Palolo Chinese Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Palolo Chinese Home is a 113-bed for-profit nursing home in Honolulu, Hawaii. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.61 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% below the Hawaii average of 2.88, and 49.1% nursing staff turnover (Hawaii average 36.4%).
Palolo Chinese Home
2459 10th AvenueHonolulu, HI 96816
Honolulu 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 Palolo Chinese Home, nurse aides logged 2.61 hours per resident per day, 9% below the Hawaii average. With about 97 residents a day, that works out to roughly 253 aide hours a day, or about 32 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Hawaii avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.61 | 2.88 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.34 | 1.75 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.13 | 4.97 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.78 | 4.41 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
49.1% of nursing staff at Palolo Chinese Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Hawaii average of 36.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 54.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 1, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 21 health deficiencies (Hawaii average 10.0). 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. Palolo Chinese Home holds 2 of 5 overall; the Hawaii average is 3.6.
About Palolo Chinese Home
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 13, 2008
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Palolo Chinese Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Maunalani Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Honolulu | 0.4 | 100 | 3.57 | 5.51 | 97.4% | 5 | $32,133 |
| Hi'olani Care Center at Kahala Nui Honolulu | 1.7 | 20 | 4.01 | 6.39 | 23.9% | 5 | None |
| Leahi Hospital Honolulu | 2.2 | 155 | 2.71 | 4.55 | 17.7% | 5 | None |
| Arcadia Retirement Residence Honolulu | 2.6 | 91 | 2.89 | 4.61 | 24.7% | 4 | $12,854 |
| Islands Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Honolulu · SFF candidate | 2.6 | 42 | 2.74 | 5.67 | 40.0% | 1 | $89,206 |
| Oahu Care Facility Honolulu | 2.6 | 82 | 3.53 | 5.09 | 47.8% | 5 | $8,278 |
| Hale Ola Kino by Arcadia Hon | 2.7 | 32 | 3.41 | 5.51 | 13.2% | 5 | None |
| Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Honolulu · Special Focus Facility | 3.2 | 288 | 2.32 | 3.69 | 32.4% | — | $27,885 |
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.