Cardigan Nursing Home

    59 Country Way, Scituate, MA 02066
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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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

    4.24·(17)

    Overall rating

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

      4.1
    • Staff

      4.1
    • Meals

      4.2
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      4.2

    Pros

    • Warm, courteous, and compassionate direct-care staff
    • Assistance with bathing, dressing, meals, and daily needs
    • Positive nursing, CNA, and aide care
    • Rehabilitation and speech-therapy support
    • Attentive dementia care and family communication
    • Welcoming family visits and practical support for residents
    • Clean, bright environment
    • Residents described as comfortable and happy

    Cons

    • Building upkeep and presentation needing attention
    • Management accessibility and professionalism concerns
    • Staffing adequacy and resource-allocation concerns (reported)

    Summary of reviews

    Overall, feedback is predominantly positive about hands-on care. Families and residents describe staff as warm, courteous, and attentive, with nursing staff, aides, and other care team members receiving particular praise. Reviewers mention assistance with bathing, dressing, meals, and other daily needs, as well as rehabilitation and speech therapy. One family specifically felt comfortable with the care provided to a resident with advanced dementia and valued the communication about her needs.

    Family support and responsiveness are recurring strengths. Reviewers describe feeling welcome during visits and note that staff provided practical help tailored to residents’ interests and circumstances. One family also appreciated staff follow-up during a hospital stay and communication about the possibility of returning for rehabilitation. A separate reviewer raised serious concerns following a resident’s death, citing staffing and resource constraints; this account differs from the otherwise largely positive accounts and is not independently corroborated in these reviews.

    The physical environment receives mixed feedback. One reviewer described the facility as clean and bright, while also noting that it was not luxurious. Another said the building needed more attention and that the online photographs appeared outdated. These comments suggest that presentation and upkeep may be areas for improvement, despite the positive impression of cleanliness in one account.

    Management feedback is less consistent than feedback about direct-care staff. One reviewer described administrators as distant, and another raised concerns about an administrator’s professionalism. These are individual perspectives, but prospective families may wish to ask about management availability and how concerns are handled. Staffing adequacy is also raised in one serious account and may merit discussion during a visit.

    Dining information is limited: a family appreciated help with meal preparation, but the reviews do not assess food quality, menu variety, or dining experience. Activities are similarly not described in enough detail to evaluate their range or frequency. Taken together, the reviews portray a facility with notable strengths in personal care, therapy, and staff warmth, alongside questions about building upkeep, management communication, and staffing resources.

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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

    Cardigan Nursing Home is located at 59 Country Way, Scituate, MA, 02066.

    About Cardigan Nursing Home

    Cardigan Nursing Home sits in a small, homelike setting where staff know the residents by name, and families see familiar faces each visit, and you'll notice the Welsh dragon logo and the name tying back to the Welsh town of Cardigan, which gives the place a bit of character. The facility organizes events and themed activities like "Mom on the Go," live music from the Four in Row with old 50s and 60s rock n' roll, and the Magic The Great Rolando Magic Show-there's even a comfort dog from Christ Lutheran Church that visits, and sometimes there's a baby animal petting zoo from Acres to Grow Farm, plus face painting, bounce house, and balloon twisting for children. Cardigan runs different care programs, ranging from respite stays for short-term breaks to long-term skilled nursing for those who need more constant help, and there's hospice care for end of life, restorative nursing, stroke care, and specific services like pain management, wound care, IV care, diabetes and cardiac care, nutritional guidance, and post-surgical recovery, and they work with hospital specialists for anything urgent. Rehabilitation is available for people coming back from surgery or dealing with strokes or other health changes, with options like cardiac rehab, orthopedic therapy, respiratory therapy, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies, and the staff focus on helping each person regain or keep as much function as possible, sometimes using special care plans for those with complicated health needs. Cardigan emphasizes person-centered care, safety, and quality, with policies for things like falls prevention, sepsis awareness, and reducing unnecessary use of antipsychotic medicines, and they're involved in programs like Mass Senior Care and the Massachusetts Healthcare Safety and Quality Consortium, aiming to keep up with best practices and wellness. There's a small family-owned feel with an "open door" policy welcoming families, a focus on training the staff well, and efforts to support caregiver wages. Residents can join in social and recreational activities, get support with discharge planning, and take part in wellness or health campaigns, while rooms and accommodations aim to stay comfortable and safe. Cardigan is Medicare and Medicaid certified. The goal is always to help everyone feel at home, provide needed care, and support the highest level of wellbeing possible, and the staff work to make each day better in small, practical ways.

    People often ask...

    Cardigan Nursing Home offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 59 Country Way, Scituate, MA 02066.

    No, Cardigan Nursing Home 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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