Spaulding Nursing And Therapy Center – Brighton is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1967-01-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (617) 325-5400 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Spaulding Nursing And Therapy Center – Brighton holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 85.2/100, placing it #1607 of 14703 facilities nationally and #47 of 341 in Massachusetts. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Spaulding Nursing And Therapy Center – Brighton receives a reported average of 8 hours 14 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 3 hours 27 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 24 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 23 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 7 hours 1 minute per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 41.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 2 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $15,802. 2 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 19.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Spaulding Nursing And Therapy Center – Brighton ranks 1607th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 85.2/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 47th out of 341 nursing homes. In Boston, it ranks 5th out of 11 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #82 nationally and RN hours rank #69 nationally (#1 in MA). Our composite quality score of 85.2/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Boston, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/boston/