Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center
26 Harvard Street, Worcester, MA 01609 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Ascentria Care Alliance (5 facilities) · 150 certified beds
Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Worcester, Massachusetts. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.17 hours per resident per day, above the Massachusetts average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Dec 22, 2025 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Lutheran Rehabilitation 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) | 4.17 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.43 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.25 | 2.26 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 38.3% | 39.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 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.
- No health deficiencies cited at the last 3 standard inspections (May 2023 to December 2025)
About this facility
- Address
- 26 Harvard Street
Worcester, MA 01609 - CMS certification #
- 225379
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 150
- Avg residents/day
- 103.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1996-03-25
- 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
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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 Lutheran Rehabilitation 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.
Dedicated Memory Care Unit with expanded, renovated day room and renovated resident rooms plus access to our Namaste Care room if indicated
(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: $67,446 owed to 57 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Lutheran Rehabilitation & SCC (Lutheran Housing Corporation-Brockton). Case 1983267.
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
- St Vincent Hospital, Worcester. 0.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- West Side House LTC Facility, Worcester. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- T & N Reliable Nursing Care, LLC Ma, Worcester. 0.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 01609 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Pdi Worcester, Worcester, 0.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Freedom Center Of Worcester, Worcester, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems, Worcester, 2.2 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 01609.
Vna Care Hospice Inc, office in Worcester, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Jhc Hospice, office in Worcester, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Notre Dame Hospice, office in Worcester, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Umass Memorial Medical Group Inc, Worcester. 0.6 miles away, straight line. 3 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 moderate, inland flooding relatively low, 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 | 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center staffed?
Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center reports 4.17 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Massachusetts average of 3.86.
Has Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center have?
Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center is certified for 150 beds.