Legacy Lifecare Hospice and Palliative Care
Medicare-certified hospice in Chelsea, MA
Medicare-certified72% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 123 Captain's Row, Chelsea, MA 02150
- Phone
- (617) 889-0779
- Listed under
- Serves nursing home residents, Serves assisted living residents, Nonprofit
- Medicare CCN
- 221584
- Ownership
- Nonprofit
- Medicare-certified since
- Aug 22, 2008
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 72%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 79%
- Hospice Care Index
- 6 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 33
- Levels of care
- Routine home care only
- County
- Suffolk
What families said
From the CAHPS Hospice Survey, sent by CMS-approved vendors to family caregivers after a patient's death (Oct 2023–Sep 2025). Share of families answering the most positive way:
| Communicated well with the family | 76% |
| Provided timely help | 88% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 92% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 96% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 71% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 72% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 79% |
Quality measures
| Hospice Care Index (0–10, higher is better) | 6 of 10 |
| Patients who got all 7 recommended care processes at admission (comprehensive assessment) | 92.93% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 28.6% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $19,724 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Assisted living | 31% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 69% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 14% |
| Dementia | 23% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 16% |
| Other conditions | 40% |
Family survey scores cover families of patients who died under this hospice's care, collected by CMS-approved survey vendors. A missing score usually means the hospice is new or small, not that it is poor. You can switch hospices once per benefit period — see Medicare.gov.