Goldwater Pontiac Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Goldwater Pontiac Nursing Home is a 90-bed for-profit nursing home in Pontiac, Illinois, part of Goldwater Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.19 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% above the Illinois average of 2.09, and 43.3% nursing staff turnover (Illinois average 44.5%).
Goldwater Pontiac Nursing Home
1225 South Ewing DrivePontiac, IL 61764
Livingston 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 Goldwater Pontiac Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.19 hours per resident per day, 5% above the Illinois average. With about 85 residents a day, that works out to roughly 185 aide hours a day, or about 23 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 | Illinois avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.19 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.78 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.27 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.24 | 3.45 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.91 | 3.08 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
43.3% of nursing staff at Goldwater Pontiac Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Illinois average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 16, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 17 health deficiencies (Illinois average 12.5). 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. Goldwater Pontiac Nursing Home holds 2 of 5 overall; the Illinois average is 2.5.
About Goldwater Pontiac Nursing Home
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Goldwater Care, 11 homes
- Legal name: Goldwater Pontiac Nursing Home LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 1, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Goldwater Pontiac Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac Pontiac | 2.4 | 97 | 2.23 | 3.54 | 44.4% | 3 | $19,250 |
| Evenglow Lodge Pontiac | 2.7 | 48 | 3.41 | 5.08 | 60.0% | 5 | None |
| Fairview Haven Fairbury | 11.6 | 52 | 3.31 | 4.78 | 30.4% | 5 | None |
| Flanagan Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Flanagan | 12.2 | 43 | 1.88 | 2.94 | 20.8% | 2 | $31,327 |
| Arc at Streator Streator | 19.0 | 130 | 1.70 | 2.81 | 21.0% | 3 | None |
| El Paso Rehabilitation and Health Care Center El Paso · Special Focus Facility · abuse citation | 19.2 | 123 | 2.03 | 2.91 | 58.2% | — | $169,806 |
| Arc at El Paso El Paso · abuse citation | 19.6 | 65 | 1.98 | 2.87 | 30.2% | 2 | $8,994 |
| Arc at Dwight Dwight · abuse citation | 20.5 | 92 | 1.67 | 2.66 | 42.3% | 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.