Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center sits at 94 Summer Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and folks around here know it's been serving the Fitchburg, Leominster, Lunenburg, and Westminster areas for over 40 years, which says a bit about how much it's part of the community. The building can hold up to 72 people and has 87 certified beds, and all sorts of care happen here, from short-term rehab to long-term nursing, with skilled nurses on hand and therapy services available for folks recovering from a hospital stay or dealing with chronic conditions. You'll find things like occupational therapy, physical therapy, respite care, and end-of-life hospice support, and there are programs meant to help residents move smoothly from hospital back to home or into the facility itself so no one falls through the cracks. They take part in projects like the Fight the Flu Campaign and Sepsis Smart, aiming to stop infections and prevent falls, and they work on reducing how often antipsychotics get prescribed when other treatments might do. With 2.92 nurse hours per resident each day and a nurse turnover rate of 44.7%, the staff do their best, though state and federal inspections have uncovered 42 total deficiencies, with some relating to infection control, timely lab work, and making sure care plans are thorough and followed. Owned equally by Ephram Lahasky and Akiva Horowitz, the facility's a for-profit business managed by the same folks since January 2019, and like other skilled nursing facilities, it's got to meet federal care standards, so if issues come up, they get recorded and must be dealt with to keep residents safe. Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center isn't the newest place and doesn't claim to be fancy, but it focuses on providing the basic nursing and rehab people need, with some attention to changing culture in elder care, and plays a quiet but steady role in the local healthcare scene.