Market Square Health Care Center, LLC: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Market Square Health Care Center, LLC is a 76-bed for-profit nursing home in South Paris, Maine, part of North Country Associates. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.01 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% above the Maine average of 2.83, and 49.4% nursing staff turnover (Maine average 46.7%).
Market Square Health Care Center, LLC
3 Market SquareSouth Paris, ME 04281
Oxford 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 Market Square Health Care Center, LLC, nurse aides logged 3.01 hours per resident per day, 6% above the Maine average. With about 68 residents a day, that works out to roughly 205 aide hours a day, or about 26 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Maine avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.01 | 2.83 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.03 | 0.45 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.56 | 1.05 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.60 | 4.34 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.91 | 3.92 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
49.4% of nursing staff at Market Square Health Care Center, LLC left over the year CMS measured, against a Maine average of 46.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 53.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 14, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 20 health deficiencies (Maine average 11.0). 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. Market Square Health Care Center, LLC holds 1 of 5 overall; the Maine average is 3.1.
About Market Square Health Care Center, LLC
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Chain: North Country Associates, 9 homes
- Legal name: Market Square Health Care Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 1992
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Market Square Health Care Center, LLC
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Norway Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC Norway | 1.6 | 42 | 2.76 | 4.31 | 34.1% | 5 | None |
| Maine Veterans Home - So Paris South Paris | 2.1 | 62 | 3.01 | 5.22 | — | 5 | None |
| Clover Health Care Auburn · SFF candidate | 16.4 | 109 | 2.49 | 3.79 | 55.0% | 1 | $15,317 |
| Odd Fellows Health Care Center Auburn | 16.7 | 26 | 2.74 | 4.52 | — | 3 | None |
| Montello Manor Lewiston | 17.4 | 37 | 2.83 | 4.18 | 51.9% | 1 | $14,518 |
| St Mary's D'Youville Pavilion Lewiston | 17.7 | 210 | 2.46 | 4.01 | 50.0% | 1 | $22,205 |
| Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center Lewiston | 17.7 | 50 | 2.90 | 4.17 | 36.1% | 1 | None |
| Pinnacle Health & Rehab Canton Canton | 17.9 | 47 | 2.80 | 4.14 | 56.7% | 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.