Our Island Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Our Island Home is a 45-bed government-run nursing home in Nantucket, Massachusetts. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.57 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% above the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 36.4% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Our Island Home
East Creek RoadNantucket, MA 02554
Nantucket 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 Our Island Home, nurse aides logged 2.57 hours per resident per day, 14% above the Massachusetts average. With about 33 residents a day, that works out to roughly 84 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.57 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.28 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.13 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.97 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.75 | 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
36.4% of nursing staff at Our Island Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 42.9%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 9, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). 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. Our Island Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Our Island Home
- Ownership: Government - City
- Legal name: Town of Nantucket
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 1, 2007
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Our Island Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Navigator Homes of Martha's Vineyard Edgartown | 24.1 | 106 | 4.12 | 5.97 | 44.2% | 3 | None |
| Mayflower Place Nursing & Rehabilitation Center West Yarmouth | 28.1 | 72 | 2.29 | 4.08 | 32.9% | 3 | None |
| Windsor Nursing & Retirement Home South Yarmouth | 28.5 | 120 | 2.42 | 3.91 | 37.7% | 2 | $12,386 |
| Cape Regency Rehabilitation & Health Care Center Centerville | 29.0 | 120 | 1.98 | 3.35 | 29.1% | 1 | None |
| The Pavilion Hyannis | 29.2 | 82 | 2.28 | 4.22 | 32.9% | 5 | None |
| Regalcare at Harwich Harwich | 29.9 | 135 | 1.95 | 3.28 | 29.9% | 3 | None |
| Liberty Commons North Chatham | 30.2 | 132 | 2.96 | 4.68 | 40.7% | 3 | None |
| Royal of Cotuit Mashpee | 31.4 | 120 | 1.85 | 3.32 | 47.7% | 2 | $7,901 |
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.