Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Linden Ponds
400 Linden Ponds Way, Hingham, MA 02043 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Erickson Senior Living (17 facilities) · 132 certified beds
Linden Ponds is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Hingham, Massachusetts. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.96 hours per resident per day, above the Massachusetts average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Feb 26, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Linden Ponds 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) | 4.96 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.74 | 0.65 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.10 | 2.26 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.1% | 39.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Linden Ponds
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 11, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Feb 11, 2026 · 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 · Apr 15, 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 · Feb 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 · Jun 3, 2022
Show all 6 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 3, 2022
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
- 400 Linden Ponds Way
Hingham, MA 02043 - CMS certification #
- 225773
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 132
- Avg residents/day
- 64.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2009-03-12
- Chain
- Erickson Senior Living (17 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Erickson Senior Living
Erickson Senior Living operates 17 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Erickson Senior Living facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2007
Full public records, with dates and sources
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 Feb 3, 2007 to Jan 31, 2009. Violations found: Overtime, Child labor. Back wages: $112 owed to 1 employee. Civil money penalties assessed: $9,900. Employer as DOL recorded it: Linden Ponds (Linden Ponds, Inc). Case 1533520.
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
- South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth. 2.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Queen Anne Nursing Home, INC, Hingham. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- South Shore Visiting Nurse Association, Rockland. 2.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 1.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02043 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Weymouth Dialysis, Weymouth, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc Quality Care Dialysis Center, Weymouth, 2.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc Weymouth Dialysis, Weymouth, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02043.
New England Hospice Ii, LLC, office in Hingham, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Croi Health, office in Norwell, 3.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Autumn Hospice, office in Norwell, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Erickson Health Medical Group Of Massachusetts PC, Hingham. 0.1 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 moderate. 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 |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Linden Ponds a good nursing home?
CMS gives Linden Ponds an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Linden Ponds staffed?
Linden Ponds reports 4.96 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Massachusetts average of 3.86.
Has Linden Ponds had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Linden Ponds have?
Linden Ponds is certified for 132 beds.