Timberlyn Heights Nursing And Rehabilitation 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 (413) 528-2650 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Timberlyn Heights Nursing And Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 76.5/100, placing it #5217 of 14703 facilities nationally and #123 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 Timberlyn Heights Nursing And Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 3 hours 19 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 48 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 33 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 51 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 26.9%. 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 $8,894. 4 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 $8,894, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 10.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Timberlyn Heights Nursing And Rehabilitation ranks 5217th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 76.5/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 123rd out of 341 nursing homes. In Great Barrington, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,946 nationally and RN hours rank #3,604 nationally (#60 in MA). Our composite quality score of 76.5/100 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 Great Barrington, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/great-barrington/