Heritage Square: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage Square is a 27-bed nonprofit nursing home in Dixon, Illinois. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 4.53 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 117% above the Illinois average of 2.09, and 32.6% nursing staff turnover (Illinois average 44.5%).
Heritage Square
620 North Ottawa AvenueDixon, IL 61021
Lee 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 Heritage Square, nurse aides logged 4.53 hours per resident per day, 117% above the Illinois average. With about 23 residents a day, that works out to roughly 105 aide hours a day, or about 13 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 | Illinois avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 4.53 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.33 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.00 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 6.85 | 3.45 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 5.89 | 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
32.6% of nursing staff at Heritage Square left over the year CMS measured, against a Illinois average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 44.4%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Heritage Square holds 4 of 5 overall; the Illinois average is 2.5.
About Heritage Square
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 9, 1984
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Heritage Square
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Dixon Rehab & HCC Dixon | 1.5 | 97 | 2.08 | 3.46 | 33.3% | 3 | $34,753 |
| Franklin Grove Living and Rehab Franklin Grove | 9.4 | 132 | 2.50 | 3.56 | 45.5% | 5 | None |
| Polo Rehabilitation & HCC Polo · no staffing data submitted | 10.1 | 81 | — | — | — | 3 | None |
| La Bella of Sterling Sterling | 10.2 | 70 | 1.56 | 2.48 | — | 2 | None |
| The Citadel of Sterling Sterling | 11.3 | 121 | 1.95 | 3.20 | 31.8% | 3 | $11,213 |
| Allure of Sterling Sterling · abuse citation | 11.7 | 130 | 2.53 | 3.88 | 52.6% | 1 | $118,360 |
| Oregon Living and Rehabilitation Center Oregon | 13.0 | 104 | 2.47 | 3.64 | — | 2 | None |
| Allure of Pinecrest Mount Morris | 13.6 | 125 | 2.28 | 3.52 | 37.4% | 2 | $188,633 |
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.