CCN 225420 · Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Center For Extended Care at Amherst
150 University Drive, Amherst, MA 01002
Center For Extended Care at Amherst is a 134-bed for-profit nursing home in Amherst, Massachusetts, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1990. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 126.3 residents a day, about 94% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $14.5 million originally, at 5.77%, with $14.3 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in January 2060.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 134
- Average residents per day
- 126.3 (94.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Amherst Nursing Home, Inc
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1990
- Chain or affiliated group
- Shimon Lefkowitz (5 facilities, chain average 2.8 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Massachusetts median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 65 at 1, 68 at 2, 62 at 3, 72 at 4, 71 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.34 | 3.70 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.25 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.24 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.3% | 37.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 94.3% | 86.9% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 2 totaling $48,550 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 6 (Jun 4, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Center For Extended Care at Amherst does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lefkowitz, ShimonIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 25% | 11/03/2015 |
| Loffler, AbrahamIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 8% | 11/03/2015 |
| Loffler, IsraelIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 8% | 11/03/2015 |
| Loffler, SolomonIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 8% | 11/03/2015 |
| Shimon, MiriamIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 18% | 11/03/2015 |
| Mavado Management LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/15/2015 |
| Mintz, JoshuaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2013 |
| Rackliffe, ThomasIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2013 |
| Simha, DavidIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/03/2015 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2024 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Center for Extended Care at Amherst, 134 beds. Lender at endorsement: Dwight Capital LLC | $14,534,400 | Active: 5.77%, $14,309,191 balanceMatures Jan 1, 2060. Servicer: Dwight Capital LLC | 02322258 |
| Feb 28, 2013 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a construction loanHUD project name: Amherst Nursing Home, 134 beds. Lender at endorsement: Wells Fargo Bank NA | $6,784,100 | Ended Nov 3, 2015Prepayment | 02343330 |
| Jul 31, 2008 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a construction loanHUD project name: Amherst Nursing Home, 134 beds. Lender at endorsement: Wells Fargo Bank NA | $6,784,100 | Ended Feb 28, 2013Prepayment | 02343293 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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