The Commons Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
The Commons Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation is a 32-bed nonprofit nursing home in Lincoln, Massachusetts, part of Justliving Communities. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.98 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 32% above the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 17.1% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
The Commons Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation
3 Harvest CircleLincoln, MA 01773
Middlesex 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 The Commons Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 2.98 hours per resident per day, 32% above the Massachusetts average. With about 28 residents a day, that works out to roughly 82 aide hours a day, or about 10 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.98 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.24 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.77 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.99 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 5.06 | 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
17.1% of nursing staff at The Commons Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 20.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 26, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. The Commons Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation holds 5 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About The Commons Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Justliving Communities, 2 homes
- Legal name: Nelp-Commons, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 22, 2016
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near The Commons Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Care One at Concord W Concord | 2.7 | 135 | 2.01 | 3.51 | 30.1% | 4 | $7,901 |
| Rivercrest Long Term Care W Concord | 3.0 | 151 | 2.51 | 4.44 | 27.3% | 5 | None |
| Campion Health & Wellness, Inc Weston | 4.6 | 70 | 4.01 | 6.80 | 30.8% | 5 | None |
| Carleton-Willard Village Retirement & Nursing Ctr Bedford | 4.9 | 179 | 3.33 | 5.17 | 32.3% | 5 | $25,497 |
| Brookhaven at Lexington Lexington | 5.0 | 49 | — | — | — | 5 | None |
| Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Waltham | 5.1 | 123 | 2.33 | 3.92 | 64.7% | 1 | $195,559 |
| Pine Knoll Nursing Center Lexington · Special Focus Facility · abuse citation | 6.0 | 81 | 2.17 | 3.39 | — | — | $454,052 |
| Care One at Lexington Lexington | 6.5 | 211 | 2.09 | 3.55 | 13.0% | 3 | $51,765 |
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.