Eastport Memorial Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Eastport Memorial Nursing Home is a 26-bed nonprofit nursing home in Eastport, Maine. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.96 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the Maine average of 2.83, and 38.7% nursing staff turnover (Maine average 46.7%).
Eastport Memorial Nursing Home
23 Boynton StreetEastport, ME 04631
Washington 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 Eastport Memorial Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.96 hours per resident per day, 4% above the Maine average. With about 24 residents a day, that works out to roughly 72 aide hours a day, or about 9 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) | 2.96 | 2.83 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.19 | 0.45 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.91 | 1.05 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.06 | 4.34 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.79 | 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
38.7% of nursing staff at Eastport Memorial Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Maine average of 46.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 62.5%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 11, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 health deficiencies (Maine average 11.0). 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. Eastport Memorial Nursing Home holds 2 of 5 overall; the Maine average is 3.1.
About Eastport Memorial Nursing Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Eastport Memorial Hospital
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 1, 1994
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
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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.