Dover Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Dover Care Center is a 88-bed for-profit nursing home in Dover, Tennessee, part of Exceptional Living Centers. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.12 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Tennessee average of 2.12, and 43.9% nursing staff turnover (Tennessee average 48.9%).
Dover Care Center
537 Spring Street Suite 350Dover, TN 37058
Stewart 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 Dover Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.12 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Tennessee average. With about 48 residents a day, that works out to roughly 101 aide hours a day, or about 13 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 17% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Tennessee avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.12 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.55 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.57 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.97 | 3.31 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
43.9% of nursing staff at Dover Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Tennessee average of 48.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 35.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 23, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (Tennessee average 4.7). 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. Dover Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Dover Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Exceptional Living Centers, 10 homes
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 4, 1983
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Dover Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Signature Healthcare of Erin Erin | 13.9 | 164 | 2.12 | 3.70 | 47.7% | 1 | $147,898 |
| Brigadier General Wendell H Gilbert TN State Veter Clarksville | 23.7 | 108 | 3.22 | 5.34 | — | 3 | None |
| Waverly Hills Post Acute Waverly | 26.7 | 100 | 2.38 | 4.36 | 61.3% | 1 | None |
| Spring Creek Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center Murray | 28.1 | 226 | 2.59 | 4.31 | 62.8% | 1 | $52,540 |
| Towne Square Care of Puryear Puryear · many days without an RN | 28.2 | 32 | 3.03 | 4.29 | 22.7% | 2 | None |
| Humphreys County Care and Rehabilitation Waverly | 28.3 | 91 | 2.82 | 4.28 | 48.4% | 2 | $14,013 |
| Shady Lawn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Cadiz | 28.6 | 50 | 1.96 | 3.46 | 50.0% | 5 | None |
| Ahava Healthcare of Clarksville Clarksville | 29.3 | 122 | 2.02 | 3.59 | 54.7% | 2 | 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.