The Massachusetts Veterans Home At Chelsea is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1967-02-09. 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 (617) 884-5660 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Massachusetts Veterans Home At Chelsea 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 (4★), 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 74.8/100, placing it #6017 of 14703 facilities nationally and #138 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 The Massachusetts Veterans Home At Chelsea receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A 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.

The facility has received 5 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $77,927. 7 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 25.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Massachusetts Veterans Home At Chelsea ranks 6017th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 74.8/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 138th out of 341 nursing homes. In Chelsea, it ranks 3rd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 4. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #178 nationally and RN hours rank #1,093 nationally (#15 in MA). Our composite quality score of 74.8/100 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 Chelsea, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/chelsea/