Essex Meadows Health Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Essex Meadows Health Center is a 45-bed for-profit nursing home in Essex, Connecticut, part of Life Care Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.09 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 39% above the Connecticut average of 2.22, and 34.5% nursing staff turnover (Connecticut average 37.4%).
Essex Meadows Health Center
30 Bokum RdEssex, CT 06426
Lower Ct River Vly 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 Essex Meadows Health Center, nurse aides logged 3.09 hours per resident per day, 39% above the Connecticut average. With about 38 residents a day, that works out to roughly 119 aide hours a day, or about 15 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Connecticut avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.09 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.43 | 0.82 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.48 | 0.69 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.00 | 3.73 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.31 | 3.37 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
34.5% of nursing staff at Essex Meadows Health Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Connecticut average of 37.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 47.1%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 10, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Connecticut average 13.4). 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. Essex Meadows Health Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Connecticut average is 3.0.
About Essex Meadows Health Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Life Care Services, 43 homes
- Legal name: Essex Meadows LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 1, 1989
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Essex Meadows Health Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Gladeview Health Care Center Old Saybrook | 2.8 | 132 | 2.32 | 3.75 | 43.4% | 3 | None |
| Apple Rehab Saybrook Old Saybrook | 3.0 | 120 | 2.07 | 3.12 | 30.8% | 3 | None |
| Aaron Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Chester | 5.6 | 60 | 1.82 | 3.59 | 30.9% | 2 | $20,872 |
| Bride Brook Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Niantic | 8.5 | 130 | 2.01 | 3.74 | 33.9% | 5 | None |
| Chestelm Health and Rehabilitation Center Moodus | 10.5 | 76 | 2.72 | 4.24 | 42.7% | 5 | None |
| Autumn Lake Healthcare at Madison Madison | 12.5 | 90 | 1.72 | 3.17 | 40.3% | 2 | $15,593 |
| Civita Care Bayview Waterford | 12.6 | 127 | 2.08 | 3.42 | 19.1% | 1 | $23,179 |
| Apple Rehab Guilford Guilford · abuse citation | 13.0 | 90 | 1.87 | 3.20 | 43.9% | 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.