CCN 225451 · Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Katzman Family Center for Living
17 Lafayette Avenue, Chelsea, MA 02150
Katzman Family Center for Living is a 123-bed nonprofit nursing home in Chelsea, Massachusetts, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1990. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 115.7 residents a day, about 94% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $17.6 million originally, at 2.75%, with $16.2 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in June 2061.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 123
- Average residents per day
- 115.7 (94.1% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Other
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home, Inc.
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1990
- Chain or affiliated group
- Chelsea Jewish Lifecare (5 facilities, chain average 4.8 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 | 5 of 5 | State spread: 65 at 1, 68 at 2, 62 at 3, 72 at 4, 71 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.01 | 3.70 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.63 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 23.8% | 37.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 94.1% | 86.9% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 0 (Mar 11, 2026) | ||
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). Katzman Family Center for Living meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Jewish Lifecare IncOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 03/23/2017 |
| Legacy Lifecare IncOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 100% | 01/01/2021 |
| Baker Tilly Advisory Group LPOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/19/2025 |
| Baker Tilly US LLPOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/05/2025 |
| Anfang, StuartIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2020 |
| Bennett, TamekaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/06/2020 |
| Berman, AdamIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2017 |
| Berman, BarryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2017 |
| Birle, HansIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/2021 |
| Brudnick, JeffreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2017 |
| Crescenzo, DonnaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2010 |
| Elien-Val, NoldcieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/12/2015 |
| Exantus, ViolaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/30/2023 |
| Fiebelkorn, DouglasIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2017 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2021 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a construction loanHUD project name: Katzman Family Center for Living, 120 beds. Lender at endorsement: M and T Realty Capital Corporation | $17,578,000 | Active: 2.75%, $16,214,858 balanceMatures Jun 1, 2061. Servicer: M and T Realty Capital Corpora | 02343347 |
| Jun 17, 2015 | 232 new construction or substantial rehabHUD project name: Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home, 120 beds. Lender at endorsement: Oppenheimer Mf Hsg & Hcare | $16,260,500 | Ended May 27, 2021Prepayment | 02343334 |
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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