Lanessa Extended Care
Below-average Medicare ratings — review the inspection history and ask the administrator about recent corrections before visiting.
based on 28 Google reviews

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Quality Concerns Identified
Medicare inspection and quality data reveal areas that families should carefully evaluate before choosing this facility.
- Low overall rating (1/5 stars)
- Low staffing rating (2/5 stars)
- Above-median deficiencies (26 vs median 7.0)
Bottom 25% in MA · Below recommended RN staffing · Significantly below average staffing · Worst in ATHENA HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS chain · $119,962 in fines
What this means for your family
While the recreation and memory care teams receive consistent praise, the facility has a documented history of serious safety and staffing concerns. Before choosing Lanessa, we strongly recommend you tour the facility and specifically ask about their fall prevention protocols and current nurse-to-patient ratios.
Google Reviews
Google Reviews
28 reviews on Google“Lanessa Extended Care receives highly polarized feedback, with some families praising the dedicated nursing and recreation staff, while others report severe concerns regarding neglect and safety. Critical reviews frequently cite issues with understaffing, poor communication, and failures in basic patient care, including fall prevention and medication management.”
Quality Themes
Tap a score for detailsStrengths
- Engaging and creative recreation activities
- Clean and well-maintained facility environment
- Attentive and compassionate nursing staff (noted by some)
- Effective physical therapy and rehabilitation programs
Concerns
- Chronic understaffing leading to slow response times (mentioned by 5 reviewers)
- Negligence regarding fall risk protocols and patient safety (mentioned by 3 reviewers)
- Poor communication and difficulty reaching administration (mentioned by 3 reviewers)
- Inadequate basic care including nutrition and medication administration (mentioned by 3 reviewers)
Rating Trends
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Distribution · 32 analyzed
How They Respond to Reviews
This facility actively engages with reviewer feedback.
Questions for Your Tour
- 1I noticed your team is very active in responding to feedback online; how do you use that family input to improve the daily experience for residents?
- 2With 96 residents in the facility, how do you ensure that each person receives prompt attention when they use their call light, especially during shift changes?
- 3Given the importance of safety, could you walk me through the specific protocols you have in place for residents who are identified as high fall risks?
- 4I’ve heard wonderful things about your recreation program; what are some of the most popular activities residents are participating in this month?
- 5How does your nursing team coordinate with the pharmacy to ensure that medication schedules are strictly followed and managed accurately?
- 6We are concerned about nutritional needs; could you explain how you monitor residents' food intake and ensure they are receiving the proper support during mealtimes?
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Key Review Excerpts
“The Recreation Department always seems to have creative activities, live music, and recognition of multicultural events. It's not easy providing a high level of care with limited resources, but the Lanessa Team makes it happen.”
“My mother is a resident here and is very happy whenever I go to see her. She is in the memory care unit and enjoys the activities that she goes to as well as the nursing staff.”
“This place has no protocol for patients who are a fall risk. No bed alarms, no extra bed rails and broken call buttons. Short staffed and inattentive.”
Staffing
Staffing Hours
per resident/day · Medicare 2026Both RN and total nursing hours are below national benchmarks. This can mean less clinical attention per resident, so ask about their staffing plan.
Quality Measures
Quality Measures
Resident outcomes compared with national, state, and local averages · 17 measures
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Residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with depression symptoms
Highly dependent on how each facility screens and codes depressive symptoms, so it varies widely between facilities.
Residents whose bladder or bowel control got worse
Residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Residents vaccinated for the flu
Residents on anti-anxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents vaccinated for the flu
Short-stay residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Short-stay residents newly given antipsychotics
US average from Medicare published data
Inspection History
Medicare Inspection History
3-year lookback · Medicare 2026
This facility shows persistent quality concerns with families filing complaint reports leading to 9 deficiencies. The most recurring problems involve nursing staff adequacy, medication management, and resident safety hazards, with these issues appearing across multiple surveys from 2022 through 2025. While the facility reports correcting each deficiency, the pattern of repeated violations in critical care areas suggests ongoing operational challenges that families should carefully evaluate before considering placement.
Jan 21, 2026Complaint1
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Jun 10, 2025Complaint2
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Feb 3, 2025Routine27
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Egress Deficiencies
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Services Deficiencies
Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems Deficiencies
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Smoke Deficiencies
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Apr 3, 2024Complaint5
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nov 8, 2023Routine24
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies
Implement emergency and standby power systems.
Egress Deficiencies
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
Smoke Deficiencies
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
Miscellaneous Deficiencies
Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems Deficiencies
Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems Deficiencies
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Egress Deficiencies
Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems Deficiencies
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Administration Deficiencies
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Infection Control Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Smoke Deficiencies
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Sep 14, 2023Complaint1
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Federal Penalties
Fine
Nov 8, 2023
$119,962
Ownership & Operations
Who Operates This Facility
Lanessa Extended Care
for profit
Chain Affiliation
Athena Healthcare Systems
24 facilities nationwide
Chain avg rating: 1.7/5 · Rank 17 of 24 (Worst)
Ownership & Management
Owners
Athena Health Care Systems Ma III LLC
Owner · Organization
Chakalos-Santilli, Valerie
Owner (parent company)
Curtis, Diane
Owner (parent company)
Mosier, Michael
Owner (parent company)
Santilli, Lawrence
Owner (parent company)
Key personnel
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