Overview
Poet's Seat Healthcare Center has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Massachusetts average of 3.1. Among the 3 nursing homes in Greenfield, it ranks first. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is staffing (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.0 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 99% of nursing homes in Massachusetts (the state average is 3.9 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on May 28, 2025, found 6 health deficiencies, fewer than the Massachusetts average of 6.4. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $5,541 in the past three years.
Poet's Seat Healthcare Center is a for-profit facility with 63 certified beds, caring for about 53 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1989.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 34%
Top 60%
Top 64%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- May 28, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 6
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $5,541
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.04 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.50 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.80 hrs
- Nurse aides1.74 hrs
- Physical therapists0.05 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 63
- Average residents per day
- 53
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- May 30, 1989
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes