Care One At New Bedford is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-09-09. 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 (508) 996-4600 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Care One At New Bedford holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), 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 71.7/100, placing it #7517 of 14703 facilities nationally and #181 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 Care One At New Bedford receives a reported average of 3 hours 55 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 45 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 47 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 23 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 25 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 38.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Care One At New Bedford has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 9 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 34.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Care One At New Bedford ranks 7517th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.7/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 181st out of 341 nursing homes. In New Bedford, it ranks 3rd out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,439 nationally and RN hours rank #4,141 nationally (#69 in MA). Our composite quality score of 71.7/100 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 New Bedford, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/new-bedford/