New England Homes For The Deaf, Inc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2004-08-01. 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) 774-0445 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

New England Homes For The Deaf, Inc holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), 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 69.9/100, placing it #8353 of 14703 facilities nationally and #193 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 New England Homes For The Deaf, Inc receives a reported average of 5 hours 2 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 49 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 13 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 34 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 35.0%. 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 $3,174. 2 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 1 fine(s) totaling $3,174, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 39.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, New England Homes For The Deaf, Inc ranks 8353rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 193rd out of 341 nursing homes. In Danvers, it ranks 3rd out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,172 nationally and RN hours rank #3,494 nationally (#56 in MA). Our composite quality score of 69.9/100 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 Danvers, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/danvers/