Vantage at Hampden LLC
34 Main Street, Hampden, MA 01036 · Hampden County · 100 certified beds · avg 88 residents/day · certified since May 27, 1980
Part of chain: VANTAGE CARE (10 facilities, chain avg rating 2.4★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★★☆4/5 · CMS overall rating: 3/5
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 self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Nov 20, 2024 · F-0658 · triggered by a complaint
The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow.
Why it matters: Care that falls below professional standards can directly harm a resident's health and recovery.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Nov 6, 2024 (Past Non-Compliance)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Nov 20, 2024 · F-0689 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls.
Why it matters: This is one of the most common citations and directly relates to falls and injuries, which can be devastating for older adults.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Nov 6, 2024 (Past Non-Compliance)
All citations in the current public record (9)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2025 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. |
| Feb 7, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility used physical restraints — devices that limit a resident's movement — when they weren't needed for medical treatment. |
| Nov 20, 2024 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow. · from a complaint |
| Nov 20, 2024 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint |
| Dec 22, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not fully assess residents on time — a complete assessment of health, abilities, and needs is required when a resident is first admitted and at least once every 12 months after that. |
| Dec 22, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | 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. |
| Jul 15, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility used bed rails without first trying safer alternatives, or without assessing the resident's safety risk, discussing the risks and benefits with the resident or family, getting consent, and installing the rails correctly. |
| Jul 15, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Jul 15, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide or arrange dental services for its residents. Nursing homes are responsible for making sure residents can get dental care. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections stayed about the same across the last two inspection cycles (2 → 2).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | E |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | D |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | J ▲ |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | E |
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.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
1 fine totaling $16,801.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2024 | Fine | $16,801 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Massachusetts avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 3.92 | 3.89 | 3.95 | top 37% in Massachusetts; top 43% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.33 | 0.65 | 0.69 | bottom 7% in Massachusetts; bottom 13% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 3.65 | 3.51 | 3.50 | top 31% in Massachusetts; top 35% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.20 | 0.46 | 0.48 | bottom 10% in Massachusetts; bottom 13% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 46.4 | 38.2 | 45.8 | bottom 24% in Massachusetts; bottom 46% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 44.4 | 42.6 | 42.9 | bottom 45% in Massachusetts; bottom 45% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, 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 3.73, RN 0.31, weekend 3.47. Staffing rating: 3/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 1/5 · long-stay residents: 2/5 · short-stay residents: 1/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Yossi | Individual | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 02/01/2022 |
| Vantage at Hampden LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 02/01/2022 |
| Vantage Opco Holdco LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 02/01/2022 |
| Yurowitz, Sam | Individual | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | — | 02/01/2022 |
| Yurowitz, Sam | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/01/2022 |
| Yurowitz, Sam | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/01/2022 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "Can you tell me what this citation involved and what steps you took to bring care back up to standard?"
- "What is your falls rate, and what specific steps do you take to prevent falls and supervise residents at risk?"
- "Can we tour the resident rooms, bathrooms, and common areas today, including areas not on the usual tour route?"
- "What is your policy on physical restraints, and what alternatives do you try first?"
- "How soon after admission is a full assessment completed, and how are the findings shared with the family?"
- "How many aides are on each shift, and how do you make sure every resident gets timely help with bathing, dressing, and meals?"
- "What alternatives do you try before using bed rails, and how do you involve families in that decision?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 225265.