CCN 225443 · Worcester County, Massachusetts
Blaire House of Worcester
116 Houghton Street, Worcester, MA 01604
Blaire House of Worcester is a 75-bed for-profit nursing home in Worcester, Massachusetts, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1990. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 69.9 residents a day, about 93% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 75
- Average residents per day
- 69.9 (93.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Houghton Corporation
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1990
- Chain or affiliated group
- Elder Services (6 facilities, chain average 2.2 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 | 3 of 5 | State spread: 65 at 1, 68 at 2, 62 at 3, 72 at 4, 71 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.94 | 3.70 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.38 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.53 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 38.6% | 37.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 93.2% | 86.9% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $13,095 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Aug 29, 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). Blaire House of Worcester meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 3 on health inspections, no abuse icon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connectone BankOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 10/10/2023 |
| Connectone BankOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 10/10/2023 |
| Essex Group Management CorpOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/1995 |
| Bandama, FaithIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/28/1991 |
| Jean-Baptiste, RoseIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/03/2023 |
| Picone, ScottIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/26/2002 |
| Romano, FrankIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/10/1974 |
| Romano, KatelynIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/08/2017 |
| Semaan, RitaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2023 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: Connectone Bank.
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
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
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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