The Commons Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation
3 Harvest Circle, Lincoln, MA, 01773
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CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation · Chain: Justliving Communities
- Certified beds
- 32 · avg 29 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 11.4% — lower than most Massachusetts nursing homesMassachusetts avg: 39.2% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 0% — lower than most Massachusetts nursing homesMassachusetts avg: 43.7% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Massachusetts averageMassachusetts avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 225782
- Certified beds
- 32 beds · avg 29 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- Yes
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Nelp-Commons, Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Justliving Communities
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Justliving Communities chain — 2 facilities across 2 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 5.0 / 5.
Disclosed owners (8 on record)
- Brian e Danaher
Corporate Officer · since 2023
- Kathryn Lasley Brod
Corporate Officer · since 2023
- Laurie a Roberto
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2023
- New England Life Plan Communities Corp
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2023
- Jeffrey Carpenter
Corporate Officer · since 2022
- Lawrence Bradshaw
Corporate Officer · since 2022
+ 2 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
May 2023 (3 years ago) · acquired from Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln, Skilled Nursing Fac
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 15)
- D0684·Mar 25, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- E0842·Jan 14, 2026Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D0880·Nov 26, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0848·Nov 26, 2025
Administration Deficiencies
Provide a neutral and fair arbitration process and agree to arbitrator and venue.
- D0847·Nov 26, 2025
Administration Deficiencies
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
- D0842·Nov 26, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D0658·Nov 26, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0610·Nov 26, 2025
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Fire-safety citations
3 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Oct 2, 2024. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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