Ayer Valley Rehab And Nursing is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-07-01. 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 (978) 772-1704 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ayer Valley Rehab And Nursing holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 55.0/100, placing it #13268 of 14703 facilities nationally and #318 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 Ayer Valley Rehab And Nursing receives a reported average of 3 hours 35 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 44 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 43 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 8 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 3 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 60.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $72,804. 15 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 3 fine(s) totaling $72,804, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 149.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ayer Valley Rehab And Nursing ranks 13268th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 55.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 318th out of 341 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,277 nationally and RN hours rank #4,343 nationally (#76 in MA). Our composite quality score of 55.0/100 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 Ayer, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/ayer/