Cardigan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cardigan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a 65-bed for-profit nursing home in Scituate, Massachusetts. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.00 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 90.6% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Cardigan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
59 Country WayScituate, MA 02066
Plymouth 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 Cardigan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 2.00 hours per resident per day, 12% below the Massachusetts average. With about 47 residents a day, that works out to roughly 93 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.00 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.50 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.79 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.29 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.05 | 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
90.6% of nursing staff at Cardigan Nursing & Rehabilitation 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 85.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 18, 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. Cardigan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Cardigan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Cardigan Nursing Home, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 1, 1997
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Cardigan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Life Care Center of the South Shore Scituate | 1.3 | 117 | 2.19 | 3.97 | 40.0% | 5 | None |
| Royal Norwell Nursing & Rehabilitation Center LLC Norwell | 6.1 | 86 | 1.84 | 3.68 | 53.8% | 3 | $114,868 |
| Southwood at Norwell Nursing Ctr Norwell | 7.0 | 142 | 2.64 | 3.99 | 28.7% | 5 | None |
| Queen Anne Nursing Home, Inc Hingham | 8.0 | 106 | 2.31 | 3.99 | 25.3% | 5 | None |
| Linden Ponds Hingham | 8.5 | 132 | 3.07 | 5.15 | 41.0% | 4 | $12,735 |
| Webster Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Rockland | 9.1 | 110 | 2.49 | 5.12 | 76.2% | 5 | None |
| Southshore Health Care Center Rockland | 9.5 | 96 | 1.88 | 3.29 | 22.2% | 1 | $26,395 |
| Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Hingham | 9.5 | 142 | 1.94 | 3.54 | 32.4% | 4 | None |
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.