Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2016-04-11. 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) 372-8000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit 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 (5★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 84.7/100, placing it #1786 of 14703 facilities nationally and #56 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 Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit receives a reported average of 5 hours 32 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 17 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 47 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 28 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 40 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 72.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 4 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $7,800. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 0.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit ranks 1786th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 84.7/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 56th out of 341 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #617 nationally and RN hours rank #911 nationally (#12 in MA). Our composite quality score of 84.7/100 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 Bradford, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/bradford/