Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr is a 88-bed for-profit nursing home in Saugus, Massachusetts, part of Marquis Health Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.97 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 13% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 40.3% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr
73 Chestnut StreetSaugus, MA 01906
Essex 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 Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr, nurse aides logged 1.97 hours per resident per day, 13% below the Massachusetts average. With about 79 residents a day, that works out to roughly 157 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.97 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.57 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.45 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.02 | 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
40.3% of nursing staff at Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 61.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 10, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 10 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. Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr holds 4 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Marquis Health Services, 87 homes
- Legal name: Chestnut Woods Operator LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 8, 1990
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Saugus Center Saugus · SFF candidate | 0.5 | 80 | 1.97 | 3.17 | 30.0% | 1 | $65,946 |
| Life Care Center of the North Shore Lynn | 3.2 | 123 | 2.24 | 3.75 | 19.8% | 5 | None |
| Lighthouse Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Revere | 3.2 | 123 | 2.09 | 3.70 | 26.5% | 2 | $48,790 |
| Abbott Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Lynn | 3.4 | 55 | 2.28 | 3.63 | 23.1% | 4 | None |
| Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Everett (The) Everett | 3.7 | 183 | 2.07 | 3.45 | 22.1% | 3 | None |
| Elmhurst Healthcare (The) Melrose | 3.7 | 45 | 2.11 | 4.32 | 38.1% | 5 | None |
| Jeffrey & Susan Brudnick Center for Living Peabody | 4.2 | 180 | 3.03 | 4.58 | 27.2% | 5 | $10,194 |
| Jesmond Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nahant | 4.2 | 57 | 3.00 | 4.50 | 25.6% | 3 | $56,375 |
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.