Nursing Home · Plymouth, MA
19 Obery Street, Plymouth, MA 02360
Medicare overall rating
1 / 5 stars
Inspection records →About this listing
Catalog updated Sep 1, 2026. Current services and availability are unconfirmed.
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Reported capacity: 101 beds. This is not the number of openings.
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Provides nursing care and help with daily activities. Some offer short-term rehabilitation.
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Plymouth Harborside Healthcare receives highly polarized reviews, with significant concerns regarding nursing responsiveness, administrative communication, and facility maintenance. While some residents and families praise the physical and occupational therapy teams for their dedication, many others report severe neglect, including ignored call buttons, poor dietary management, and unprofessional staff behavior.
AI summaries of public opinions. These describe review sentiment, not verified care quality.
While therapy staff are frequently praised, nursing and administrative staff receive consistent complaints regarding neglect and unprofessionalism.
Families report being left in the dark regarding medical incidents, such as falls or changes in health status.
Reviewers mention a need for facility overhauls, including new flooring, painting, and better general maintenance.
Multiple reviewers describe the food as horrible or report failures in adhering to specific medical diets.
A long-term family member noted that activities were stopped after the facility changed ownership.
Reviewers reported significant delays in ordering and administering prescribed medications upon admission.
Reviews for the dementia unit are mixed, with some families reporting excellent experiences and others noting concerns.
Scores range from 0 (negative) to 10 (positive). They are model interpretations of reviews and are not clinical, safety, or inspection ratings. Unmentioned topics are omitted.
Strengths
Concerns
Rating Trends
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Distribution · 28 analyzed
Key Review Excerpts
“My mother’s call button was taken away and her wheelchair at night, not adhering to her diabetic diet, among other things.”
“The system has been down for over 2 weeks- how is this even legal? I also changed my loved ones wound care and the nurse actually gave me the gauze and tape!”
Reported nursing hours are daily averages per resident. They do not describe a specific shift or guarantee one-to-one care.
Per resident, per day
Nurses and aides combined
Reported by Medicare
Registered nurses
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EveryPlace uses reference points of 0.75 registered-nurse hours and 4.1 total nursing hours per resident per day. These are comparison targets, not current federal minimum requirements or a determination that a facility meets a resident's needs.
Resident outcomes compared with national, state, and local averages · 17 measures
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Residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents on anti-anxiety or sleep medication
Residents whose bladder or bowel control got worse
Residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Residents vaccinated for the flu
Residents who got a urinary tract infection
Short-stay residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Short-stay residents vaccinated for the flu
Short-stay residents newly given antipsychotics
US average from Medicare published data
Detailed Medicare record · up to 3-year lookback
Families have filed complaints that triggered inspections revealing concerning deficiencies in abuse prevention, accident safety, and care planning that persist across multiple surveys from 2021 to 2025. The facility repeatedly struggles with maintaining safe environments free from hazards, developing complete care plans, and ensuring proper medication management. While all violations show correction dates, the pattern of recurring issues in critical safety areas and the ongoing complaint-driven investigations suggest families should carefully evaluate this facility's ability to provide consistent, quality care.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Administration Deficiencies
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Administration Deficiencies
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Administration Deficiencies
Provide a neutral and fair arbitration process and agree to arbitrator and venue.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
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 pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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.
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
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Federal Penalties
Fine
Feb 13, 2026
$70,811
Fine
Sep 16, 2025
$197,977
Fine
Aug 5, 2025
$10,358
Fine
Nov 14, 2023
$11,638
Fine
Aug 30, 2023
$15,269
Fine
Aug 30, 2023
$15,347
Plymouth Harborside Healthcare
for profit
Next Step Healthcare
14 facilities nationwide
Chain avg rating: 1.9/5 · Rank 10 of 14 (Lowest rating)
Owners
Next Step Healthcare LLC
Owner · Organization
Dell'anno, Damian
Owner (parent company)
Stephan, William
Owner (parent company)
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