Southwood At Norwell Nursing Ctr
501 Cordwainer Drive, Norwell, MA, 02061
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CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 142 · avg 123 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 32.5% — lower than most Massachusetts nursing homesMassachusetts avg: 39.2% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 52.2% — higher 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
- 225597
- Certified beds
- 142 beds · avg 123 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Southwood At Norwell Nursing Center
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (5 on record)
- Lindsey Starr
Operational/managerial Control · 100% · since 2009
- Richard h Starr
Operational/managerial Control · 100% · since 1992
- Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center
Limited Partnership Interest · 99% · since 1992
- Southwood at Norwell Nursing Center, Inc.
General Partnership Interest · 1% · since 1992
- Starr Healthgroup, Llc
Operational/managerial Control · 100% · since 1992
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 10)
- D0761·Jan 2, 2026
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.
- D0695·Jan 2, 2026
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- E0919·Sep 29, 2023
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
- D0849·Sep 29, 2023
Administration Deficiencies
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
- E0740·Sep 29, 2023
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- D0695·Sep 29, 2023
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- E0658·Sep 29, 2023
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0656·Sep 29, 2023
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Fire-safety citations
18 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jan 2, 2026. 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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