Cheshire County Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cheshire County Home is a 150-bed government-run nursing home in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.84 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 21% above the New Hampshire average of 2.34, and 36.1% nursing staff turnover (New Hampshire average 44.1%).
Cheshire County Home
201 River RoadWestmoreland, NH 03467
Cheshire 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 Cheshire County Home, nurse aides logged 2.84 hours per resident per day, 21% above the New Hampshire average. With about 111 residents a day, that works out to roughly 316 aide hours a day, or about 40 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Hampshire avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.84 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.00 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.65 | 0.78 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.49 | 3.90 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.12 | 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
36.1% of nursing staff at Cheshire County Home 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 15.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (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. Cheshire County Home holds 4 of 5 overall; the New Hampshire average is 3.1.
About Cheshire County Home
- Ownership: Government - County
- Legal name: County of Cheshire
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 1996
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Cheshire County Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Covenant Living of Keene Keene | 6.6 | 20 | 2.64 | 5.32 | 46.9% | 4 | None |
| Keene Center, Genesis Healthcare Keene | 8.7 | 106 | 1.90 | 3.33 | 33.8% | 3 | None |
| Langdon Place of Keene Keene | 9.4 | 25 | 2.34 | 5.26 | 26.5% | 5 | None |
| Alpine Healthcare Center Keene | 10.1 | 85 | 2.15 | 3.14 | 47.8% | 1 | None |
| Thompson House Nursing Home Brattleboro · SFF candidate | 10.2 | 43 | 2.95 | 4.95 | 56.1% | 1 | $112,499 |
| Pine Heights at Brattleboro Center for Nursing & R Brattleboro | 10.3 | 80 | 2.24 | 3.75 | 35.5% | 5 | None |
| Vernon Green Nursing Home Vernon · abuse citation | 14.7 | 60 | 2.53 | 4.44 | 36.2% | 3 | $87,896 |
| Applewood Center Winchester | 15.1 | 72 | 1.87 | 3.53 | 35.8% | 5 | 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.