Watertown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Watertown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a 163-bed for-profit nursing home in Watertown, Massachusetts, part of Ephram Lahasky. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.88 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 17% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 30.2% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Watertown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
59 Coolidge Hill RoadWatertown, MA 02472
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 Watertown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 1.88 hours per resident per day, 17% below the Massachusetts average. With about 133 residents a day, that works out to roughly 249 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.88 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.47 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.30 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.33 | 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
30.2% of nursing staff at Watertown Rehabilitation and Nursing 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 43.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 28, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 15 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $56,440 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2024 | Fine | $56,440 |
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. Watertown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Watertown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Ephram Lahasky, 22 homes
- Legal name: Watertown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1990
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Watertown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton Boston | 1.0 | 123 | 3.77 | 7.35 | 30.5% | 5 | None |
| Presentation Rehab and Skilled Care Center Boston | 1.2 | 122 | 2.55 | 4.41 | 24.6% | 4 | $56,940 |
| Neville Center at Fresh Pond for Nursing & Rehab Cambridge | 1.5 | 112 | 2.22 | 4.16 | 33.0% | 4 | None |
| Sancta Maria Nursing Facility Cambridge | 1.6 | 141 | 2.56 | 4.22 | — | 2 | $13,065 |
| Brighton Post Acute Care Brighton | 1.8 | 78 | 1.96 | 3.74 | 52.9% | 3 | $200,070 |
| Cambridge Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Cambridge | 2.2 | 83 | 2.01 | 3.54 | 33.8% | 4 | None |
| Care One at Brookline Brookline | 2.4 | 120 | 1.94 | 3.58 | 34.2% | 2 | None |
| Belmont Manor Nursing Home, in Belmont | 2.5 | 156 | 2.94 | 4.37 | — | 2 | 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.