Grimes Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Grimes Center is a 114-bed nonprofit nursing home in New Haven, Connecticut. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.74 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 22% below the Connecticut average of 2.22, and 23.2% nursing staff turnover (Connecticut average 37.4%).
Grimes Center
1354 Chapel StNew Haven, CT 06511
South Central Ct 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 Grimes Center, nurse aides logged 1.74 hours per resident per day, 22% below the Connecticut average. With about 93 residents a day, that works out to roughly 161 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 21% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Connecticut avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.74 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.11 | 0.69 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.72 | 3.73 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.92 | 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
23.2% of nursing staff at Grimes 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 15.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 30, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 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. Grimes Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Connecticut average is 3.0.
About Grimes Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Yale New Haven Care Continuum Corporation
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1978
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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| Autumn Lake Healthcare at the Willows Woodbridge | 3.1 | 90 | 2.15 | 3.80 | 27.5% | 4 | None |
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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.