Saint Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

    101 Plantation St, Worcester, MA 01604
    • 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

    3.46·(41)

    Overall rating

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

      3.0
    • Staff

      3.2
    • Meals

      2.0
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      3.5

    Pros

    • Skilled nursing and rehabilitation services
    • Compassionate, attentive caregiving staff
    • Personalized daily care plans and targeted therapy goals
    • Effective physical and mental therapy programs
    • On-site dialysis access
    • Clean, well-maintained common areas and lounges
    • Bright rooms with windows and pleasant day areas
    • Flexible dining options and supplemental meal choices
    • Family-like community atmosphere
    • Dedicated Alzheimer's/dementia care experience
    • Responsive administrative communication in some cases
    • Staff who often go above and beyond standard duties

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing resulting in delayed resident response times
    • Inconsistent personal-care scheduling (bathing, grooming)
    • Variable food quality and inconsistent dining experience
    • Limited activity programming and cognitive-stimulation options
    • Overcrowded rooming and limited private-room availability
    • Pest-control and localized sanitation concerns
    • Laundry and personal-belongings management failures
    • Privacy and HIPAA-compliance lapses
    • Language barriers affecting caregiver–resident communication
    • Gaps in clinical escalation and external-care coordination
    • Communication and leadership coordination deficiencies
    • Allegations of discriminatory treatment toward residents

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews describe a facility with notable clinical strengths alongside recurring operational weaknesses. Many families and patients praise the nursing and rehabilitation teams for skillful, individualized therapy and attentive caregiving; several accounts highlight effective physical therapy, dementia-care experience, and the convenience of on-site dialysis. At the same time, reviewers identify persistent operational issues—particularly staffing and communication—that can materially affect resident experience and safety.

    Care and staff: Clinical care and therapy services are frequently described as strong, with therapy teams setting targeted goals and staff members characterized as compassionate and attentive. Families cited examples of staff going above and beyond and noted specific caregivers who provided consistent support. However, chronic understaffing is a recurring theme that reviewers link to delayed call‑bell responses, long wait times, and inconsistent completion of personal-care tasks such as bathing and grooming. Language barriers and uneven communication tone were also mentioned as impediments to consistent care. There are also reports that raise concerns about clinical escalation and coordination with outside hospitals, which prospective families should clarify with administration.

    Dining and activities: The facility offers a flexible menu with supplemental meal options, and some residents appreciate the availability of extra food choices. Conversely, other accounts point to inconsistent meal quality and dissatisfaction with menu items. Activity programming appears uneven: while some social opportunities are available, reviewers describe limited exercise and cognitive-stimulation offerings, which may be a consideration for residents needing more structured engagement.

    Facility environment and operations: Many reviewers describe clean, well-maintained common areas, bright rooms, and pleasant day spaces. Yet there are also reports of overcrowded rooming (two-person rooms), constrained spacing, limited private-room capacity, parking shortages, and isolated sanitation or pest-control concerns in some areas. Operational problems such as laundry errors and mismanagement of personal belongings are cited and appear to be recurring rather than purely isolated events.

    Management and communication: Perceptions of leadership are mixed. Some families praise administrative responsiveness and an overall family-like atmosphere, while others point to inconsistent communication, lack of coordinated leadership, and inadequate follow-through on family concerns. Specific allegations have led to calls for external review in a few cases; prospective families should inquire directly about any recent regulatory findings or corrective actions.

    Notable patterns and guidance for families: The dominant positive pattern is strong clinical and rehabilitative capability paired with compassionate staff members who often provide individualized attention. The dominant negative pattern is operational—staffing levels, schedule reliability, communication, and facility logistics appear to vary and can affect daily care and resident comfort. Prospective residents and families should visit in person, ask about staffing ratios and typical response times, request a copy of activity and therapy schedules, review infection‑control and pest‑control practices, inquire about laundry and belongings procedures, and ask how the facility handles clinical escalation and discrimination concerns. Confirming recent inspection results and observing peak‑time operations (medication rounds, dining, therapy sessions, shift changes) will help assess whether the facility's strengths align with a prospective resident’s needs.

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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

    Saint Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is located at 101 Plantation St, Worcester, MA, 01604.

    About Saint Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

    Saint Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, also called Saint Francis Home, sits in a big building with 137 beds, including 53 private rooms, two Alzheimer's Units with 37 secure beds, and dedicated space for long-term care. The place sees about 118 residents each day. The center runs as a for-profit limited liability company and has been cited for 24 deficiencies in inspection reports, some of which are about resident rights, infection control, and keeping the place clean and comfortable. Reports show a nurse turnover rate of 38.9% and nurse staffing averages about 3.89 hours per resident per day. Saint Francis has Joint Commission Accreditation and belongs to Mass Senior Care, taking part in healthcare safety groups like the Massachusetts Healthcare Safety and Quality Consortium.

    The center gives a wide range of care including skilled nursing, short-term rehab, long-term care, memory care, adult day health, pulmonary care, physiatry services, and hospice and palliative care. There's a special Dialysis Den for dialysis treatment, and programs for Hispanic, Latino, veteran, and Namaste communities. For meals and nutrition, dietitians customize plans based on needs, including for those who get dialysis, and teach about nutrition. Staff include doctors, nurses, dietitians, and social workers who work together and make a personalized care plan for each resident when they move in. There are activity programs like Ageless Grace to help with brain fitness, with regular events to help physical and mental health. Family gathering spaces help people visit together, and there is a chapel where Mass is celebrated most days. Saint Francis offers private, semi-private, and grand semi-private rooms, along with specialized Alzheimer's and dementia care, rehabilitation with state-of-the-art equipment, and programs to reduce falls and the use of antipsychotics. The facility's leadership, under Administrator Ms. Lisa Pontbriand, tries to focus on both the health and emotional needs of residents, but official reports do note areas needing attention, like resident rights, infection prevention, and making sure residents know their rights and charges. The center isn't BBB Accredited but does maintain a presence on Facebook, and is said to offer a mix of healthcare, activities, and support for diverse needs, for both those who stay full-time and those coming for outpatient or adult day care.

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