Nursing homes in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts has 11 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 1,328 certified beds in total. Their average CMS overall rating is 3.5 of 5 (the Massachusetts average is 3.0), and 6 homes have 4 or 5 stars. The median home reports 4.21 nurse staffing hours per resident per day. CMS lists fines in the past three years for 5 of the 11.
Homes whose CMS address is in Boston. They are in Suffolk County.
- Nursing homes
- 11
- Certified beds
- 1,328
- Average overall rating
- 3.5
- Certified beds in use
- 83.6%
All 11 homes
- 5 of 5 Boston Home, Inc (the) 96beds 97.0%in use 6.10nurse hours a day
- 5 of 5 German Center for Extended Care 133beds 98.3%in use 3.77nurse hours a day
- 5 of 5 Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center 120beds 91.4%in use 4.21nurse hours a day
- 5 of 5 Recuperative Services Unit-Hebrew Rehab Center 50beds 60.2%in use 5.02nurse hours a day
- 5 of 5 Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton 123beds 77.6%in use 7.35nurse hours a day
- 4 of 5 Presentation Rehab and Skilled Care Center 122beds 92.1%in use 4.41nurse hours a day
- 3 of 5 Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 83beds 92.7%in use 3.88nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 Care Village at Parkway 141beds 89.1%in use 3.14nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 North End Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 100beds 89.0%in use 4.57nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 Sherrill House 196beds 82.9%in use 3.66nurse hours a day
- 1 of 5 The Benjamin Healthcare Center 164beds 48.8%in use 3.63nurse hours a day
The circle and stars show the CMS overall rating from 1 to 5. Sorting is a convenience, not a recommendation; ratings do not include price or openings. Medicaid participation comes from CMS; ask each home whether a Medicaid bed is open.
Common questions
How many nursing homes are in Boston, Massachusetts?
CMS lists 11 certified nursing homes in Boston, with 1,328 certified beds in total.
Which nursing homes in Boston have a 5-star overall rating?
5 homes have a 5-star overall rating from CMS: Boston Home, Inc (the), German Center for Extended Care, Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, Recuperative Services Unit-Hebrew Rehab Center, Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton.
How full are nursing homes in Boston?
On an average day about 83.6% of certified beds are in use across homes in Boston. This is an average, so ask each home about current openings.
Where does this data come from?
All figures come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Provider Data Catalog. CMS does not publish prices, so costs are not shown.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, nursing home datasets processed Sep 1, 2026. All cities and counties in Massachusetts