Abbott Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

    28 Essex St, Lynn, MA 01902
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Clean welcoming home; compassionate staff

    I would recommend this facility - it feels like a clean, welcoming second home with compassionate, professional staff. The nursing, rehab and kitchen teams are outstanding, meals are delicious, and there are plenty of engaging activities that reassured our family.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.37·(62)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.0
    • Staff

      4.2
    • Meals

      4.3
    • Amenities

      4.0
    • Value

      4.4

    Pros

    • Clean, odor-free environment
    • Home-cooked, high-quality meals
    • Knowledgeable rehabilitation and physical-therapy team
    • Attentive nursing staff and CNAs
    • Engaging activities program (bowling, entertainers, social events)
    • Welcoming, family-like atmosphere
    • Bright, well-lit resident rooms and common areas
    • Outdoor resident space with grilling areas
    • Supportive social-work and case-management assistance
    • Prompt call-light responsiveness
    • Small, cozy facility feel
    • Hospice and end-of-life care availability

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels
    • High staff turnover and reliance on agency aides
    • Variable caregiver familiarity with residents' baseline needs
    • Gaps in medication-administration and pain-management processes
    • Inconsistent personal-care responsiveness
    • Gaps in safety monitoring and fall-prevention practices
    • Belongings and personal-effects management lapses
    • Limited rehabilitation space and exercise equipment
    • Administrative and discharge-coordination inconsistencies

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews portray a facility with clear strengths in hospitality, rehabilitative services, dining, and activities alongside operational weaknesses that families should weigh. Many families describe a clean, well-maintained, and bright physical environment: rooms and common areas are frequently characterized as light-filled, freshly painted, and pleasant, with an outdoor area and family room that support social engagement. The facility’s dining program receives consistent praise for home-cooked, high-quality meals and supportive kitchen staff. The activities program — including entertainers, bowling, and regular social events — is regularly cited as uplifting and conducive to resident engagement.

    Clinical and rehabilitative services garner largely positive remarks. Physical therapy and the broader rehab team are described as knowledgeable and effective by several families, and hospice services are available on site. Nursing staff and many CNAs are characterized as attentive and compassionate, with prompt call-light responses noted in a number of accounts. Social work and case-management support are also highlighted as helpful in many experiences.

    At the same time, a pattern of operational concerns appears across reviews. Staffing variability and high turnover, including reliance on agency aides, emerge as recurring themes that correlate with uneven caregiver familiarity with residents’ routines and needs. Several accounts raise concerns about medication-administration timing and pain-management processes, as well as incidents that suggest gaps in safety monitoring and fall-prevention practices. Families also describe inconsistent personal-care responsiveness in some shifts, and there are occasional reports of misplaced personal belongings and obstacles during discharge coordination.

    Facility limitations include constrained rehabilitation space and limited exercise equipment, which some families felt reduced opportunities for therapeutic activity outside formal sessions. Administrative experiences vary: some families found leadership friendly and helpful, while others reported communication and discharge-coordination difficulties. Taken together, the pattern indicates a facility that provides many strong, person-centered services — particularly in dining, therapy, and activities — but that also experiences operational strains around staffing consistency, medication management, safety monitoring, and administrative follow-through. Prospective residents and families should consider visiting during multiple shifts, asking about staffing patterns and agency use, reviewing medication- and safety-protocols, and clarifying discharge and belongings procedures as part of the decision process.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Abbott Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located at 28 Essex St, Lynn, MA, 01902.

    About Abbott Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

    Abbott Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center sits in Lynn, Massachusetts, where it provides skilled nursing care and many types of support for people who need help getting stronger after a hospital stay, those looking for long-term care as well as individuals needing dementia, hospice, or respite services, and it's a place that tries to keep everyone safe and comfortable with round-the-clock licensed nurses. The center has 55 certified beds and usually cares for about 38 residents a day, so the place has a medium size feel with a number of different room setups for comfort, and they've been around long enough to build a good local reputation, getting recognized for compassion and its presence in the community. Nurses provide about 3.39 hours per resident each day, which falls below the state average, but the nurse turnover rate is 35.7%, which is less than others in the area. Owners Mark Blake, Amir Khan, and Tariq Qureshi each hold about a third share in this for-profit company that operates as an LLC.

    Abbott features programs like the Swampscott program and also private-duty nursing, which help them provide different types of care according to what each resident needs. They have specialized rooms and some unique names for programs, aiming for comfort and privacy while folks work on getting better, plus options for therapies and medication management. They focus on helping people recover strength, do day-to-day tasks, and regain as much independence as possible through physical, occupational, and speech therapy, as well as wound care and diabetes management, and also offer social services to help people and their families with resources and support.

    People at Abbott can get long-term care if they're really frail and need a lot of help with things like bathing or eating, and there's respite care too, if a family caregiver needs a break, hospice care when someone needs end-of-life support, plus support for dementia care. They've been given awards and are certified by the American Health Care Association and Joint Commission, and are rated second highest among seven local facilities with an average rating of 9.5 out of 10. Staff try to give individualized and holistic care, and Abbott says it's dedicated to keeping the atmosphere warm and friendly.

    However, state reports have found some important problems at Abbott, including 24 total deficiencies in inspections, with infractions related to infection control, helping with daily living tasks, and not always assisting residents who need help with vision and hearing care. Defense of resident rights came up in inspections too, with citations for not following procedures related to refusal of treatment, research participation, and advance directives. Even with those issues, Abbott does aim to support a person's quality of life through comprehensive care, therapies, and social involvement, and tries to help folks recover safely while respecting each person's needs and preferences.

    People often ask...

    Abbott Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 28 Essex St, Lynn, MA 01902.

    No, Abbott Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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