Chelsea Retirement Community: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Chelsea Retirement Community is a 85-bed nonprofit nursing home in Chelsea, Michigan. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.48 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% above the Michigan average of 2.33, and 37.4% nursing staff turnover (Michigan average 44.1%).
Chelsea Retirement Community
805 W Middle StreetChelsea, MI 48118
Washtenaw 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 Chelsea Retirement Community, nurse aides logged 2.48 hours per resident per day, 6% above the Michigan average. With about 82 residents a day, that works out to roughly 203 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 | Michigan avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.48 | 2.33 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.16 | 0.88 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.44 | 3.99 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.93 | 3.50 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
37.4% of nursing staff at Chelsea Retirement Community left over the year CMS measured, against a Michigan average of 44.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 27.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 6, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (Michigan average 10.1). 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. Chelsea Retirement Community holds 5 of 5 overall; the Michigan average is 3.1.
About Chelsea Retirement Community
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: United Methodist Retirement Communities, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Chelsea Retirement Community
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| WellBridge of Pinckney Pinckney | 10.4 | 100 | 2.23 | 3.76 | 55.0% | 5 | None |
| Regency At Bluffs Park Ann Arbor | 14.7 | 71 | 2.06 | 4.35 | 48.7% | 2 | $26,852 |
| Evangelical Home - Saline Saline | 16.1 | 143 | 2.53 | 4.63 | 51.2% | 2 | None |
| Regency at Whitmore Lake Whitmore Lake | 16.2 | 131 | 2.19 | 3.58 | 42.7% | 1 | $235,995 |
| Glacier Hills Ann Arbor | 18.1 | 105 | 1.98 | 4.71 | — | 5 | None |
| Optalis Health and Rehabilitation of Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · abuse citation | 19.0 | 180 | 1.76 | 3.71 | 50.3% | 3 | $15,593 |
| Caretel Inns of Brighton Brighton | 19.7 | 60 | 1.89 | 3.97 | 68.1% | 2 | None |
| Jackson County Medical Care Facility Jackson · abuse citation | 19.8 | 194 | 3.45 | 5.37 | 23.5% | 4 | $68,744 |
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.