Cape Heritage Rehabilitation & Health Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cape Heritage Rehabilitation & Health Care Center is a 123-bed for-profit nursing home in Sandwich, Massachusetts, part of Athena Healthcare Systems. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.79 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 21% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 40.4% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Cape Heritage Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
37 Route 6aSandwich, MA 02563
Barnstable County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Cape Heritage Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.79 hours per resident per day, 21% below the Massachusetts average. With about 110 residents a day, that works out to roughly 197 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.79 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.73 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.10 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.76 | 3.48 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
40.4% of nursing staff at Cape Heritage Rehabilitation & Health Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 45.5%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 21, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 7 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Cape Heritage Rehabilitation & Health Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Cape Heritage Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Athena Healthcare Systems, 22 homes
- Legal name: Cape Heritage Ma SNF LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 24, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Cape Heritage Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Bourne Manor Extended Care Facility Bourne | 4.3 | 142 | 2.55 | 3.89 | 40.0% | 1 | $48,575 |
| Royal Cape Cod Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Buzzards Bay | 4.9 | 99 | 1.77 | 3.28 | 39.3% | 3 | $9,004 |
| Royal of Cotuit Mashpee | 9.6 | 120 | 1.85 | 3.32 | 47.7% | 2 | $7,901 |
| Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation N Falmouth | 9.8 | 90 | 2.23 | 3.92 | 48.1% | 4 | None |
| Tremont Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center Wareham | 11.2 | 104 | 1.82 | 2.95 | 40.6% | 3 | $285,936 |
| Cape Regency Rehabilitation & Health Care Center Centerville | 12.0 | 120 | 1.98 | 3.35 | 29.1% | 1 | None |
| The Pavilion Hyannis | 12.4 | 82 | 2.28 | 4.22 | 32.9% | 5 | None |
| Sippican Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Marion | 13.8 | 123 | 1.98 | 3.52 | 56.2% | 4 | $8,788 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.