Clark Retirement Community: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Clark Retirement Community is a 39-bed nonprofit nursing home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, part of Bhi Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.10 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the Michigan average of 2.33, and 50.0% nursing staff turnover (Michigan average 44.1%).
Clark Retirement Community
1551 Franklin Street SEGrand Rapids, MI 49506
Kent 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 Clark Retirement Community, nurse aides logged 2.10 hours per resident per day, 10% below the Michigan average. With about 30 residents a day, that works out to roughly 64 aide hours a day, or about 8 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 | Michigan avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.10 | 2.33 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.97 | 0.88 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.48 | 0.78 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.55 | 3.99 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.30 | 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
50.0% of nursing staff at Clark 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 62.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 30, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 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. Clark Retirement Community holds 2 of 5 overall; the Michigan average is 3.1.
About Clark Retirement Community
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Bhi Senior Living, 9 homes
- Legal name: Clark Retirement Community Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 1979
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Clark Retirement Community
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation Grand Rapids | 1.8 | 48 | 2.70 | 5.35 | 43.5% | 4 | None |
| Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals Rehabilitat Grand Rapids | 2.3 | 120 | 2.56 | 4.58 | 45.8% | 5 | None |
| Optalis Health & Rehabilitation at Leonard Grand Rapids | 2.5 | 69 | 1.99 | 3.39 | 61.5% | 3 | None |
| Medilodge of Grand Rapids Grand Rapids | 2.6 | 55 | 2.26 | 3.97 | 64.7% | 1 | $82,503 |
| Corewell Health Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Grand Rapids | 2.6 | 80 | 2.25 | 5.00 | 33.7% | 5 | None |
| Holland Home - Raybrook Manor Grand Rapids | 2.7 | 101 | 3.07 | 4.77 | 31.3% | 5 | None |
| Porter Hills Health Center Grand Rapids | 2.8 | 39 | 2.92 | 4.58 | 30.0% | 5 | None |
| Optalis Health & Rehabilitation at Kent-Crossing Grand Rapids | 3.0 | 182 | 2.28 | 3.75 | 56.1% | 1 | 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.