Penacook Place, Inc 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 (978) 374-0707 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Penacook Place, Inc 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 67.9/100, placing it #9226 of 14703 facilities nationally and #212 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 Penacook Place, Inc receives a reported average of 3 hours 34 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 50 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 11 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 19 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 37.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 6 fine(s) totaling $66,381. 16 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 6 fine(s) totaling $66,381, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 6. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 46.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Penacook Place, Inc ranks 9226th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 67.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 212th out of 341 nursing homes. In Haverhill, it ranks 3rd out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,490 nationally and RN hours rank #7,733 nationally (#198 in MA). Our composite quality score of 67.9/100 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 Haverhill, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/haverhill/