Pittsfield, MA · Berkshire County
★★★★★CMS 5/5100 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.20 /day
- Staff turnover
- 33%
- Serious cites
- 0
Mt Greylock runs on a nonprofit model in Pittsfield with 100 certified beds, and the staffing numbers are the real story here: 4.20 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 9% above the national average. That edge matters most on weekends, when hours drop about 17% below the home's own weekday level, worth asking about if your family visits then. Turnover sits at 33.3%, well under the 45.8% national figure, so the people caring for residents tend to stick around. The inspection record backs it up: 8 deficiencies on file, none at harm or jeopardy level and none abuse-related, with the most recent visit in June 2025.
Holyoke, MA · Hampden County
★★☆☆☆CMS 2/592 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.96 /day
- Staff turnover
- 37%
- Serious cites
- 0
Day Brook Village runs 92 certified beds as a nonprofit, and the staffing picture is genuinely solid: 3.96 nurse hours per resident day sits just above the national average of 3.86, and turnover at 37.2% is meaningfully better than the 45.8% typical elsewhere. Weekend coverage dips about 10% below weekday levels, which is common but worth asking about. The catch is the inspection record, 39 deficiencies on file, though none at harm or jeopardy level and none abuse-related, and the most recent state visit was April 2025. The low inspection score and high quality-measure score tell you care practices look better than the paperwork trail does. Ask to see the plan of correction for those 39 citations.
Pittsfield, MA · Berkshire County
★★★☆☆CMS 3/5265 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.75 /day
- Staff turnover
- 35%
- Serious cites
- 0
Hillcrest Commons runs 265 beds in Pittsfield as a nonprofit, and its staffing sits at 3.75 nurse hours per resident day, slightly under the national 3.86, with weekends about 13% thinner than weekdays, so coverage dips when families tend to visit. The bigger concern is the inspection record: 52 deficiencies, including one at the harm level and one abuse-related, which is why CMS gave it a single star for health inspections despite solid marks on quality measures and staffing. Turnover at 34.5% beats the national 45.8%, and the last inspection was March 2025, so the record is current.
Danvers, MA · Essex County
★★★★☆CMS 4/5120 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.82 /day
- Staff turnover
- 41%
- Serious cites
- 0
Hunt Nursing & Rehab Center is a 120-bed nonprofit in Danvers, and its inspection record is genuinely solid, a 4-out-of-5 health inspection rating, last survey in February 2026, with 21 deficiencies on file, only two of which rose to the harm level and none tied to abuse. Staffing sits just under the national average at 3.82 nurse hours per resident day, and weekends run about 10 percent thinner than weekdays, which is worth asking about if your family visits on Saturdays. Turnover at 41.2 percent actually beats the national 45.8 percent. The one fine on record, $10,517, is modest. What pulls the overall picture down is that quality measures rate only 3 out of 5, worth pressing on before you decide.
East Longmeadow, MA · Hampden County
★★★★☆CMS 4/5131 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.22 /day
- Staff turnover
- 47%
- Serious cites
- 0
East Longmeadow Skilled Nursing Center runs on more nursing hours than most homes, 4.22 per resident day against a national average of 3.86. That's a real margin, though weekends dip about 9% below its own weekday levels, so coverage isn't perfectly even across the week. The inspection record is solid: 30 deficiencies on file, none at the harm or jeopardy level, and the most recent state visit was in July 2025. One abuse-related citation is worth asking about directly. Staff turnover of 46.6% is essentially the national rate, which means this nonprofit isn't retaining caregivers any better than the typical facility.
Leeds, MA · Hampshire County
★★★☆☆CMS 3/5123 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.94 /day
- Staff turnover
- 52%
- Serious cites
- 0
Linda Manor runs a nonprofit shop with 123 beds in Leeds, and the staffing numbers are the strongest part of the picture: 3.94 nurse hours per resident day, just ahead of the national average. That margin narrows on weekends, when coverage drops roughly 13% below what the home staffs during the week, worth asking about if your family visits Saturday or Sunday. Annual turnover sits at 52.4%, above the 45.8% national figure, so aides and nurses are cycling through faster than average. Inspections in September 2025 turned up 28 deficiencies, two serious enough to involve harm, plus one fine under $9,000.
Peabody, MA · Essex County
★★★★☆CMS 4/5152 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.14 /day
- Staff turnover
- 37%
- Serious cites
- 0
Pilgrim Rehabilitation runs 4.14 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 7% above the national average, and its staff turnover of 37% sits below the 45.8% national figure, both signs of a stable floor. Weekend staffing drops about 11% from weekday levels, so ask how coverage holds up on Saturdays and Sundays.
The current record shows 7 deficiencies, none at harm or jeopardy level and none abuse-related, with the most recent inspection in January 2026. The weaker spot is the 2/5 quality measure rating, which reflects how residents' clinical outcomes track against expected benchmarks rather than how the place is run day to day. Corporate for-profit ownership, 152 beds.
