Cummings Health Care Facility: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cummings Health Care Facility is a 34-bed for-profit nursing home in Howland, Maine. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.87 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Maine average of 2.83.
Cummings Health Care Facility
5 Crocker StreetHowland, ME 04448
Penobscot 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 Cummings Health Care Facility, nurse aides logged 2.87 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Maine average. With about 31 residents a day, that works out to roughly 89 aide hours a day, or about 11 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 | Maine avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.87 | 2.83 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.82 | 1.05 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.10 | 4.34 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.81 | 3.92 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Cummings Health Care Facility in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Maine average 11.0). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $8,824 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2024 | Fine | $8,824 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Cummings Health Care Facility holds 3 of 5 overall; the Maine average is 3.1.
About Cummings Health Care Facility
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Cummings Health Care Facility Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 1, 1994
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Cummings Health Care Facility
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Orono Commons Orono | 24.9 | 80 | 2.20 | 3.54 | 56.2% | 2 | $10,358 |
| Katahdin Health Care LLC Millinocket | 28.0 | 36 | 2.76 | 4.04 | 31.0% | 5 | None |
| Hibbard Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Dover Foxcroft | 29.0 | 93 | 2.98 | 4.17 | 46.1% | 3 | None |
| Ross Manor Bangor | 29.9 | 103 | 2.93 | 4.34 | 27.3% | 5 | $8,018 |
| Eastside Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC Bangor | 30.0 | 69 | 2.77 | 4.23 | 37.0% | 2 | $11,190 |
| Stillwater Health Care Bangor | 30.0 | 63 | 2.88 | 4.11 | 31.9% | 4 | $11,190 |
| Maine Veterans Home - Bangor Bangor | 30.3 | 120 | 3.44 | 5.13 | 45.9% | 3 | $74,698 |
| Westgate Center for Rehab & Alzheimers Care Bangor | 31.1 | 65 | 2.91 | 4.17 | 22.9% | 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.