Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center
501 Cordwainer Drive, Norwell, MA 02061 · Map
For profit - Partnership · 142 certified beds
Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Norwell, Massachusetts. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.79 hours per resident per day, below the Massachusetts average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Dec 4, 2024 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Southwood at Norwell Nursing 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) | 3.79 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.71 | 0.65 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.46 | 2.26 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 27.3% | 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.
- Every deficiency from the January 2, 2026 inspection was corrected by January 26, 2026
What inspectors found at Southwood at Norwell Nursing 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
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 · Jan 2, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 2, 2026 · 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 · Sep 29, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 29, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 29, 2023
Show all 10 deficiencies
- 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 · Sep 29, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 29, 2023 - 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 · Sep 29, 2023 - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 29, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 29, 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
- 501 Cordwainer Drive
Norwell, MA 02061 - CMS certification #
- 225597
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 142
- Avg residents/day
- 126.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1993-10-28
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 5 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Southwood at Norwell Nursing 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.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Our in-house team provides skilled nursing, rehabilitation, wound care, and respite care in a warm, home-like setting.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Registered nurses and clinical staff on-site around the clock, every day of the year.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Palliative & Hospice Care
(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.
- Jan 31, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 31, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center Limited Partnership.
- Aug 10, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 22, 2021. 5 violations cited (4 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $10,796 proposed, $7,557 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center Limited Partnership.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)). Penalty $9,446 proposed, $6,612 now. To be fixed by Jan 29, 2021.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 29, 2021.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 29, 2021.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(k)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 29, 2021.
- Other than serious: Recording work-related injuries and illnesses (1904.4(a)). Penalty $1,350 proposed, $945 now. To be fixed by Nov 17, 2020.
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
- South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth. 3.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Royal Norwell Nursing & Rehabilitation Center LLC, Norwell. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Carelicity, Inc, Norwell. 0.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 4.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02061 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Weymouth Dialysis, Weymouth, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc Quality Care Dialysis Center, Weymouth, 4.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc Weymouth Dialysis, Weymouth, 4.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02061.
Croi Health, office in Norwell, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Autumn Hospice, office in Norwell, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Old Colony Hospice, Inc, office in W Bridgewater, 12.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Erickson Health Medical Group Of Massachusetts PC, Hingham. 2.5 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 relatively 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 relatively 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 Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Southwood at Norwell Nursing 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 Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center staffed?
Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center reports 3.79 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Massachusetts average of 3.86.
Has Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center have?
Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center is certified for 142 beds.