Riverside Rest Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Riverside Rest Home is a 215-bed government-run nursing home in Dover, New Hampshire. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.55 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% above the New Hampshire average of 2.34, and 16.2% nursing staff turnover (New Hampshire average 44.1%).
Riverside Rest Home
276 County Farm RoadDover, NH 03820
Strafford 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 Riverside Rest Home, nurse aides logged 2.55 hours per resident per day, 9% above the New Hampshire average. With about 165 residents a day, that works out to roughly 420 aide hours a day, or about 52 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Hampshire avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.55 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.62 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.13 | 0.78 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.30 | 3.90 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.84 | 3.47 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
16.2% of nursing staff at Riverside Rest Home left over the year CMS measured, against a New Hampshire average of 44.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 7.7%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 8, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (New Hampshire average 3.9). 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. Riverside Rest Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the New Hampshire average is 3.1.
About Riverside Rest Home
- Ownership: Government - County
- Legal name: County of Strafford
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 1995
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Riverside Rest Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Dover Center for Health & Rehabilitation Dover | 2.6 | 112 | 1.82 | 3.31 | 44.9% | 4 | None |
| Langdon Place of Dover Dover | 4.8 | 30 | 2.70 | 5.62 | 55.6% | 5 | None |
| Birch Healthcare Center Rochester | 5.2 | 79 | 2.38 | 3.52 | 47.6% | 2 | $10,655 |
| Rochester Manor Rochester | 5.5 | 108 | 1.72 | 3.20 | 32.8% | 2 | None |
| Saint Ann Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Dover | 6.8 | 54 | 2.63 | 4.25 | 60.5% | 4 | None |
| Pinnacle Health & Rehab at N Berwick North Berwick | 11.6 | 64 | 2.51 | 3.85 | 38.1% | 5 | None |
| Durgin Pines Kittery | 13.1 | 81 | 2.61 | 4.07 | 46.4% | 5 | $14,434 |
| Edgewood Centre (The) Portsmouth | 14.0 | 156 | 2.12 | 3.46 | 46.2% | 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.