Poet's Seat Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Poet's Seat Healthcare Center is a 63-bed for-profit nursing home in Greenfield, Massachusetts, part of Ephram Lahasky. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.73 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 23% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 54.7% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Poet's Seat Healthcare Center
359 High StreetGreenfield, MA 01301
Franklin County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Poet's Seat Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 1.73 hours per resident per day, 23% below the Massachusetts average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 98 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.73 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.80 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.47 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.00 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.82 | 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
54.7% of nursing staff at Poet's Seat Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 69.2%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 28, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $5,541 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2025 | Fine | $5,541 |
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. Poet's Seat Healthcare Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Poet's Seat Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Ephram Lahasky, 22 homes
- Legal name: Greenfield Rehabilitation and Nursing Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 30, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Poet's Seat Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility Greenfield | 2.1 | 123 | 2.24 | 3.75 | 50.7% | 2 | $127,926 |
| Regalcare at Greenfield Greenfield | 2.3 | 120 | 1.88 | 3.24 | 39.5% | 4 | None |
| Vernon Green Nursing Home Vernon · abuse citation | 11.6 | 60 | 2.53 | 4.44 | 36.2% | 3 | $87,896 |
| Applewood Center Winchester | 14.9 | 72 | 1.87 | 3.53 | 35.8% | 5 | None |
| Quabbin Valley Healthcare Athol | 16.1 | 142 | 1.96 | 3.49 | — | 2 | $62,250 |
| Center For Extended Care at Amherst Amherst | 16.4 | 134 | 2.18 | 3.34 | 39.3% | 1 | $28,915 |
| Pine Heights at Brattleboro Center for Nursing & R Brattleboro | 16.5 | 80 | 2.24 | 3.75 | 35.5% | 5 | None |
| Thompson House Nursing Home Brattleboro · SFF candidate | 16.7 | 43 | 2.95 | 4.95 | 56.1% | 1 | $112,499 |
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.