Maplewood Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Maplewood Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Amesbury, Massachusetts. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.73 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 24% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 55.2% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Maplewood Center
6 Morrill PlaceAmesbury, MA 01913
Essex County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility candidate. CMS lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program, which is for nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Maplewood Center, nurse aides logged 1.73 hours per resident per day, 24% below the Massachusetts average. With about 78 residents a day, that works out to roughly 135 aide hours a day, or about 17 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.73 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.28 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.99 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.82 | 3.48 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
55.2% of nursing staff at Maplewood Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 100.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 5, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 26 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $226,445 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2025 | Fine | $163,592 |
| Jun 13, 2024 | Fine | $62,853 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Maplewood Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Maplewood Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Morrill Place Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 31, 1974
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Maplewood Center
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| Mill Town Health and Rehabilitation Amesbury · SFF candidate | 0.8 | 130 | 1.69 | 3.10 | 52.8% | 1 | $255,935 |
| Adviniacare Newburyport Newburyport | 2.9 | 111 | 1.86 | 3.23 | 44.3% | 2 | $322,104 |
| Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Newburyport | 3.4 | 123 | 2.03 | 3.66 | 55.9% | 2 | None |
| The Mansion at Brigham Newburyport | 4.3 | 64 | 2.17 | 3.52 | — | 1 | $152,988 |
| Lakeview House Skld Nrsg and Residential Care Fac Haverhill | 7.1 | 91 | 2.25 | 4.19 | 20.8% | 4 | None |
| Aspen Hill Rehabiliation & Healthcare Center Haverhill | 8.4 | 146 | 2.08 | 3.64 | 46.0% | 3 | $134,274 |
| Baker-Katz Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr Haverhill | 8.4 | 77 | 2.49 | 3.58 | 42.6% | 4 | None |
| Oceanside Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Hampton | 8.5 | 117 | 1.48 | 3.15 | 23.7% | 1 | $14,521 |
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.