Country Gardens Health And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1975-02-01. 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) 379-9700 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Country Gardens Health And Rehabilitation Center 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 (1★), 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 61.4/100, placing it #11633 of 14703 facilities nationally and #269 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 Country Gardens Health And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 14 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 25 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 47 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 2 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 55 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $24,635. 3 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 4 fine(s) totaling $24,635, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 168.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Country Gardens Health And Rehabilitation Center ranks 11633rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 61.4/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 269th out of 341 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,653 nationally and RN hours rank #10,424 nationally (#277 in MA). Our composite quality score of 61.4/100 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 Swansea, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/swansea/