Cedar Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cedar Healthcare Center is a 102-bed for-profit nursing home in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.23 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the New Hampshire average of 2.34, and 44.7% nursing staff turnover (New Hampshire average 44.1%).
Cedar Healthcare Center
188 Jones AvenuePortsmouth, NH 03801
Rockingham 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 Cedar Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.23 hours per resident per day, 5% below the New Hampshire average. With about 89 residents a day, that works out to roughly 198 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 3% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Hampshire avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.23 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.55 | 0.78 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.54 | 3.90 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.42 | 3.47 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
44.7% of nursing staff at Cedar Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a New Hampshire average of 44.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 36.4%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 26, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (New Hampshire average 3.9). 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. Cedar Healthcare Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the New Hampshire average is 3.1.
About Cedar Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Peak Healthcare at Portsmouth LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 12, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Cedar Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Edgewood Centre (The) Portsmouth | 0.3 | 156 | 2.12 | 3.46 | 46.2% | 3 | None |
| Webster at Rye Rye | 4.0 | 61 | 2.95 | 4.58 | 45.5% | 4 | None |
| Durgin Pines Kittery | 4.8 | 81 | 2.61 | 4.07 | 46.4% | 5 | $14,434 |
| Saint Ann Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Dover | 7.6 | 54 | 2.63 | 4.25 | 60.5% | 4 | None |
| Oceanside Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Hampton | 8.6 | 117 | 1.48 | 3.15 | 23.7% | 1 | $14,521 |
| Exeter Center Exeter | 9.8 | 81 | 1.65 | 3.39 | 49.2% | 3 | $28,912 |
| Langdon Place of Dover Dover | 9.8 | 30 | 2.70 | 5.62 | 55.6% | 5 | None |
| Dover Center for Health & Rehabilitation Dover | 12.5 | 112 | 1.82 | 3.31 | 44.9% | 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.