Palmer Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Palmer Healthcare Center is a 61-bed for-profit nursing home in Palmer, Massachusetts. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.86 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 18% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 55.1% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Palmer Healthcare Center
250 Shearer StreetPalmer, MA 01069
Hampden 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 Palmer Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 1.86 hours per resident per day, 18% below the Massachusetts average. With about 53 residents a day, that works out to roughly 98 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.86 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.72 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.18 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.80 | 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
55.1% of nursing staff at Palmer Healthcare 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 66.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 6, 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. Palmer Healthcare Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Palmer Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Wellman Healthcare Group Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 15, 2002
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Palmer Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Hampden Post Acute Wilbraham | 4.8 | 135 | 2.17 | 3.63 | 63.9% | 3 | None |
| Life Care Center of Wilbraham Wilbraham | 6.1 | 123 | 2.35 | 3.83 | 33.9% | 4 | None |
| Vantage at Hampden LLC Hampden | 9.4 | 100 | 2.44 | 3.73 | 46.4% | 3 | $16,801 |
| Sixteen Acres Health and Rehabilitation Center LLC Springfield | 10.3 | 120 | 2.26 | 3.72 | 43.1% | 4 | None |
| Chicopee Rehabilitation and Nursing Chicopee | 10.8 | 68 | 2.24 | 3.55 | 32.1% | 3 | $7,901 |
| Loomis Lakeside at Reeds Landing Springfield | 10.9 | 42 | 2.14 | 3.90 | 26.8% | 5 | None |
| Quaboag Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Facility West Brookfield | 11.1 | 166 | 2.29 | 3.94 | 44.6% | 5 | None |
| Chestnut Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center LLC East Longmeadow | 11.7 | 135 | 2.10 | 3.63 | 25.3% | 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.