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1071 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854 (opens Google Maps) · Middlesex County · (978) 569-1071· 33 certified beds · avg 28 residents/day · certified since Mar 29, 2012 · Medicare only — not Medicaid certified
Certified for Medicare only. Medicare pays for short rehabilitation stays, not for long-term care — and this facility cannot bill Medicaid, which is what most families rely on for a long stay. Ask what a long-term stay here would cost and how it would be paid for. Who pays for nursing home care →
Part of chain: CARMELITE SISTERS FOR THE AGED AND INFIRMED (3 facilities, chain avg rating 3.7★)
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Health inspection rating: ★★★★★5/5 · CMS overall rating: 5/5 · how star ratings work →
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and quality measures from resident assessments and claims.
Showing the latest 3 of 5 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.
The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. · from a complaint F-0677
The facility did not protect residents' personal information or did not keep complete, accurate medical records that meet professional standards. · from a complaint F-0842
The facility did not safely and appropriately administer IV fluids (fluids given through a vein) for residents who needed them. · from a complaint F-0694
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. · from a complaint · F-0677 |
| Apr 9, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not protect residents' personal information or did not keep complete, accurate medical records that meet professional standards. · from a complaint · F-0842 |
| Oct 16, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not safely and appropriately administer IV fluids (fluids given through a vein) for residents who needed them. · from a complaint · F-0694 |
| Aug 23, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not allow residents to take their own medications when a clinical review showed they could do so safely. Residents have this right if their care team determines it's appropriate. · F-0554 |
| Aug 23, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility's medication error rate was 5 percent or higher — meaning too many doses were given incorrectly, such as the wrong drug, dose, or time. · F-0759 |
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| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | D |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | D |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
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What these staffing numbers mean →
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| Measure | This facility | Massachusetts avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 4.52 | 3.89 | 3.95 | top 16% in Massachusetts; top 23% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.73 | 0.65 | 0.69 | top 26% in Massachusetts; top 33% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 4.27 | 3.51 | 3.50 | top 12% in Massachusetts; top 16% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.54 | 0.46 | 0.48 | top 25% in Massachusetts; top 29% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 54.5 | 38.2 | 45.8 | bottom 10% in Massachusetts; bottom 26% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 75.0 | 42.6 | 42.9 | bottom 5% in Massachusetts; bottom 9% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 5.51, RN 0.89, weekend 5.20.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (5.51 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 4/5.
Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.
Quality measures rating: 4/5 · long-stay residents: —/5 · short-stay residents: 4/5
Price evidence · separate from quality
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Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →
Non profit - Corporation
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, INC. | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 07/07/2020 |
| The Carmelite System INC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 07/07/2020 |
| Altenweg, Mark | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/05/2012 |
| Altenweg, Mark | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/05/2012 |
| Altenweg, Mark | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/05/2012 |
| Archambault, Jeanne | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/05/2012 |
| Bresnick, Louis | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/08/2017 |
| Brown, Thomas | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/05/2012 |
| Cochran, Mark | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/05/2012 |
| D'youville Leadership Solutions, INC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/05/2012 |
| Frechette, Gerard | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/28/2013 |
| Gori, Peter | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/25/2015 |
| Heery, Mary | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/07/2020 |
| Hoey, Amy | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/29/2012 |
| Howard, Carol | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 04/23/2014 |
| Knight, Margaret | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2015 |
| Larochelle, Steven | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/28/2013 |
| Leblanc, Pauline | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/28/2013 |
| Malo, Prescille | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/05/2012 |
| Prendergast, Naomi | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/05/2012 |
Showing 20 of 26 parties CMS has on file for this facility; 6 are not displayed. The full list is in the CMS Ownership dataset.
CMS lists this facility under the chain Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirmed — 3 facilities in the current records. Chain membership says who operates these homes. It says nothing about how any individual one of them was inspected; each has its own record.
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| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center | 0.2 mi | Lowell, MA | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| D'youville Senior Care | 0.3 mi | Lowell, MA | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Fairhaven Healthcare Center | 1.1 mi | Lowell, MA | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Palm Springs Post Acute | 2.0 mi | Chelmsford, MA | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Regalcare at Lowell | 2.0 mi | Lowell, MA | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Care One at Lowell | 3.5 mi | Lowell, MA | ★★★☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr | 4.0 mi | Chelmsford, MA | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Vantage at Lowell LLC | 4.4 mi | Lowell, MA | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| New England Pediatric Care | 5.1 mi | North Billerica, MA | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley | 5.2 mi | Billerica, MA | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Fairview Nursing Home | 6.6 mi | Hudson, NH | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Blaire House of Tewksbury | 6.8 mi | Tewksbury, MA | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | SFF |
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CMS records place this facility in Middlesex, MA — 72 certified facilities there. These are outside the 20-mile list above, or far enough down it not to appear.
Listed by facility name — not a ranking. Homes already in the table above are not repeated here.
Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 225777.
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