Dwelling Place at St Clares: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Dwelling Place at St Clares is a 28-bed for-profit nursing home in Dover, New Jersey, part of Prime Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.20 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the New Jersey average of 2.23, and 17.1% nursing staff turnover (New Jersey average 39.7%).
Dwelling Place at St Clares
400 West Blackwell StDover, NJ 07801
Morris 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 Dwelling Place at St Clares, nurse aides logged 2.20 hours per resident per day, about the same as the New Jersey average. With about 27 residents a day, that works out to roughly 60 aide hours a day, or about 7 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Jersey avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.20 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.28 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 3.45 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.93 | 3.85 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 5.34 | 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
17.1% of nursing staff at Dwelling Place at St Clares left over the year CMS measured, against a New Jersey average of 39.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 10.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 10, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (New Jersey average 8.8). 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. Dwelling Place at St Clares holds 5 of 5 overall; the New Jersey average is 3.3.
About Dwelling Place at St Clares
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Prime Healthcare, 6 homes
- Legal name: Prime Healthcare Services - Saint Clare's, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Located inside a hospital
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Dwelling Place at St Clares
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Excel Care at Dover Dover | 0.8 | 155 | 2.33 | 3.64 | 43.7% | 2 | $139,113 |
| Merry Heart Nursing Home Succasunna | 4.4 | 113 | 2.37 | 3.71 | 28.7% | 4 | None |
| Morris View Healthcare Center Morristown · abuse citation | 4.6 | 313 | 2.34 | 3.61 | 41.7% | 2 | $351,182 |
| Holly Manor Center Mendham | 5.7 | 124 | 1.98 | 3.17 | 38.6% | 3 | None |
| The Oaks at Denville Denville | 5.8 | 84 | 2.69 | 5.13 | 43.6% | 4 | $16,335 |
| Fallsview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Boonton | 8.0 | 117 | 2.49 | 3.85 | 55.2% | 3 | None |
| CareOne At Madison Avenue Morristown | 8.3 | 178 | 2.16 | 4.03 | 21.0% | 3 | None |
| Morristown Post Acute Rehab and Nursing Center Morristown | 8.4 | 287 | 2.33 | 3.82 | 26.0% | 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.