Sacred Heart Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sacred Heart Nursing Home is a 217-bed nonprofit nursing home in New Bedford, Massachusetts, part of Diocesan Health Facilities. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.40 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% above the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 27.3% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Sacred Heart Nursing Home
359 Summer StreetNew Bedford, MA 02740
Bristol 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 Sacred Heart Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.40 hours per resident per day, 6% above the Massachusetts average. With about 126 residents a day, that works out to roughly 302 aide hours a day, or about 38 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.40 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.86 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.59 | 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
27.3% of nursing staff at Sacred Heart Nursing 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 25.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 13, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 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. Sacred Heart Nursing Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Sacred Heart Nursing Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Chain: Diocesan Health Facilities, 5 homes
- Legal name: Sacred Heart Home
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1990
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sacred Heart Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Brandon Woods of New Bedford New Bedford · SFF candidate | 1.2 | 135 | 2.96 | 4.35 | 49.6% | 1 | $528,970 |
| Royal of Fairhaven Nursing Center Fairhaven · staffing data not validated | 1.4 | 107 | — | — | — | 2 | $8,648 |
| Vantage Health & Rehab of New Bedford New Bedford | 1.4 | 80 | 1.41 | 2.45 | 69.8% | 1 | $9,318 |
| Hathaway Manor Extended Care New Bedford | 1.7 | 142 | 2.18 | 3.67 | 45.7% | 2 | $34,887 |
| Our Ladys Haven of Fairhaven Inc Fairhaven | 1.9 | 117 | 2.26 | 3.76 | 35.9% | 5 | None |
| Alden Court Nursing Care & Rehabilitation Center Fairhaven | 1.9 | 142 | 2.68 | 4.24 | 57.2% | 4 | None |
| Brandon Woods of Dartmouth South Dartmouth | 2.6 | 118 | 2.34 | 3.86 | 49.6% | 2 | $31,190 |
| Care One at New Bedford New Bedford | 3.6 | 154 | 2.28 | 3.60 | 29.9% | 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.