Nursing homes across Bristol County, Massachusetts, graded on the federal inspection
record, nurse staffing and staff turnover. County rank is shown on each home's profile.
Southeast Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center is a 171-bed for-profit home in North Easton with a record that should give you pause. Inspectors have logged 67 deficiencies, including 3 at the harm or jeopardy level and 6 tied to abuse, and CMS rates all three of its star categories, health inspections, quality measures, and staffing, at just one out of five. Its 3.13 nurse staffing hours per resident day runs about 19 percent below the national average, and weekends dip roughly 10 percent below its own weekday levels. The one bright spot is turnover: 27.5 percent against a national average of 45.8 percent, meaning the staff who are there tend to stay. The most recent inspection was July 31, 2025, with a single fine of $11,947 on record.
The Grove At Carvalho runs on 3.42 nurse hours per resident day, about 12% under the national average, and weekend coverage dips roughly 5% below what it manages on weekdays. Its inspection history is the bigger concern: 47 deficiencies on the current record, two of them serious enough to reach harm or jeopardy level, plus seven fines totaling $39,082. A corporation owns the 112-bed home, and the staffing and quality measure ratings both sit at the low end of CMS's scale. The most recent inspection was in April 2026, so the record is current rather than stale, meaning those 47 findings reflect conditions regulators saw recently, not problems already resolved.
Somerset Ridge Center runs 135 certified beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and its state survey history comes out clean where it matters most, 16 deficiencies on record, but none at the harm or jeopardy level, and none abuse-related. Inspectors were last in the building in December 2025, so the picture is current. Where the numbers get less comfortable is staffing: 3.58 nurse hours per resident day sits about 7% under the national average, weekends drop roughly 14% below the home's own weekday levels, and annual turnover runs 53.7% against a national 45.8%. One fine totaling $214,420 appears on the record. The 4-star inspection rating and 2-star quality and staffing ratings tell you what kind of tradeoff you're looking at.
Fall River Healthcare runs 176 certified beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and the staffing numbers tell a story worth pausing on. At 3.42 nurse hours per resident day, it sits about 11% under the national average, and weekends dip roughly 9% below its own weekday level, so coverage is thinnest exactly when families tend to visit. Annual turnover of 49.7% tops the national figure, meaning the people providing care are frequently new. The inspection record is the harder part: 52 deficiencies, 10 at harm or jeopardy level, 7 tied to abuse, and four fines totaling $385,062. The most recent inspection was December 2025.
The Gardens At Country runs 86 certified beds in Swansea under for-profit LLC ownership, and its nurse staffing sits at 3.36 hours per resident day, roughly 13 percent under the national average of 3.86. Weekend coverage dips about 5 percent below what the home provides on weekdays, so the thinnest shifts get even thinner. The inspection record is the harder read: 58 deficiencies, one tied to abuse, and four fines totaling $24,635, with the most recent inspection in June 2025. All three CMS star categories, health inspections, quality measures, staffing, land at 1 out of 5. If you're weighing this one, ask specifically how weekends and abuse-prevention training are handled.
Brandon Woods of New Bedford has more nursing hours per resident than the typical home, 4.35 a day against a national average of 3.86, but that staffing edge comes with a catch: weekends run about 11% thinner than weekdays, and nearly half the nursing staff turns over each year. The inspection record is the real problem. Eighty deficiencies are on file, including eight at the harm or jeopardy level and ten tied to abuse, with one fine totaling $464,490. CMS has placed this for-profit, individually owned home in its Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the country's most persistently troubled nursing homes. The last inspection was December 16, 2024.
Regalcare At Taunton runs about 3.31 nurse hours per resident each day, roughly 14% under the national average of 3.86, and weekends drop about 15% below its own weekday staffing. The current inspection record carries 36 deficiencies, including one at the harm or jeopardy level and four related to abuse, and the health inspection rating sits at 1 out of 5. Annual turnover is 48.7%, a few points above the national figure. This is a for-profit corporate home with 100 certified beds, last inspected May 13, 2025. If you're considering it, ask directly how the abuse-related citations were resolved and what weekend coverage looks like on the floor.
Vantage Health & Rehab of New Bedford runs on 2.45 nurse hours per resident per day, roughly a third below the national average, and weekends are thinner still, about 23% less coverage than weekdays. Staff turnover sits near 70%, well above the 45.8% national figure, which means the people caring for residents are often new and still learning the building. The record shows 31 deficiencies, including one at the harm level and three tied to abuse, plus a $9,318 fine. Ownership is for-profit through a limited liability company, and the most recent inspection was in February 2026. Low staffing, high turnover, and a serious deficiency record usually travel together.