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Fairhaven Healthcare Center

A nursing home in Lowell, Massachusetts 01854

476 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854. (603) 540-7286.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 31 citations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean7
Star ratings
CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

14 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Massachusetts average is 6.4.

Last standard inspection Sep 26, 2025.

Most serious in three years: actual harm (G), at a standard inspection on Nov 15, 2023

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

31 citations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

31 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 44 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 4 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Jun 15, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Rule F0842. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 6, 2026.

Jan 12, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

    Rule F0760. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 29, 2025.

Sep 26, 2025: standard inspection12 citations

  • Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Rule F0550. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident’s ability to function.

    Rule F0605. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

    Rule F0657. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

    Rule F0690. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0698. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

    Rule F0757. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Rule F0759. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • 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.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 25, 2025.

Oct 23, 2024: standard inspection15 citations

  • Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Rule F0550. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

    Rule F0690. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health.

    Rule F0692. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Rule F0695. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0698. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Rule F0759. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • 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.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.

    Rule F0808. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Rule F0842. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 7, 2024.

Mar 28, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Honor the resident’s right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

    Rule F0561. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 18, 2024.

Dec 19, 2023: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 19, 2024.

Nov 15, 2023: standard inspection13 citations

  • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health.

    Rule F0692. G: actual harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

    Rule F0554. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

    Rule F0580. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

    Rule F0604. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.

    Rule F0693. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Rule F0695. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0698. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Rule F0759. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Rule F0842. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Post nurse staffing information every day.

    Rule F0732. C: no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 22, 2023.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Jul 1, 1990.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • No abuse icon from CMS.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as for profit, limited liability company.
  • 169 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 1 fine in the last three years, $15,030 in all.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 4 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Fines and payment denials, newest first
DateKindAmount
Nov 15, 2023Fine$15,030

Who does the caring?

3.46 nurse hours per resident per day

The Massachusetts average is 3.94.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeMassachusetts average
Nurse hours per resident per day3.463.94
Of which registered nurses0.370.66
At weekends3.093.52
Nursing staff turnover50.5%37.6%
Registered nurse turnover41.7%42.7%
Administrators who left0Not given

Who owns it?

  • Lme Family Holdings LLC owns 33.33% directly since Aug 1, 2022.
  • Lme Family Holdings LLC runs it.
  • 11 owners or officers are people: Ephram M Lahasky (runs it (operational or managerial control), 33.33%); Shmuel E Hirsch (owns 5% or more directly, 29.17%); Shmuel E Hirsch (runs it (operational or managerial control), 29.17%); Seth Probst (owns 5% or more directly, 14.58%); Seth Probst (runs it (operational or managerial control), 14.58%); Sarah Probst (owns 5% or more directly, 14.58%); Sarah Probst (runs it (operational or managerial control), 14.58%); Nisson Hirsch (owns 5% or more directly, 8.33%); Nisson Hirsch (runs it (operational or managerial control), 8.33%); Deborah L Schloss (other role (CMS gives no detail), 0%); Michael Takesian (managing employee (under contract), 0%).
  • Part of Lme Family Holdings (15 homes in CMS’s data).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Ml Family Tree TrustOwns 5% or more through other companies33.33%Aug 1, 2022
Lme Family Holdings LLCOwns 5% or more directly33.33%Aug 1, 2022
Lme Family Holdings LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)33.33%Aug 1, 2022

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 3 of 5 (Massachusetts average 3.3).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating2 of 5
Health inspections2 of 5
Staffing3 of 5
Quality measures3 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 5.8 miles, this one had the 5th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (14; the middle value was 11).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Fairhaven Healthcare Center This nursing home14
D’youville Senior Care0.922
Northwood Rehabilitation & Health Care Center1.022
Regalcare at Lowell1.010
D’youville Care for Advanced Therapy1.10
Palm Springs Post Acute2.112
Care One at Lowell2.43
Vantage at Lowell LLC3.316
Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr3.53
New England Pediatric Care4.40
Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley4.45
Blaire House of Tewksbury5.826

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Source:

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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