Nursing home
Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
254 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 93 certified beds
Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.57 hours per resident per day, below the Massachusetts average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on May 6, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation 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) | 3.57 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.47 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.96 | 2.26 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.1% | 39.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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 May 6, 2025 inspection was corrected by June 13, 2025
What inspectors found at Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation 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
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 6, 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 · May 6, 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 · May 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2023 - 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 27, 2023 - Potential for harm
Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 27, 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
- 254 Billerica Road
Chelmsford, MA 01824 - CMS certification #
- 225494
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 93
- Avg residents/day
- 73.6
- 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
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 11 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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.
- Mar 22, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Aug 30, 2023. 6 violations cited (1 serious, 2 repeat, 3 other). Penalties: $58,830 proposed, $30,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Sunny Acres Nursing Home, INC.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(2)(ii)). Penalty $14,357 proposed, $5,000 now. To be fixed by Sep 12, 2022.
- Repeat: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $12,306 proposed, $7,300 now. To be fixed by Sep 26, 2022.
- Repeat: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $28,714 proposed, $17,200 now. To be fixed by Sep 26, 2022.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(m)(1)). Penalty $1,151 proposed, $500 now. To be fixed by Sep 12, 2022.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(m)(2)(i)). Penalty $1,151 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 12, 2022.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(m)(2)(ii)). Penalty $1,151 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 12, 2022.
- Oct 30, 2020: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Sep 28, 2021. 5 violations cited (3 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $15,800 proposed, $9,600 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Sunny Acres Nursing Home, INC.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)). Penalty $12,288 proposed, $8,000 now.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 10, 2021.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 10, 2021.
- Other than serious: Injury and illness log forms (OSHA 300 and 301) (1904.29(b)(1)). Penalty $1,756 proposed, $800 now. To be fixed by May 10, 2021.
- Other than serious: Giving injury records to OSHA when asked (1904.40(a)). Penalty $1,756 proposed, $800 now. To be fixed by May 10, 2021.
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
- Lowell General Hospital, Lowell. 3.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- New England Pediatric Care, North Billerica. 1.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Wellworth Homecare Services Inc, Chelmsford. 0.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 2.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 01824 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Chelmsford, Chelmsford, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Of Lowell, Lowell, 3.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Burlington Regional Dialysis, Burlington, 9.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 20 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 01824.
Tufts Medicine Care At Home, office in Lowell, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Compassionate Care Hospice, office in Woburn, 11.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Compassus - Southern Massachusetts, office in North Andover, 11.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Atrius Health Inc, Chelmsford. 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 | 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center reports 3.57 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Massachusetts average of 3.86.
Has Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center have?
Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is certified for 93 beds.