Northwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
1010 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01854 · CCN 225298
Northwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Lowell, Massachusetts. This facility-specific record brings together official CMS provider, inspection, rating, and enforcement data while identifying what is missing or uncertain.
What stands out in the available record
The available records contain 54 cited deficiencies across 4 surveys. 7 were coded at G or above; 0 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
5 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0842 (4), F0656 (3), F0677 (3), F0695 (3), F0791 (2). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- August 2024 — Health: 18 cited deficiencies
- June 2024 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- August 2023 — Health: 14 cited deficiencies
- September 2022 — Health: 21 cited deficiencies
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity D: 40 citations
- Scope/severity E: 7 citations
- Scope/severity G: 6 citations
- Scope/severity H: 1 citation
7 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 0 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0842 — Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (4 citations)
- F0656 — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (3 citations)
- F0677 — Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (3 citations)
- F0695 — Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (3 citations)
- F0791 — Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. (2 citations)
Deficiency categories
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 21 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies: 10 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies: 6 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 6 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies: 5 citations
- Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies: 3 citations
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 1 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 1 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 2 of 5 stars
CMS reports 2.83 total nurse staffing hours per resident day.
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Enforcement and penalties
The available CMS enforcement dataset contains 1 penalty action, most recently dated August 2024. Monetary fines in these records total $85,178.
Sources, freshness, and limitations
Source: official CMS datasets, including Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, and Penalties. View the CMS data source. Loaded survey records window — Earliest loaded survey: September 2022; Latest loaded survey: August 2024. These dates describe records loaded by POCDesk, not a CMS release or publication timestamp. Facility statistics refreshed: October 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM UTC. The available rating record has a CMS processing date of September 2026. POCDesk last refreshed that rating record on October 2026.
POCDesk groups citations by survey date, counts recurring F-Tags across the available history, and summarizes CMS scope/severity codes. Those summaries are POCDesk organization and interpretation of public records, not official ratings or survey findings of our own. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and our editorial standards and methodology.
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