Nursing home
St Joseph Rehab & Nursing Care Center
321 Centre Street, Dorchester, MA 02122 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 123 certified beds
St Joseph Rehab & Nursing Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Dorchester, Massachusetts. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.62 hours per resident per day, below the Massachusetts average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Feb 5, 2025 cited 13 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $82,612In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How St Joseph Rehab & Nursing 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) | 3.62 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.85 | 0.65 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.10 | 2.26 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 39.5% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 13.0 | 8.9 | 9.5 | above 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: 2 fines totaling $82,612, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at St Joseph Rehab & Nursing 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
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 5, 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 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Feb 5, 2025 · 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 · Feb 5, 2025 · 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
- 321 Centre Street
Dorchester, MA 02122 - CMS certification #
- 225493
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 123
- Avg residents/day
- 114.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1990-07-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Works with hospice
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What St Joseph Rehab & Nursing 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.
- Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
With a team of experienced professionals, we offer a variety of services including in-home care, assisted living, memory care, and hospice care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 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.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Aug 11, 2012.
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
- Carney Hospital, Boston. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The Bostonian Nursing Care & Rehabilitation CTR, Dorchester. 0.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Bethel Health System LLC, Boston. 0.4 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 02122 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Usrc Quincy, Quincy, 1.7 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, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Boston Dialysis, Boston, 3.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02122.
Longwood Hospice, office in Brookline, 4.8 miles away, straight line
Beacon Hospice, An Amedisys Company, office in Charlestown, 6.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Good Shepherd Community Care, office in Newton, 7.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Medical Care Of Boston Management Corporation, Dorchester. 1.5 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 low, coastal flooding relatively low, tornado relatively 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 |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 St Joseph Rehab & Nursing Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives St Joseph Rehab & Nursing Care Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is St Joseph Rehab & Nursing Care Center staffed?
St Joseph Rehab & Nursing Care Center reports 3.62 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Massachusetts average of 3.86.
Has St Joseph Rehab & Nursing Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 13 deficiencies.
How many beds does St Joseph Rehab & Nursing Care Center have?
St Joseph Rehab & Nursing Care Center is certified for 123 beds.