Name: Care One at Lexington
Address: 178 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA, 02420, US
Telephone: 6179018365

About Care One at Lexington

Care One at Lexington is a nursing home in Lexington, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. Its reported capacity is 211 beds. It is recorded as a for-profit operator, part of Careone. Federal records list it as Medicare certified. Our copy of the inspection record holds 41 citations, the newest dated 24 December 2025. Federal enforcement records add 1 fine or payment denial action. Staffing reports put it at 3.55 nurse hours per resident per day. Every fact above comes from the public records listed in the sources section on this page. The newest source file we hold for this listing is dated August 2026.

Public record

CMS Care Compare · Source data August 2026

Certification

Medicare-certified (CMS Certification Number on file)

Ratings

3.0(CMS Care Compare)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2026-07-01.GOV

Staffing rating

4.0

Quality-measure rating

5.0

Inspections on record

Cited deficiencies

Not yet ratedSource: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2026Q1.GOV

Staffing rating

Not published

Quality-measure rating

Not published

Inspections on record

Not published

Cited deficiencies

Not published

Not yet ratedSource: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2025Q4.GOV

Staffing rating

Not published

Quality-measure rating

Not published

Inspections on record

Not published

Cited deficiencies

Not published

2.0(CMS Care Compare)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2026-06-01.GOV

Staffing rating

4.0

Quality-measure rating

4.0

Inspections on record

Cited deficiencies

3.0(CMS Care Compare)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2026-08-01.GOV

Staffing rating

4.0

Quality-measure rating

5.0

Inspections on record

Cited deficiencies

Inspection history (41)

Records from January 2024 to December 2025.

January 11, 2024 · G
Citation F0689
Federal surveyors cited this nursing home on 2024-01-11 under CMS tag F0689 (CMS scope/severity G: isolated, actual harm) for Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. The deficiency was recorded as corrected on 2024-02-06. Source: CMS Care Compare Health Deficiencies (as of 2026-06-01).
View original record (opens in a new tab)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2024-01-11.GOV

Penalties (1)

Total fines on file: $51,765

January 11, 2024 · Fine
Citation FINE-3691
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $51,765 against this nursing home on 2024-01-11 (Fine ID: 3691). Source: CMS Care Compare Penalties (as of 2026-07-01).
View original record (opens in a new tab)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2024-01-11.GOV

Staffing

Latest: 3.55 nurse staffing hours per resident per day (2026Q1)

Staffing trend (5 periods)

2025Q43.54 hrs/resident/day
2026-06-013.54 hrs/resident/day
2026-07-013.55 hrs/resident/day
2026-08-013.55 hrs/resident/day
2026Q13.55 hrs/resident/day

Most recent period is about the same as 2025Q4. Figures are CMS-reported nurse staffing hours, not our estimate.

Ownership

For profit

CMS Care Compare chain: Careone

Chain ID 109 · 37 facilities in chain (CMS)

Chain average overall rating: 3.4
Chain average health inspection rating: 2.9
Chain average staffing rating: 3.2
Chain average quality measure rating: 4.4

Chain averages are CMS-published figures for facilities sharing this Chain ID (formerly Affiliated Entity). They are not ElderCareCosts scores.

A separate ownership filing names a different organization for this listing. We are not publishing that name while the two government records disagree.

Recent changes to this listing

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Each line is a difference between two readings of a government file. It says what the source reported, not what the provider did.

Sep 1, 2026Ownership changed
The source now records ownership as "For profit".
Reported by CMS nursing homes (ownership)
Sep 1, 2026Ownership changed
The source now records ownership as "For profit - Corporation".
Reported by CMS nursing homes (provider info)
Aug 6, 2026Ownership changed
The source now records ownership as "For profit".
Reported by CMS nursing homes (ownership)
Jul 24, 2026Ownership changed
The source now records ownership as "For profit - Corporation".
Reported by CMS nursing homes (provider info)
Jul 24, 2026Ownership changed
The source now records ownership as "For profit".
Reported by CMS nursing homes (ownership)

Ratings, inspections, and penalties are public records, reproduced in plain English without edits to their substance. View source records · What these measures mean.

Typical cost

Genworth CareScout Cost of Care Survey · 2025

This provider doesn't publish a specific price to us. Below is the typical MA range for the care type(s) it offers. Use it as context, not a quote.

Nursing Homes

Median · MA$14,448/mo

See full MA cost breakdownSource: Genworth CareScout Cost of Care Survey · Updated 2025

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Trust & methodology

Where this information came from

Each block below is one file we read, the date on that file, and the fields on this page that came from it. The date is when the source published or we retrieved it, not the day we last looked at this listing.

CMS nursing homes (provider info)as of August 2026: Chain identifier, Chain name, City, CMS Special Focus status, County, Licensed capacity, Map location, Medicare certification number, Name, Phone number, State, Street address, ZIP code
CMS nursing homes (ownership)as of July 2026: Ownership type, Parent organization
CMS enrollmentas of July 2026: NPI
CMS nursing homes (payroll-based journal staffing)as of June 2026: Staffing hours per resident day

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