Christopher House Of Worcester 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 (508) 754-3800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Christopher House Of Worcester 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 72.2/100, placing it #7253 of 14703 facilities nationally and #172 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 Christopher House Of Worcester receives a reported average of 4 hours 22 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 1 minute; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 40 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 51 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 36.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,512. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,512, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 36.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Christopher House Of Worcester ranks 7253rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 172nd out of 341 nursing homes. In Worcester, it ranks 11th out of 16 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,898 nationally and RN hours rank #5,333 nationally (#113 in MA). Our composite quality score of 72.2/100 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 Worcester, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/worcester/