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Northwood Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
1010 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA
★ 3.112 reviewsRead reviews
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About Northwood Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
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September 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM PDT
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Family and resident feedback
3.1 out of 5 from 12 reviews
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★★★★★
CriticalI visited this facility
The worst facility I have ever seen. Staff don’t help patients, make them wait or ignore them. Nurses practitioners have no experience, endanger patients and do not return calls. My mother went there with a clear mind to recover from a fall. the nurse practitioner Marva changed her medications so drastically that In a month my Mom was so sedated that she could not have a conversation or understand words. Her nurse practitioner would not answer my calls even after I called all managers multiple times. After two week…
★★★★★
CriticalI visited this facility
They are the worst nursing care I've seen yet. The residents are always urinated and smelly. They don't even bathe them for days you have to request for your relative to be bathed. I had a relative there and they have the rudest and most unprofessional nurses. They don't care about their patients at all. The even threaten my family members because they couldn't do their job right. Be careful when choosing them every time I've gone my relative has been sitting in his peed pants for hours wit…
★★★★★
CriticalI visited this facility
I went to Northwood, and I was not impressed. They were busy, and their staff turnover was a lot. I did not feel at home. However, It was clean, neat, and well put together.
★★★★★
CriticalI am a friend or relative of a resident
I didn’t like Northwood for my father. I think it was deplorable. The nurses were not kind, but the aides were outstading. I’m a nurse myself and I found their work ethic and their attitudes horrible.
★★★★★
PositiveI visited this facility
My mom lives there. She likes it and will not go any place else.She likes the food. Loves the activities. Like any place it has its faults. Over all its a good place with kind people.
★★★★★
CriticalI am a friend or relative of a resident
My experience with Northwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center was terrible. I was not happy with them at all. My husband went there, and they tend to just leave him in the bed. The food was not bad. His room was like a cheap motel room with two beds. I did not like the place. I was happy to get him out of there.
Verified overview
What we know from public sources
- Care options
- Skilled Nursing
- Operator
- Not yet resolved
- Public price status
- Not publicly found
- Last source check
- October 21, 2026
Campus care settings
Skilled nursing
Northwood Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
123 CMS-certified beds · CMS CCN 225298
Classification and identity evidence
Why this community appears in these categories
Skilled Nursing
Current CMS-certified nursing-home provider record; classification does not imply current admission availability.
Authoritative classification evidence · observed October 20, 2026Skilled Nursing
Current CMS-certified nursing-home provider record; classification does not imply current admission availability.
Authoritative classification evidence · observed September 16, 2026Skilled Nursing
Current CMS-certified nursing-home provider record; classification does not imply current admission availability.
Authoritative classification evidence · observed August 21, 2026- CMS CCN: 225298 · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · official source ↗
Facility-level payment evidence
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Certified provider record
Original Medicare
Payer: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Service scope: Short Term Skilled Nursing
Room-and-board coverage is not publicly confirmed.
CMS Provider Data Catalog ↗ · source dated September 1, 2026Certified provider record
MA Medicaid
Payer: MA Medicaid · Service scope: Long Term Nursing
Room-and-board coverage is not publicly confirmed.
CMS Provider Data Catalog ↗ · source dated September 1, 2026Payment-program records
Medicare and Medicaid information
Medicaid
CMS provider type: Medicare and Medicaid
A contract or certification record does not guarantee coverage, eligibility, or current acceptance of new residents.
Medicare
CMS provider type: Medicare and Medicaid
A contract or certification record does not guarantee coverage, eligibility, or current acceptance of new residents.
Official oversight
Inspection and quality records
Coverage last checked October 21, 2026 via Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Questions to confirm with the community
- Additional care fees
- Not publicly disclosed
- Move-in fee
- Not publicly disclosed
- Exact unit availability
- Confirmation required
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