North Adams, MA · Berkshire County
★★★★★CMS 5/5119 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.87 /day
- Staff turnover
- 44%
- Serious cites
- 0
North Adams Commons runs a nonprofit home with 119 beds, and the health inspection record is the strongest part of the picture, a five-star rating there, with the most recent inspection in December 2025 and 14 deficiencies on file, none of them causing harm or involving abuse. Staffing is a different story: 3.87 nurse hours per resident day sits essentially at the national average of 3.86, and the two-star staffing rating reflects that. Weekend coverage drops about 14% below weekday levels, and turnover runs 44%, just under the national 45.8%. Quality measures land at three stars. So what you have is a clean inspection history paired with staffing that's merely average and thins out on weekends.
South Yarmouth, MA · Barnstable County
★★☆☆☆CMS 2/5120 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.91 /day
- Staff turnover
- 38%
- Serious cites
- 0
Windsor Nursing & Retirement Home runs 120 certified beds in South Yarmouth under nonprofit ownership, and its staffing sits just barely above the national average at 3.91 nurse hours per resident day. Turnover is genuinely better than most, 37.7% against a national 45.8%, but weekends run about 14% thinner than weekdays, so care can feel different depending on when you visit. The inspection record is where it gets concerning: 24 deficiencies, including one at the harm level, and a $12,386 fine. Quality measures score 1 out of 5 even as staffing earns 4, and the last inspection was March 2026. Ask about that harm-level citation and weekend coverage specifically.
Williamstown, MA · Berkshire County
★★★☆☆CMS 3/5180 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.85 /day
- Staff turnover
- 37%
- Serious cites
- 0
Williamstown Commons runs 180 certified beds under nonprofit ownership, and its nurse staffing sits right at the national average, 3.85 hours per resident day against 3.86 nationwide. Weekends drop about 12% below its own weekday levels, so coverage thins when families tend to visit. Turnover is 37.4%, better than the 45.8% national figure, which matters for consistency of care. The inspection record shows 19 deficiencies, none at the harm or jeopardy level, though one is abuse-related. Its last inspection was March 2026, and CMS gives it middle marks across staffing and health inspections, with a 2/5 on quality measures weighing the overall picture down.
Greenfield, MA · Franklin County
★★☆☆☆CMS 2/5123 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.75 /day
- Staff turnover
- 51%
- Serious cites
- 0
Charlene Manor runs 123 beds in Greenfield under nonprofit ownership, and its last inspection was recent, February 2026, which matters, because what that inspection record shows is a lot of history: 47 deficiencies, two of them at the harm or jeopardy level and three tied to abuse. Fines total just under $100,000 across three penalties. Staffing sits slightly under the national average at 3.75 hours per resident day, and it thins out on weekends by roughly 13% compared with weekdays, when coverage is already close to average. Turnover runs about 50.7%, above the national figure. None of these numbers alone is disqualifying, but together they point to a home where the daily margin for error is thinner than most.
New Bedford, MA · Bristol County
★★☆☆☆CMS 2/5142 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.67 /day
- Staff turnover
- 46%
- Serious cites
- 0
Hathaway Manor runs 142 beds as a nonprofit, and its nurse staffing sits at 3.67 hours per resident day, roughly 5% under the national average of 3.86. Weekends drop about 15% below its own weekday coverage, so the thinnest shifts land when families tend to visit. The inspection record is the heavier concern: 49 deficiencies, including 6 at harm or jeopardy level and 6 tied to abuse, with three fines totaling $34,887 and a 2/5 inspection rating. Staff turnover of 45.7% is essentially the national rate, so retention isn't the outlier here, the survey history is. The most recent inspection was January 2025.
Bourne, MA · Barnstable County
★☆☆☆☆CMS 1/5142 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.89 /day
- Staff turnover
- 40%
- Serious cites
- 0
Bourne Manor runs 142 certified beds as a nonprofit corporation, and its nurse staffing sits at 3.89 hours per resident day, barely above the national average of 3.86, roughly a 1% edge. Weekends dip about 5% below its own weekday levels, so coverage thins when families tend to visit. The bigger concerns are on the record: 40 deficiencies, including 5 at harm or jeopardy level and 2 abuse-related, plus one fine of $48,575. Staff turnover at 40% is below the 45.8% national average, which helps. But a 2/5 inspection rating and 1/5 quality measures, with the most recent inspection in January 2025, point to a home where clinical care and compliance need watching.
Great Barrington, MA · Berkshire County
★☆☆☆☆CMS 1/5146 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.73 /day
- Staff turnover
- 56%
- Serious cites
- 0
Fairview Commons runs a 146-bed nonprofit home in Great Barrington, and the numbers show a building under real strain. Nurse staffing sits at 3.73 hours per resident day, just under the national average, but weekends drop about 13% below its own weekday coverage, so the thinnest shifts land when families tend to visit. Staff turnover is 56%, well above the 45.8% national figure, which means many of the people caring for residents are still learning the building. Its record carries 36 deficiencies, including two at the harm level and three tied to abuse, plus a $74,354 fine. Last inspection was July 2025, recent enough that this is a current picture, not an old one.