Piper Shores: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Piper Shores is a 40-bed nonprofit nursing home in Scarborough, Maine. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.39 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 20% above the Maine average of 2.83, and 40.7% nursing staff turnover (Maine average 46.7%).
Piper Shores
15 Piper RoadScarborough, ME 04074
Cumberland 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 Piper Shores, nurse aides logged 3.39 hours per resident per day, 20% above the Maine average. With about 37 residents a day, that works out to roughly 124 aide hours a day, or about 16 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Maine avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.39 | 2.83 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.22 | 1.05 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.14 | 4.34 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.67 | 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
40.7% of nursing staff at Piper Shores left over the year CMS measured, against a Maine average of 46.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 21.4%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 12, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Piper Shores holds 5 of 5 overall; the Maine average is 3.1.
About Piper Shores
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Maine Life Care Retirement Community, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 20, 2001
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Piper Shores
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Maine Veterans Home - Scarborough Scarborough | 4.3 | 120 | 2.93 | 4.84 | 36.4% | 5 | None |
| Pine Point Center Scarborough | 4.5 | 61 | 2.22 | 3.84 | 47.0% | 2 | None |
| Pinnacle Health & Rehab at South Portland So Portland | 5.1 | 73 | 2.57 | 4.06 | 41.7% | 3 | None |
| Springbrook Center Westbrook | 8.0 | 123 | 2.27 | 3.79 | 34.5% | 2 | $17,388 |
| Barron Center Portland | 8.0 | 219 | 3.61 | 5.30 | 96.2% | 4 | $8,278 |
| Seal Rock Healthcare Saco | 8.1 | 105 | 2.96 | 4.48 | 56.3% | 2 | $75,433 |
| Seaside Healthcare LLC Portland | 8.2 | 147 | 3.05 | 4.34 | 46.9% | 4 | None |
| St Andre Health Care Facility Biddeford | 8.7 | 96 | 2.73 | 4.24 | 33.7% | 5 | 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.