Fairhaven Healthcare Center
476 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01854
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Lme Family Holdings
- Certified beds
- 169 · avg 125 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 38.6% — near the Massachusetts averageMassachusetts avg: 39.2% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 45.5% — near the Massachusetts averageMassachusetts 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
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $15,030 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 225458
- Certified beds
- 169 beds · avg 125 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Varnum Ops Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Lme Family Holdings
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Lme Family Holdings chain — 15 facilities across 4 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.1 / 5.
Disclosed owners (9 on record)
- Deborah l Schloss
Other · since 2022
- Ephram m Lahasky
Operational/managerial Control · 33% · since 2022
- Lme Family Holdings Llc
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 33% · since 2022
- Michael Takesian
Contracted Managing Employee · since 2022
- ml Family Tree Trust
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 33% · since 2022
- Nisson Hirsch
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 8% · since 2022
+ 3 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 43)
- D0760·Jan 12, 2026Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- D0812·Sep 26, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0761·Sep 26, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
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.
- D0759·Sep 26, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- D0757·Sep 26, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- D0698·Sep 26, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- D0690·Sep 26, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D0677·Sep 26, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20231 fine · $15K
Most recent events
- Nov 15, 2023Fine · $15K
Fire-safety citations
54 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Sep 26, 2025. 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.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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