Melrose Healthcare: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Melrose Healthcare is a 106-bed for-profit nursing home in Melrose, Massachusetts, part of Next Step Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.16 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 32.9% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Melrose Healthcare
40 Martin StreetMelrose, MA 02176
Middlesex 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 Melrose Healthcare, nurse aides logged 2.16 hours per resident per day, 5% below the Massachusetts average. With about 94 residents a day, that works out to roughly 204 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 5% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.16 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.83 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.50 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.49 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.30 | 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
32.9% of nursing staff at Melrose Healthcare left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 64.3%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 9, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 27 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $49,324 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2025 | Fine | $49,324 |
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. Melrose Healthcare holds 1 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Melrose Healthcare
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Next Step Healthcare, 14 homes
- Legal name: 40 Martin Street Operator LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 13, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Melrose Healthcare
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Elmhurst Healthcare (The) Melrose | 0.6 | 45 | 2.11 | 4.32 | 38.1% | 5 | None |
| Life Care Center of Stoneham Stoneham | 0.9 | 94 | 2.36 | 4.00 | 32.0% | 4 | $39,559 |
| Greenwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Wakefield | 1.5 | 36 | 2.58 | 3.99 | 26.5% | 5 | None |
| Regalcare at Glen Ridge Medford | 1.9 | 164 | 2.00 | 3.62 | 27.9% | 1 | $286,020 |
| Dexter House Healthcare Malden | 2.6 | 130 | 1.88 | 3.37 | 21.1% | 3 | None |
| Regalcare at Courtyard-Medford Medford · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 2.7 | 224 | 2.25 | 3.76 | 27.4% | 1 | $165,163 |
| RegalCare at Wakefield Wakefield | 3.1 | 149 | 2.19 | 3.60 | 30.2% | 1 | $111,093 |
| Medford Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Medford | 3.3 | 142 | 1.85 | 3.42 | 43.0% | 3 | 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.