Memory careIndependent livingAssisted living

RegalCare at Wakefield

0.00 reviews · 0 verifiedWAKEFIELD, MALic. 225400

Signals

JKLRecent citation with immediate-jeopardy / high severity (J/K/L)Source: CMS Health Citations

ABUSECMS abuse icon presentSource: CMS Provider Information

FINECMS fine: $63,843Source: CMS Penalties

VBP-SLow SNF VBP readmission measure score (0.0)Source: CMS SNF VBP (PDC)

VBP-RElevated VBP readmission rate (22.6%)Source: CMS SNF VBP (PDC)

SFFSpecial Focus: SFF CandidateSource: CMS Provider Information

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About

Brightview Wakefield is a resort-style senior living community located in Wakefield, MA, offering Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care. Residents can enjoy a vibrant lifestyle with amenities such as chef-prepared meals, a spa, and a well-stocked library. The community is pet-friendly and encourages an active lifestyle with daily programs and nearby walking trails along Lake Quannapowitt. With no large entrance fee and a monthly rental model, residents can remain in the community as their care needs change.

Amenities

DiningRestaurant-Style DiningPrivate Dining Room

Housekeeping & MaintenanceLaundry Services

Transportation & ShoppingGeneral Transportation Services

Fitness & Wellness ProgramsSalon Services

Inside AmenitiesLibrary

Safety & SecuritySecured Memory Care Unit

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Medicare overall

1/5Medicare.gov Care Compare stars are shown for context only. They are never part of the Unbeatable composite score.

Staffing (PBJ)

3.60 total HPRDRN 0.63 · weekend 101%Oct 2025 – Dec 2025

Survey history

6 inspections73 deficiencies on record

Federal IDs

CCN 225400

Overall: 1/5 · Health: 1/5 · Staffing: 1/5 · QM: 3/5

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Recent inspections

Fire safetyMar 2026 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL4 deficiencies

K-321SS F — Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
K-324SS F — Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
K-363SS F — Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
K-923SS D — Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Health surveyFeb 2025 · CMS28 deficiencies

F-550SS D — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
F-578SS D — Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
F-580SS J — Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
F-582SS C — Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
F-600SS J — Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
F-656SS D — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
F-657SS D — Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
F-658SS D — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
F-688SS D — Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
F-692SS D — Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
F-694SS D — Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
F-695SS D — Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
F-698SS D — Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
F-699SS D — Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
F-726SS J — Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
F-732SS C — Post nurse staffing information every day.
F-740SS J — Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
F-742SS D — Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
F-756SS E — Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
F-760SS E — Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Fire safetyFeb 2025 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL10 deficiencies

E-6SS F — Conduct risk assessment and an All-Hazards approach.
K-324SS F — Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
K-345SS F — Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
K-352SS F — Properly install and monitor supervisory attachments on automatic sprinkler systems.
K-353SS F — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
K-363SS F — Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
K-372SS F — Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
K-711SS F — Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
K-712SS F — Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
K-918SS F — Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Health surveyFeb 2024 · CMS5 deficiencies

F-550SS D — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
F-561SS D — Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
F-584SS E — Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
F-656SS D — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
F-880SS D — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Fire safetyFeb 2024 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL11 deficiencies

E-4SS F — Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
K-221SS E — Provide rooms that can be unlocked from inside without a key.
K-324SS D — Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
K-345SS F — Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
K-353SS F — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
K-363SS F — Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
K-521SS F — Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
K-711SS F — Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
K-712SS F — Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
K-761SS F — To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
K-918SS F — Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Health surveyJan 2023 · CMS15 deficiencies

F-550SS D — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
F-576SS D — Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
F-600SS G — Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
F-604SS D — Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
F-656SS H — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
F-657SS D — Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
F-658SS D — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
F-677SS D — Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
F-690SS D — Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
F-698SS D — Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
F-756SS D — Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
F-759SS E — Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
F-761SS D — Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
F-826SS D — Provide specialized rehabilitative services by qualified personnel, when ordered for a resident by a doctor.
F-842SS E — Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

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Ownership

Operated by VANTAGE CARE (privately held) since 1990.

Dec 2023
operator transition — AREM, CHERYL
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (21%) — AREM, CHERYL
Dec 2023
operator transition — YUROWITZ, SAM
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (21%) — YUROWITZ, SAM
Dec 2023
operator transition — HERSKOVITZ, MIRIAM
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (21%) — HERSKOVITZ, MIRIAM
Dec 2023
operator transition — BROWN, YOSSI
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (21%) — BROWN, YOSSI
Dec 2023
operator transition — VANTAGE CARE MA4 LLC
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (100%) — VANTAGE CARE MA4 LLC
Dec 2023
operator transition — JPW MASS HOLDINGS LLC
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (15%) — JPW MASS HOLDINGS LLC

Contact

ONE BATHOL STREET
WAKEFIELD, MA 01880

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7812457600 brightviewseniorliving.com/find-a-community/brightview-wakefield

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