Whittier Health Network
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Admission Guidelines
Physicians/office staff and VNAs must specify that they are looking for an inpatient admission from the doctor’s office or from home when they call our central admission line at (800) 442-1717.
Patient demographics, inclusive of the insurance carrier and policy number(s), along with pertinent clinical information outlined below will need to be faxed to (978) 478-3040.
How Does My Family Member Get Referred to Whittier?
A referral is made by your doctor, case manager, or social worker. Appropriate patients can also be admitted from the Emergency Room or home. If you would like to advocate or make a referral for your loved one’s inpatient admission, we can help coordinate care through our Central Admissions Office at (800) 442-1717, or you can contact your hospital clinical liaison directly.
Referrals and admissions to individual nursing homes and subacute facilities are made by contacting each facility individually. Please visit these Skilled Nursing Facility and Transitional Care Unit pages for contact information.
• Hannah Duston Healthcare Center, Haverhill, MA
• Masconomet Healthcare Center, Topsfield, MA
• Nemasket Healthcare Center, Middleborough, MA
• Oak Knoll Healthcare Center, Framingham, MA
• Port Healthcare Center, Newburyport, MA
• Sippican Healthcare Center, Marion, MA
• Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit, Haverhill, MA
• Whittier Westborough Transitional Care Unit, Westborough, MA
If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please dial 911.
Patient Testimonials
The facility is beautiful, extremely clean, and the staff was magnificent
Masconomet Healthcare Center Patient Testimonial Thank You! Dear Doc and the Boys, On behalf of the entire family I want to thank you for the absolutely outstanding care that was given to our mother at the Masco Health Center. The care that was given to her was like...
Oak Knoll is a great Nursing Home and Healthcare Center and I would recommend it to everyone
Oak Knoll Healthcare Center Patient Testimonial Thank You! My cousin had exceptional care from the entire staff at Oak Knoll. The quarterly progress reports were both informative and helpful. The nurses on her floor were marvelous and always added enough humor to make...
If we had to go to rehab at any point in the future, Nemasket would be our first choice!
Nemasket Healthcare Center Patient TestimonialThank You! "Dear Nemasket Staff: It’s difficult to find the right — or even enough — words to express how thankful my wife and I are for the wonderful care your staff provided to me during my recent month’s long recovery...
Thanks for everything you did to make her last days comfortable & peaceful
Port Healthcare Center Patient TestimonialThank You! Dear Wonderful Port Staff: A very small but hopefully enjoyable thank you for all you did to care for our dear friend Joyce B. during her stay and everything you did to make her last days comfortable &...
Today I am able to walk independently due in large part to the care I received while on the TCU
Whittier Westborough Transitional Care Unit Patient Testimonial Thank You! It is with profound appreciation that I write this letter to you to acknowledge the outstanding care that I received during my three week stay on the Transitional Care Unit. Without exception...
The ambulance crew stated I would love this place that it was “Top Shelf.” They were right!
Masconomet Healthcare Center Patient Testimonial Thank You! Dear Mr. Gangi, I thought I might write a letter to you, to tell you what an excellent staff you have, in every department. I am an LPN 58 years old was still working full time when I fractured my sacrum in...
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Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC)
Our hospitals in Bradford and Westborough
help patients who
have long-term,
complex acute, and chronic medical needs.

Acute Rehabilitation
Our hospitals in Bradford and Westborough provide a wide array of intense rehabilitation services to facilitate independence and a safe discharge back to your home and community.

Transitional Care Units
State-of-the-art Transitional Care Units facilities offer short term rehabilitation for patients needing post operative care to recover and return back home.

Skilled Nursing Facilities
Our interdisciplinary team of professionals develop individual programs of rehabilitation for
short-term patients as well as restorative care
for long-term residents.

Outpatient Services
Our highly trained rehabilitation staff in Bradford and Westborough offers hospital-based one-on-one therapy along with a wide range of specialized clinics and services.