care Center of Leominster had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Life Care Center of Leominster have?
Life Care Center of Leominster is certified for 133 beds.