Pine Knoll Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Pine Knoll Nursing Center is a 81-bed for-profit nursing home in Lexington, Massachusetts. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.17 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26.
Pine Knoll Nursing Center
30 Watertown StreetLexington, MA 02420
Middlesex County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility. CMS places nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues in its Special Focus Facility program, which brings more frequent inspections.
Cited for abuse or neglect. CMS marks this home with its abuse icon: it was cited for abuse or neglect that caused harm on its most recent inspection cycle, or for abuse or neglect with potential for harm on each of its last two cycles.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Pine Knoll Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.17 hours per resident per day, 4% below the Massachusetts average. With about 69 residents a day, that works out to roughly 151 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 5% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: Not rated: this home is in the Special Focus Facility program because of a history of serious quality issues.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.17 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.57 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.39 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.22 | 3.48 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Pine Knoll Nursing Center in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 2, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 33 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). CMS lists 3 fines totaling $454,052 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2026 | Fine | $213,005 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Fine | $219,077 |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Fine | $21,970 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Not rated: this home is in the Special Focus Facility program because of a history of serious quality issues.
About Pine Knoll Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Long Term Centers of Lexington Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Pine Knoll Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Brookhaven at Lexington Lexington | 1.3 | 49 | — | — | — | 5 | None |
| Care One at Lexington Lexington | 1.6 | 211 | 2.09 | 3.55 | 13.0% | 3 | $51,765 |
| Park Avenue Health Center Arlington | 1.8 | 89 | 2.07 | 3.59 | 37.8% | 1 | $113,612 |
| Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Waltham | 2.0 | 123 | 2.33 | 3.92 | 64.7% | 1 | $195,559 |
| Belmont Manor Nursing Home, in Belmont | 2.3 | 156 | 2.94 | 4.37 | — | 2 | None |
| Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Waltham | 3.2 | 123 | 2.17 | 3.90 | 15.3% | 3 | $9,496 |
| Sancta Maria Nursing Facility Cambridge | 3.3 | 141 | 2.56 | 4.22 | — | 2 | $13,065 |
| Neville Center at Fresh Pond for Nursing & Rehab Cambridge | 3.7 | 112 | 2.22 | 4.16 | 33.0% | 4 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.